You can control a whole lot of life with 500M. 50M for that matter. I'm not saying you're wrong, but having that kind of money in the bank opens up a lot of possibilities. You don't suddenly have to become materialistic just because you could.

I'm honestly not trying to be rude by saying this, but it's hard to believe that your ultimate goal in life is to sell tickets to people. If it is, more power to you, seriously, but isn't there something else you want? Something that TicketStumbler is a means to achieve later?