Gecko
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Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 19804
Loc: Third rock from the sun
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So who has bought a lottery ticket?
Not me. I was going to, but since I haven't bought one in decades, I spaced it.
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annieo
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Reged: 07/07/10
Posts: 1410
Loc: Pacific Northwest
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I actually bought one when I was at the gas station - I had forgotten all day but then the person in front of me got one =) I haven't purchased one in YEARS but I would love to win and build a Boys & Girls Club here and help our school out not to mention all my family =) The first thing I would do though is to pay off my student loans =)
Good Luck to those who bought Lotto tickets!!!
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Gecko
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 19804
Loc: Third rock from the sun
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I thought about running out and spending a dollar on a Quick-Pick, but I didn't.
I'd take the 'cash'($462M) and after 50% taxes, I'd have have what...$231MILLION dollars?!? Woohoo!
10% to my church, 10% to be split among other local churches and non-profits.
Pay off all my debts.
1/2 million in trust for my grandma.
I'd give each of my kids a $20k budget for a new vehicle and pay their insurance for a year. I'd give them another $10k for medical/dental. Any of them wanting to go to school...I will pay $200k (each) for 4-years (conditions apply). If they maintain a 3.5+...I will pay for a Master's. I'd then put a 1/2 million each in a trust that they can't touch until they are 30. I'd do similar with my nephews, though the oldest is over 30 so he gets his money now.
I'd pay off both of my sisters' debts and give them 1/2 million.
I'd buy two homes and then travel for a year to furnish them.
I would give my local CC $10million to build a new computer science department; with the provision that they do NOT name it after me.
I would give $1Million to our local Hospice
Damn...I still have $166,610,000!
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Loretta
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Reged: 06/02/05
Posts: 3940
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They don't sell them here or I would have!!!
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spinnerdegrassi
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Reged: 08/20/06
Posts: 7952
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Since Charity begins at home...I'd keep it all to myself. Maybe I'd buy my coworkers lunch at Taco Bueno, but pretty much everything else I'd just spend on me and my cat and dog since it's much better to spend $$$ on animals since they appreciate it more.
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javajunkiee
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Reged: 06/01/08
Posts: 3154
Loc: SC
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I'd get a financial advisor who'd help me figure out the best way to spend the $$ without going broke. Then I'd hire whoever was the meanest, nastiest, pita IRS Auditor on the planet at double their salary. S/He'd make sure to cover my butt with the IRS.
There are wayyy too many stories out there about lotto winners being dumbasses with their winnings and winding up worse off than they were to begin with.
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Gecko
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 19804
Loc: Third rock from the sun
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There are wayyy too many stories out there about lotto winners being dumbasses with their winnings and winding up worse off than they were to begin with.
---> They're not so much 'dumbasses' as they are naive and can't say 'no'. A lot of these folks cave into the [intense] pressure of family and friends to 'share the wealth'. The majority of them live 'month to month' so they don't know how to handle instant 'wealth'. Hell, look at all the 'stars'..television, movie, sports, music, etc...who made/make millions are who are broke even though they had 'financial advisers'.
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Goodmom
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Reged: 06/17/07
Posts: 2015
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[quote]Since Charity begins at home...I'd keep it all to myself. Maybe I'd buy my coworkers lunch at Taco Bueno, but pretty much everything else I'd just spend on me and my cat and dog since it's much better to spend $$$ on animals since they appreciate it more. [/quote]
Actually, if you won that much, you may want to consider never practising as a nurse again. I know that my cousin, who is an RN, has stated that she will never work as a nurse ever should she ever win. Too many people that are sue happy.
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c_jane
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/06/07
Posts: 1754
Loc: In the Great State of Texas
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I didn't but if I ever won big, after hiring the financial consultant I would:
Pay off all my bills
Take Exhole's azz back to court for custody.
Buy me a Range Rover (dunno, just always wanted one)
Buy a BIG piece of property wherever Sis & I decided, build 2 houses and a barn on it and we'd both quit our jobs & she could run the riding stable.
Give $20K each to a couple of other good friends.
Give $1Mil to the SPCA in my county.
Start a pro bono law [censored] with the BEST lawyers, GAL's, and psychiatrists I could hire for women in situations like mine.
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gr8Dad
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Reged: 06/07/04
Posts: 30199
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"Take Exhole's azz back to court for custody."
Change of circumstances would be?
"Start a pro bono law [censored] with the BEST lawyers, GAL's, and psychiatrists I could hire for women"
Funny thing is, I would do something similar, but I would not make it gender specific. But I am the woman hater, right?
"in situations like mine."
What would that be? Crappy parents who sh!t on the other parent and involve the children in custody battles?
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Why give a "senior" discount, they have had plenty of time to raise the money...
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