Get a bionic finger? [Or a bionic body, rather?]
I’d want to get Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a hard boiled egg.
Hey, go crazy – spring for two hard-boiled eggs.
Just don’t put them all in one basket.
Whoever I wanted to
Not quite. I’m not for sale. 
Get a couple houses/condos. One on a big lake with a nice boat. One with a little acreage so I could collect a half dozen cars. Rotate time between properties. 10 day vacation every 3-4 months.
Honestly I’d take 60% and give away the other 40%. A rising tide lifts all boats. I could never spend all the money in 40 years and I have no kids so family and friends are all getting a good chunk (not enough to retire, but enough to do what they want for their lives, or at least fund a fresh start).
I would also fund a lot of micro loans. I love being a venture capitalist.
First I would renounce my US citizenship (Canada doesn’t tax lottery winnings). Then I would travel only first (or pod) class. Then I would buy a fancy home in Montreal and plan to spend six months of every year in one of those $1000/night Caribbean resorts.
I think they take the taxes out before you get your money. I suppose you could ask for a refund next April.
Same here, and I’m a woman.
Just kidding.
I don’t buy lottery tickets, and not a small number of people who won multi-million dollar jackpots said it ruined their lives and they would have destroyed the ticket had they known what it would do to them, their friends, and their families.
I could handle a smaller prize, like a million dollars or so.
I would just create my own miniature nature center somewhere close to a big city, maybe 2 square miles. I would do some entertaining but nothing too wild. I would also sponsor some kind of unique creative arts center.
Disappear
Buy about 100 acres north of here in the desert. Build a concrete runway 6000’x100’. Build a home and a hangar next to it. Park my plane there… I already have the plane.
everybody has a price;)
I’ll take the $40 million/year over 20 years. I like the security.
I’d give half to my husband and then we could afford to actually live apart. Then I’d buy the home of my dreams and decorate it. I’d get a new car. I’d finally get to take that road trip I’ve been wanting to take.
I’d buy new homes and cars for 4 relatives. I’d gift several dopers with a cool million. I’d fund a trust fund for my grandkids.
Then I would give away a lot more, I think.
Go into hiding until I figure out just what I want to do.
More adopted Chihuahuas, Cockatoos and cats!
With all the cool toys and furniture that they dream about having. In a huge house!
And paid help to walk them twice a day (lil dogs go out about 6-8 times a day) and open/close the door ( the 2 indoor outdoor cats go indoor, outdoor, indoor, outdoor all day). And that help can watch over the horde while Mistermage and I go see the world!
All 3 sons could go to any college or university they wanted because they will still have to earn some kind of living. Sure I will buy them a new car/truck and house… but they’ll still need health insurance (so will I), to pay taxes and buy all the fun stuff that not paying a mortgage or monthly car bill will free up from their incomes.
And then when they are 35 they will get a bundle.
His parents, well, vacations with hubby and me and any other relatives they want to include to wherever whenever. They are retired/house paid off/cars paid off/ no real bills. So I’m not sure just what else they would want.
Our Siblings… 1.5 million each.
*Nieces/Nephews get $750,000 each ( given as an Entailment? Or whatever means they have to go to college, the money pays for it… and upon graduation they get the rest unless they are already 35 or have graduated college then they just get it).
The Great Nieces/Nephews get $250,000 each (given as an Entailment? Or whatever means they have to go to college, the money pays for it… and upon graduation they get the rest unless they are already 35 or have graduated college then they just get it.)
Knock on wood— no grandkids yet! But I would probably set money aside for that eventuality.
*I have great-nephews and nieces almost as old as my oldest son… I had him at 23 o.O Ok, so those nieces are only 7 and 8 years younger than me. I also have nieces and nephews the same age as my youngest (older sister had a big family… with a big age gap between #1 and #2 and the younger 4).
Probably would do the same.Perhaps even go incognito into some sort of “retreat” environment to really think about where is it that I want to be headed. And see my shrink about any need for added medication.
'cause otherwise after cleaning up all debt among my immediate family, doing some endowing of scholarships or chairs at a couple of institutions of higher learning (or donating a whole building with my name on it), buying a congressman, and assembling a retinue of undergraduate-aged female companions, I’d be at a loss of what to do that could not end badly…
I’d take the lump sum, buy houses & luxury cars for me and my favorite people, shove the remainder into a savings account, and live off the interest. $250,000,000 at 0.5% = $1.25 million/year. Quit my job, lose a bunch of weight, have and/or adopt kids, and pass along most of it to them (and some to the local SPCA) when I die.
By an island and create the Grand Venerable Dominion of Wolfmanistan(people take your country more seriously if you use more big words)