If you won the lottery ???

pegleglooker · Jan 22, 2009

hey gang,
If you won THE lottery ( and I mean the BIG one ), how would you spend the money

Let's say your winnings were $50 million CLEAR after taxes etc....and you got it a l l at once. You have $50 million in the bank and today is your FIRST day with the cash... Where would you go and what would you do

PLL

godisnum1 · Jan 23, 2009

Just relax for a while on the beach, with my laptop (with wireless internet cell card plugged in for T-Net), and a pina colada in the other hand.
Then when I got bored, I'd purchase Cocos Island from the Costa Rican government! All of ya'll would be welcome anytime....

Bran <><

Unicorn · Jan 23, 2009

Think I would probably go into complete meltdown for a few days. Then I would settle down somewhere nice and comfy and have a good think before splashing out the cash.

A few deserving charities would get some of the money. My family would be set up right. Then I would start to think of myself, and what I would like. There is a special person who would be able to complete a life long ambition, so I would certainly make sure he was able to do that. Lastly I want to travel around the World, to see all of those wonderful places that have just been a dream. After that...well who knows, just relax and try to do some good somewhere......sigh well i did win £10 last week on the lottery, thats a start I guess

crazyjarhead · Jan 23, 2009

I'd turn into a bum

I would remain anonomous. Wouldn't tell anyone, not even family members. Still work and live the same life I am now living

Lowbatts · Jan 23, 2009

Hitch hike across the country leaving cash gifts to anyone who would pick me up and not kill me and cut me up in little tiny pieces.

savant365 · Jan 23, 2009

Well I guess I am not as noble as most of you. The first thing I would do is throw a huge party and invite everyone, especially the people that I didn't like, AND RUB IT IN GOOD!!! Then I would go crazy buying cars and building a dream house.

HH Charlie

Goodyguy · Jan 23, 2009

Wow! I could quit my job and go treasure hunting Full time! :thumbsup:

And I would also be able to make a large donation to the Make a Wish Foundation so terminally ill kids could do something special before they leave this world.

Buddy~

Monty · Jan 23, 2009

Pay me and my kids out of debt. Be sure IRS was happy! Set the kids up in some kind of small business and let them succeed or flounder in todays economy. Buy a place in the country for myself and wife. Pamper her for the rest of her life for all the good she has done for me. I don't need anything personal except maybe a detector or two. Buy Digsi my dog a new flea collar. Give a lot of it to charity. Try not to go nuts like so many wealthy people do. Set aside enough to leave my wife and kids a good inheritance. Dig a hole and hide the rest of it if any was left, and concoct a treasure map with many riddles and hints and donate it to Tnet members upon my demise. Monty

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS · Jan 23, 2009

Why would another $50 million change anything.

Cynangyl · Jan 23, 2009

I have always laughingly joked about what I would do if I won the lottery but since I don't buy tickets it is all in fun. lol First I would tithe of course then take care of my grandma and mom....my kids and grandkids....I would want to set up a home to help those leaving abusive relationships get a new start, give some to Ronald McDonald house and other set ups like that. I would most definitely get myself a huge soaking tub too. lol Honestly I don't know what I would do if I had that kind of money but I do know I would love to travel and see a few places as well. Of course since I don't buy lottery ticktes I would have to get one in my Christmas stocking or something. lol

willie d · Jan 23, 2009

I would buy my Mom a condo and give her a retirement fund. After that, take care of some family and friends. Then, make out checks to March of Dimes, St. Jude's, Make a Wish and USO. Next, we're off to look for a new house, one with enough property for my daughter's new horse and maybe a new car or 2 :wink:

beancounter · Jan 23, 2009

With 50 Mil I could pretty much help out all the relations. (knowing them, that would use up the first million)

Just to bring them to zero. Then they would be on their own. Set up a trust fund that paid out regular equal payments for the next 25 years to myself. Have a will made up fast with some kind of early death clause that no one gets my money or interest until 25 years after my death and it would go be split to who ever is in college or paying off a student loan at that time and only for the amount that is needed to bring them to zero on the loan. The rest would be for future relations to attend school maybe for generations. It would depend on when I died as to the actual amount left.
with the almost 2 mil I would get a year, I would travel, a lot, with my partner. being able to stay a week or month all over the country. Not just the big sites, but little towns. I would love to go into little diners and buy everyone there their meals and sit a listen to all the stories they could tell. Help out at animal shelters of places I would stay, either by volunteering or with the purchase of things they needed. I couldn't just hand over money. As we have seen with the recent bailouts. people get too greedy when just given money free and clear.
Because I would be moving around so much no one would be showing up with crippled kids and hard luck stories at my door. I've heard stories of how that happens to a lot of people who come into money. I am not an "over-the-top" kind of person. I like to think I could still be a low key, private person.

Farmercal · Jan 23, 2009

I would be hounded 24/7 via phone calls by persons who needed the money for whatever project they could come up with, some real but most scams.

I would constantly be in court by scam artist that tresspassed on my property and purposely hurt themselves in order to sue me.

Previous acquaintances would claim that I owed them money and would tie me up in courts for many, many years costing me more and more money.

In the end, some would get some of the money and the courts and the lawyers would get the rest, thus leaving me broke.

Perhaps I will just stay broke, it's easier.

Some would say I am a pessimist, but this is what happens to most people that win the lottery if you don't completely drop out of site.

fossis · Jan 23, 2009

I would build my wife a comfy house, give some to Saint Judes, Ronald Mcdonald house, make a wish foundation, give to local churches, local charities, leave enough for retirement, then give the rest to my kids & Grand-kids.
Then get myself a Truck & camper, & travel all over the U.S. Canada & Alaska, Treasure hunting, Gold panning, & trading for Rocks & Minerals & Fossils with selected friends. :thumbsup:

& in the winter, spend time in Florida & S. Texas & AZ. :icon_sunny:

Fossis.................

TheHarleyMan2 · Jan 23, 2009

50 Million huh? Well first off I would find me a real nice BIG island somewhere and start my OWN COUNTRY! Build computer machine gun enplacements every 50 feet around it to keep everyone else out! I just have to figure out if I would have any money left over?

AeroMike · Jan 23, 2009

Well, I would be debt free and start my own business. I would buy a couple of cars but I would still drive my truck. I would be a nice home, not a mansion but a house that when people drove by they would say "Wow, that is a really nice looking house" not like "HOLY SH*T! that there is a freakin mansion!! this guy must've won the lotto!!"

I also would start my hoarding of civil war relics, lol

On a side not, I had a friend win 8 million free and clear after taxes. He moved his family from Mt Morris, Michigan to Brownsville, TX and became a complete A-hole to his family. Told all of them to screw off and never wanted to hear from them, even his twin brother.

He had a really bad gambling problem and I would assume that he is flat broke by now.

When I worked at a moving company before college, we moved a guy that won 12 million in the state lotto and we were moving him into a gated community. He said he wished he never won the lotto because even with an unlisted phone number, people still called at all hours and he said you here every sob story and every latest million dollar invention. That was why we were moving him into a gated community so people would quit stopping by his house. He said people had the attitude that he should share because he did nothing to earn that money.
He said" give me the money the old fashioned way, let me inherit it".

Michigan Badger · Jan 23, 2009

At first I'd be somewhat surprised cause I don't buy lotto tickets.

Then I'd give all my kids a million bucks each and then I'd go after treasure.

When I say treasure I mean real treasure...Spanish galleon and Civil War treasure.

Some people think all galleons sunk while filled with loot. Many went down empty except for personal belongings such as pocket change, pottery, guns, tools, etc.. Then there is all the ship hardware and cannons. :thumbsup:

That's what I'd love to find and dive.

I love shipwreck things. I even go for Great Lakes finds but unfortunately those are off limits today :'(

Money, who needs it anyway :tard:

stoney56 · Jan 23, 2009

If I did buy lottery tickets, after becoming debt free, I'd see that the folks and family were set to where they didn't have anything to worry about. Church and charities of my choice get a share. Then I'd see that family members Christmas stockings were a bit fuller than they expected. lol Then comes a nice house in a southern climate and a motor home for traveling the U.S. I'd see that the $$$ was put into a trust that didn't allow more than 2 million dollar withdrawl @ year.

Gator-Flea · Jan 23, 2009

I would give it all to my KIDS and GRANDKIDS and that way they would stay out of my pockets and I would live well on what I have.

Gator-----------------------Flea............... :thumbsup:

pegleglooker · Jan 23, 2009

hey gang,
This has been GREAT !!!! All of you have had some wonderful ideas. So since I started this topic I guess I should let you know what I would do. I would like most of us, in the sense, make sure my family is taken care of. Put away enough money so that my kids would not " need " to work ( but should do something- let the money earn interest and be given out a little at a time ). Make sure I have a " normal " place to live and enough money that I would NEVER have to work. Donate a large portion to a abused children foundation. Then I would take the balance and start a Treasure Hunting Library, I would purchase any and all I could find that involves treasure hunting ( books, magazine collections, videos, manuscripts etc. ). That would be my legacy.... Then let the next generation build from there.... I can see now The Putz Libary of Treasure... :sign10: