You've just won the lottery, what next?

[Ori]

I'd travel the world a bit, put some money aside for the future and probably buy a farm .

What would you do?

 

[Apotheosis]

Use it to make more money

 

[Jaymes]

I'd hire an accountant and get them to figure out how to make the money do as much in as many charities as possible If I got that much money I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I just squandered it for myself. I wouldn't blame people that do, though. There's lots of cool stuff you can do with money.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

Get a home. My dream is to someday have a house that I can fix to suit my needs. (Okay, my only 'need' at the moment would be to be able to have a library in the house, with walls and walls of books. I didn't say it was a good need.)

I'm gonna assume I hypothetically won a lot of money, so the rest of it will go toward having an RF gathering and flying everybody who wants to go there.

The remainder would probably go to charities, especially food pantries. There's something wonderful about going without food and then suddenly having a great big box of it. (Err... The last part, not the first part.)

 

[Bastet]

Pay off my debts; go on a very long holiday; buy a big old rundown house, fill it with cats, and spend the next 30-odd years completing my transition to "crazy old cat lady".

 

[The Black Whirlwind]

first, id put my money in a room, and roll around in it, just to feel how it is to do that. Then, i'd buy a house, with a lot of land, and then i'd make the first jedi temple, and then i'd buy a nice car and furnish my house. Then i would set up a trust fund for any kids i may have, and give the rest to a charitable orginization.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

Pay off my debts; go on a very long holiday; buy a big old rundown house, fill it with cats, and spend the next 30-odd years completing my transition to "crazy old cat lady".

Bastet, did you happen to see the "Simpsons" episode where Lisa encounters the Crazy Cat Lady? (It's only for a moment or so.) Everyone in the room when that came on pointed and said "That'll be Feathers!" (Well, actually, they said "Meggie", but only because they didn't know any better.)

I cheer your goal!

 

[Draka]

Stick a large chunk into investments, and a chunk into savings to live off of while I persue my dream of being a writer, as I now would have the time to devote to it entirely. I would buy a beautiful house in the country close to a large metropolitan area so I have access to the fine arts and entertainment and shopping easily. 2 or 3 cars, land for a garden, and perhaps open a bookstore, for I truly love books. I would give a large amount to my parents so my father would get the surgeries he needs and would not have to work anymore at all. My brother some so he could pay off his debts and get a place of his own and get out of his small rented apartment.

I would portion out any other to go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the National Cancer Research Center of America.

 

[Bastet]

first, id put my money in a room, and roll around in it, just to feel how it is to do that.

You might want to reconsider that thought (especially if you were considering doing it naked)...if it's new bills, you could come out with a lot of nasty paper cuts ; if it's old bills...just, ugh! Money is one of the dirtiest things around.

 

[Bastet]

Bastet, did you happen to see the "Simpsons" episode where Lisa encounters the Crazy Cat Lady? (It's only for a moment or so.) Everyone in the room when that came on pointed and said "That'll be Feathers!" (Well, actually, they said "Meggie", but only because they didn't know any better.)

I cheer your goal!

Yes, I saw that episode...that's exactly the image I have in my head whenever I use my "crazy old cat lady" line lol. I can see it now...small children daring each other to run and touch my front door.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I would pay my car off, move to northern Minnesotta and build a second house in Tennesee. I would have several condos built throughout the nation. I would invest alot of it into savings bonds. I would donate to several animal charities.

 

[Neo-Logic]

Put it all in the bank, live off the interest.

 

[Pussyfoot Mouse]

Anything I want! :woohoo:

Seriously though, I would take my family on a long vacation to several different place. Then I would invest some of my money and put the rest in the bank and live off the interest.

 

[kreeden]

I would thank whoever bought me the ticket ... and hug whoever checked it out for me . As I rarely buy them , and never seem to check them .

 

[Original Freak]

I think about this all the time, because of my tight financial situation. I'm not ignorant enough to think it would end all my problems but I can deal with problems, it's just taking forever to deal with the money ones.

First thing first, I would build my dream home (I'm an draftsman (architectural by trade) and I've got blueprints of a smaller version of that house already drawn up. It would be big. I would want a loaded garage so I can work on cars (I'm only starting to learn and I like it a lot). A wood shop as well in the basement of my house. My parents would be well looked after, and so would my wife's parents.

There are certian charities I would like to support. My wife is a huge V-day supporter and would donate to them. I would like to donate to various children charities, especially local ones. I would like to give my current home to a family that really needed one. Finally down the road, me and my wife have actually discussed the whole 'what would we do if we won' thing, we would adopt some children for around the world. (ex China and India. We've 4 now and with enough money and time another 3 or 4 would fit nicely.

 

[michel]

Run like mad, before they realized they had the wrong guy, because I don't buy tickets.:biglaugh:


If I won a big prize, I'd want to set up trust funds for our two lads, maybe try and find a nicer house which has some of those little bits that Marie dislikes about this one (mainly room for a conservatory and a bit of level garden at the back; although why she wants a conservatory is beyond me - it's getting to the stage that people have to have air-conditioning in them nowadays.
Take Marie on a world cruise - she'd love that.Buy her Mum a house more suited for her needs.

D'you know, I can't think of anything that I would want to buy, for me - maybe some books.

 

[Melody]

Run like mad, before they realized they had the wrong guy, because I don't buy tickets.

Ditto. My son was watching tv when they posted the lottery numbers and he said, "Mama, wouldn't it be great if we won?" and I responded: "Kiddo, it would be a miracle, because your mama doesn't play the lottery."

But I can dream.....

Considering people are winning lotteries in excess of $40 million here, my first thought is "just how much money can a person spend in their lifetime?" Plus, I'd make a lousy rich person since, when I look around the world, I already feel incredibly blessed that I have a roof over my head (even if it does occasionally leak), have always been gainfully employed when I wanted to be and have never had to worry about my children not getting enough to eat or decent medical care. I also feel blessed to live in a country where I am free to rail against the government, practice whatever religion I choose and am not at the mercy of a culture that sanctions the mistreatment of women. How much more do I need?

So, I think first (before greed took over) I'd take half and set up some type of nonprofit charitable trust to help some of the organizations I love supporting. With the rest, I'd set up trust funds for my children, finish remodeling my "house from hell", give some to my siblings (and siblings-in-law) and our parents and then invest the rest. After my husband and I went to Jerusalem.

 

[jewscout]

pay off my debts

 

[Original Freak]

pay off my debts

If I win twice I MIGHT be able to pay off my student loans.

 

[cardero]

You've just won the lottery, what next?

Go to work the next day and see how long it takes me to get fired.