If you won the lottery....

sci0x

What would you do if you won ten million in the National Lottery??

Calibos

Emigrate to Spain where the purchasing power of that 10,000,000 would be nearly doubled!

mike65

Yell "aghhh! Yipeeee!" in an embarrassing fashion then faint! :eek:

Mike.

weemcd

buy myself the kind of place you would see on mtv cribs, then pimp myself off to the gold diggers as a playboy millionaire.

Dr. Dre

Providing I didn't have a coronary (which is a very real probability), I would be off to make friends with a ferrari dealer, a 575 Maranello *drool

jerenaugrim

Split it 8 ways with each member of my family. Then see who prospers...from my cool pub/hostel somewhere out Wesht.:cool:

Capt'n Midnight

Ten million - that'd be sterling - double woopie.,

Keep stump, sneak in to collect it, spread rumours that if any journalist reports my identy I'd put a contract on them. Buy a couple of houses rent them and setup a trust so I'm guaranteed money into my swiss bank account every month. Then I'll turn my attention to the other nine million. Probably spend one million on charity - ie. leverage - bribe some TD's to get a bill passed to increase spending on homeless and third world aid / trade conditions. Best bit is you punters will pay for it in increased taxes. Probably have to spend a few shekels on the family / friends so it's down to seven million - But that's 10 million Euro.

As to what I'd do with the rest - if the plan works you'll find out some morning when you wake up to the new order or I might get bored and blow most of it in interesting ways - couple of small islands here , a bit of farmland there, a brown envelope or two and I'll sell the farmland for 10 million and away we go again...

tman

half for myself, the other half split between my family.

spend about 1.5 million on a house, new car & various other crap (50k on a custom pc tbh:D )

stick 3 million of the remaining in some kind of high intrest account (nope, i don't have a clue wtf i'm on about)
and have the remaining 500k as 'pocket money'

man, that'd be sweetww)

Kiith

contact the u.s government for a mad supercomputer with a 50gigabit/s net connection. think of all the porn.

User45701

I thgnk the fastest internet line is a 1000mb or 1000GB a second (im not sure) and it is used between 2 large banks in US and Japan

If i had 10 mill i would have a complex (not a house a complex) built
A power generator
Nice PC`s if you own large enough land it is easy to get gun lisences in this country so i would get a gun lisence
I would try to get a nice 1000mb or gb a second conection.

Nike_Dude

spread rumours that if any journalist reports my identy I'd put a contract on them

I'd put 3 million in a high interest account, split 3 million between my family, give 2 million to charity and use the last 2 million to buy stuff and to enact revenge on anyone who's ever really annoyed me:D

BEAT

I've thought about it often. I would donate a portion to charities and childrens homes and hospitals.
Then after putting some away for meself
I will host a party for my friends and family (they wont know I have won you see, secret )
I will have envelopes with checks for everyone and directions not to open them until I give the word. Then after a night of fun and mischief everyone opens thier envelope and goes home happy

then i take my portion and travel round the world for a bit come home and finish my book (which becomes a best seller) and start working on my paintings again in my new beach house, peacefully and happily alone.

sci0x

Originally posted by BEAT
I've thought about it often. I would donate a portion to charities and childrens homes and hospitals.
Then after putting some away for meself
I will host a party for my friends and family (they wont know I have won you see, secret )
I will have envelopes with checks for everyone and directions not to open them until I give the word. Then after a night of fun and mischief everyone opens thier envelope and goes home happy

then i take my portion and travel round the world for a bit come home and finish my book (which becomes a best seller) and start working on my paintings again in my new beach house, peacefully and happily alone.

/me crys, that was beautiful

phoenix2181

over throw the govt & create a giant "laser" on the moon

User45701

No no no!
You have it all wrong!
You have the giant laser here on earth and some sort of reflector on the moon to allow you to target anywhere on 1 half of the earth.

p

Originally posted by Kiith
contact the u.s government for a mad supercomputer with a 50gigabit/s net connection. think of all the porn.

I don't think you'd need porn if you had 10 million :P

The Beer Baron

Move to some warm 3rd world ****hole and sort out my fortress, fill it full of nerdy things and give it a wacked-out retro set from the Prisoner motiff, get a big map of the world with flashing lights on all the countries and a swimming pool with sharks in it. Buy a Porsche 911, a monster truck, lots of guns, rocket launchers and some ex-Soviet tanks and just kinda hang out there doing as I please. Oh and I'd also have a bouncy castle, a huge jaccusi and a hallway with its walls, floors and ceilings done in bubble-wrap.

BigEejit

Originally posted by The Beer Baron
Move to some warm 3rd world ****hole and sort out my fortress, fill it full of nerdy things and give it a wacked-out retro set from the Prisoner motiff, get a big map of the world with flashing lights on all the countries and a swimming pool with sharks in it. Buy a Porsche 911, a monster truck, lots of guns, rocket launchers and some ex-Soviet tanks and just kinda hang out there doing as I please. Oh and I'd also have a bouncy castle, a huge jaccusi and a hallway with its walls, floors and ceilings done in bubble-wrap.

Oh yes .... thats just the job, I think thats the best idea so far ... in fact all of us here at the asylum think you have the best idea

Placebo

leave my job instantly, get a licence and a car and insurance for that car.
give some to family and er i dunno.......... same shi>T diffrent day (on a new car :P)

Catch placebo on tour somewhere in europe or australia, go see taproot or the used or something aswell. Go to japan.

Dr. Dre

Originally posted by The Beer Baron
Oh and I'd also have a bouncy castle

ROFLMFAO

Quality

Agent Smith

buy an island and declare it my country, joey land...... what a place?

tman

Originally posted by Placebo
lGo to japan.

ah yes, i forgot that one...
:shiftyeyes:

ando

get myself 2 Focus RS's. I'd downgrade the looks of one of them, so as to make it look like a bog standard Focus. Then give a few of them bloody Beamer drivers a fright taking off at the traffic lights

Keep the other non modified RS for weekends

Oh, give up my job, buy a nice house and get me a real women!!

Bicky

Give 500 euro to every nice bus driver i meet.
Cos its a horrible job.
Buy very expensive toys and hand them to kids.
Its what i wanted when i was young.
Hire hitmen to kill pedophiles and the kind of scumbags who rob old people.
They deserve it.
Just keep spending money like that until the point when i remember im a tight bastard and buy a mansion with a high fence and big gates to keep you poor people out.

Catsmokinpot

i would buy a load of houses near colleges and rent them out to students

id make a packet!

invest in some hairbrain get Richer quick scheme with the money i get from the houses and become a billionaire

then take over an african nation and turn the economy completely around, take over the rest of africa and use africa to launch an attack on america. once their government system is destroyed create a world government which will make all countries live in peace and work to help one another and better the world community.
then once we manage to perfect the creation and control of anti-matter we can create engines that can take us to the stars and then go on some sort of "Trek" if you will which will involve lots of "Star Wars" where i will find out that a dude in a cape and a black mask is "my father"
anyway it ends up where i become a fat bastard who eats about 3 pounds of meat a day takes **** loads of drugs cant sing for **** and end up dying of a heart attack on the crapper

well the first two lines are true anyway

ToxicPaddy

Pay off all friends and familys debts, mortgages etc..

Invest in lots of high yield investment property...

Buy a big farm somewhere, demolish the farm house/buildings etc and build a
huge wall around the whole bloody place, build a massive mansion smack in the
middle of the land with all the trimmings.. indoor swimming pool, indoor basketball
court etc..

Nice big garage to house all my cars, buy a few nice mobiles including some classics

Spend the rest of my life living off my investments, travelling and partying and
helping out those around me who need help financially etc...

Wouldnt life be grand...

commuterised

I think about this quiet often when I'm on my way to work, that and trying to think up excuses not to have to go to work.
I had thought that I wouldn't want to tell anyone but when they see me quit my job and move into my huge house they might guess something was going on.

I'd buy a huge gaff with lots of land and I'd get 2/3 golden retrievers and we'd play all day and eat pigs ears.
Then I'd clear the mortgage on my folks house, buy my bro a flash apartment in town to impress the laydies.
Buy some cars for myself and the hubbie, maybe one for every day of the week. Some cars/houses for close friends and family.
A mega holiday for me and all my mates.
I think I'd plough some money into my local animal refuges and local hospitals, especially the kids ones.

Then when I got bored sitting around all day counting my money I think I'd like to open a wine bar, with huge cosy couches, and the yummiest wine in big big glasses with nibblies to make you drink more, and my job would be to fly around the world choosing the wine for my wine bar.

I don't think i'd buy a house abroad, cos I might not want to go on holiday to the same place all the time and I could well afford a posh place each time.

Am I forgetting anything?

oh yeah a big big garage with a pit for hubbies classic cars (which I'll buy him)

and diamonds for me... sparkly ones, ones that dangle, ones that glisten, ones that tinkle, ones on their own, ones with friends and a few for my steering wheel.

I think it changes each time depending on who's pissing me off!

SheroN

Don't know what i'd do, wouldn't give anything to charity thats for sure.

Johnny Versace

Travel the world for the rest of my life. I'd never work again.

tba

Spend it all on stuff I dont need and will never use.

][cEMAN**

Large Mansion style house with ....

Get a professional landscape gardener to come in and design the grounds

indoor/outdoor (ala Ice-T's house) swimming pool

Large snooker/pool room.

Seperately built gym with full size basketball court and seperate exercise room and sauna.

Seperate room in house with built in home cinema

Seperate room for all my collectables with shelving, cabinets, and dynamic lighting.

The sword collection i've always wanted - including armour and stands for the armour. Full set of samurai replica swords, and also fantasy swords and medievil style swords various.

Fill out my book collection including first edition prints of LOTR and other Tolkien titles.

Sound proofed small studio for recording.

59' Les Paul with a Marhsall TSL 100w head and twin 1960 a/b cabs. Mixing desk and recording s/w on a PC designed for sampling and storage.

Ford Mustang

Harley low rider

The car they use in Back to the future (the one Biff drives) and/or a cadalac (sic) circa 1960's. Both in convertable.

House in spain.

House in Holland. ( doesn't have to be big - just somewhere I can get away to)

Large houses here for parents, and one for each of my siblings.

Cash amounts to my close friends.

Cash amount to varied charaties.

Shopping trip to check out some shops in london.

Getting a new wardrobe of tailor made clothes including some nice new suits

Finally remainder after bulk buy, would go into a high interest savings fund (or partial into some stocks) to live off for years to come.

Kalina

I'd take my best friends to HMV and shop for a full day!! Then I'd buy the best entertainment system available to play all the stuff on!
After that, it'd be a very long holiday!!

TacT

First things first, there would be a BIG party, then while recovering from said party, I'd target people I wanted to give money to.
Then I'd look after myself with the mansion, Skatepark in the back garden, scuba gear, trips to the caymans to go diving and so on and so forth, I'd envisage the mansion to be something like Bam Margera's from Jackass (if you've seen MTV cribs)

oh, nearly forgot, bouncy castle beside the swimming pool so you can bounce from there over the wall into the swimming pool

The Beer Baron

Try an tow this away you bastards!


http://www.tridentmilitary.com/military-vehicles.html
www.tanksforsale.co.uk
Availible at compedative prices!

Also, I think Migs are a good idea.
Big **** off shiney ones.
shi1t 'em right up!

Tanks for show.
Migs for a pro!

Agent Smith

ohhh baby i want one of thoese....... try clamping that bad boy!

neoB

I reckon I'd finish off college (paying for the classes) go buy meh a fire truck
Build my dream house with a few acres of land (farm like) Travel abroad with the boyfried, and look for some poor kid and give em a few dollars.

ando

Originally posted by neoB
and look for some poor kid and give em a few dollars.

you all like giving money away ????

remember me when you do win

Caesar_Bojangle

I'd go to a third world country and buy a dwarf. I'd kit him out so that our outfits matched, and we'd also have the most splendid canes known to man.

NinjaBart

Id do what tba said but I think it would be also amusing to spend it all on penny sweets and see just how many that is

wiped

I'd pis me bags and faint

Eircom_Sucks

Lashed €20 on wed’s lotto , don’t do the lotto often , but anytime i do i can’t help imagining going into a car dealership and just being the dogs balls , i’ll have that with all bells and whistles and massive splurge on new clothes , new house

Btw id not be into ferrari’s or porsche etc

New vw arteon fully loaded do me , nice new 5 bed gaff

Enough to say “ he must have a good job but not enough to say he’s a drug dealer ha ha “

Oh the joys , we all live in hope

Birneybau

Wow, 14 year old thread. New record?

Agent Coulson

I won it in 2004 the year this thread was started in and am now broke.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I won it in 2004 the year this thread was started in and am now broke.

Too much decking and gafs in Bulgaria for you son. Celtic tiger claims another victim.

tba

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Lashed €20 on wed’s lotto , don’t do the lotto often , but anytime i do i can’t help imagining going into a car dealership and just being the dogs balls , i’ll have that with all bells and whistles and massive splurge on new clothes , new house

Btw id not be into ferrari’s or porsche etc

New vw arteon fully loaded do me , nice new 5 bed gaff

Enough to say “ he must have a good job but not enough to say he’s a drug dealer ha ha “

Oh the joys , we all live in hope

Monster bump

Agent Coulson

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

Too much decking and gafs in Bulgaria for you son. Celtic tiger claims another victim.

Holiday homes in Spiddal for me.


I wish I had picked somewhere off the Black Sea.

Mint Sauce

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Lashed €20 on wed’s lotto , don’t do the lotto often , but anytime i do i can’t help imagining going into a car dealership and just being the dogs balls , i’ll have that with all bells and whistles and massive splurge on new clothes , new house

Btw id not be into ferrari’s or porsche etc

New vw arteon fully loaded do me , nice new 5 bed gaff

Enough to say “ he must have a good job but not enough to say he’s a drug dealer ha ha “

Oh the joys , we all live in hope

Of all the 'if I won the lotto' threads, and you found a fourteen year old one!

Birneybau

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Of all the 'if I won the lotto' threads, and you found a fourteen year old one!

Eircom sucks but I didn't think their broadband was that slow. AMIrite? Ba dum tish!

cena

open An ice rink for Ireland or reopen the one in dundalk.

Leave the country and start a new life

weldoninhio

Gone out of Ireland ASAP.

Buy apartment overlooking Sydney Harbour. Chill out in Thailand or Fiji as I look for the one I want and the sale is going through.

Hit Vegas for Ferguson/Khabib ringside. Head to a few World Cup games, head to the All Ireland finals, head to the Super Bowl.

Maybe buy a nice big house in the French or Italian countryside that I could put a fully kitted out studio into, and a cinema room.

fergus1001

I'd buy me a brand new BlackBerry they're the next big thing !