What would be your plan if you won the lotto?

[phyzik]

If you hit the lotto.... what would be your decisions in the first week of your new found wealth?

This is something I often think about, my failing is that I hardly ever play the lotto so its pretty much a pipe dream. :lol

I only play it when its around $100 million or more.

having said that, if I hit it with that type of money, this would be my plan.

1. Pay off all of my immediate bills. Car, credit cards, loans. I only owe something like $40,000 and thats including my new car.

2. After paying off my immediate bills, hire a financial advisor and outline a plan with them as far as what I intend to do and what I want in the future.

3. I've always told myself that if I was lucky enough to hit the lotto, I would donate at least a cool million to the Carver Academy or something like that.

4. Hook up all my friends and family with a large ammount. Say if I won like $100 million. Giving all my friends and family a cool million each, even after taxes, isnt going to hurt me much with that kind of money. Im talking close friends and family, not people I just "know". I can think of barely 20 people that would fit that description. Takes care of the mooching and shit right off the bat. Plus, Im just that type of guy. I always help out my friends and family when I can.

5. I'd stay in my same home. Its been my home for 30 years now. But I would pimp it up like crazy.

6. Take a full year for vacation and just travel the world in that year. After that, buckle down.

7. Open a bar or something like that. Be my own boss. I know how to run a bar and I've got a friend that has managed a friends bar for 5 years. He would go in it with me. We've often talked about opening our own place together. We probably will do it in any case within the next 5 years or so.


What would you do if you hit it big?

[eyeh8u]

what car?

[z0sa]

cool ideas. I'd do a lot of the same shit:

1) hook up the close family and friends

2) pay off all bills/loans/etc,

3) donate to a good charitable cause

However, I'd buy a new house (currently live in an apt), but nothing fancy where the taxes would be murdering me 30 years down the road when I've invested/spent most of the money. Maybe something for $120-150k or so, nice 4/2 with a big yard.

I'd also hire a financial adviser after I bought the house, and put aside all the bills including projected inflation etc for the next 50 years or so, immediately, that way I'd never have to worry about bullshit like taxes since its already set aside.

Opening a bar is a badass idea. I'd probably do that since it doesn't seem too expensive (relative to $100 mil). I'd like to open some kind of publishing company, but that's just a random idea.

[phyzik]

what car?

2009 Pontiac G8 GT

Here's a few pictures just after I bought it back in November 2008 (Edited post). We had just installed my Vararam intake and painted the coil packs. Have done some stuff since then but no new pictures.

BTW, the guy in the picture is not me, Im a cracker, thats just a friend. :lol

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[Dream Weaver]

enjoy it while I could, wake up and go to work

[Frenzy]

We talking 100 mil? Retire for sure. Maybe buy stock in a company with a boss that did me wrong...try to make his life hell.. could be a side hobby. Take care of the friends and family and move to some island.

[eyeh8u]

when you win the lotto, do a holden front end conversion on it

[phyzik]

when you win the lotto, do a holden front end conversion on it

Yeah, I looked at the whole body kit, just over $3000 :wow

You pretty much have to do the whole thing, otherwise it wont line up right.

Im focused more on performance right now. I can walk away from a 2010 Camaro SS like nothing. Havnt had it dyno'd but Im probably pushing close to 500hp

[Stringer_Bell]

I would not tell anyone.

If it's 100 million or more...after ridding myself of loan, medical, and credit card debt I'd travel around the country on a bus with a group of doctors treating children that have no insurance or in areas where access to medical care is difficult. In addition, the children that need speciality care (which would probably be a decent number) I'd try to hook them up with care as best as possible. There's been some TV specials on it, I think it'd be worthwhile to do but I wouldn't tell anyone that I'm responsible for it.

I'd clear any debts of my mentors (teachers, administration, co-workers, doctors that helped me) too, and set-up scholarships at my high school and college. If I stayed in San Antonio, I'd put on a Tejano festival in the Summers with low-rider shows, music, and raspas. Whatever I have left over, I'd save to make sure my family doesn't have to worry about things until at least another generation.

[Jacob1983]

Before I did anything with the money, I would make sure that I had the money in my possession and that it wasn't going to be taken away from me. First thing I would do is pay off my college loans. After that, I would invest a lot of it in CDs, mutual funds, savings accounts, and maybe some stock. The only big spending I would do in probably the first year would be to travel and see the world. I would also help my relatives with their bills and probably give them a few million.

[eyeh8u]

Yeah, I looked at the whole body kit, just over $3000 :wow

You pretty much have to do the whole thing, otherwise it wont line up right.

Im focused more on performance right now.

also when you win the lotto sell it and get a gxp, the last Pontiac ever

[phyzik]

also when you win the lotto sell it and get a gxp, the last Pontiac ever

I like the GXP.... but this car is "mine" if you know what I mean. I dont think I could part with it. At the time I bought it, it wasnt known that the GXP was coming out otherwise I would have waited.

Maybe buy a GXP and leave my GT the way it is to use as a daily driver and start working on the GXP. :lol

Hell, fuck that, if I went that route, I'd buy a G8 firehawk. :toast

[Sisk]

Buy SpursTalk

But really.. I'd give money to my family/close friends. Buy a nice house. Nice cars, I'm a bit obsessed with sports cars.

Invest, purchase companies or some franchise(s) to maintain income.

[phyzik]

I used to work for Washington Mutual. There was a customer that had 3 CD's with 1 million each. Each CD would deposit the interest that was made each month into another account. The guy was living off of just that. It was an inheritance or something like that.

Just think..... 1 million dollars could get you, depending on interest rates, around $5000 a month. I could live off of that shit EASY!!!

I talked to him one time. He had it set up where 2 of the CD's interest went into a checking account and the other 1 millions interest into a savings account which he used to pay taxes at the end of the year.

I wanted to kill him and take his identity. :lol

[eyeh8u]

I used to work for Washington Mutual. There was a customer that had 3 CD's with 1 million each. Each CD would deposit the interest that was made each month into another account. The guy was living off of just that. It was an inheritance or something like that.

Just think..... 1 million dollars could get you, depending on interest rates, around $5000 a month. I could live off of that shit EASY!!!

I talked to him one time. He had it set up where 2 of the CD's interest went into a checking account and the other 1 millions interest into a savings account which he used to pay taxes at the end of the year.

I wanted to kill him and take his identity. :lol

nvf-194, if any rich heirs go missing in texas and there is a reward that is the license plate number i am giving to sapd

[Sisk]

nvf-194, if any rich heirs go missing in texas and there is a reward that is the license plate number i am giving to sapd

:guin

[phyzik]

nvf-194, if any rich heirs go missing in texas and there is a reward that is the license plate number i am giving to sapd

I have customized plates now. That was almost 2 years ago. I posted that those pictures where in 2009 but they where not. The car is a 2009 model but I bought it November 11th 2008.

Not that I ever seriously thought about killing anyone though. :lol

If you must know, the plates read as USAYGO now ("You Say Go" for the drunks that cant figure it out). Keep that on record instead. :toast

For some reason, cops dont like my plates. :lmao

[baseline bum]

I'd probably buy my parents a home in either Hawaii, Santa Barbara, or San Francisco, then buy myself a small place in the Eastern Sierras and maybe one in Colorado or Montana. Then pay my brother's tuition in school, set up a retirement fund for my parents, make a couple of donations to MIT Opencourseware and the Free Software Foundation, and invest the rest in low-risk stuff. Maybe get a Ph.D in math.

[CosmicCowboy]

Buy a rockin house in the Pedregal in Cabo. Buy a 46' sportfisher. Cocaine and high dollar hookers.

[JudynTX]

Move to Amsterdam.

[IronMexican]

2 chicks, man. At the same time.

[PM5K]

I'm just not sure I could see myself giving my family members a million dollars each. I do think there is a difference between winning an amount where you have to be smart about what you do, and one where you don't. If you won 100 million Uncle Sam would take like 40 so you'd be left with 60, so if you wanted to you could give 20 million away to family and still have 40 million left over.

For me though I couldn't see myself giving away 1/3 of my money away to family. I guess it depends on how poor your family is, but my family does well as a whole in general, and have never needed any money from me, and wouldn't if I won the lottery.

At the end of the day I just couldn't see myself doing that, I could think of a lot of other ways I'd rather spend my money. Maybe I'd do the CD thing where I put the money in a CD and deposit 5K into a savings account for them. If the rates workout as posted that's 60K dollars a year and it doesn't cost me a cent, I still have my million dollars.

They'd probably just blow the shit anyway and come asking for more, because while it may be hard to blow 100 million, I bet it's pretty easy to blow 1 million, especially if Uncle Sam wants a piece (There may be a way to avoid some of the tax since it's a gift).

[Drachen]

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I would do nothing.

[PM5K]

Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Take a look at Mouse: he's broke, don't do shit.

[PM5K]

Yeah the more I think about it, there's just no way.

Take my dad for instance: He's in his early sixties and ready to retire. The only reason he hasn't is because my step mom still has a couple years before she can. He just bought a brand new Toyota Avalon and lives in a nice home he just bought a few years ago. I don't even know what he'd do with a million dollars if I gave it to him, he really wants for nothing.

What I probably would do though is buy him something he'd never buy himself, sort of a dream purchase. He's always liked the older Mustangs, so maybe I'd spend 50K on a restored (Or whatever condition 50K gets you) 65 Mustang, or a 67 Mustang fastback.

He's also talked about buying an RV when he retires so he could travel. Now I'd probably be inclined to buy one or the other, but even if I bought both and he hitched that Mustang to the back of that RV (fucking sweet setup), we're still only talking about 150K.

I'd either do the CD thing or a one time gift of 100K MAX, and not for 20 people, maybe for 10 MAX.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

1. All outstanding debts get paid. No brainer there.

2. Figure out the bare minimum I might need to donate to get the family name on my office permanently here at UH. Mostly I'd just like to picture the worker monkeys I leave behind having to answer the phones, "Thank you for calling the SFIE Family Student Information and Assistance Center. How may we help you?"

3. House in the hill country. Close enough to visit the family for the holidays, secluded enough to keep them from bothering us every weekend. Even better if it's secluded enough for me to hunt convicted criminals for sport in my sprawling back yard.

4. Kori and LJ get a check covering operating costs and upgrades here for some time to come. I'd better get a Spur for that.

5. Traveling. Maybe a summer cruise to Alaska. Want to go by New Orleans away from the tourist season, DC, then on to Europe. While I'm there see if I can buy Greece. Or maybe just buy Vasillis Spanoulis and make him my butler to piss off Kill Bill Pana.

6. I'm never wearing pants again.

[PM5K]

Your wearing shorts though right?

[PM5K]

Shit I'd rather buy a few a bad ass ships and go hunt whale killers in Antarctica since we're talking about cold places.

[The Reckoning]

buy a shit-ton of land on the edge of a major city, live off the rest of the money for 30 years, then develop the land and retire off that.

[IronMexican]

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I would do nothing.

Watch you're cornhole, buddy.

[bigzak25]

I would not tell anyone.

If it's 100 million or more...after ridding myself of loan, medical, and credit card debt I'd travel around the country on a bus with a group of doctors treating children that have no insurance or in areas where access to medical care is difficult. In addition, the children that need specialty care (which would probably be a decent number) I'd try to hook them up with care as best as possible. There's been some TV specials on it, I think it'd be worthwhile to do but I wouldn't tell anyone that I'm responsible for it.

I'd clear any debts of my mentors (teachers, administration, co-workers, doctors that helped me) too, and set-up scholarships at my high school and college. If I stayed in San Antonio, I'd put on a Tejano festival in the Summers with low-rider shows, music, and raspas. Whatever I have left over, I'd save to make sure my family doesn't have to worry about things until at least another generation.


That's good stuff man. Especially about helping the children. Props. :tu


Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Take a look at Mouse: he's broke, don't do shit.

Damn...I love you Mouse, but you gotta admit...that was funny. :lol


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Personally, I imagine doing what most others would. Clear all debts. Help family do the same. Maybe move all of my family to the same neighborhood as well.

Then it would be help the children time. I'd investigate all the established foundations out there and pick and choose who best to invest the rest of the money in so that it helps the kids that are most in need out there.

After the money is gone, I'd then go back to work.

[PM5K]

No question there'd be some charity work. I don't know that I can trust some organizations as far as I can throw them, but I do like Habitat. It just reaffirms what I thought about giving away a million dollars to each of my family members. Habitat uses volunteers for labor, including the homeowner, and as I recall they have to make reasonable mortgage payments. Could you imagine how many homes you could sponsor with a million dollars?

Would I rather give well off people a million dollars, or sponsor the construction of 20 homes? No brainer.

[mrsmaalox]

First of all I'd divide the money into thirds. One third for me, one third for my husband, and one third for "just in case" and for our kids inheritance. With my third I'd buy my dream house; no mansions for me, I'm not into having a bunch of acres, just some place very modern and roomy to serve as a home base for my brood for the rest of my years. I'd definitely need some lifetime, court-side Spurs season tickets. My family all does quite well and would probably feel awkward receiving money from me, so I'd just give good birthday/X-mas presents like cars and vacations and help out with college educations. My charitable projects would be thru the Center For the Intrepid; specifically donations for those awesome "robo-limbs" for amputees and educational scholarships for disabled vets and their spouses. I pretty much do all the leisure activities that I like already (ie travel, shopping, hobbies, pursuit of solitude), so that wouldn't change much, just on a grander scale. My husband could do whatever he'd like with his money: take care of his family, and buy all those acres and toys that men need to have. :)

[Trainwreck2100]

clear all debts buy a house and a car

if its big enough winning give each of my parents a couple mil and say "look you're millionaire's too so your family knocks on your door."

[Trainwreck2100]

clear all debts buy a house and a car

if its big enough winning give each of my parents a couple mil and say "look you're millionaire's too so your family knocks on your door."

[The Reckoning]

actually id probably move to costa rica, find a hot babe, and never talked to anyone back in the states ever again.

[Strike]

First things first, I'd get a financial manager to help me save, invest and spend wisely. I'd also probably get a psychologist/therapist, whatever to help me deal with the mental aspects of becoming instantly rich. I wouldn't want to become one of those lottery winner horror stories.

Once my finances and mind were set up, I'd see to it that my parents would be set up for life. I'd also help out a few close friends and family as long as they didn't come to me with their hands out first. I wouldn't just hand out cash willy-nilly. I'd pay for people to get educated and help a few get business started, that kind of thing. Certain people would be financially worry free but, others would never see or hear from me again.

I'd definitely upgrade my lifestyle but I wouldn't go overboard. A nice house, 2 or 3 cars, some cool toys, new clothes, shit like that. I can't see myself being that dude that owns a bunch of Lamborghinis, Ferraris and mansions & shit. I'd donate some money to a few charities, do some traveling, go to school, do things that interest me, blah blah blah.

Oh, I'd definitely quit my job and offer the people on my work crew a fat chunk of change to do the same.

[Stringer_Bell]

I'm not sure what everyone means when they say "financial manager." I hope no one is thinking about just hiring some douche from a bank. If you've got a friend with a business or management or accounting degree, just use them because you know 1) they are your friend and won't fuck you over, probably 2) they won't tell you to invest in shit companies and up-starts, they'll tell you how to hide your money and build interest and shit. Don't put the money in the market, 60m+ is more than enough to not worry about "investing" in the shitty market IMHO...let the money make money for you.

[The Gemini Method]

Since I'm near the last payments on the debt I have for college loans and stuff, I would first buy me a nice place in the Malibu area and a vacation home in a different state (probably Washington), either a condo in Las Vegas/NY/or somewhere outside the U.S. I would go back and earn a PhD and actually become a Professor at USC/UCLA or any university/college in the SoCal area. I would then invest in companies that are pertinent to me such as; Apple, In N' Out, the Lakers etc...also, move money into a retirement account I've set up. I would then give a cut to the relatives who've remained civil and been real.

Following that, I would put some money away for 2014 and just enjoy life a little easier than I have so far...

[Strike]

I'm not sure what everyone means when they say "financial manager." I hope no one is thinking about just hiring some douche from a bank. If you've got a friend with a business or management or accounting degree, just use them because you know 1) they are your friend and won't fuck you over, probably 2) they won't tell you to invest in shit companies and up-starts, they'll tell you how to hide your money and build interest and shit. Don't put the money in the market, 60m+ is more than enough to not worry about "investing" in the shitty market IMHO...let the money make money for you.

Exactly, I'm not talking about some dickhead at a bank or some investment nozzle who says "invest in this" just to get a commission.

[silverblk mystix]

nice thread...

#1---I would never,ever,ever--let anyone know---especially family and friends...
(you have NO idea who would come out of the woodwork to beg,borrow,steal,SUE,etc...
trust me on this)

#2) I would bank it temporarily...while I went on a 6 month combination - vacation/retreat to figure out exactly my plan...while on this vacation/retreat I would hire
a trainer to help me get in the best shape of my life and a chef to eat the best,healthiest
foods available...

#3) upon returning from this sabbatical --I would have a clearer plan and I would hopefully be more prepared to do some good with my good fortune...

#4) as far as family...I would probably help in some small way---but they would be told
that I had been receiving small bonuses at work, invested in some minor stocks,etc...that way I could give them x-mas presents and small things periodically,etc...
----unless my 6 month sabbatical had given me a BETTER idea---like , maybe setting up lifelong annuities--or a plan where this particular family member could ONLY withdraw a reasonable amount ---say per year ---or only receiving a portion of a stock-interest dividend or something similar---where all the family member would know---is that if a certain stock like APPLE or FRITO-LAY or something had had a good year---then they would get an end-of -the-year bonus of 19,500 dollars,etc...

#5) any housing or luxuries I would buy--would be out of town and known ONLY to the wife and I---we could , say, buy a luxury cabin in Lake Tahoe and we would keep that info private---until our death---where it could go to my son, for example...

#6) hire a financial advisor for tax and investment purposes,etc...a person who could only be paid a fee ---say twice a year and any moves he would make would require my sig as well...and if he made me or my interests anything extra in dividends,profits,etc---would net him a bonus based on a percentage we agreed upon in the beginning...

#7) any kind of charity would be private and they would be set up as lifelong annuities also--where each year a profit would be made---and this profit would be the charitable donation---for that year...in other words it would keep paying for itself over and over again...

#8) I would probably have a lot of better ideas after my sabbatical...

[ashbeeigh]

1. Pay off the current student loans, car loan, and credit cards.
2. Go to Grad School without feeling guilty.
3. Buy a new car and a little house.
4. Go shopping.
5. Share the rest with family, friends and the causes that have been so kind to me.

[resistanze]

nice thread...

#1---I would never,ever,ever--let anyone know---especially family and friends...
(you have NO idea who would come out of the woodwork to beg,borrow,steal,SUE,etc...
trust me on this)

#4) as far as family...I would probably help in some small way---but they would be told
that I had been receiving small bonuses at work, invested in some minor stocks,etc...that way I could give them x-mas presents and small things periodically,etc...
----unless my 6 month sabbatical had given me a BETTER idea---like , maybe setting up lifelong annuities--or a plan where this particular family member could ONLY withdraw a reasonable amount ---say per year ---or only receiving a portion of a stock-interest dividend or something similar---where all the family member would know---is that if a certain stock like APPLE or FRITO-LAY or something had had a good year---then they would get an end-of -the-year bonus of 19,500 dollars,etc...

You must have some greedy ass family members.

[silverblk mystix]

You must have some greedy ass family members.

not at all and i can UNDERSTAND why you would assume that...

but...

as Deniro said in some movie I saw awhile back...

``I know a coupla' things about a coupla' things"...

look, think about this...

most people have struggled their whole lives and have never had the chance---to NOT worry about money...and have also NEVER been in a position where they could just spend as much as they want on anything their hearts desired...

so---if you really examine this;

what will happen to someone with no experience, no training, no IDEA how to handle such amounts---what will they do if they are just handed a MILLION DOLLARS???

most would go through it all---and end up broke within a few years---some even a few months...guess what kind of trouble, heartaches, issues---they will have at that time...

guess what kind of ENEMIES they will acquire after all this?

guess what kind of dramas and traumas they and their families and friends will have gone through?

....and GUESS WHERE THEY WILL GO TO TRY AND FIX THESE ISSUES???

YUP...they will come back to you---because after all---if YOU could just GIFT the entire family a million bux----SURELY you have more!

you would only be asking for trouble ---just for being generous...

I did not even mention---all the people trying to SUE you...and all the people who hate you and are envious because of what you have...all of a sudden---you are an ASSHOLE...and you think you are THE SHIT,etc....

believe me...it is not all smooth sailing...

take it FWIW

by the way...my family is pretty stable and cool but I would still NOT let them know---for their own good---and mine...

[The Reckoning]

dun dun dun!

[resistanze]

not at all and i can UNDERSTAND why you would assume that...

but...

as Deniro said in some movie I saw awhile back...

``I know a coupla' things about a coupla' things"...

...

take it FWIW

by the way...my family is pretty stable and cool but I would still NOT let them know---for their own good---and mine...

I was just pulling your leg. I haven't associated with my mother's side of the family since I was a teenager due in large part to money issues and deceit.

I have a small immediate family and a tight network of friends so I think I could afford (no pun intended) to tell them. Just a matter being smart about it.

[easjer]

SFIE pretty much nailed it - minus the no pants thing, because dude. For real, you will at least wear pants when you leave the house. Sorry if that makes me a nagging bitch; you knew what you were getting into.

I actually have plans at various levels of winning. All plans include paying off all debt, money to charities (March of Dimes top of the list), and renovations to our current home.

But for the big pile, where you walk away with a clear $50 million or so?

1) The above.

2) I would immediately find a gestational surrogate. We might still try for a natural pregnancy, but that would be our best shot at biological children, wouldn't require months of bedrest and huge amounts of anxiety for me (some, of course, but not as much as I would feel being pregnant again).

3) Home in the Hill Country. I have the plans on my computer. It's gorgeous. Includes a space for golf cart storage; never I needed that before, but now that I know, obviously I can't live without it.

4) Stop working, start being creative. I would be a SAHM, but I would also think more seriously about writing. Possibly about going back to school to become a counselor and work specifically to help women with baby-loss.

5) Buy lots of pretty, sparkly jewelry. Because I like sparkly things.

6) Go back to being a redhead since I'll have money to splurge on something like that. Probably go back to the fake nails as well. But that's a time-suck, so maybe not (yes, I know how superficial this is).

7) So much traveling. England, France, Italy definitely.

As for the family thing - I don't think our families would take a lot of money from us. But they would probably accept gifts from us, so we'd do that. I have friends that I would like to help out, though I don't know if they'd take money from us either - but I'd bet they'd take an interest free loan. I'd love to help some folks out that way.

I also have secret dreams of starting a foundation in our son's name to help raise awareness about incompetent cervix, premature birth, grief and baby-loss.

[CosmicCowboy]

Buy a rockin house in the Pedregal in Cabo. Buy a 46' sportfisher. Cocaine and high dollar hookers.


So I'm the only hedonist? I was joking to a certain extent but after I knew my kids were taken care of I would spend the shit out of it. You sure can't take it with you.

[silverblk mystix]

...and if all else fails...


hookers & blow

[baseline bum]

So I'm the only hedonist? I was joking to a certain extent but after I knew my kids were taken care of I would spend the shit out of it. You sure can't take it with you.

I don't know; coke is never fun, and hookers would get boring after about a week.

[CosmicCowboy]

I don't know; coke is never fun, and hookers would get boring after about a week. Thats what the 46' Bertram is for.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Heroin. Lots of it. I would go out like Artie Lange.

[CuckingFunt]

Assuming we're talking about a big jackpot...

I'd pay off debt, help close friends and family do the same, give to charity, and invest the rest so that I could live comfortably (not lavishly) forever. I'd travel a lot, too. A lot. And likely also foot the bill for some friends and family to come with me.

I'd buy a house and probably a new car, but other than that I wouldn't change too much about my day-to-day lifestyle. I just moved to the city I've wanted to live in for more than half my life, so I wouldn't move anywhere else. And I'm studying something I love and pursuing a career that genuinely interests me, so the money would give me the freedom to continue that pursuit without stress, but I'm not the type who could retire in my early 30s. The video games would get boring after a couple weeks.

[PM5K]

For real, you will at least wear pants when you leave the house.

Ha ha bitch, even if you win 100 million dollars you still gotta wear pants, sucks to fucking be you.

[Soul_Patch]

http://www.10to1.com/Images/User_Images/List_Item_Images/10to1-6594944.jpg


TWO CHICKS AT THE SAME TIME!

[PM5K]

http://www.10to1.com/Images/User_Images/List_Item_Images/10to1-6594944.jpg


TWO CHICKS AT THE SAME TIME!

Talk about late to the party.

[Drachen]

Yeah, I posted mine on the first page, then went back and read one of the posts that had actually beaten me to the office space reference.

[PM5K]

Yeah, I posted mine on the first page, then went back and read one of the posts that had actually beaten me to the office space reference.


At least yours wasn't the exact same reference.

[CosmicCowboy]

Seriously? Before I even cashed the ticket I would set up 4 family trusts for me, the SO, and the kids. The 4 trusts would turn in the ticket. On a 50 million jackpot I would probably give each kid 10% and spit the other 80% 50/50 with the SO. She would probably take the money and dump my huntin/fishin/ranchin/cowboyin/beerdrinkin ass.

THEN I'd get the bangin house in the Pedregal and the boat and the coke and the hookers.

[xellos88330]

I would give a portion to charity. then buy enough acreage around san antonio to build some houses for my family and call it Pancho's Villa.

After that I would start a gaming business in SA with a place big enough to possibly host the MLG tour.

The rest goes to my kids.

[easjer]

Certainly I would indulge in hedonistic pleasures, but there is a limit. Can't take it with you, but you can make sure your family is taken care of after you. . .

And yeah, I don't give a shit if SFIE wears pants in the house if we don't have company. But outside . . . what can I say? There are exceptions to that rule, naturally, but on the whole, I'm just bitchy like that.

[Slydragon]

Buy Spurstalk

[The Reckoning]

Assuming we're talking about a big jackpot...

I'd pay off debt, help close friends and family do the same, give to charity, and invest the rest so that I could live comfortably (not lavishly) forever. I'd travel a lot, too. A lot. And likely also foot the bill for some friends and family to come with me.

I'd buy a house and probably a new car, but other than that I wouldn't change too much about my day-to-day lifestyle. I just moved to the city I've wanted to live in for more than half my life, so I wouldn't move anywhere else. And I'm studying something I love and pursuing a career that genuinely interests me, so the money would give me the freedom to continue that pursuit without stress, but I'm not the type who could retire in my early 30s. The video games would get boring after a couple weeks.


i can live in your guest house so we could hang out and talk about boobs.

[resistanze]

And yeah, I don't give a shit if SFIE wears pants in the house if we don't have company. But outside . . . what can I say? There are exceptions to that rule, naturally, but on the whole, I'm just bitchy like that.
No one would have the balls (no pun intended) to challenge a guy that rich in public.

[mrsmaalox]

Reading these replies sure does make me realize how sensible we all are :) I wonder if most actual lottery winners start out with a safe plan but some just lose it along the way----get driven nuts by the money and succumb to it's potential evils or get taken advantage of.

[Soul_Patch]

I didnt bother reading the thread, but figured it was probably posted already....


E for effort?

[baseline bum]

Reading these replies sure does make me realize how sensible we all are :)

I bet most of us are sensible enough not to waste money playing the lottery too though. :lol

[PM5K]

Yeah true story, I never play the lottery. I've probably played five times in my life.

[HarlemHeat37]

I've won the lottery before, but only 50 000$ :lol(after taxes, fees and expenses to collect)..

I hate these types of conversations though..I have them with people every time we buy lottery tickets..I end up expecting to win, even though I know I'm going to lose..it just sets you up for disappointment..

[baseline bum]

If I was going to play the lottery, I'd only pick numbers 32 and higher though. It would give you a slightly higher expected value of winnings, since plenty of people use birthdays as numbers and by not picking a birthday, you'd have on average fewer people to split the jackpot with should you win.

[Nathan Explosion]

First thing I would do is put in my 2 weeks at work. Not quit outright, but put in my 2 weeks. Then I'd spend that 2 weeks telling off anyone who pissed me off, bosses, vendors, drivers and customers. I probably wouldn't last 3 days.

Second, I'd set up trust funds for my kids, take what money I have, divide it in half. Half is for spending and the other half is to be split 50/50 amongst my kids trust funds. Every year I'd add half my yearly payment (I take payment option because I'm only 28) to their trust funds for the entire 25-30 years I get a check.

Third, I'd pay off my mom's house and remodel it, my brother's car (in addition to buying my mom one) and buy my grandparents house for twice the amount so they could definitely live off that money without having a side job. Plus I'd pay my grandma's medical bills. I lived with my grandparents for 10 years while I went to school in a better school district and after that. I kinda owe them that much at least.

Of course, settle my debts and hire a financial advisor. Then I'd buy a house to start for myself and my 2 brats. The following year I'd buy some land and build a permanent home and probably "rent" out my old house to my older brother for free.

I'd turn my attention to my car. Definitely getting my Audi RS4 for myself and maybe a nice luxury car to drive every day with my kids. In a few years when I've settled everything and am just getting more money than I know what to do with, I'd probably start buying cars. Maybe get me an Aston Martin because I could.

I'd give money to various charities and maybe donate money to a school. If the pot is large enough, maybe get my name on a building.

And if the pot is REALLY large enough, buy myself a little piece of my favorite sports team, the Spurs. Maybe 1-2% ownership (depending on the cost) and just be a silent minority owner giving them a little more capital to play with.

[Nathan Explosion]

I forgot to add that I'd travel when my kids get old enough to remember it. An off dream is to live in Japan for a year just to say that I did, and give my kids that kind of world view growing up. I'd love for them to learn a really foreign language (to us) other than Spanish. Japanese would be cool. I'd even take my soon to be ex-wife just so my kids wouldn't miss having their mom around.

Lastly, I'd go to school until I tired of racking up degrees. Even without the lottery my goal is to be a life long student because you can never have too much knowledge.

[baseline bum]

I forgot to add that I'd travel when my kids get old enough to remember it. An off dream is to live in Japan for a year just to say that I did, and give my kids that kind of world view growing up. I'd love for them to learn a really foreign language (to us) other than Spanish. Japanese would be cool. I'd even take my soon to be ex-wife just so my kids wouldn't miss having their mom around.

Lastly, I'd go to school until I tired of racking up degrees. Even without the lottery my goal is to be a life long student because you can never have too much knowledge.

If you want your kids to learn a new language, do it in the first 3-4 years. Once you hit 11 or 12, it's hopeless to learn a language at the level of a native speaker.

[The Reckoning]

or you can work hard, make solid investments and be able to do all these things without relying on blind luck.

[TDMVPDPOY]

pussy, plenty of pussy

[Das Texan]

If I win the lotto.....


Pay off bills et al...boring.


I'd end up buying me some real estate for development purposes. Prolly start a business or two.

Buy me a few houses to either upgrade into, fix up and sell or fix up and rent.

Go on a 6 month bender around the world.

Buy Modestoworld aka Spurs Report. But that should only take a couple of hundred. Ban Modesto and close it just to spite them.

[rr2418]

:depressed

[rr2418]

My wife and I would quit our jobs and pay off our bills first of all. Buy a nice home and a new vehicle each. After that, I honestly don't know what I would do with the money. Do I really want to get our families involved? There might be the question as to which families deserve more than the other. Then there is the amount to give! I don't know if I would consider giving friends. There would be some hard decisions to be made. Right now I probably wouldn't tell anyone about our winings. Money seems to change people, so who knows what would happen.

[ChuckD]

4. Hook up all my friends and family with a large ammount. Say if I won like $100 million. Giving all my friends and family a cool million each, even after taxes, isnt going to hurt me much with that kind of money. Im talking close friends and family, not people I just "know". I can think of barely 20 people that would fit that description. Takes care of the mooching and shit right off the bat. Plus, Im just that type of guy. I always help out my friends and family when I can.


You think that would stop them from coming back with their hand out when it's gone? Interesting theory.

I'd make it VERY clear that my will designated my estate to go to the charity of my choice, and then set up annual gifts to everyone at the income tax threshhold, $13,000 this year. That covers birthdays, weddings, Christmas, all of it. They know what to expect, and they also know that knocking you off gets them NOTHING.

People will come out of the wood work and pick your carcass (and fortune) clean if you let them. That's why athletes are usually broke like 2 years after their career ends. Be firm. Give what you want to give. If they call you an asshole for not setting them up with all they want, they weren't that important anyway.

[Leetonidas]

Hmm...

1. Pay off my debt and all of my mom's/dad's debt.
2. Pay off my mom's house and car
3. Buy myself a nice 4 bedroom house
4. Buy a brand new, fuel efficient car/SUV.
5. Put my lady through her schooling
6. Buy 20 pounds of the best weed I can find

[Leetonidas]

7. Buyout Matt Bonner's contract

[ChuckD]

You must have some greedy ass family members.

Win the lottery, and see if YOU don't.

[ChuckD]

If I was going to play the lottery, I'd only pick numbers 32 and higher though. It would give you a slightly higher expected value of winnings, since plenty of people use birthdays as numbers and by not picking a birthday, you'd have on average fewer people to split the jackpot with should you win.

That's a good theory if everyone is picking numbers, but most winners are quick picks because most people are too damn lazy to fill out a slip and pick numbers.

[Zelophehad]

I'd honestly probably become Brando like and be having 500 hamburgers a month flown to my private island. Its probably a good thing I never win it. Even when I have just a little time off I just sit around doing nothing and get out of shape tbh.

One things for sure I wouldn't give it away to friends and family. They could come live with me on the island in the guest houses. Then if they complaining about shit, they'd get deported.

I'd have a coy pond, a big screen Plasma, I mean like 90 inch, with a huge satellite dish. Go fishing. And one of those shipmeents of whatever medicines my body would need to keep from falling apart. I'd definitely considered growing weed on the island. Which would be awesome because I gave up weed a few years ago because of the expense and of having to deal with the dealers. A whole lot of extravagant nothing in other words.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Change it all in for quarters and fill a pool with it.

[desflood]

I'd send a few certain family members to rehab and blow the rest on booze for myself.

[CuckingFunt]

I'd have a coy pond

I don't think I've ever even seen a pond that was slyly hesitant or coquettish.

Must be expensive.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

:lmao

It'll hit him one day. :lol

[Jacob1983]

Would you have a money bin built to put your money in it? I know the idea comes from Duck Tales but if you have millions of dollars, you can do anything with it.

[Sisk]

I bought lottery tickets today..

I lost

[Zelophehad]

I don't think I've ever even seen a pond that was slyly hesitant or coquettish.

Must be expensive.
Hahaha, I just googled it. "Coy" pond, what a dumbass I am. Man was I high on Vicodin when I rambled that post in. Quick tip: if you ever get pain killers from your doctor, always grind them into powder and drink them in a shot of vodka. :tu

[lefty]

I would buy Spurstalk

Then give Slomo a 1$ raise and ban all the Laker trolls, but keep KBP for entertainment purpose.

I will also build my own Iron Man armor, buy a Porsche 911 and all Mercedes available

Oh, and also fuck 24/7

[DarkReign]

I'd change the world, one bullet at a time. Loathe be the day I am filthy rich.

[Darrin]

This has been one of my favorite games over the past year or so. Money has been tight and I play the lotto more when that happens. Here's what I would do:

1. Gastric bypass surgery. At a cool 405 pounds, I need it. I wouldn't waste anytime with this one. It would be the first thing I do. I would hire a personal chef to cook all my meals and I would make sure that everything was his idea, not mine. Turn all my willpower over to him. Personal trainer to keep me in shape as well.

2. Build a house. I want a home-theatre with state-of-the-art equipment. HDTV, Blu Ray, Home theatre system, comfortable recliners that seat 8. I want an indoor gym with workout equipment, a pool, and a basketball court. I was a private study and I want the house to be secure. No more than 2 million spent here. I still don't know where I would want to build it, however.

3. My Mom would get 20 million or so (10 after taxes, I guess). My brother would get 10 (5 after taxes). This is after I get them each a house where they want to live.

4. I'd make 1 million dollar donations to three seperate charities that I've had personal contact with.

5. There's a friend that I would take care of all of that person's needs, no matter what they were. There's another that I would send through college. I would finish college myself.

6. The rest I would invest and save. I would hire someone to make those financial decisions for me that would build a sustainable portfolio.

[resistanze]

Win the lottery, and see if YOU don't.

Fuck that. Like I said, my immediate ex-communicated from one half of the family. Nobody's gettin' shit.

[HarlemHeat37]

No offense or anything, don't take it the wrong way, but how exactly did you reach 405 pounds?..

[Leetonidas]

You're really 405 Darrin? Damn I never pictured you as a fat guy.

[phyzik]

I'd change the world, one bullet at a time. Loathe be the day I am filthy rich.

EPIC!!! :lmao

Stop putting ideas in my head! :lol

[Darrin]

No offense or anything, don't take it the wrong way, but how exactly did you reach 405 pounds?..

I've been a heavy child all my life. I love to eat, especially sugar. I love pasta dishes and I like to eat a lot at one time. Every emotional experience was celebrated or comforted with food. I was making headway, having been up to 350 (at my heaviest) when I was 21 (I'm 26 now), I lost forty pounds and was able to do more with my body at that point than I had ever been able to do. Little things like how far a threw a ball, how easily I bent over without any discomfort, the speed of my walk, the desire to work-out versus eating, my endurance in playing basketball--all highs--at the age of 23.

Right after my 24th birthday I became destructive. I began eating as I had before. I had gotten to the point that I didn't need food to be happy. Now, for the first time in my life, I was trying to kill myself with food. Since that six-month hiatus into junk food and sitting around all day, I haven't been able to stop the old habits.

This past year was some of the best times I have had. I went from very low to very high in about 11 months. In that 12th month...I tanked. Dealing with Depression and Bipolar most of my adult life, I became very setimentary. I stopped walking through my neighborhood. I stopped going out of my apartment. I ate and ate and ate. It was the only thing that made me happy. So I gained 50 pounds in the last 12 months. I'm trying to lose it now but it's very difficult. I got serious around 387 and haven't been able to tip the scales in the right direction since then.

I've given you a history and a reason for eating, but I can't tell you how someone gets that heavy in detail. I can detail what a usual experience with food is like, but I can't give you the plan to get that heavy. A portion to me is twice the size of the normal person and I was overeating for me this past year. That's all I can say.

[Darrin]

You're really 405 Darrin? Damn I never pictured you as a fat guy.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs088.snc4/35778_138288356188647_100000224508363_399809_56545 80_n.jpg

That's me 35 pounds ago. I've been heavy my whole life. It's why I never played basketball past sixth grade.

[PM5K]

You look fat but I don't know about 405 fat, but you know better than we do.

Is it possible that you're so fat you can't see the scale?

[Darrin]

You look fat but I don't know about 405 fat, but you know better than we do.

Is it possible that you're so fat you can't see the scale?

:lol No, it's a digital readout at the doctor's office. I'm 6-4 so I hide it well.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

I'd bolt and become Clooney's neighbor.

[EmptyMan]

I've been a heavy child all my life. I love to eat, especially sugar. I love pasta dishes and I like to eat a lot at one time. Every emotional experience was celebrated or comforted with food. I was making headway, having been up to 350 (at my heaviest) when I was 21 (I'm 26 now), I lost forty pounds and was able to do more with my body at that point than I had ever been able to do. Little things like how far a threw a ball, how easily I bent over without any discomfort, the speed of my walk, the desire to work-out versus eating, my endurance in playing basketball--all highs--at the age of 23.

Right after my 24th birthday I became destructive. I began eating as I had before. I had gotten to the point that I didn't need food to be happy. Now, for the first time in my life, I was trying to kill myself with food. Since that six-month hiatus into junk food and sitting around all day, I haven't been able to stop the old habits.

This past year was some of the best times I have had. I went from very low to very high in about 11 months. In that 12th month...I tanked. Dealing with Depression and Bipolar most of my adult life, I became very setimentary. I stopped walking through my neighborhood. I stopped going out of my apartment. I ate and ate and ate. It was the only thing that made me happy. So I gained 50 pounds in the last 12 months. I'm trying to lose it now but it's very difficult. I got serious around 387 and haven't been able to tip the scales in the right direction since then.

I've given you a history and a reason for eating, but I can't tell you how someone gets that heavy in detail. I can detail what a usual experience with food is like, but I can't give you the plan to get that heavy. A portion to me is twice the size of the normal person and I was overeating for me this past year. That's all I can say.

Keep working hard bro. Fitday.com has software that makes it very easy to track what you eat and mentally get the situation of weight loss under control.

If you can find some healthy food that you can tolerate/like, just make a bunch of meals of it and eat the same thing every day. It'll be hard at first but once you get the hang of it - it's worth it. 5k calories of junk food is easy to do in one day. 2k calories of healthy food actually gets you pretty full. I know how it is.

Try to figure out how many calories you typically burn in one day. Then subtract 500 calories from that number and eat that every day. No more, no less. You are guaranteed to lose weight this way. Exercise is going to be hard being heavy but you basically have to crawl until you can walk, and walk until you can run. You could lose a lot of weight just by lifting weights really. Don't be embarrassed to go to a gym. The people who know reality will respect you for working your ass off and taking control of your life.

It all comes down to discipline. You can beat the depression, but you have to fight back like you have no other option.

[Strike]

I've been a heavy child all my life. I love to eat, especially sugar. I love pasta dishes and I like to eat a lot at one time. Every emotional experience was celebrated or comforted with food. I was making headway, having been up to 350 (at my heaviest) when I was 21 (I'm 26 now), I lost forty pounds and was able to do more with my body at that point than I had ever been able to do. Little things like how far a threw a ball, how easily I bent over without any discomfort, the speed of my walk, the desire to work-out versus eating, my endurance in playing basketball--all highs--at the age of 23.

Right after my 24th birthday I became destructive. I began eating as I had before. I had gotten to the point that I didn't need food to be happy. Now, for the first time in my life, I was trying to kill myself with food. Since that six-month hiatus into junk food and sitting around all day, I haven't been able to stop the old habits.

This past year was some of the best times I have had. I went from very low to very high in about 11 months. In that 12th month...I tanked. Dealing with Depression and Bipolar most of my adult life, I became very setimentary. I stopped walking through my neighborhood. I stopped going out of my apartment. I ate and ate and ate. It was the only thing that made me happy. So I gained 50 pounds in the last 12 months. I'm trying to lose it now but it's very difficult. I got serious around 387 and haven't been able to tip the scales in the right direction since then.

I've given you a history and a reason for eating, but I can't tell you how someone gets that heavy in detail. I can detail what a usual experience with food is like, but I can't give you the plan to get that heavy. A portion to me is twice the size of the normal person and I was overeating for me this past year. That's all I can say.

Not to your extent, but I identify with this, except for the bipolar part. It all started for me when I was 8 years old. Before that, I was a typical kid with a little bit of a belly. I grew up in a house with a backyard pool so from April to September I would swim almost every freaking day. I played sports a little but I was a video game kid then, and I am now. So swimming kept me somewhat slim. Then at the beginning of summer break at 8 years old, I broke my wrist. No more swimming for me the rest of the year. That summer, I sat around and ate junkfood all day, nearly every day. Even though the bones healed and the swimming resumed the following year, the bad eating habits and lack of good exercise never went away. Also since most of my family is heavy, didn't make for the best role models, diet wise. Food, especially bad food has always been a comfort thing for me. Some people have booze, others have drugs. Crap food is my vice.

I topped out at 255 about 3 years ago. Keep in mind, I'm only 5'8". I've slowly dropped about 35 pounds over the past 2 years thanks to my job throwing freight. My eating habits haven't changed much and I'm still a lazy bastard outside of work but because of the amount of calories I burn for 35 to 40 hours a week, some of the weight has come off. Also with my marriage taking a dump and dealing with that for nearly 2 years, I've caught myself gorging on the crap food more than usual at times. I've gotten better about it in the last few months. I don't keep sweets in my house anymore. A swig of chocolate milk gives me a nice sugar fix if I need one.

And now that my divorce is all but final, my stress level will drop so I won't reach for the doritos as much. I've been starting to exercise in small doses, too. Walking a few laps around the nearby high school track, exercise bike, that sort of thing. I still have a weakness for the junkfood but if it's not in the house, I don't go out for it. But being in a grocery store 5 days a week makes it easy to pick up a few things after my shift. Sometimes I stop myself, sometimes I don't.

My goal is to get to about 200 by the end of this year, 160 by the end of 2011.

Anyway, the whole thing about a personal chef, personal trainer, etc. is the kind of thing I would do if I won the lotto.

[024]

fun topic. let's say i win $100 million after taxes, i would..

1. hide it.
2. don't need to pay off debt because i don't have any yet
3. finish college
4. set up enough money in CD accounts to live off of, i figure $30 million at even 1% interest would be $300,000 a year. then i'll probably match that number with the money from my pot of gold and live off of $600,000 a year. and of course, get a financial adviser to plan this.
5. won't spend money right away. since i'm hiding it, won't really help my parents out until i get a little older so they don't get suspicious. i'll say i have money in "stocks" later.
6. however, i would immediately start donating heavily every year to my college, which has given me a full ride all this time. i know people like to donate to charities, but my college would be the main organization benefiting from my fortune. would also buy a new car but that would come from the interest money.
7. pretty much continue my original life plan. travel the world for a while maybe through teaching english oversees. with the money, i can travel like james bond. after that, go to grad school, then settle into a nice career. i have ideal jobs in mind and if i don't get them, then fuck it, i'll open a business or something.
8. after i finish grad school and all that, then i will spend money on a house and cars. by this time, i'll be a little older and i'll be able to help my family without them getting too suspicious. i would stick to my "stocks" story.
9. if i get lazy and don't want to work anymore, i'll probably become a teacher since they get summers off. not high school though, maybe community college.

the key would be pacing myself.

[Chomag]

I wouldn't just give any of my family money but what I would do is pay off all their depths and maybe a nice gift for them. I would set aside an amount for blow off money to have fun with then the rest I would probably invest in Cd's after paying off all my depths of course.

[baseline bum]

I seriously think one of the most important things when it comes to losing weight is to stop thinking every single thing you eat has to taste great. Think of it as just fuel for 5 days a week and then eat stuff you actually like the other 2 days. If you're 16 and play basketball every day then you can eat whatever you want and be in good health, but if you're sitting 40-50 hours a week in an office, you obviously can't be eating chips and fries all the time.

[baseline bum]

I would set aside an amount for blow off money to have fun with then the rest I would probably invest in Cd's after paying off all my depths of course.

It's all about digital download now. If you win the lottery you could spring for an ipod.