$425 Million
That is the CURRENT Jackpot for the Powerball on Wednesday night. What would YOU do when you found out you won, and what would you spend your money on?
1.) I'd probably get sick to my stomach and think I would somehow manage to lose the ticket.
2.) I'd double check my ticket.
3.) Call my dad, have him read me off the ticket numbers again.
I'd spend my money on:
1.) Paying off my debt.
2.) Paying off my parent's debt.
3.) New truck, exactly the way I want it.
4.) Give a portion to my parents to create their dream house in Paris TN
5.) Give a portion to my sister for whatever.
6.) Set aside some $$$ for my daughter to get at different ages in life.
7.) Set aside some for her college.
8.) Pay my college in FULL
9.) Buy/ Build a house
10.) Go SHOPPING!
11.) Donate $$ to a no kill animal shelter
1.) I'd probably get sick to my stomach and think I would somehow manage to lose the ticket.
2.) I'd double check my ticket.
3.) Call my dad, have him read me off the ticket numbers again.
I'd spend my money on:
1.) Paying off my debt.
2.) Paying off my parent's debt.
3.) New truck, exactly the way I want it.
4.) Give a portion to my parents to create their dream house in Paris TN
5.) Give a portion to my sister for whatever.
6.) Set aside some $$$ for my daughter to get at different ages in life.
7.) Set aside some for her college.
8.) Pay my college in FULL
9.) Buy/ Build a house
10.) Go SHOPPING!
11.) Donate $$ to a no kill animal shelter
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Quit my job!!!!! I would love to start a foundation of some sort, not sure what kind.
Pay off my house, brother's house, parent's house, in-laws and sister-in-laws house.
Get a car/suv....not sure what kind.
Get my kids a dog that they have begging me for for years.
Remodel my house and/or build a new house.
Get a cleaning lady.
Get a gym membership at the fancy shamcy gym near my house.
Invest the rest.0 -
I've never purchased a lottery ticket in my life.0
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Pay off my house and medical bills. Give some to the church. Put some aside for my children's education. Buy a newer car. Fix the short cuts on the house. Get the boys their braces (and mine). Get a new wardrobe that I desperately need. Replace my wedding rings that were stolen a few weeks ago. Give a small portion to family.0
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I don't play. I wouldn't want to win it.0
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Get a gym membership at the fancy shamcy gym near my house.
orrrrr make your own personal gym in your house.. hahaha0 -
If I win I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I'm going anyway, but if I win I'm staying longer and in a better hotel!0 -
Each one of my MFP friends will get a lifetime membership to a gym of their choosing...
& we will all get together in my mansion in the Caribbean for a week..0 -
I wouldnt quit right away. The people I work with are AWESOME so, I would gradually leave. I'd pay off our debt and my In-Laws debt, because of ALL they have and do for us. We'd fix up our current house and give it to our friends who just lost everything in the storm and build our new house in the area we want, with a spare house on the property so my Mom & Step-Dad had a house to stay in when they came to visit. I'd give a good chunk of it to my current church and probably the church I grew up in. I'd open a Photo Studio for my Photographer friends and tell them they had to teach me everything they know! :-)
I'd take care of a few of my TRUE friends and some of my other family members debt to help them get back on their feet.
There are so many other things I could think abotu but, I think I would go back to school and finish out my Teaching Certificate and find a job somewhere teaching...then go for my Master's in Education and/or maybe even take some Child Psychology classes! :-)
OH...and YEs, I would DEFINITELY be taking my family on a DISNEY VACATION and getting new vehicles! NO MORE having Vehicle problems for awhile! :-)0 -
1.) Pass out.
2.) Get on my knees and thank God.
3.) Not tell ANYONE until I have my plan set in place (that way when people come out of the woodwork asking me for money, I can tell them I plan to help in some way, but they have to wait until I get to that stage of the plan).
1.) Tithe.
2.) Give to the missionaries my church supports.
3.) Give a portion to Miracle Hill Ministries (a non-profit here in Upstate SC that runs several homeless shelters and children's homes, among other things).
4.) Go back to school (I think it's good to have a degree no matter how much money you have).
5.) Buy/build a modest house on a very LARGE piece of property near the mountains.
6.) Build a family lodge on said property, so my very large family has a place to go for holidays and family get-togethers.
7.) Buy my dream car (Dodge Charger V8) with all the bells and whistles.
8.) Set some money aside in trust funds for my nieces and nephews and my kid sister, to be accessible to them when they are ready to go to college or when they turn 25, whichever comes first.
9.) Give some money to my parents and each of my siblings and their spouses.
10.) Give some to my grandmother.
11.) Help each of my aunts and uncles with their most pressing financial needs up to $45,000 each.
12.) Make some investments.
13.) Take my dream vacation (thruhike the Appalachian Trail).
14.) Start a full tuition college scholarship fund for adults over the age of 25, demonstrating financial need (regardless of gender, ethnicity, or marital status).
15.) Put the remainder in some sort of interest bearing account.
Edit to add: Go shopping for the best camera/accessories that money can buy. :drinker:0 -
Make sure my family is well looked after.
Move to St. Croix.
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1.Hire lawyer and financial advisor
2. Pay off debts of myself, my fiance, and my ex husband(him being better of financially is better for kids)
3. Buy house furnish house. Buy fiance a golf course.
4. HUGE wedding cruise, all my MFP friends included.
5. $5,000,000 put away for kids college, and any cousins they may have as well.
6. Rest saved and invested, so I never have to work again.0 -
I will build a house that will stay in my family for hundreds of years that has secret passageways behind bookcases, among other creepy things for us to talk about.
I'd also buy a trampoline because I've always wanted one.0 -
Aside from the obvious (pay off bills/mortgage/school loans) I'd go on an amazing, prolonged vacation. Then I would finally get my cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee and naturally I'd need a cool boat (or two) so the dock doesn't look bare. I would get a pimped out jeep. I would help my son and his wife and new baby get settled in a comfy home and out of their little condo. I would set some aside for my grandsons education. I think I need a home music studio. I would buy the land surrounding my home and have greenhouses and chickens and add solar panels to the house and go off the grid. I would build a shelter, and a back-up shelter for the zombie apocalypse. I would quit my job...yeah, I would. I would donate money locally to adult education and developing a program to help prevent teen pregnancy and help teen parents finish school and build a life I would build a home gym. Then I would hire Suze Orman to be my financial adviser.0
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1.) Pass out.
2.) Get on my knees and thank God.
3.) Not tell ANYONE until I have my plan set in place (that way when people come out of the woodwork asking me for money, I can tell them I plan to help in some way, but they have to wait until I get to that stage of the plan).
1.) Tithe.
2.) Give to the missionaries my church supports.
3.) Give a portion to Miracle Hill Ministries (a non-profit here in Upstate SC that runs several homeless shelters and children's homes, among other things).
4.) Go back to school (I think it's good to have a degree no matter how much money you have).
5.) Buy/build a modest house on a very LARGE piece of property near the mountains.
6.) Build a family lodge on said property, so my very large family has a place to go for holidays and family get-togethers.
7.) Buy my dream car (Dodge Charger V8) with all the bells and whistles.
8.) Set some money aside in trust funds for my nieces and nephews and my kid sister, to be accessible to them when they are ready to go to college or when they turn 25, whichever comes first.
9.) Give some money to my parents and each of my siblings and their spouses.
10.) Give some to my grandmother.
11.) Help each of my aunts and uncles with their most pressing financial needs up to $45,000 each.
12.) Make some investments.
13.) Take my dream vacation (thruhike the Appalachian Trail).
14.) Start a full tuition college scholarship fund for adults over the age of 25, demonstrating financial need (regardless of gender, ethnicity, or marital status).
15.) Put the remainder in some sort of interest bearing account.
Edit to add: Go shopping for the best camera/accessories that money can buy. :drinker:
I have a charger...not worth it. Even if I have 425 million dollars. LoL0 -
I'd buy a house for my family and my mom, and cars.. put money away for my kids to go to college. Hire a personal trainer. I'd donate a bunch of money to animals in shelters and stuff like that, also donate to people who help victims of fires because when I had mine, we had no help. I'd also get a ****load more tattoos.0
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I'd buy a house for my family and my mom, and cars.. put money away for my kids to go to college. Hire a personal trainer. I'd donate a bunch of money to animals in shelters and stuff like that, also donate to people who help victims of fires because when I had mine, we had no help. I'd also get a ****load more tattoos.
Yes on the tattoos!0 -
I would start a non-profit that would assist cancer patients, and their families, with day-to-day expenses, medical bills uncovered by insurance, and any supplemental treatments they might want to try.
Right after my Lasik vision surgery, my new house, and my African vacation.0 -
First thing I would do is call a lawyer I trust. Other than the lawyer and my wife, I wouldn't tell anyone else for the time being. Basically, I'd try to make my win as anonymous as the rules would let me. I'd then do the standards (pay off debt, buy a new car, travel a bit, gift some to my siblings, lasik). I wouldn't quit my job, but I'd feel a lot less stress doing it. I would set up education trusts for each of my kids (I have six). Then I would set to finding ways to put that money towards making money. It would be a nice problem to have . . .0
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I don't play. I wouldn't want to win it.
This. People are crazy. When the Mega Millions was 610 million dollars, people were spending hundreds of dollars on tickets. Its gross the amount of greed I see when the jackpot is this big.
I know a lot of people who would do a lot of good, I'm just biased because I run a convenience store so I see first hand the thousands of dollars a DAY people throw away on this.
I don't want it because it would just cause more problems in my life with everyone I've met for a minute asking for a handout.0 -
Announce my retirement.0
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I have a charger...not worth it. Even if I have 425 million dollars. LoL
You may have drawn the short straw on yours. I know alot of people who have them, and I always ask people (complete strangers) when I see them driving one if they like theirs or not. The majority LOVE them, and most others have a few complaints, but they don't hate them. What year is yours?
Edit to add: I'd also like to get a '69 Charger and restore it. Just for kicks. Hottest car ever manufactured, IMO.0
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