If You Won the Lottery What Would You Do With the $$$$$

[DamonK]

I'm aware of someone's situation and I happen to adore that person, therefore I'd take care of that.

I would pay off debt for me and MBE and for a couple of others.

I would ensure my parents had all they needed, as well as my brother, grandmother, and godson. My godson would have college paid for.

I would ensure retirement for myself and MBE, as well as 2 others.

I would donate towards charity.

If feasible, I would buy a house in another country for when I'm ready to stop working, or am able to work remotely.

I would also buy a house here.

I would send my parents on the cruise they meant to go on, but didn't.

I would take a European cruise... At least a 14 day one.

I would buy a few necessities for myself. There's a particular hearing aid I'm reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy interested in.

Top surgery for myself and one other would be completed.

I would set up a scholarship for transpeople that need surgeries but cannot afford it.

MBE and I, and possibly one other, would have new cars. Maybe not new, but new to us.

Really, the majority of it would go to charities in some way or another.

[Rockinonahigh]

First thing I would have to call the e.m.t's cause I would most likely pass out from shock.Then I would hire an attorney and get money management help from my cousin(she retired fro the finace world) and let her claim the cash so I would stay out of site of the piblicty involved.Afterwards I would pay off the house,give my son a chunk of cash to pay off his bills then have some left over.I would buy that Kentucky horse farm I been thinking about..yes I would be back in the horse buisness in a flash.I would start up a foundation or two as well as a scolarship of some sort,then I would just injoy my life.

[macele]

i'd buy two things. a gold 1979 convertible camaro. and a rainbow colored hoola hoop. i'd hit the road. i'd go all over the u. s. of a. wherever i seen a need for a helping hand, i'd give. what about the rainbow colored hoola hoop?

[Ebon]

Go pick up my babies and roam the planet. Not this planet, the earth. Find a cozy island and settle there.

[bright_arrow]

Pay off debts
Buy a new truck
Put a chunk away for 4 years at a university for the kiddo, plus money for a car
Pay off our house
Put some away for emergency funds [yes, seriously]
Pay off my parent's house, or at least a good chunk of it [It is $250,000-ish]
Buy my mom a new vehicle
Maybe buy my sister one
Invest some
Possibly quit my job depending on the amount, after banking some for retirement
Looking into getting our dream cabin built somewhere on some lands, and the boi a John Deere

In that order too, I think.

[deb_U_taunt]

I will be buying this island:

http://www.privateislandsonline.com/...ram-island-wsh

[grenade]

I'd buy an accessible van for my kiddo. Then I'd bare my backside to my boss and point to the exact spot she could kiss.

[VintageFemme]

Turn on, tune in & drop out.

[Martina]

Same as most in terms of debt and helping others.

A house in Morro Bay and one in Tahoe.

A personal chef.

Travel.

Spa time.

Clothes tailored to fit ME. Lots of cashmere and silk.

[Dude]

after Bob finishes the house

I would adopt two kids and hire the sweetest nanny I could find.

We could do people with disabilities horse therapy , have a free-
range petting zoo and camp for poor kids that have never been
in the country before. Find or create jobs for the under or unemployed parents of the kids.

Free fish fries and crawdad boils in the front yard.
Shuttle bus to get them there.
Out buildings with showers and washing machines
Complimentary robes and slippers while they are waiting
for new or at least clean clothes.
I could go on and on

[imperfect_cupcake]

Originally Posted by Martina

Same as most in terms of debt and helping others.

Clothes tailored to fit ME.

OOo. I totally forgot that one! I'd just hire a personal taylor/seemstress. and fund her experimental designs or whatever.

I think everyone should go into business for themselves, I think. and would love to support as many people as possible to do that.

Bosses SUCK!

Glad I stopped having them last march. Screw you past bosses!*


*except Jasson my Jamaican boss who rocked. All bosses should have a Jamaican sense of time keeping. And able to piss take to that degree...eg once when I screwed up and was whineing at her she said "I didn't make you stupid, go take it up with god" which made me burst out laughing and shut up and deal with it. (she never would have said this to anyone else professionally. insulting the intelligence of your staff and mentioning talking to god would have gotten her fired. But she knew how to deal with me [insult barb till she laughs and smartens up]).

[MsTinkerbelly]

I would donate a lot of money (church, Red Cross etc), take care of family, travel....but my dream would be a place where people could come in, have a hot meal, not be preached to...maybe walk out with some warm clothes and some shoes...a food pantry too.

[Ginger]

Provide start-up funding and partially sustain along with grants or government funding if possible (and then let someone else manage), a chain of fitness centers in low-income neighborhoods of all five boroughs of NYC. Members would have to income qualify, and a percentage of the employees would have to be either getting off public assistance, have a disability, or be struggling with employment. There would be wellness education, as well as tuition support for those returning to school. And it would have all the cool stuff any fitness center has—stationary- and free-weight areas, aerobic machines, excercise classes, a juice and health snack bar, and childcare facility.

Give a big chunk of money to Planned Parenthood.

Buy an apartment in the East Village and get a dog. Upgrade my car to something heavier and safer. Buy a house in woods upstate—Columbia county.

Set up trust funds for my nieces and nephews.

Hire a financial advisor and invest.

Spend winters in warm places.

Otherwise do all the stuff I do now; go to readings, have dinner with friends. Probably pick up the check more often.

[ruffryder]

Gotta be careful who you trust and hire when lottery winnings happen..

Lottery winner murder trial

They say you gain friends and lose friends as a result of the winnings. I told Zimmeh I would not gain friends and I would probably lose friends heh

First pay debt and invest in real estate. A mountain home in CO, a beach home in FL, a penthouse, and another beach home in Mexico. Renting them out when not in use. Other real estate? A restaurant perhaps, hotel...

Help our families and invest in ours and the kids futures.

Buy things we wanted, see the world.

Party for our friends and family.

Assist those in need and less fortunate.

[not2shygrrl]

I would start by going into shock!
Then hide,
secure the funds,
start a business by investing in properties to rent,
of course pay off all my bills and gift some $ to family members,
donate to a few charities and BFP,
likely buy a new car, no more than 2.
develop an organization to help single mothers acquire their own home, nothing like Extreme Makeovers.....but something to be proud of!
above said organization(s) will need a few employees,
depending on the amount I won, I would travel the US of A and after a year or so extend my travels across the pond!
I might even dabble in hiring the "Millionaire Matchmaker" to help search for Ms. right!
Wow, this list could go on and on.......

[PoeticSilence]

After obtaining legal counsel and an accountant:
Pay everything off. Fix up the house and sell it. Move to a singular level house with a special room for the birds so that they can leave their cages and play in a communal place. Making sure the house has an open floor plan and a large kitchen, and was "green" in regards to energy. Making sure it has a large library/reading room/computer desks.
Make sure the house was on 100+ acres of land and in the center. Building four more houses in the four corners with trees and pastures and fields of wildflowers between us all. Giving each of the kids a house. Paying off the kids debts. Making sure we had chickens and horses and bees.
Donating to Drs without Borders and various women and childrens centers and foodbanks and programs that fight the slaughter of wild horses.
Having a large outbuilding used for arts and crafts.
Having a barn.
Having large gardens and fruit-bearing trees.

[alexri]

Hire a lawyer and an accountant..

I would take the lump sum and not the annual payments. Although it's a much bigger tax hit up front, I'd rather the money be in my accounts, not theirs.

Then I'd...

Pay off any person debts.

Pay off the debts of very close friends and help with things like home ownership, or any personal needs.

Make sure my family members are okay- pay off their debts, set up accounts for people, etc.

Set aside accounts where I can live annually off the interest. Get a house close to the water/beach, perhaps near Ptown.

Travel. Lots of travel.

And have a large focus on charitable giving.

I do not want to reinvent organizations when ones that already exist and are doing a great job. I would find a way to support already-existing organizations as anonymously as possible. I'd like to set up an organization amongst trusted friends (letting them leave their jobs to work for me). They'd scour the internet/news for individuals and organizations that need financial help.

I would help out local, small, independent animal rescues and shelters, support massive spay and neuter clinics, and put no-kill shelters as a priority. I will not support the big national organizations that spend too much money on operating costs and advertising.

I want to help out LGBT organizations, again focusing on small groups that make direct change and help out individuals.

And I will look for news stories on the individuals that have been victims of really bad circumstances, sometimes at the hands of others, who really need help. Like when the LGBT homeless shelter in NY got flooded out by Hurricane Sandy- I would help. Or if I caught wind of a fundraiser for someone to help with the expenses of a serious illness- I would help.

I'd also like to do as many random acts of kindness as I can to people.. put a little magic and believe in hope in people's lives.

But I would want to do this all as anonymously as possible. My state does require lottery winners to be publicly declared. After that happens, I would take myself away from society as much as I could. Sadly there are too many stories of people going after lottery winners for money, and often for things that are wants, not needs. My rule to helping would be- I will find you, you don't find me.

I would also look into some kind of microloan system for individuals and small businesses, especially women and LGBT owned.