Jackpot! You won the lottery, what do you do?

[Janice]

Buying those lucky numbers finally pay off and you hit the mother of jackpots. A cool $450 mill AFTER taxes liquid is sitting in your bank account. QUICK! What arrangements do make in the first 24 hours?

Here's mine:

Put house on market, hire Realtor to find my dream property
Hire someone to handle all communication for me so I can disappear for a few days (you know those family members won't wait long to hit you up once they hear about your dumb luck)
Find somewhere luxurious to jet off to

You're back from the whirlwind, and the reality of your situation sets in. You don't ever have to worry again. What charitable causes do you take up?

Me:
Animal Welfare

[knytphal]

First I get out of debt, get my family out of debt as well - that's a given though.

Buy some land, help my Dad build my perfect house, and one for himself.

Lounge around and do nothing....maybe go to Disneyworld or Europe or something.

Probably invest the rest and live off the interest, no need to go too wild.

Of course, I don't play the Lottery so it's all a moot point anyhow....

[Matt]

After my heart attack and subsequent hospital stay, I will look for a house to buy on the Oregon coast.

Considering I don't play the lottery, imagine my shock.

[PortPowerKS]

Pay off my debts and my girlfriend's as well, set up a college fund for my niece and nephew, move back to California (with my g/f and daughter, of course), take a 2 month holiday to Australia, give my mom and grandmother a bit of money as well as my g/f's mother..

[Janice]

Good to hear everyone is so generous with their (theoretical) money!

[Mystictrust]

I think about this every day as I pass that stupid mega millions lottery billboard... I'd give me Dad ten times his annual salary ($1.2 million) and get him a plane ticket back to the US and a house here in Austin. I'd also slip him the taxes on that $1.2 million, because that's a lot. Then he can retire.

I'd give my mom like $2 Million and a plane ticket to come see me here in Austin. I'd also slip her taxes so she wouldn't be stuck with a huge tax bill. Then she can retire

I'd give my brother $1 million and get him a ticket to Austin. Then he can focus on college - that's important

I'd give my sister $1,000 or so, since she needs to learn responsibility.

I'd focus on college and building the roots of the game development studio I plan on building in the future anyway. I'll also be my own publisher, I've seen what EA does to developers that need a publisher :-/ Ideally, I wanna be like Blizzard, but I want to treat my employees like Google employees [if ya'll haven't seen videos on their company chefs and free full meals for families and how they take ideas from all of their employees and all that.. go look it up]

My girlfriend lives with me so she doesn't need an extra bunch of cash, we'll share it =)

In the end, I'd donate to the ASPCA and some good organization for Alzheimer's and Cancer research. Then I'd pay the SBCA a little extra to ensure I won't get their stuff in the mail anymore... just because I've donated to them before doesn't mean I want my mailbox stuffed with their newsletters... even if they do have cute dogs and cats all over 'em

[greenblood]

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I will definitely go to college first, then I'll buy a house and a car
and donate half of the remaining to Doctors of the Borderless

[knytphal]

Originally Posted by Janice

Good to hear everyone is so generous with their (theoretical) money!

Yeah, it's easy when it's theoretical!

[christyxcore]

Help my mom with her finances, then with whatever left I just splurge on whatever I feel like getting =]