You just won $100,000 in the lottery. What now?

[Poly]

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[ghost]

Only 100,000?

Give the government their share (which proves that you can win if you don't play)

Fill my car with gas
Buy a loaf of bread

That should leave me just enough to buy another lottery ticket

:sigh:

 

[aSeattleConserv]

Getting something for nothing. There is a reason Scripture speaks against it.

http://www.content4reprint.com/recreation-and-leisure/top-10-lottery-horror-stories.htm

 

[zoo22]

I won?!?

Wha??

I didn't even enter!! Holy cow! This is unreal!! $100,000!?!

I don't know what now... I have to let it settle in first!! Woah. Wow, what's the check in the mail or do I have to pick it up? I can't believe it!!

 

[Granite]

Square away some bills, find a housesitter, and take an extended European vacation.

 

[Nydhogg]

Sell old truck, buy new truck. Buy a new computer. Save the rest.

 

[MrDeets]

Once ole :sam: gets their 45,000. I'd have just enough to pay off our debt from when my wife and I were younger, dumber, and not as financially responsible as we are now.

 

[taikoo]

I'd do what most immigrants with poor relatives back home who are just barely getting by would do.

 

[ghost]

I'd do what most immigrants with poor relatives back home who are just barely getting by would do.

Smuggle them into America?

 

[MrDeets]

Smuggle them into America?

:rotfl:

 

[MrDeets]

Square away some bills, find a housesitter, and take an extended European vacation.

With Mrs. Granite, no doubt. But do ya'll have any Granite puppies? Where would your first stop be?

 

[chrysostom]

do my taxes
and
figure out exactly how much I really got
and
then go out and buy a really nice sports car

I almost forgot

I would also get a lifetime membership to TOL

 

[Quincy]

Sell old truck, buy new truck. Buy a new computer. Save the rest.

I agree on the new computer. There is a ton of great pc games coming out in 2011 so I do need to buy a new one. I would do that and then I'd invest the rest because that's not really a whole lot of money these days but it's more than enough to make some with.

 

[Town Heretic]

Smuggle them into America?

:rotfl: That's two for two.

100k? Not exactly life changing. :think: I'd take the wife to my favorite part of Spain for an extended vacation, have the baby, then sneak back and falsify records in case he decides to run for President someday. lain:

 

[lightbringer]

$100,000 divided over thirty years $3,333 a year, ($277 a month) ?, gotta go for lump sum payment.

$100,000 divided in half (the amount the cash company wants as contract fee in order to float you cash) $50,000.

Less Uncle Sam and the Governor, $50,000 minus (approx 40%) leaves about $30,000 give or take a few.

? Money don't go far these days! With the way gas prices are, sounds like it may have to go into the transportation account, sure ain't gonna buy much of a vehicle.

 

[Buzzword]

Give $60,000 to my wife so it'll be tax-free.
Pay taxes on the remainder.

THEN pay off my and my wife's student debt, and buy/furnish/move into a house.

 

[Rusha]

Easy ... I'd move back to California ...

Where it only snows for 15 minutes every other winter ...

And ... I'd buy more lotto tickets!

 

[Sherman]

I'd give uncle Sam his due and give the rest over to my church--anonymously. They sure can use it. Lotteries like this have a habit of wrecking lives. I wouldn't keep it.

 

[Cracked]

Pay bills. Save some to get CPE. Give some away.

 

[Poly]

100k? Not exactly life changing.

I thought about making it a million but paying everything off, buying a nice mansion and living happily ever after has been done too many times. Thought I'd make you work a little on this one.