You just won the PowerBall Lottery tonight! Now what?

Jonesingmucho

I'm getting ready to leave work, and I will be stopping to buy the winning PowerBall Lottery ticket...

but, just for giggles...if you won, what would you do with all that money?

sentaruu

build a house w/ a home gym. buy all of the cars I want. work a blue collar job and do mud runs in my spare time.

lmmathis86

Buy a new house,car, and get a personal trainer. I would also build a gym along with a gun range. Shooting takes the mind of junk food!

burning2much

Go to the gym...better yet, buy the gym

SmartAlec03211988

Things I would do include:

Pay off my parents debts + give them $1 million each.
Pay off my sisters debts + give her $250,000.
Buy my brother a car.
Buy myself a house close enough to the parental units to stay in touch, but far away enough to maintain some damn privacy.

Pretty much it... besides save some, spend some, and invest most.

JTick

Fill my gas tank up...all the way. :drinker:

RonnieLodge

Pay off the mortgage with most of it.

Use a little bit for a fun night out.

:drinker:

Mia_RagazzaTosta

I collect my winnings and vanish.

zyxst

Pay off debts, buy/build a new house, car, eye glasses, custom-made clothes, and donations to family and charities.

JRaeZins

make my family millionaires!
pay off debt
travel
donate,donate ,donate
and travel!!!

darkrose20

pay off my bills, b/f's bills, bestie's bills, buy a modest house in the country with horses and stable hands and riding instructor (my skills are horribly lacking) and one in the city, cut back my hours at work to half (what?!? i'd be bored and feel like i wasn't a productive member of society), buy a small truck and a 2000 firebird with t-tops and a stick (then paint it black), take a vacation, invest the rest and live off the interest.

Really, that's not too much to ask, is it?

NormInv

2 chicks

Nothungry585

Stop, take a breath and say a small prayer.

CocoLaMocha

How much are we looking at??

1. Buy myself my dream condo
2. Give my parents, sister and fav cousin portions of my winnings
3. Donate some to charity
4. Invest & save
5. LIVE LIFE!

Bucky83

Depends on how much....

...if it's $1million, then keep working and put it into a high interest earning account. Pay off my mortgage with the dividends.

...If it's $10 million, give $2million to my parents, $2million to my brother, invest and flip the bird to work and 'retire'.

donyellemoniquex3

Move to Florida with my mom, somewhere in Celebration, Kissimmee or Orlando. A big 3 bedroom 3 bathroom house with an in ground pool and game room. Also a house keeper, butler and limo driver for my piano black stretch limo.

Don't forget those Disney and Universal season passes !

willrun4bagels

We're talking like $400 million, right? So $200+ million after taxes if you take the single payout?

1. Tell my boss to suck it. Kind of like the lottery commercial where the woman hires a marching band and has a parade float to tell her boss she quits after she wins the lottery. It would be even more elaborate than that though.
2. Pay off my mom's debt and buy her a cute house somewhere and give her a few million so she never has to work again
3. Pay off the student loan sharks that I already give a small fortune to
4. Buy a sick *kitten* house somewhere
5. Build a gym in my sick *kitten* house
6. Pay off my younger sisters' student loans and gave them each a few million
7. Invest
8. Swim in a pool of fancy champagne
9. Donate

salembambi

- pay off all my debt,moms debt & sisters debts
-buy dream house & if my mom wants to live with me there cool if not she gets her own house, same with my sister
-donate to all the farm animal sanctuaries in Ontario
-donate to womens shelters
- be really awesome and have my own art studio

AusAshMommy

- Pay off ALL of my debt
- Move to NYC/Chicago or San Fran to pursue my dream career of working in Publishing
- DONATE funds to the three or four animal rescue groups we've worked with closely in NC
- Invest what I can
- Buy Life Insurance - I should have it I know but I can't afford even a basic term policy right now
- Start 529 plans for the kids
- Give some to both sets of Parents (mine and my In-Laws)
- If moving to NYC didn't happen I'd buy a large farm, build a Kennel system and open a doggy rescue/boarding home

MallorieGreiner

-Pay off my car and credit card (which is really only a couple thousand total now lol)
-Give my parents a lot because they put up with me for 22 years
-Move to Florida or California
-Buy my parents a house wherever I move
-Finish school
-Get my own URL for my hockey and fitness blogs...=)
-Travel
-Take photography classes
-Invest

michellekicks

So it's like $200M?
I'd tithe it to my church.
I'd take my whole family to some beautiful tropical destination for a month.
I'd make my parents, my mother-in-law and my brother millionaires.
I'd help pretty much all my friends with at least a few thou each, depending on the need.
I'd buy a new home here in the Okanagan for my family and buy another home, probably in Mexico.
I'd hire a housekeeper.
I'd set aside education funds for all 5 of our kids.
I'd put at least $20M into a foundation of some kind that I would create to fund some kind of charitable cause.
I'd spend all my time running, paddling, writing music, singing and playing with my kids.