If you won the lottery today...

[sadb0i]

what would you do?

I don't think I'd do anything more than what I'd normally do. Probably play some warcraft 3 on a faster PC. But thats about it.

edit: paying bills is a given.

 

[freebee]

Cars, Houses, Boats, Women, Electronics.

 

[Haircut]

Buy a large house in the country and sit in the sun and drink beer

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Haircut
Buy a large house in the country and sit in the sun and drink beer

And fire automatic weapons at the beer cans set up on the fence in back of the swimming pool that full of blondes, brunettes and redheads.

 

[Electric Amish]

I'd hire an accountant...

Cure my wife.

Buy some property and build my dream house.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I would walk in to work and give my boss a huge <strongbad voice> Ddouble-Deuce! </strongbad voice>, then leave.

Then I'd buy a house, buy a new car, move all my crap into my newly furnished house, pay for college, and buy one freaking huge plasma TV.

 

[RossMAN]

Hire the best damn lawyer & tax accountant.

Payoff debts.

Buy a new Lexus RX330.

Buy a mini to large RV.

Travel, travel, travel, travel, travel.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: freebee
Cars, Houses, Boats, Women, Electronics.

all of the above x 3.

oh yeah, id prolly invest a little of it.. for the future.

 

[shiner]

I would buy Anandtech, ban Wduaqnug from the forums for life, then sell Anandtech back to Anand for $1.

 

[xEDIT409]

I'll sell the ticket on ebay for a dollar more than the jackpot..

 

[Spac3d]

Retire to Las Vegas and play golf at an elite country club.

 

[Flatline]

Hire a good accountant (as soon as I get back from my world travel celebration)

Pay off all my immediate family's debts

Travel

Buy a nice house

Travel

Buy a nice car

Travel

 

[Mutilator]

1.) Find some toilet paper to clean up the mess.
2.) Take a shower
3.) Go to local Porsche dealership and buy a 911 Turbo (I'd get a 360 Modena if I didn't have to drive 2 hours to get it.)
4.) Go to work as normal - park in no parking zone @ end of parking lot where everyone can see my new toy - pay guard not to have car towed.
5.) Listen to all the people asking "Who's car is that?" in the hallway.

And that's all before lunch.

 

[Kevin]

Find everyone I dislike and tell them to go f-ck themselves. Then immediately drive to lottery headquarters using the shoulder the entire time. Probably take half and spend on cars, and house. Then invest the rest so I cna live off the interest...

 

[idNut]

I'd pay all the porn stars over the years I've found attractive and invite them back to my new big-ass house to have a weeklong orgy. Then, after they've left, buy everything I ever wanted.

Hey, at least I'm honest.

 

[The Stigenator]

you know at this point I will be happy to win the lottery. but with my luck that will never happen.

Anycase I will do teh usual stuff.. and save over 75% of it for long term.

 

[Heisenberg]

I'd tell you what I'd do man, two chicks at once.
</Lawrence>

 

[wfbberzerker]

firstly i'd make DAMN sure the only people who knew about it were people i wanted to know.

 

[SendTrash]

stop worrying about finding a job and learn about investing

 

[idNut]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
firstly i'd make DAMN sure the only people who knew about it were people i wanted to know.

That's a very good idea but I thought they put the winners in the paper.

 

[glen]

a childrens hospital
a foundation for children
2 chairs at my alma matter
a church for a friend of mine who is wants to build one
I would also call the William Gates foundation people and talk to them about some ideas

 

[Acanthus]

I wont win the lottery today. The Lottery is the donation to the government from the kind community members that are horrible at propability math .

 

[yakko]

Pay off the last of my bills, buy a nice piece of land and build my house and racetrack on it, buy my mom a house. I would also pay for my nephews college and buy him a house wherever he finds a job. My sister wouldn't get crap until she learns how to be responsible with money again. My uncle would get a house for him and his two sons as long as he leaves the bitch he is married to. After that I would just live a casual lifestyle.

 

[Viper GTS]

If I'd gotten the $141 mil lump sum payout, figuring $80 mil after taxes...

Put $79 million into mutual funds. Finance a few cars, houses, etc for myself (counting on making more interest in the stock market than I'll pay on the financing) & use the interest off the $79 million to buy rental properties.

I'd use the $1 mil in cash to pay off my parents mortgage, my debt, gift the maximum tax free amount ($10K?) to a bunch of family & friends, pay off their respective debts (my sister's school loans), start a college fund for my brother, hire my parents to some pointless job with no responsibilities, & spend a few evenings leaving $1000 tips for cute waitresses.

Viper GTS

 

[lowtech1]

mutual funds is at an all time low at the moment......better spend that money purchasing & developing some properties, or donate it to charities.