What would you do with a billion dollar lotto win?

Killer Wench

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/16/us/mega-millions-lottery-odds/index.html


Of course the jackpot for tomorrow's drawing is only $550 million, but it could jump to one billion if no one wins by Christmas Day.

First thing I would have to do is research if Washington State allows for winners to remain anonymous. Some states require winners to be posted publicly; other states do not. I do not need distant relatives falling over themselves trying to re-establish a connection.

Second, I would probably buy up a whole lot of houses in Detroit, re-build them, and then allow residents to return to their home if they can verify that they were the last person/family to reside there. I'd probably look into building some type of factory environment.

Sunnyisland

Bury it in a field..... No bad idea.

looking_around

You'd only need a million invested well to live comfortably, 5 if you want to be really safe.

I'd give the rest away. Buy houses for people struggling, college grants, medical expenses, vet bills etc. could help 1000's of people.

Frosty McSnowballs

I'd buy Dublin, kick everyone out and put a wall around it.

Mine!

Specialun

Buy a boards subscription

Killer Wench

Specialun wrote: »

Buy boards

Think that's what you meant, right?

deandean

I'd try some of that blue stuff on Breaking Bad.

Duggy747

Buy 2 Toffee Crisps.

cantdecide

Half a billion $2 scratch cards.

I'd set up a charitable foundation and make it's redistribution my life's purpose. After keeping a couple for myself of course.

I'd be like a minor league Bill Gates.

Chazz Michael Michaels

This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEenrdfgaM4

blindside88

Out of interest can these tickets be bought in Ireland, wouldn't mind buying one for my brother to stick in with his Christmas present. He's the worst person I've seen with money, he'd probably owe money the week after he won it

Tzardine

Go for a meal in Eddie Rockets and then see if I have enough left for a taxi home.

fermanagh_man

Buy a million billion flash bars

one shot bang bang

breakfast roll and a bottle of coke.

Khannie

I would give away approximately 990 million to charity. I would divide the rest between myself, family and close friends.

Tzardine

Khannie wrote: »

I would give away approximately 990 million to charity. I would divide the rest between myself, family and close friends.

I never believe anybody that says this.

EVILE

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I would live like an absolute king. Build an unbelievable house, fleet of cars, helicopter, private jet etc etc.

I'd spread out a good chunk of it in a mixture of low, medium and high risk investments to make more money to fund the running of my empire.

Obviously help out all my family etc and help out some people in need also.

To pass the time I'd still mess around on the farm at home and also buy up businesses also, a pub being one of them and lots of property.

I can't believe people saying they would only keep a few million for themselves, absolute madness suggesting giving nearly all of it away.

crockholm

I'd like to Think that I would spend 700 million on the restoration of Irish historical Buildings (and perhaps adding a few new ones too), 200 million on a brewery and whiskey distillery-Irish whiskey being kind of popular at the moment.And 100 million for myself and my family.

Mint Sauce

Senor Jingle Balls wrote: »

I'd buy Dublin, kick everyone out and put a wall around it.

Mine!

I'd built a wall up around Donegal, and by gawd I'll build it tall.

Nino Brown

In the US if you win $500m dollars, you don't get that in cash if you want a lump sum, so if you take the lump sum you'd prob come out with under $300m. Then you get taxed, so you might come out with $150-$200m if you're lucky, hardly worth winning sure.

Evelyn Cusack

Killer Wench wrote: »

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/16/us/mega-millions-lottery-odds/index.html


Of course the jackpot for tomorrow's drawing is only $550 million, but it could jump to one billion if no one wins by Christmas Day.

First thing I would have to do is research if Washington State allows for winners to remain anonymous. Some states require winners to be posted publicly; other states do not. I do not need distant relatives falling over themselves trying to re-establish a connection.

Second, I would probably buy up a whole lot of houses in Detroit, re-build them, and then allow residents to return to their home if they can verify that they were the last person/family to reside there. I'd probably look into building some type of factory environment.

I'd buy this website and shut it down, honestly I would

Specialun

Khannie wrote: »

I would give away approximately 990 million to charity. I would divide the rest between myself, family and close friends.

Can i be your friend

garde2k10

Nino Brown wrote: »

In the US if you win $500m dollars, you don't get that in cash if you want a lump sum, so if you take the lump sum you'd prob come out with under $300m. Then you get taxed, so you might come out with $150-$200m if you're lucky, hardly worth winning sure.

someone offers you $150,000,000 for just $2 you would refuse it because its hardly worth it?:rolleyes:

Killer Wench

The interesting thing for me is whether I would dish out the expected taxes, or become like so many of the other 1% and find as many tax loopholes as possible.

looking_around

Mckenna Greasy Mailman wrote: »

I can't believe people saying they would only keep a few million for themselves, absolute madness suggesting giving nearly all of to away.

Why? How much do you REALLY need?

Its a miserable world we live in, where nobody seems to have 'enough'.

geckotime

First thing I'd do is start my own freesheet newspaper like the Metro and call it "Enda Kenny Is A Pox" (I would like to call it "Enda Kenny Is A Cun*" but that would only be censored like it is now so there'd be no point calling it that). It would have the best content and competitions to win large sums of money based on doing good for others and also huge daily giveaways for the most deserving stories.
That would be the start of some great fun...

My name is URL

Evelyn Cusack wrote: »

I'd buy this website and shut it down, honestly I would

You can just stop using it for free

Barry Garlow 55

I'd put it away with the rest, save it for a rainy day, you never know what's around the corner, like

Killer Wench

My name is URL wrote: »

You can just stop using it for free

But there is no absolute power in that. Closing the site means that none of you get to post here. You can, of course, create another community.

Fratton Fred

I'd spend half of it on fast cars, fast women, mega coke and hookers parties, flash houses and fancy holidays.

The rest I'd just waste.

SimonTemplar

I'd buy/build a number of cinemas but not for the general public. Membership of such cinemas would require the signing of a contract that the attendees must act in a respectful manner and not affect the enjoyment of watching the movie by playing with their phone, kicking back of seats, talking, rustling sweet bags etc...

A cinema for pure cinephiles.

Mint Aero

Wouldn't give a cent to anyone or any charity ever.

I'd be chauffeured around on Sundays in a Rolls Royce. Sitting in the back, window half open and a fishing line dangling out with a €500 note on the end. Laughing at the plebs falling over themselves trying to grab it.

My name is URL

Killer Wench wrote: »

But there is no absolute power in that. Closing the site means that none of you get to post here. You can, of course, create another community.

It's depressing that other people actually think in such a way... the silencing of everyone just to save themselves from the idiocy of a few.

Not all that progressive or inclusive, but whatever floats their own boat.

Fcuk all the other boats!

Frosty McSnowballs

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I'd built a wall up around Donegal, and by gawd I'll build it tall.

Good, il fill it with water and sharks!

Killer Wench

My name is URL wrote: »

So that's something you'd like to see is it... the silencing of everyone to save you from the idiocy of a few?

Not all that progressive or inclusive, but whatever floats your own boat.

Fcuk all the other boats!

What the f*ck are you on?

smurgen

I'd do college course after college course studying things that actually interest me, I'd encourage friends to quit their jobs and join me! i'd go to concerts/festivals/sports tournaments all over the world. i'd have a nice catamaran too,my god I love catamarans!

cena

Can you enter that lotto draw from Ireland

DundalkDuffman

I'd treat Irish football fans to the sight of Zlatan Ibrahimovic up front for Dundalk in a spanking new all seater Oriel Park. Might even spring for a roof for the travelling fans.

My name is URL

Killer Wench wrote: »

What the f*ck are you on?

My phone.

Stupid thing displays all replies as if they were posted from the same person. I thought I was replying to 'Evelyn Cusack' in the posts where I quoted you

M.T. Cranium

I could finally afford to send some money to those very polite Nigerian banking gentlemen, have felt so badly about letting them down in the past.

catallus

Evelyn Cusack wrote: »

I'd buy this website and shut it down, honestly I would

Why on earth would you do that? Once the owners got your threefiddy they'd just open up doarbs.ie and keep going, no?

Garzard

One thing I'd do is purchase a large open spot of land just outside Dublin and convert it into a giant airsoft site and might build another one for paintballers. Cheap entry + access to everywhere inside it. In it there'd be an urban area with fake estates, towers, forts, high rises, streets, apartment blocks, a shopping centre, a power station...everything a typical town or city would have. I'd also grow a large forested area to replicate the Battle of the Bulge, ''beach'' replicating D-Day, (beside a hypothetical lake) full of pillboxes, tank traps, and airsoft machine gun / artillery emplacements, a small airfield area full of retired and destroyed planes and tower, a dark underground area, and finally if there was enough room, a massive open area to replicate Kursk with trenches, (safe) barbed wire, machine gun posts, tank traps, dug in WW2 tanks, and a minefield full of airsoft mines.

To add realism there would also be fires, smoke screens, old army vehicles and burnt out cars everywhere, especially in the town and Kursk area. (These could be sourced easily from both military and civilian scrapyards) Basically what a war ravaged city and country would look like. Then throw in a few hundred / thousand players, divide them into teams, let them do what they want or give objectives and it would be good to go.Think something like this would be great fun and would attract worldwide airsoft attention, countless tourist players and massive revenue!

live a nice quiet life like that girl from abba did

kasper

spend some and save some

systemicrisk

Id become a modern day bruce wayne. By day running a business and philantropic empire. By night....

PatL23

I'd buy every thing iv ever wanted. A full fleet of hyper and luxury cars, Bugatti Veyron Vitesse, Koenigsegg Agera R, LaFerrari, Mclaren P1, Rolls Royce Phantom, Maybach etc. Id run a charity event in Ireland where people could get a spin in them, close a long section of road and let er rip. Private jet(Gulfstream G-550), a mega yacht, maybe a Sunseeker.
Buy property in some of the best cities of the world. Build a massive house, kit it out with the very best.
I'd only give money to very close family and best friends. Help out local charities. Buy a corporate box in Croke Park.
Invest in businesses to build my empire.

Ahh one can only dream or somehow become a genius/create something would attract millions of people to use. Unfortunately im not smart enough to do such things

Killer Wench

systemicrisk wrote: »

Id become a modern day bruce wayne. By day running a business and philantropic empire. By night....

You'd be whispering hoarsely at unsuspecting folks? Good to know.

Thoie

systemicrisk wrote: »

Id become a modern day bruce wayne. By day running a business and philantropic empire. By night....

... catching up with all the paperwork that needs your personal attention, and giving your battalion of PAs their instructions for the next day?

Evelyn Cusack

My name is URL wrote: »

My phone.

Stupid thing displays all replies as if they were posted from the same person. I thought I was replying to 'Evelyn Cusack' in the posts where I quoted you

Man you really need to start copping yourself on, seriously, this isn't even funny anymore and never was...