# What wacky ways would you spend a mega lottery win? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373 "2012-11-28T15:55:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/1 "2012-11-28T15:55:20Z")
Lots of threads on what you would do with the money, how you would invest, etc. Screw that. Let’s have fun with that moola! What ways would you use the money to screw with people? One just occurred to me this morning: Stash $100,000 in hundreds in a backpack, then rent a small storage unit. Toss the bag inside then default on the payments. See how long it takes before the unit appears on _Storage Wars_ or\* Auction Hunters.\* Totally a waste of money, but entertaining nonetheless. I’m sure you can come up with better ideas. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/2 "2012-11-28T16:25:35Z")
I’d have an Open Bar at my DopeFest celebration. I’d even include full-octane cocktails, you drunken fools! If that doesn’t entice Uncle Cecil to make a surprise appearance, I don’t know what would. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/3 "2012-11-28T16:28:20Z")
I was just thinking that anyone I wanted to give money to I’d do in the form of a trust which I can modify the rate of payout according to their behavior and my whims. 🙂 And also make them sign non disclosure agreements… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/4 "2012-11-28T16:34:05Z")
I’ll build a giant statue of a guy holding a croquet mallet on the east side of the Mississipi across from St. Louis. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/5 "2012-11-28T16:35:59Z")
I’d buy a new butt. Mine has a crack in it. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/6 "2012-11-28T16:37:42Z")
I’d buy a house with a lot of land, then have the world’s largest arcade built and stocked. Funspot in New Hampshire currently has over 500 games, so I’d need to go a bit bigger, perhaps 1000 machines, though I’d not have stuff like banks of Skeeballs, crane games, etc. I’d also pay through the nose to have them all restored. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/7 "2012-11-28T16:39:46Z")
The road that goes by my house seriously needs paved. It also needs sidewalks. Heck, my whole neighborhood needs sidewalks. I’m going to improve my city! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/8 "2012-11-28T16:39:52Z")
I’d give some \*huge \*tips when I go out to eat for the super-servers. We’re regulars at a few places to the point that they almost don’t ask what we want to drink. It’d be a hoot to have a $20 breakfast and leave a $100 tip. 😃 I’d also like to randomly buy people stuff - whether paying for their gas or buying out a showing at a movie so anyone who wanted to see it got in for free, or even giving cash to people for no apparent reason. The only problem is I’d end up with folks following me around hoping to get random goodies. Hmmmm, must rethink… Maybe I could randomly hire people to randomly give away my money? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/9 "2012-11-28T16:40:21Z")
Go through every drive-through in town. Purchase a drink or something else small. Pay for the car behind mine as well. See how long it takes for rumors to become rampant. Continue doing it, with different cars or Groucho glasses or something :). I actually did this, once (no Groucho glasses once). Went to Wendy’s with the kids, and asked the cashier to also put the next car’s order on mine. It was worth it just to see the expression on the cashier’s face - I have no idea what the other driver thought. I have friends who’ve been the recipients of this and they tell me it’s really made their day. Get a _lot_ of one-dollar bills, set up a new Where’s George account, enter them all in, stamp them with a special stamp (not just the URL, but something about the lottery), and start leaving them random places. Maybe make origami from them first if I have the time / inclination. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/10 "2012-11-28T16:41:43Z")
I would by a[luxury yacht](http://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-sales/) for about 10 million dollars that sleeps twelve or so. I would also put aside about $20 million to operate it for the next ten years or so, and consider it a sunk cost. I would travel the world, and invite my friends and family for long vacations. I would also make sure I still had lots of money left over to fund the rest of our retirement. People who blow millions and become poor again, are not looked on with great respect. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/11 "2012-11-28T16:42:54Z")
Subways for Everyone!\* [sub]\*Offer may be limited by location. Provided service may not involve rapid transit. Cheese optional, meatballs optional but highly recommended.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/12 "2012-11-28T16:45:08Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’ll build a giant statue of a guy holding a croquet mallet on the east side of the Mississipi across from St. Louis. Dagnabbit, where’s the “like” button on this newfangled contraption! :D. Years ago, we visited the arch and I wanted to buy a poster of a blueprint of the building. It showed the above-ground part, as well as the underground anchoring bits - i.e. the rest of the coat hanger :). My husband talked me out of it:::sniff:::. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/13 "2012-11-28T16:47:09Z")
Build a house with secret passages, a finished basement and attic, and a secret passage to outside. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/14 "2012-11-28T16:49:57Z")
> [@Silver\_Tyger](#): > > Build a house with secret passages, a finished basement and attic, and a secret passage to outside. Why? I’m suspicious. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/15 "2012-11-28T16:52:34Z")
1. Secretly let my email address become public in Nigeria - wait until the scams start to arrive and then hire a few super hackers and some ex-Navy Seals to do some serious damage. 2. Create a micro-brewery with really great beer, sell it for only $1.00/six pack, sell it only in Red States, and have I LOVE OBAMA written in large letters on each can. 3. Buy all the ad space for Super Bowl, and donate the space for public service announcements for Planned Parenthood, Legalization of Marijuana, Legalization of Gay Marriage, PBS Television and advancement of Arts Programs in Public Schools. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/16 "2012-11-28T16:54:19Z")
I would pay off a random person’s mortgage or student loan. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/17 "2012-11-28T17:17:07Z")
I’d start making some of **Skald’s** hypotheticals come true! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/18 "2012-11-28T17:21:53Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I would pay off a random person’s mortgage or student loan. This kind of stuff really appeals to the Coyote in me. Just drop in at a busy family restaurant and pay the tab of every family inside at the time. Buy a library all new equipment and books. For that matter, hire some people and get Spider Robinson’s **[Magnificent Conspiracy](http://castroller.com/podcasts/SpiderOnThe/478027)** going for real. But definitely **TriPolar** ’s idea! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/19 "2012-11-28T17:22:58Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > The road that goes by my house seriously needs paved. It also needs sidewalks. Heck, my whole neighborhood needs sidewalks. > > I’m going to improve my city! Part of my lottery fantasy is to put in a nice, lit parking lot and facilitiies at my favorite running (bike) trail. ETA: It also includes buying up a ton of land out in the country and building my own running trail, which I would make a private club open to anyone else who wanted to run or hike on it. No bikes allowed! > [@DMark](#): > > 1. Create a micro-brewery with really great beer, sell it for only $1.00/six pack, sell it only in Red States, and have I LOVE OBAMA written in large letters on each can. This might not be as successul as you think…I doubt that the average red voter drinks really great micro-brew beer. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373/20 "2012-11-28T17:35:45Z")
Let’s see: I publicly give $10 million to my former church, because even though I don’t believe in Jesus I believe in their good works. This will naturally trigger other local churches to ask for handouts, and I force them all to come up with a full presentation–prepared speeches, PowerPoint slides, interpretative dance, the works–and hten shut them all down. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wacky-ways-would-you-spend-a-mega-lottery-win/642373.md?page=2)