The Powerball lottery is up to $1 billion tonight. If you won it, what would you do?

  • Muddybulldog@mylemmy.win
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    1 year ago

    Among other things, I’d keep going to work. I enjoy my job. What I’ll really enjoy is every time someone tries to pawn off something on me that’s not actually my job I’ll tell them, “not my job”

  • rabs@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Realistically, and assuming I claimed it and handled the financial and legal aspects of having that much money, I’d do this;

    Pay off my debts, as well as those of my parents and sister, then help friends pay off everything. Then buy a nice house and nice stuff, leave my job, then travel.

    Then I’d see what sorts of things I can use my money to improve, or who I can help.

    While money is nice for security, I don’t need or want anywhere remotely close to 1$billion at one time. That amount of money is dangerous.

  • downpunxx@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Give my uncles, aunts and cousins a cool mil each, give my mom and my sister 10 mil each, buy some real estate on the coasts, and most likely fund some Democrats in Florida and Texas, do some traveling

  • Poggervania@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Pay off all debts and mortgages for myself and my immediate family, then put away whatever’s away into separate HYSAs for a few months to let the initial rush go away.

  • HousePanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com
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    1 year ago

    If I won the lottery, I would start by ending the homeless problem in my state. All it would take would be one stroke of the pen and many people’s lives would be improved.

  • AbstractLinguist@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Set up a philanthropic trust, invest it in a relatively safe mix of stocks and bonds, and set up distributions as a % of growth to a bunch of institutions I think are super important.

    After buying a nicer house and paying off family debts and stuff of course.