What would you do if you won the lottery?

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  • jacquelyn_erika
    jacquelyn_erika Posts: 524 Member
    -Take care of my families financial needs
    -Pay off my debt and my boyfriend's debt (student loans...ick)
    -Buy two new cars, nothing fancy, something with great gas mileage
    -Build a beautiful house
    -Start an animal rescue shelter

    ....there's so much more. Those are the things that come to mind right away though!
  • kalyn_QT
    kalyn_QT Posts: 273 Member
    1. pay off college loans
    2. hire personal trainer
    3. donate some
    4. save

    in that order.
  • countindowntothin
    countindowntothin Posts: 201 Member
    Quit my job
    Pay off all my family's debt, along with my parents' and brothers'.
    Buy a huge space of land and build a nice house, but not too big (I'm not cleaning all that up!)
    Have 4 more kids
    buy new car for me and truck for my husband
    By an RV
    buy a house in the mountains and at the beach
    travel
    Hawaii
    buy the husband a boat (or 2)
    Invest
    save
    College for all my kids and any neices and nephews I may accrue
    give some to my friends
    homeschool my children
    hire a chef (full time) and trainer (when I'm home)
    boob job and tummy tuck
  • tajmel
    tajmel Posts: 401 Member
    Does literally everyone on this site have student debt?
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    Pay off ever penny of student loan, vehicle and mortgage debt we have.
    Fix up our house in Texas and finally sell it.
    Sell this house and build the house of my dreams.
    Replace all kinds of things that I've been meaning to replace: broken iPod, broken hairdryer, living room furniture, etc.
    Make a very large savings account.
    Set up college tuition savings for both my kids.
    Keep working and just enjoy having the financial padding.
  • NorthcN
    NorthcN Posts: 6 Member
    1. Tell no one not even family
    2. pay off student loans
    3. buy parents house so they can go travel the world like they want to.
    4. Continue my life as normal.
  • kellyallday
    kellyallday Posts: 137 Member
    In this order:

    1) Find a great place to hide.
    2) Tithe.
    3) Setup an annuity or high interest account that will kick out monthly dividends. This account would be never touched again (setup and forgotten)... and willed to my descendants, with restrictions regarding cashing it out or taking loans against it. You would be surprised how many lottery winners go bankrupt.
    4) Give all of my relatives and/or close friends one lump sum, and tell them that if they blow it, don't come back.
    5) Purchase several lots of land and or houses in up and coming areas... income property, and hire a management firm to oversee the renting out, repairs, etcetera.
    6) Travel, and hire a chef, trainer and stylist to go with me.
    7) Setup a school/orphanage of excellence that would foster healthful living, encourage diversity and service.
  • harleygaljojo
    harleygaljojo Posts: 111 Member
    I would retire and move the the beach.
    Take care of my family and close friends
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,276 Member
    No particular order

    Pay off all my kids student loans.
    Buy a house and put a personal gym in it....and hire a personal chef...LOL!
    Donate to the ASPCA .....and adopt a dog.
    Donate to some other causes.
    Help out my other relatives.
    Start a business to help other women sell their handmade goods....without a fee.
    Save the rest for travel and to live comfortably
  • dukenukkem
    dukenukkem Posts: 3
    Hmmm...I won the lottery, huh?

    1. Send my son to Stanford
    2. Donate to charity and help others in need.
    3. Why not a few random acts of anonymous kindness?
    4. Quit my job so I can exercise more.
    5. Pay off all family debts
    6. Set up a trust for my son and future grandchildren.
    7. Visit Europe
    8. Find a nice girl and take her somewhere exotic and fun.
    9. How do you spell Ferrari? ;-}
  • Moonblood
    Moonblood Posts: 199 Member
    Hmm, probably nothing too exciting. I'd invest. I'd also think about changing a room in my house to a home gym.
  • marnijojo
    marnijojo Posts: 235 Member
    Does literally everyone on this site have student debt?

    Yup, pretty much. We are all here to lose the 'freshman fifteen'...or 'twenty'...or 'thirty'...:happy:
  • AShawneeF
    AShawneeF Posts: 123 Member
    pay for my and my mom's college
    buy my mom a house
    save little by litte in a compound interest fund
    create my lil bro's college fund
  • AgentWalker008
    AgentWalker008 Posts: 26
    - Buy myself a house
    - Get driving lessons and my license.
    - Buy a car.
    - Donate some to charity
    - Fund myself through my PGCE
    - Fund my partner's degree in Astrophysics.
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    Buy MFP and delete all the serial reporters....
  • still_crafty
    still_crafty Posts: 682 Member
    It's a toss up between hiring a hit man (I really DON'T like prison orange, however) or starting up the Crafty B!tch relocation program and becoming it's first client.
  • Pheonix2012
    Pheonix2012 Posts: 61 Member
    Me and My Hubby's Dream.

    Buy a huge chunk of farmland in VA
    Start and Organic Produce and Meat Farm
    Open our own Organic restaurant with all of our delicious recipes!!

    Dream come true
  • nikkiw283
    nikkiw283 Posts: 90
    1) Quit my job
    2) pay off all of my debt/hubby's debt
    3) buy a new house
    4) pay off my dad's house
    5) college fund for my daughter
    6) travel, travel, travel, and more travel
  • MamaDee2
    MamaDee2 Posts: 843 Member
    Help my kids pay off student loans, then set up some type of homeless shelter/soup kitchen for the homeless my area, especially for children, elderly and veterans.
  • LetsTryThisAgain54
    LetsTryThisAgain54 Posts: 381 Member
    Open a giant animal rescue farm for dogs and other animals.
  • Berto0391
    Berto0391 Posts: 273 Member
    Pay off everything....
    Quite job
    move somewhere lol
    Buy a good home.
    Continue my education.
    Give some to family
    Give 50% to the people in need
    Buy me some nice things ^.^
    Save the reset.
  • PANZERIA
    PANZERIA Posts: 471 Member
    Pay off all of my debts, and my parent's debts.

    Use the rest to start up a non-profit dog rehabilitation centre in Alberta, Canada.
  • jazzie2421
    jazzie2421 Posts: 45
    Pay off all my bills
    Pay for my daughter's college at the school of their choice
    Buy them each a house wherever they go to college so they can rent out rooms and not have to work while going to school
    Buy me a house - so I can have a home base and my mom can live rent free
    Set up investments so that I don't have to work for the rest of my life, living off the interest
    Buy a trailer and travel
  • slyder432
    slyder432 Posts: 475 Member
    Bacon,blow,boobs,beer,bootyand beaches.

    This^^^excluding the blow!!
  • lt3ag4s
    lt3ag4s Posts: 835 Member
    I would take a year off from work, buy and RV and follow NASCAR from track to track over one season.
  • channa007
    channa007 Posts: 419 Member
    1. Buy homes in Los Angeles, South Beach, NYC, Vegas, Tuscany, and Rome (spending part of the year in each)
    2. Hire private chef and trainer to travel around with
    3. Invest/day trade
    4. Bugatti Veyron, Rolls Royce Phantom, Lamborghini Aventador
    5. Hunter Legend 40' liveaboard sailboat
    6. Rodeo trip for wife
  • mfoutch86
    mfoutch86 Posts: 87
    First, I would pay off my student loans and our house. It's our only debt, so it really hangs over my head. Then I would hire a nanny, so somebody could be home with the kids while I get breast implants! I really doubt we would move, our house is already close to what we want, but I would build my dream kitchen and spare no expense. Then I would do all the usual boring stuff, like fund retirement, college, etc. We are pretty conservative with money, so I don't see us going crazy buying stuff or mega mansions. I might splurge on some shoes, or get my hubby a new motorcycle, but I can see us living the same lifestyle for the most part; comfortable yet conservative!
  • StarIsMoving
    StarIsMoving Posts: 437
    ~Pay off student loans and pay cash for the rest of my education
    ~Quit work so I am not pulled in so many directions while doing my schooling
    ~Remodel my home
    ~Set the kids up with enough for education and then some
    ~Fly my parents here 1st class every time they visit :)
    ~Once through school, start construction on our business... already know what type and everything, and is something the whole family can work at :)
  • xYumzx
    xYumzx Posts: 953 Member
    Win the Lottery... I wish lol

    But if I did i'd...

    1. Pay my parents house and pay the bills/taxes on it....
    2. Buy my parents a house in Cali & Colorado so they can live in each state their kids live in...
    3. Buy a damn new car thats sexy and makes you think DAMN! when you look at it..
    4. Put money aside for savings
    5. Help out my siblings..
    6. Help out friends that need help not just need money...
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    hookers and blow...
    THIS \m/

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