# What would you do if you won the lottery? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752 "2003-06-14T04:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/1 "2003-06-14T04:50:00Z")
What would you do if you won millions of dollars? I’d relax, sit on my ass, and do nothing. Except enjoy my mansion and nice car. Oh yeah, and two chicks at the same time! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/2 "2003-06-14T04:57:14Z")
you dont need millions of dollars to do nothing… but besides two chicks at the same time, i’d buy a helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/3 "2003-06-14T05:23:47Z")
Pay off my student loans. Buy my posse nice cars. Yes, all my current friends would be referred to as my posse after I won the lottery. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/4 "2003-06-14T05:32:43Z")
Robots. Atomic robots. ---
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/5 "2003-06-14T05:37:08Z")
quit dieting and get some lipo for one thing 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/6 "2003-06-14T06:01:52Z")
Like **Neurotik** , I’d pay off my student loans. I’d get a decent car, and move out of this apartment and into a real house. I would not quit my job as a pediatric audiologist. Seriously. I love my job so much that if it were financially practical for me to do so, I’d do it without pay. I’d set up a special interest-earning fund that would help pay the cost of hearing aids for children from families without insurance and any other means to obtain them. I’d set up some good investments, including a retirement fund. At the moment, I have no children, but I do have a 2-year-old nephew. I’d give a bunch to his college fund. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/7 "2003-06-14T06:30:58Z")
I’d buy some television time to make Public Service Anouncements about how stupid it is to waste your money on the lottery. Then I’d invest in a casino. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/8 "2003-06-14T06:31:00Z")
Seriously, what I would spend it on is education, education, education. Screw regular college, I would hire professional tutors for every subject I was interested in. Imagine how great a one on one relationship with a teacher would be! Going at whatever pace was necessary. Never skipping over something because you ran out of time. A personal instructor that made sure that you knew the information perfectly. What a glorious undertaking it would be! ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/9 "2003-06-14T06:41:28Z")
Also, I would hire a profesional nutritionist and chef to plan out all of my meals in advance (and to make sure that they are damned tasty!) and I would hire a personal trainer to make sure that I finally, _really_ get into shape. PS, does anyone know where I can get one of those harems that I have heard so much about? ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/10 "2003-06-14T06:41:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*I’d buy some television time to make Public Service Anouncements about how stupid it is to waste your money on the lottery. > > Then I’d invest in a casino. \*\* Actually, lottery money goes to a good cause. I’m sure my cash strapped state could use a few extra dollars. Plus, if the enjoyment I get out of getting a one in twenty million chance of winning a few million is worth one dollar to me, where’s the harm? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/11 "2003-06-14T08:23:09Z")
US$10 million after taxes. Buy a nice place downtown. Invest a large portion of it. Quit my full-time job, but still do some freelance work with them, just to maintain contact. Do more acting and TV work, now that I don’t have to worry about making a regular salary. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/12 "2003-06-14T11:57:57Z")
Get out of debt. Give some to family members, just because. Establish a scholarship program to encourage math and science studies. Enjoy the freedom of doing what I want when I want to. Oh, yeah, host a MegaDopeFest cruise and fly in everybody from the boards. Just imagine a chartered ocean liner full of Dopers!!! :eek: We would stay out of the North Atlantic during iceberg season, tho… ---
**Author:** ![Kyann22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Kyann22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyann22)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/13 "2003-06-14T12:43:55Z")
Pay off my student loans. Pay for my new classes to become a librarian. Move out of my apartment in to a nice, but not HUGE house. Buy my SO a sports car so he’ll quit asking if he can have one. Invest! and last but certainly not least, quit this stupid job that I HATE! ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/14 "2003-06-14T12:46:50Z")
If I won enough, I would first buy the Chicago Reader, Inc. Then Cecil, the Mods, Admins and all of you posters would be nothing but my playthings. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/15 "2003-06-14T13:53:55Z")
Pay off any debt Buy myself a big apartment Buy myself a 40-50’ luxury motor yacht Give some to parents and close family Then get back to studying 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/16 "2003-06-14T14:21:50Z")
Pay off school loans, other debts. Two words: Beachfront Property. I’m another one who actually loves her job (caterer/personal chef), and I doubt that I’d actually quit working. I tend to be the kind of person who can’t be still for too long, but having the money to say, “I don’t _have_ to work–I just _want_ to,” is really cool. Travel. Long vacations to places I’ve always wanted to see. Hire a personal trainer. Weekend-long yoga retreats a few times a year. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/17 "2003-06-14T15:20:34Z")
First, I’d pay the few debts I have. Second, I’d travel all over (I’d want to hit a few countries on every continent except Antarctica of course). Third, I’d buy my Ruf Turbo. Forth, I’d buy a castle - I’ve always wanted a castle, a real one, with history and everything. I’m not sure how to go about getting one, but with millions, I’d figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/18 "2003-06-14T16:20:33Z")
I wouldn’t tell anyone that I had won. I would just quit my job and tell them I have other interests to persue. Half a year later, I would claim my prize. Hook up my possie with some phat ass cars. I by a small ass house with a big ass garage with like 60 acres of backyard, with a dirt track and a drag strip in the middle. Do crazy shit all the time like big ass twin turbos on big ass motors. Constant projects that involve cars. Things that people would have never though about. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/19 "2003-06-14T16:52:55Z")
Repay debt, buy a (small) NYC apartment and a little house on a lake soemwhere, have some comfortable shoes custom made and then. . . pay for the music and art programs to be reinstated at my local schools!!! And fund a new sound system in the high school auditorium. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752/20 "2003-06-14T17:09:42Z")
Pay off my debts. Fund various good causes such as a scholarship for kids interested in a public safety career, and a home for unwanted critters so they wouldn’t need to be euthanised. Buy a new truck. Go back to college and obtain a degree in Fire Protection Engineering. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-lottery/181752.md?page=2)