You just won the lottery. What do you do?

[suburbanhell]

Was having a conversation with Mina about this earlier so I figured I'd post and see what the other gurus would do. So, you just won a 300 million dollar lottery jackpot. What do you do with the money?

[Akamaz]

buy a new computer, a few houses and live of the interest forevah

[PawnOfFate]

Two chicks at the same time.

[Bitter Babe]

Two chicks at the same time.

LOL, I was wondering if someone would say that

[suburbanhell]

What would I do? Well, besides two chicks at the same time? I would start my own media empire: Record Label, Radio Station, Web, perhaps even delve into Cable TV... Invest in some solid whatever it is people invest in so that I can live off of that money for life....Get this awesome million-dollar house I've had my eye on for like 10 years, furnish myself with some gaming systems and a true home theatre with stadium seating, and buy a completely tricked out Chevy Suburban so I can drive a Chevy Suburban Hell :D

Edit: Oh yeah, and a vacation home on the strip in Vegas, baby.

[Solario]

Two chicks at the same time.


You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in glorious mutual funds and take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities and...

Seriously though I'd probably have the majority in the bank and then use like a couple of millions on a new computer, redocorate my room, travel, comics (my main focus), DVDs, and give a mill or two to each of my parents. Maybe give my closest friends a hundred grand. Though usually I become "cheaper" in relation to the money I have.

[Larke]

buy another house, sell this one and get a kick ass computer room, really nice new built in desks, really top of the line gaming machines. Big HUGE plasma screen TV... oh yeah and a Mercedes SLK... and some SUV too...one of the hybrids... and then I'd send my brothers and sisters (mind you I have 6 of them) $100k and pay off my folks house and my in laws and buy my in laws a new house.

Oh yeah and then go to Vegas and gamble a bunch to win some of it back LOL (no not really but I would go to Vegas to have fun...) and maybe the Bahamas, the Atlantis Resort, looks awesome, and top of the line Disney World Vacation.

Haven't thought about it much though.... LOL

[Larke]

oh yeah and finally get my shamrock tattoo that I want!

[Tarkenchi]

how much we talking? if its 100 mill+ like what happened in roseanne, our family would buy a nice house on a couple hundred Acres, and I would become a world class RC racer... Put most of it in the bank and live off interest for a while, and I would have a Drift car too... Cause sliding is fun at 100mph... *wee*

[suburbanhell]

300 mil Tark :)

[Dr Jack Wolfe]

300 Million before or after taxes? Lets see put it all in one of those savings accounts they created to compete with the off shore banks. You know the ones paying Cost Of Living +2 %. Leave it there for a while just to F with the investment types. Phone calls every day "Yes, no yes, I understand, nope not gonna put it in stocks.."

Have a mother, father, and brother to take care of. Other then that, not a huge change in lifestyle. I imagine I"d have to find >SOME< kind of work to do eventually, but you know after 15 years in the "real world" and the "Corporate" world I'd could probably handle just going to the gym and then deciding between golf, the movie theatre, and the casino for a year or two.


Sure Sure, nicer care maybe...maybe not drive an 05 Infiniti now. Probably a stupid car with a name like Porsche or Ferrarri. House is plenty big, with pool, hot tub and view. A little higher on the hill would be nice, farther from the road. Maybe bigger guest bedrooms for friends. Electronics would go top of the line, but I really only need to replace my big screen to do that. I'm sure there is geek stuff we're not even aware of that would catch my eye once I joined the 6.3 million in intrest a year club.

Travel. There is this 22 day cruise from China to Vancouver for a ship repostioing. Stops all over the far east, and the Pacfic. Thinking the Presidental suite on that boat might be fun. Would like to see Europe again when it is not install 13 routers in 13.5 days. Actually wrote a pretty good travelogue story for Jack and the legends on the Legends sites. All the "Stops" were true-to-life places. Think its called "We'll always have Paris"

[Dark AngelHawk]

300 mil? Wow, that's a lot of money. I would definatly take care of my entire family. I'd probably give a few mil to my friends to help them out. Of coruse I'd get a house a kick ass comp and some other nice things but I'd end up donating to charties too. The most important thing when it comes to money with me is to make sure no one else needs it more then I do first. Sounds weird I know.

[The Widowed]

LOL, I was wondering if someone would say that
I'm surprised he didn't demand three. :p

[Sebastian Kain]

Become the President...sooner.

[The Widowed]

how much we talking? if its 100 mill+ like what happened in roseanne, our family would buy a nice house on a couple hundred Acres, and I would become a world class RC racer...
Seeing as no one will ever get rich from racing RC cars, this is strangely ironic. :P

[suburbanhell]

I'm surprised he didn't demand three. :p

No...not six, I said seven. No one's coming up with six. Who works out is six minutes. You won't even get your heart going, not even a mouse on a wheel. Sevens the key number here. Think about it. Seven doors. Seven-Eleven. Seven. Seven little chipmunks twirling on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' of gorgonzola when it's clearly bree time baby. Step into my office...cuz you're f*ckin' fired!

[Lawmaker]

I'd invest a bunch, get a nice place for myself and wife (whe'll want a place in Hawaii and Hong Kong too... :rolleyes: )

Get my family all retired up, then proceed to retire all my friends and so they can play games with me all day :chuckle:

Oh and of course the given... get a FAT new computer. or two. or three...

[Joe Schmoe]

This question never gets old, its fun to think about it, because every year my answer changes.

Definatly trick out computers. I'd love to buy various little businesses that I like near me. Comic shops, bowling alleys, book stores, LAN places, anything else that seems fun and/or meaningful. Give the employees generous pay and completely make all of them nice and successful. :)

Never will want a big house, unless I have alot of kick ass room mates.

Burby's media idea is awesome. :D

I'd love to start a politcal party :chuckle: Start fresh from the other two choices we get every four years right now. And SK would be our head man ;)

[Meltman]

I'd buy Joe and have him parade around town in a monkey suit.

[AfterglowNoMore]

Personally, I'd pay my boss a couple grand to let me kick him in the nuts for starters. Then I'd give a million to each of my friends so that I'd come off as a nice guy, while still being able to rub in the fact that I'm still far richer than them. I'd put the rest in the bank to collect interest and try to get it to compound daily, and make sure to calculate how much I made every second and go around town saying that number every so often so that when people asked what I meant by it, I could tell them that that was how much I made that second and tell them how much the conversation just cost them.... And I'd put up a prize for a difinitive cure for AIDS, like say 15 Million or so. What? I can't use all the money for my sick twisted sense of humor.

[PawnOfFate]

15 million dollar bounty on Osama.

10 Million dollar mansion.

2-3 Million spent on toys/electronics

5 Million donation to a charity helping abused children.

The rest goes into 6 month CDs with at least a 4% interest rate.

Mmmm money.

[iggy880]

I'm with SK on the computer thing, maybe a car and put a bunch in the bank, maybe some bonds as well.

[suburbanhell]

I'd buy Joe and have him parade around town in a monkey suit.

Hell Melty you don't need 300 million dollars to do that, Joe would do that for 3 dollars.

[Tarkenchi]

Seeing as no one will ever get rich from racing RC cars, this is strangely ironic. :P


For fun, Not for money... Guess you dont know what that means...

300 million huh... Yeah, deffinately lots of acres, lots of RC cars :chuckle: a nice Mare for our donkey to... y'know... A really big 103" plasma screen tv, Deffinately a Buggati Veyron... Lets see.. yeah.

[Solario]

15 million dollar bounty on Osama.

Thge bounty is already beyond that, I say spend 15 million on a team of mercenaries for Bin Laden.

[The Widowed]

For fun, Not for money... Guess you dont know what that means...
I know what fun is. But I say that if you're going to become "World Class" at anything, then there had very well better be a paycheck involved. :P

Me? I'd use the lottery winnings to buy a controlling share of Cryptic Studios. And then I'd fund the developer team for a few million, bribe them to unnerf Super Reflexes and lay down my own plans for the future expansion, "Issue 10: The Diary of Abigail Plains." It would be a free boxed set mailed out to anyone with an active PlayNC account, the box would contain a 3'x2' glossy poster of the Widowed breaking Lord Recluse's back over her knee as well as a map of the new island Zone of Morbidia which would include the towering granite fortress which the Widowed built from the gobs of cash she liberated from Lord Recluse's vaults after spanking him like a retarded stepchild with Invulnerability. The in-game content would include vehicles (purchased with gobs of Influence and/or incorporated into Power Sets), extra costume slots (purchased or earned), new costume options--some of which would be swiped from the Circle of Thorns, the Sky Raiders, the Carnies, Nemesis' army, Arachnos and the Malta Group (which should take care of all the "My-character-is-an-ex-[Villain faction]" types) along with little details such as boxing gloves, football helmets and backpacks and jetpacks under the Cape options. There would be animations for consuming food and drink, and any character created by Darknesse's account would be afflicted with randomly buffed and/or nerfed stats everytime he logged on, to screw with his obsessive number-crunching. :P And the Fortress Morbidia would have background music featuring choice music selections from Nightwish, After Forever and Cradle of Filth as your villain team makes their way through the trap-ridden fortress until they reach the spire, where they would finally encounter the Widowed; She's a Level 55 Vengeance Incarnate and you would need a team of eight level 50 Villains to defeat her. And she never suffers the effects of Fear. Ever.

Because Xanatos shouldn't receive all the attention, should he? :P


(Wow. Three raspberry smilies in one post. Is that a new record?)

[Tarkenchi]

I know what fun is. But I say that if you're going to become "World Class" at anything, then there had very well better be a paycheck involved. :P


I really dont agree with that, just because baseball stars get 40 million a year doesnt mean people who have fun playing with their RC cars, being sponsored, or winning races with prize money (yeah, they have it. O_o :eyebrow: ) have to make any money doing what they enjoy.

New thing... I would give all of it away, cause having money only causes people to forget the people who helped them and become assholes. :sarcasm: :grr: :|

[The Widowed]

I really dont agree with that, just because baseball stars get 40 million a year doesnt mean people who have fun playing with their RC cars, being sponsored, or winning races with prize money (yeah, they have it. O_o :eyebrow: ) have to make any money doing what they enjoy.
Awww. Tarkie, you're so passionate about defending your hobby! That's so cute. Clearly I must put a stop to this.

*steals all of Tarkie's toy cars* >:]

Now come out of Hidden so we can fiddle with your hair and your cheeks, Tsarmina style. :D

New thing... I would give all of it away, cause having money only causes people to forget the people who helped them and become assholes. :sarcasm: :grr: :|
If you're giving it away, can I have some? Because I'm not a big enough bitch as it is. :P

[Tarkenchi]

Awww. Tarkie, you're so passionate about defending your hobby! That's so cute. Clearly I must put a stop to this.

*steals all of Tarkie's toy cars* >:]


If you're giving it away, can I have some? Because I'm not a big enough bitch as it is. :P

I bet my "toy" costs more than your computer... Lets see, my "Toy" i have now has about, 2,000 dollars into it... :eyebrow:

[The Widowed]

I bet my "toy" costs more than your computer... Lets see, my "Toy" i have now has about, 2,000 dollars into it... :eyebrow:
How very proud you must be of yourself. I'm impressed. :sarcasm:

Okay, I lie. I'm more impressed with Krypto's shiny (comparatively) new car. I bet his car cost a lot more than yours did. So did mine, and it's just a 2003 Cavalier. But at least it hauls the groceries home. >:]

Now some out of hiding. We won't bite.

[Tarkenchi]

How very proud you must be of yourself. I'm impressed. :sarcasm:

Okay, I lie. I'm more impressed with Krypto's shiny (comparatively) new car. I bet his car cost a lot more than yours did. So did mine, and it's just a 2003 Cavalier. But at least it hauls the groceries home. >:]

Now some out of hiding. We won't bite.


You really dont like me? do you? :|

[The Widowed]

You really dont like me? do you? :|
Give me enough of your winnings and I'll take you home with me. Then I'll slap President Bush for being such a clueless, abusive powermongerer. Maybe I can even convince him to abolish Nascar and replace it with a worldwide RC racing circuit. How does that sound? :D

Now toss the melodrama aside and we'll discuss what else we can do with 300 million...like getting me an in-ground hot tub.

[The Widowed]

I see you, Xielos. Where have you been? :)

*invites Xielos into the hot tub*

[Xielos]

O.o huh?

[Xielos]

Jesus Cripes that was creepy....I'm just reading then all of a sudden BAM I'm being called out :look:

Aaaanyways.....

300 million....hmm....thats a lot of dough. I'm going to assume thats after taxes. First of all, get it all into some of those ultra-high interest savings accounts. Next step, take care of my family, makes sure everything is taken care of. Fund a cure for my dads hepatitus, and fund some other medical research, like cancer, and stuff. Say.....50 million spent on that in total, that includes charities and finding random bums and giving them a wad of cash.

Next, I'll start my own computer game company, hire the old Earth & Beyond developers, and have them create a new space MMO so chuck full of awesome it'll blow any other game out of the water, yes, even CoH. It'll take way too much time to write out my ideas, but I have them.

After that, I'll buy a house or apartment, offer all of my friends to move in, and pay their college tuition so we can all go to the same school. In this apartment will be an awesome shiney computer for each of us.

It will also house a 1500 gallon freshwater Amazon biotope aquarium built into the wall. I'll have a school of Oscars and at least 2 Silver Arowanas. 500 neon tetras, and a massive school of Altum angels. Imported amazonian driftwood, live plants with a professional CO2 injection system, a skylight to let natural light through, and a full moonlight setup.

Then I'll help fund a private space program, more on that later :D

[The Widowed]

O.o huh?
Eloquent. Okay, next question: What would you do with a sudden windfall of 300 million dollars? Buy a mansion? Invest and live off the interest (*yawn*)? Build a full-scale replica of the Radiationwallmobile? Let your imagination soar. :)

Edit: Nevermind. Good answer. :)

[Dr Jack Wolfe]

Give Joss Wheadon 25 milliion dollars to make 22 episodes of Firefly which I put in best buy, direct market over the internet to fans and then sell into syndication across the country. Recouping 50 million in profit I give Joss 30 million for Dvd season II

Jack (who thinks fan funded series on DvD are the next first big thing.)

[The Widowed]

And MikeKAY there would buy guns. Lots and lots of guns. And maybe a tank. And maybe his own chapter of the NRA, with a twelve-story tall statue of himself straddling the meeting hall's entrance doors. Wouldn't you, Mike? :cool:

[Lawmaker]

Give Joss Wheadon 25 milliion dollars to make 22 episodes of Firefly which I put in best buy, direct market over the internet to fans and then sell into syndication across the country. Recouping 50 million in profit I give Joss 30 million for Dvd season II

Jack (who thinks fan funded series on DvD are the next first big thing.)


Oooooh! Great Idea!

[Vendel]

300 mil eh. *rubs chin* Well for starters I would pay off all my debts in full. With a big FU*K YOU! letter with each one.

Then I would give my 4 brothers 1mil each and tell then to never, ever ask me for anything again. Then I would give my mother 5 mil.


After that. Well I see a moderetly sized house on a sh*t load of land. With all my toys there. Cars boats ect.


Oh....and 2 chicks at the same time.

[Astartus]

Hmmm, 300 Millions...nice!!!!!

1 Million for my little brother, 2.5 Millions each for my Mom & Dad + giving back the money they paid for my studies, 0.5 Million for my Grandmother so she can go on a trip to New England with my Mom.

Then:
1 Top-of-the-notch Computer with like 2 TB Discspace, Dual-Prozessor and 3 GB RAM etc. (and 3 TFT Dislplays) - and this beauties for my brother and my best gaming friends, too.

A nice car, it doesn't have to be huge or fast, just something that can drive me from point A to point B.

A huge house, with a huge living room, Flatscreen TV and/or Beamer. Huge cellar with bar and a huge playing room for modell trains and such stuff. Of course the whole house as an Intranet and a T1 intenet connection.

A huge party with all my friends (and my foes so I can laugh at them). Booze till you drop.

5-10 Million to Charity and benefic cause

Invite all the girls I had a crush on in the past, but who ignored me or only wanted to be "friends", to an unforgettable day. Including: driving in a limo, shopping till they drop; cinema, theatre or opera, and a candle-light dinner and then telling them to their face that I don't need them *gwahahahaha*

And THEN get 2 or 3 new girls (or 7, one for each day in the week).

Oh...and I forgot to invite myself to Hugh Heffners Playboy Villa.

And paying every CoH Guru a inked colored picture of his/her hero/villain by Jomaro Kindred :P

[Chain Lightning]

I'd pay off the house, then build my dream houise, which is a Pyramid. It would only have five or six rooms, but that's because each room would be a whole floor. There are no stairs, but instead ramps that go from level to level at the end of the room. It goes something like this, 1 is starting at the top floor

1. Office. Computer desk is in center of room under the apex of the point. The Egyptians believed the energies of the universe came into the pyramid at the apex.
2. Bedroom and master bath.
3. Kitchen and dining room
4. Main living room. This would also have a small kitchenette as well for storing of drinks and snacks.
5. Ground floor garage. It would have a dumbwaiter installed so groceries are not hauled up the ramps, but you pullled up to the kitchen.

On the back side there is a three level deck that covers from bedroom to main living room. That way I can go out on the deck from the main three levels, and it would be very convenient for parties. Yeah, I've thought about this house for a while. :)

Then I would set my parents up with a nice house, whereever they wished to be.

Then I would probably invest in various things, definately see a second vacation home somewhere exotic, and lots of travel.

[Inertial]

Two chicks at the same time.

Arn't you married? :P (almost still counts)


Me though, well leave the dog take the wife and buy a sailboat to just wander the earth and the oceans. No more work no more modern life, a simple beauty.

[Remianen]

Absolutely nothing.

$300 million after taxes is something like $176 million or so. A jackpot that big is going to have a lot of press coverage come with it. Then, after I finish paying legal fees (after people jump out of the woodwork filing frivolous lawsuits against me. DNA tests are expensive when you need 'em in a hurry. Maury Povich/Judge Hatchett "You are NOT the father" type shows notwithstanding), now I'm down to around $163 mil. Add in tithes and that becomes $133 million (10% of the gross. If Caesar takes his off the gross, it's only fair).

Custom-built estate on an island in the Caribbean below the hurricane belt, about $50 million (large enough to house 40 or so people for large family gatherings but be functionally defensible in case of a disaster, natural or otherwise). When not in use, the fully staffed estate would rent as a vacation home, for $250,000+ a week (which would make it easily one of the most affordable vacation properties of its kind in the world). That brings Daddy a profit of at least $100,000 per rental. :)

This boat (http://www.hargrave.org/html/missyb2.html) for $9.375 million (built to my specs) - which, when not in use, will be rented out as a charter yacht for $25,000 a week.

Charitable donations (American Red Cross, City Harvest, Food Bank of New York City, United Negro College Fund), $25 million.

A condo at Green Valley Ranch or Red Rock AND a suite at the Luxor or Circus Circus or Mandalay Bay - $2.6 million total

The remaining $46 million would be stashed in an account (numbered, of course. F Uncle Sam) in a certain bank in Geneva, drawing 17.5% annual (FIXED) interest. :)

My people are well taken care of as it is. I don't have to pour any more than I already do into that endeavor.

Oh and Tark, it's not true that people become assholes and forget the folks who helped them get where they are. In my experience, that's only the folks who are rich TEMPORARILY. The folks who are rich and STAY rich, become that way for a reason.

[Grae Knight]

I already won 300 million in the lottery....but then my dam plane crashed on a strange, deserted island inhabited by polar bears, unseen beasts, people trying to kill me for an unknown reason and to top all that off, I am sitting in a friggin' bunker so I can type in a set of friggin' numbers every 90 minutes!!! Dam you cursed NUMBERS!!!!! :P

[thebluecanary]

And paying every CoH Guru an inked colored picture of his/her hero/villain by Jomaro Kindred :P

Hey! I was going to do that! I was also thinking team pictures as well as just singles. =)

I think I would get myself 3 classic Minis, just so I could play 'Itallian Job' with my friends. =)

Sell my house, and build a better one, with a Tree in it. But no Squirels. Tree House inside. =) Make it a castle-house. that would be keen.

Give all the Gurus 2 year CoH/CoV Cards. Make sure eveyone has CoV now.

Throw a hella big party for all you people, fly your butts in if I have to.

Laugh at all the girls who ever turned me down....

Just go even more crazy stupid. Oh and get that table saw I wanted... its only $3000.... but its a damn nice saw.

[thebluecanary]

I already won 300 million in the lottery....but then my dam plane crashed on a strange, deserted island inhabited by polar bears, unseen beasts, people trying to kill me for an unknown reason and to top all that off, I am sitting in a friggin' bunker so I can type in a set of friggin' numbers every 90 minutes!!! Dam you cursed NUMBERS!!!!! :P

Ummm... isn't it 180 minutes?

[Joe Schmoe]

Hell Melty you don't need 300 million dollars to do that, Joe would do that for 3 dollars.

Make it three bucks and a slice of pizza, and you gots a deal!

[Larke]

I already won 300 million in the lottery....but then my dam plane crashed on a strange, deserted island inhabited by polar bears, unseen beasts, people trying to kill me for an unknown reason and to top all that off, I am sitting in a friggin' bunker so I can type in a set of friggin' numbers every 90 minutes!!! Dam you cursed NUMBERS!!!!! :P

I think someone is a little too obsessed with Lost hehehehehe


Oh yeah and I thought of something else I'd do with the money, I'd hire Poison full time to draw whatever I want him to :D

[Yin]

I'd pay off my tuition, pay off my brother's upcoming tuiton, pay off my dad's college loans, rebuild our house, divvy up the money to family and -REALLY- close friends, and then after that I guess purchase a new laptop (those 3k+ ones and up), get every DVD imaginable, and then go shopping. I know that sounds real queer (not homo-queer), but I love too look fresh. From head to toe. I just went the other day. :P Oh! And I'd buy my guinea pig the cage of his dreams with all of the little wheels, stairs, and everything. :D

EDIT: I'd also invest it after I got done doing what I needed to do. College life is a drag, and its even a bigger drag when there are no activities or food on campus after Midnight. So I'd set up a club right near the campus, along with some 24 hour cafes or something, and then rake in more dough. :D It'd be a plaza or something.

[WingedAvenger]

I'm with Vendel, 'cept I actually like my brother. :)

[Rottweiler]

Geez... $300US, eh? After taxes, let's assume.

After doing the grandest Happy Dance known to man, I'd split it up. 125 to spend, 125 to deposit, 50 to invest. Then I'd take the 25 out of my spendin' cash and give 1 mil to my mom, each of my 4 brothers, their wives and my 9 nieces and nephews (trust funds), and a short list of seven people who I consider extended family.

I'd then go thru my checklist:


"The Yard, South" - a nice big patch of land here in FL and build a cozy 4-bdrm ranch complete with a screened-in pool, 4-car garage, and fully-stocked production studio. Video editing, recording/mixing studio for my band, print shop -- the works
"The Yard, North" - an even cozier lil summer home facing Lake Winnesquam on Moultonboro Neck, NH.
"Lil' Dog" - a custom chopper with some touring add-ons
"Big Dog" - a massive beast of a 1969 Chevelle 396 Sport Coupe with some nice, beefy tires
"Sea Dog" - a 19' Old-School mahogany Chris-Craft boat (classy lil thing to fish or just cruise Lakes Winnepesauke & Winnesquam)


...then I'd write/record/perform in my band for the next 30-40 years and see what comes next.

[Overbite]

Pay off the house

save the rest...

[The Icy One]

Buy this house, and buy my aunt and uncle in Mississippi a nice house since they are the niciest on my dads side. Then.. still on houses.. buy a house in North Carolina near Greensboro, and a place in Florida near the tech school I want to go to. Buy my parents land and a house in a place of their choice. Furnish all off the above.

Give my Aunt on my moms side some money to make up for her crappy Husband who went from making good money, to blowing it all on hookers and drugs.. and now refuses to support his family.

Fund my girlfriend to go to whatever college she wants to. Buy my best friend in North Carolina a house of his own for when he's done with college. Convince my best friend here to move and buy him and his mother a home in North Carolina.

Stop working in this crappy job and go to the tech school in Florida for a few years, paying for myself.

Whatevers left will buy smaller things over time, which is probably alot even after all that, and be invested. Ahhh.. if only..

[TopHat]

I would pay off my college debt...yea, 300 million should cover it...