You just won the lottery! What's your next move?

[Thomasi]

You just won Powerball or Mega Millions and you are now $100s of Millions richer. All you have to do is hand in your ticket and the money is yours. What is your next move?

My next move would be to send $5M to my Mom Dad and Bothers.

I'd then fund a tv show in Canada and Buy citizenship in the EU via Malta and travel around Europe until settling in whatever country I like best and live out my life. Oh and I'd put my American passport in a shredder after accepting the Malta passport in the US embassy.

No one other than my direct family would know.

[Prima Scriptura]

Moving to California and invest in a cannabis business.

[San Lumen]

Buy an apartment in NYC. Ask my financial advisor what the best stocks and funds are to invest in. Take a trip across Europe.

[Ethel mermania]

No one knows, I retire to a Caribbean island. Preferably with lots of hookers and cocaine.

[Jewish Underground State]

Take over an unstable country by hiring a paramilitary to secure the country.

[Lile Ulie Islands]

Buy a house in Hawai'i and one in Vermont. Give the rest away to non-profit organizations.

[Kerwa]

Buy a Scottish castle. Call myself laird. Wear kilts. Do interviews with annoying PBS travel programs wherein i tell all sorts of lies about haggis.

[San Lumen]

Buy a house in Hawai'i and one in Vermont. Give the rest away to non-profit organizations.

Good choice for houses. Vermont is one of my favorite states.

[Tinhampton]

You just won Powerball or Mega Millions and you are now $100s of Millions richer. All you have to do is hand in your ticket and the money is yours. What is your next move?

Sue for fraud. TSA patdowns are sufficiently scary that I have no intention of going to the USA or the two outlying territories that appear to offer either of these games for any reason whatsoever (as of August 2022).

...I'd put my American passport in a shredder after accepting the Malta passport in the US embassy.

No one other than my direct family would know.

The IRS will.

[Loeje]

I would set aside enough money for my education, then buy a house, then buy every book on my list. Then if there's still money left over I would fly to Germany and see my family and friends again.

[Terminus Station]

Invest most of the money but keep enough to live comfortably off of.

[Vavlar]

No one knows, I retire to a Caribbean island. Preferably with lots of hookers and cocaine.

Why?

[Cannot think of a name]

Set up an investment portfolio of some sort that will reasonably generate a sustainable income (somewhere around that scientifically measured 'maximum happiness' thing that came up a while ago)

Set up a handful of people who have gone out of their way to preserve my existence over my lifetime. Kinda whatever they think works for them.

Take the rest and set up a philanthropic foundation that would focus on homelessness and shoring up underfunded populations in terms of housing, education, and access to venture capital (gotta live in the system I have). If there is enough money there'd also be a lobbying and PAC arm that promotes and supports candidates in key local offices that can enact immediate changes like zoning and police budgets and priorities or school curriculum and resource allotment. Ideally it would also facilitate a way for people to organize and coordinate from local party leadership elections to federal elections.

Once I've done aaaallllll that find someone some people smart enough to actually run some bullshit like that who hopefully are on the same page as me.


OR...sell out immediately get a place with a big ol' warehouse like garage and buy vintage sports cars until I have a graveyard of cars I can no longer manage to maintain so any increase in value is offset by them going to seed. I've never really been tested.

[Shazbotdom]

No one knows, I retire to a Caribbean island. Preferably with lots of hookers and cocaine.

Just make sure to get em STD Tested. But, ya can't beat Hoes and Blow.

[Diuhon]

Help humanity.

[Salus Maior]

I'd help my family out with some things, buy a nice house in the country with some land. Probably in Vermont or something. Raise a family comfortably and make sure they're well provided for.

[Sweitchland]

You just won Powerball or Mega Millions and you are now $100s of Millions richer. All you have to do is hand in your ticket and the money is yours. What is your next move?

My next move would be to send $5M to my Mom Dad and Bothers.

I'd then fund a tv show in Canada and Buy citizenship in the EU via Malta and travel around Europe until settling in whatever country I like best and live out my life. Oh and I'd put my American passport in a shredder after accepting the Malta passport in the US embassy.

No one other than my direct family would know.

Invest in a stock that is propped up by the US Government, then watch my account either go from 100 million to a few billion, or from 100 million to nothing
If I get lucky (which will not happen), I’ll put a hefty sum of it into non-profit organizations

[The Blaatschapen]

Buy Twitter from Elon. By the time he's done with, it's market value will be around that point.

[Major-Tom]

Create an elaborate, extremely difficult treasure hunt for anybody who wants some of the money. Fill the treasure chests with nothing but Dollar Store candy and toys.

[Ifreann]

Eat myself.

[Thermodolia]

No one knows, I retire to a Caribbean island. Preferably with lots of hookers and cocaine.

I’ll buy the island next door

[Cataleenia]

Go on holiday to japan with family and friends for like 10k-15k then save the rest

[Free Algerstonia]

buy nationstates

[The Black Forrest]

Hmmm seems the op is gone…anyway.

First; I will get a full medical example. Everything that is common for an early death.

It would be my luck to win the billions and die of something soon after.

After that I will just live as I have lived. Of course improve things like changes to the house; a new car; setting up my mom and in-law-parents.

I would do other things like there is a great cider bar. They make their own stuff. You have to have a type of liqueur license to allow people to take home. That costs 20K so why not if I am that wealthy?

Of course; I would put some of it in investments so there is still money coming in…..

[Azania-]

I would buy Liechtenstein.