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You just realized you won the lotto, what's the FIRST thing you do?

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I wouldn't tell anyone I won.

And then I would surprise them all by showing up at their house driving this:
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Hire lawyer, financial advisor, personal chef, epic house, epic PC, a new 360 considering mine just RRoD'd, a vast endless amount of various beers.
 
Mike Gayner said:
You realise that if those numbers came up, the prize would be split between you and 50,000 other Lost sycophants, right?
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The entire post was a joke. I have never purchased a lotto ticket, I have taken 400+ level probability and statistics classes and know better. As a matter of fact, I am enrolled in a graduate level one right now.
 
You know what I would do if I won the lottery? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...

MotionMan
 
I'd immediately drive to the lotto headquarters (no mater what time of day or night) and if necessary park my car there and camp out till they opened. Then as soon as I had the cheque it would be straight to the bank. After that PARTEY!!
 
MotionMan said:
I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...
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You're missing the point. The point of the question is that you're supposed to figure out what you would want to do if... D:
 
Locut0s said:
I'd immediately drive to the lotto headquarters (no mater what time of day or night) and if necessary park my car there and camp out till they opened. Then as soon as I had the cheque it would be straight to the bank. After that PARTEY!!
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Please tell us you'd spend a significant amount on spelling lessons...😛
 
BoomerD said:
Please tell us you'd spend a significant amount on spelling lessons...😛
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No that one was on purpose 😀 I was trying to make it sound like the really gayish way of saying party, how is that spelled anyway partaaay? Though I'm sure I'll make one or two legit spelling mistakes in this post to make up for it.
 
I would go on with my normal daily life. As my boss for an extended vacation/leave of absent after I finish up the contract. Diversified and invest the money, and I will not touch any of the money for 1 year. After the year is up I would like to start a construction/development business.

<--- goal is to have a development business.
 
I'd open my own bar. That seems like it could be a lot of fun if I didn't have to worry about making a profit.
 
I'd flip out, sign the ticket, call some lawyers, call some financial planners and try to acquire the money as fast as possible and get it socked away. The mere thought of a tiny little piece of paper being worth millions of dollars is painful to think about, and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to sleep well until it was taken care of.

Highest priorities immediately would be:
Asking my advisor for a semester away from grad school (too close to the PhD to stop now)
New car
New house and furnishings (hot damn, that would be a lot of fun, buying furniture for and decorating an entire house to my specifications...)

Longer-term priorities would be:
Personal trainer and personal chef... I don't take care of myself very well, so any help there would be great.
Large donations to a few charities that I have in mind that I really admire some of their work.
Assisting my immediate family members with their financial situations (especially my pregnant sister and brother-in-law) and mother.
Find something meaningful to do career-wise, which with millions and millions of dollars perhaps means being self-employed
Take a nice trip to Europe - I've never made it outside of the States
 
Go home and think.

Then, buy a new pair of shoes...

I went through this whole fantasy a few weeks ago (just for the "fun" of it) and won't even try to regurgitate it. It's not something I normally do, fantasize about such things. For the record, I have never bought or been tempted to buy a lottery ticket. I got an A in statistics, I have a degree in math, I understand these things. In fact, I have always felt it's a crime that they legalized and implemented lotteries in CA and it's been a goddamn epidemic all over the USA. In fact, gambling used to be illegal in CA IIRC. It was something they did in Nevada. Now there's casinos and card clubs all over the place. Funding education with the lottery strikes me as retarded and very bad karma.
 
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