First start the process of getting a new wheelchair, my current one is 13 years old and leaves a trail of nuts and bolts.
I mean, with luck like that, I'd buy a lotto ticket
Fuck off
There is a comment on "that other site" that goes in detail about what to do. It starts with "You're fucked" and shows that you really have to be careful who to trust and what to do to not be bankrupt in a few years. I'm on mobile and short on time, but it's worth reposting here.
I'd buy as many billboards as possible and use them to troll whomever I feel like.
One thing I would do is keep working. Not because I love the job. I'd want to stay and keep working until someone pissed me off. Then, I'd rage quit!
I've always wanted to rage quit a job, but I've got too many responsibilities. It would be nice to be able to tell my boss to piss off.
Make a way bigger bucket list and actually start competing it.
I'd finally donate to Wikipedia. And NPR. So much so that both of them won't have to ever ask me for money ever again.
Piss off the mortgage first, then sit for a bit and think about the rest.
Tear the ticket up and throw it away.
My life is bad enough, without the lottery ruining it further with constant harassment, death threats, attempted muggings, entitled family demanding handouts, new "relatives" magically materializing from the ether, etc etc.
If I want to fuck my life up that badly, I'll start doing heroine and meth. I'd probably have better 10 year survival prospects, as well.
Just because bad things befell other lottery winners doesn't mean it'll happen to you, though. You have the power to act on the wisdom of the past and do better than your predecessors, and one needs to have the courage to do so to get anywhere in life.
Don't let your life pass you by, fren
I think it's a valid answer. Money isn't everything.
Imma buy a big house, tho, then a Rivian or something. Or maybe a share in a New Zealand bunker.
Not tell anyone if possible. Big winnings are the way to ruin in most cases.
Make sure my mom's in home health care is paid for for the rest of her life, so that she can continue to live in her house as she wishes while she is still with us, retire from my paid career early, do volunteer work instead, and travel often.
I would be incredibly surprised, as I do not play the lottery. I'd probably start by getting a lawyer to handle it.
Your odds of finding the winning ticket on the sidewalk about about the same as if you bought a ticket. I'm not sure if that changes the surprise level.
I guess you're kind of right, in that they're both essentially 0. But the odds of winning the lottery are still ...millions? of times higher to win by buying one than finding a winning ticket on the street.
/pedantry
Quit my job. Buy a new mattress and sleep stress free. After I get some actual rest, go from there. All the while, keeping it a secret.
Go find that old post from AskReddit and follow it to a tee.
Outside of that, I'd probably buy a house closer to downtown, buy a new truck, and start to figure out how I can increase the quality of education in rural South Carolina.
Skipping past the obvious of paying off debts and buying a decent house, I'd do this:
Found a company to sell tech products (Pinephone, but cooler). Only the best benefits, work environment, basically everything I hate about any job I've worked, fixed. I'd hire good people, and make damn sure they're treated well. After everything is going well and with some kind of charter so they can't decide to be evil, I'd turn the company over to my employees. I'd step down and become a janitor or something and work ~20 hours a week until I retire.
Whatever money's left over, if there is any, is given away.
I want to work. I like working. I just want to work somewhere good, ya know?
I'd just buy my employer but they made ~450m Euro after taxes so they might want more than a billion. Also fuck audits.
Pay off my house, pay off close friends and family houses, buy a bunch of land, buy cool cars, travel.
Sleep
I'd get a house for me and my family. Make sure my parents have a house that meets their needs as well. I'd hire a personal trainer to get in shape and take a few months off work while I figure out what to do next.
Pay off the mortgage and quietly live out the rest of my life, probably on the interest alone.
Pay debts and medical treatment for self/family/friends, pursue hobbies, volunteer, donate, travel... Find a place to live and settle down.
Safe investments to make sure it lasts and then I want to start a charity to help people get access to mental health care, help feed the homeless, and do other stuff for my community.
Also pay off debt and finish college
Pay off mine friends and my student loans, pay for moving costs to a European country for me and my friends, pay for US citizenship denouncing for me and my friends, set aside an amount of money for myself and my friends for savings to live comfortably, pay for first month's rent for me and my friends, pay for food for a month for me and my friends, and then if there happens to be anything left, donate it to charities.
Buy a private island, get drunk and give a large portion away to random people
With a billion I could probably buy a huge island just for myself but in all honesty I just need a million so I can retire. It's more than enough.
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