If you won the lottery what would you do?

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18 Apr 2008, 3:25 pm

I'd buy some land and move out of town. I would open a high-end coin shop. I always wanted to own my own motorcycle and atv track, that me and my friends could use whenever we wished. I would, financially take care of family and close friends, and learn how to use the stock market. Eventually, I would like to travel to a couple different locations throughout the globe..... :)


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18 Apr 2008, 3:44 pm

:D
I would take a trip to the bahamas first, then paris (and at least $2000 for SHOPPING)
Then I would buy a nice home (not grand per say, maybe a three bedroom house (for future children) that has some nice features like grantite tabletop and a pool. Then I would have some for my university and $100,000-$200,000 for my future children's university.
Then I would donate the rest to charity!



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18 Apr 2008, 3:45 pm

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Buy all the new consoles, buy all the best new books, hire a top chef, Buy a plasma, Donate the rest to WP
I hope you win :P



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18 Apr 2008, 3:52 pm

My latest plan is to give some to my friends who helped me when I really needed it, give some to charity and set some aside for retirement. If I had any left, I would spend it by finding and helping the people in need who slipped through the cracks in the normal help channels, one at a time.


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18 Apr 2008, 6:42 pm

Assuming I won a really large sum of money (as opposed to a single tenner or something), I'd firstly pay off my parents' mortgage and refurbish their house for them. Then I'd give the guy who runs my comic shop a large chunk of it, because he deserves some good luck. My chosen charities would get a grant, too.

And with the remainder, I'd buy myself an island, have my face carved into the side of an active volcano (which would then form the basis of my new super-awesome lair), and surround myself with an army of battle-droids to keep everybody else out.


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18 Apr 2008, 6:58 pm

Quit my job and do something that actually makes a difference.



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18 Apr 2008, 7:20 pm

Tithe one-tenth of it to my church.


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18 Apr 2008, 8:33 pm

i would move to the UK with my best friend chris... and i would buy lots of straps and other things i like :D

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18 Apr 2008, 8:46 pm

He's cute. :O)


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18 Apr 2008, 8:49 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
He's cute. :O)


HES MINE I TELL YOU!! ! MINE MINE MINE!! !


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18 May 2008, 10:06 pm

1. Quit my job.

2. Buy a new vehicle.

3. Invest most of the money.

4. Disappear.



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18 May 2008, 10:16 pm

1. give half of it to my parents
2.buy all the video games and video game equipment
3. buy a small apartment, and fuel-efficient car
4. put rest in bank account
5.donate some to WP


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18 May 2008, 10:31 pm

It depends on how much money it is. I like to tell myself that I'd donate more than 50% to religious organizations after I pay the debts of my family.

I would then spend the rest on buying a house and spend my life meditating on the Word.


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19 May 2008, 12:07 am

Take a series of trips to Katmai, Lake Taupo, Mt Lassen, Santa Maria Guatemala, Lake Toba, Tambora, Krakatoa and Pinatubo. Also the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpar.



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19 May 2008, 1:33 am

I would retire, move out west, and pan for gold until I get old and die.


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19 May 2008, 1:44 am

I would move to Seattle or San Francisco, and be surrounded by the social and political liberals I wish to associate with.


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