if u win the powerball/big game/ mega million lotto

[compudog]

Pay off debts, buy a new car, make wise investments, rub it in to the incompetent buffoons that I work for, and do computer consulting full time.

 

[StageLeft]

I would quit my job. I would not blow it at all, and I would use it responsibly. Unlike most people I say that and I actually mean it 🙂

Probably the first thing I'd do would be to hop on a plane and go home, or go to a dealership and buy a nice car in cash and just drive home.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Shanti
I'd buy a brand new suburban, load up the family, and go house shopping in So Cal.
Nothing too fancy. Just a 6 or 7 bdrm, around 6000 sq. ft. place on the beach. I'd probably look at La Jolla first, then check out some other areas. No deserted islands for me. I'd rather stay a little closer to family members in Oregon and Arizona.

la jolla is nice, but is kinda dumpy at times and has bad crime rates. look up a few more miles up at the coast at encinitas, del mar, or leucadia. if i won, those are the 3 places id be looking at for a house.

 

[Minchenden]

3 Houses, one in Borrowdale in the Lake District, another in the Algarve and one in New England
New Car: Bentley Continental GT

Ensure my children are well provided for.
Pay off the mortgage on some close friend's houses.
Set up an endowment fund for Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
Set up a small holiday home/summer school for inner city kids.

Try to find a D Type Jaguar for sale.

And hopefully end up nicely eccentric.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i would tell my friends and family, cash it immediatlry, but i wouldnt quit school, i would just take it easy. i would buy a multi-million dollar house with a lot of car, a new wardobe, and something nice for friends and family

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

I'd probably buy a couple more NOS bottles and donate the rest to charity.

 

[Anubis]

place all the cash in an offshore account

tell no one

dissappear

 

[oboeguy]

I'd tell my better half to quit her job and otherwise live pretty normally, only with a charitable foundation or two to run. And more toys . 😀

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: adelphi
say u got that 100mil after taxes -

would u cash it immediately? (like blackfriday wait for the doors to open early) or
take a few days to rationalize what will mean to your existance?

who would u tell?

would u still show up to work?
(even just to observe everyone in a whole new way and leave choice words for the bosses)

would u go into hiding?

buy stuff like crazy? forget checkin out FW/ AT hot deals, everything + anything officially on sale
(shop for your own island in the pacific)

wired a million or two into yr freetrade account and daytrade QQQ or birkshire hathaway?

go see a therapist cos u know how the rich goes (eccentric is just a nice way of putting it)

take a celebrity on a date

invest in a sports team

hmmn passing out a few days to catch up on sleep (insomnia + exhaustion from the exitement (banging))
earn u some quick 'walkaround' money from interest

I already daytrade QQQ at 4x margin :Q

i would also cancel all my phone lines and buy prepaid cell phone. then cash in the ticket. then sell my house. thus no trace of me to track down.

i would tell absolutely noone. i dont want to be bothered by relatives i havent seen in decades. nor do i want my parents to be bothered by them.

when people ask how i make $ when i dont have a job, i just say i am a professional daytrader.

i would open up a strip club, porn company, and casino.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I would take the lump sum (after taxes), give maybe 50% to friends, family, and charities, invest the rest, live off of the interest, get a job teaching, and take nice long vacations to Europe EVERY summer for the rest of my life.