You Just Won The Lottery - Now What?

[houstonwhodat]

So I'm channel surfing and I see this program "The Lottery Changed My Life".

No shit Sherlock.

I play the lottery every week. Not expecting much but what the hell.

So you wake up Sunday morning, check your numbers and what do you know you actually won the ****ing lottery.

Do you cash it in right away?
Quit your job right away?
Tell ANYONE?
Talk to a lawyer?
Talk to a financial adviser?
Get drunk?
Go to Vegas?
Hire some primo escorts?
Buy a Ferrari or other supercar?
Live like a king or stash it away and stay right where you are?


Me personally, I would talk to a lawyer and financial adviser about setting up something to protect me and my money before I cash it in.

Then pay off my house, all my bills and my immediate family too. You're bound to hear from relatives and friends you didn't know you had.

Then I'm not really sure.

Maybe go on a trip around the world to think about things.

I've seen too many horror stories about people winning it all and they're life is miserable.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Dayze

ooooh. Yeah, I forgot about yachts. I'd like to have one and park it somewhere bad ass.

or, get a cool house boat thing in Seattle.

I love the look of those boats that actually look like a house, but they just don't seem very practical for scooting around to remote coves for a weekend stay or whatever... they all look like they're gonna tip over with the first small wave.

But yeah, my dream is to live on a boat year round, I was pricing some used ones last night and 50-70 will get you a VERY nice houseboat.