If you win 52 milion dollars at the lottery..

@maferick (1583)
Brazil
January 12, 2007 9:45am CST
what would be the first thing that you would do?
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26 responses
@craftwave (1338)
• United States
14 Jan 07
The first 10% would go to the church for tithe. then i would pay any outstanding bills and get debt free. After that I would have to seriously think about what to do with. i would probably give some to charity and definately set up trust funds or something for the kis and grandbabies. A good plan is to leave the money in the bank or whatever you have it in and live off the interest.
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@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
20 Jan 07
good,you made good choices
• Philippines
12 Jan 07
i would definitely share it with my loved-ones. im going to make sure that their future is secure & that they'd live abundantly. i'd also share my blessings with the less fortunate one; donate to charities and build a church. =)
• Lithuania
12 Jan 07
building a church is waste of money
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
12 Jan 07
yeah,52 milion dollars its a big amount of money you can share with all your loved-ones and still have alot to spend with you:)
• Philippines
12 Jan 07
i also forgot to include that i'd build schools to help educate the less fortunate ones. =) by the way, building a church isn't a waste of money. nah-a!
@cyfernet (2383)
• United States
14 Jan 07
it would be really cool and i would go ahead and purchase anything that i wanted for years!
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
20 Jan 07
lol!would be very fun enter into a shopping,huh?
@charro10 (124)
• Spain
14 Jan 07
If i win 52 milion dollars at the lottery... I would buy a nice car as dodge vipper...and invest money in the stock exchange ...
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
cool,this car is great!
@myjewel (268)
• Philippines
14 Jan 07
i will not tell anyone!
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
20 Jan 07
lol!
• United States
14 Jan 07
I'd probably take the lump sum payout (after taxes) payoff our debts, maybe buy a nicer house in a nicer neighborhood and then stick the rest in the bank for 6-8 months to give time to get over the shock. It seems that so many people who win huge amounts of money start to self-destruct because they have a hard time adjusting to the idea that they can buy ANYTHING they want. Of course, things like donate to charities and help out my friends and family would be on my list as well. I'm one of those fools who would keep working (although less hours)because I would probably go crazy if I suddenly didn't have any structure to my time.
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
23 Jan 07
52 milions would help a lot ,huh?
@pusiket (1756)
• Philippines
13 Jan 07
I going to extend fiancial help to the less fortunate people, put up a business for the unemployed, and tour around the world. :]
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
cool,luck for you :)
@sweetie88 (4556)
• Pakistan
14 Jan 07
Lottery r usually fraud but i've won prize sometimes of bonds but they were very little amount but if i win a lottery, i'll disribute some amount of money from it to poors and rest of it, i'll spend according to my own choice and according to my Parents choice specially of Mother.
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
yeah,its hard to believe that you can this amount iin lottery,but dreams is so good huh?
@linda345 (2661)
• Canada
13 Jan 07
The first thing I would do is put the ticket in my safety deposit box and then go talk to a finical advisor. I would collect my money and give a millon dollars to my brothers and millon dollars to my hubbys sisters. I would put a million away for each of the kids and start a trust fund for my granddaughter. I would then give each set of parents a million dollars. I have a special Aunt that has been a single Mom for many years. I would give her some money and buy her a new car. I would donate money to charity. Because I live in Canada I don't have to pay taxes. Then I would take a vacation, to give time for people to stop bothering us for money request. I know a lady in our community won 13 million and she had to change her phone number and leave for a while.
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
i think everybody have to take a trip after won this amount,or everybody will come to ask for money,this time is important to you think in what you are going to do..
@abhax123 (1695)
• India
13 Jan 07
Will Donate 2 million Dollars not jokin if i win $52 million i will donate there are loads of people who can use this money
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
sure and will still have lots of money for you..its a lot of money,huh?
@roopsimi (50)
• Australia
13 Jan 07
wait until the money is actually in my account before i even believe it. then i'd buy a nice, place to live in and make a cosy home for my family. distribute some of it around in my family among those who really need it, put some away for my chlidren's future, donate to some worthwhile charities and go on a world tour comes next.
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
yes,its hard to believe till you really see the money:)
@rajee2007 (331)
• India
13 Jan 07
i feel very happy and my legs are not stand in earth.
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
yeah,with sure,mine too,hehe
• Malaysia
13 Jan 07
My dad pass away last year so I'll travel the world with my mom only. After that I'll plan how to make more money and donate money to charity.
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
yes,think in what to do with the money is very important to dont waste it in stupid things and charity is important in thios time,because we have ways to help lots of people with this amount
@goms11 (72)
• India
14 Jan 07
my fantasy is to go to space... so i ll take a trip to space..but i doubt if dis amount is sufficient...!!!
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
im not sure ,but i think that with this amount you already can go to the moon
• Lithuania
12 Jan 07
pay 14040000$ of taxes :) and open my own business :)
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
12 Jan 07
yeah,it's a good oportunnity to open your own business :)
@suedarr (2382)
• Canada
12 Jan 07
If I won 52 million dollars in the lottery the first thing I would do was change my phone number. I can only imagine the old "friends" who would come crawling out of the wood work so to speak. Cheers!
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
12 Jan 07
hahahahaha,with sure would come lots of friends of all places that you walked in your life and parents that you even remember :)
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• India
12 Jan 07
52 million dollars.if it is any asian country i have to pay a prt of it as income tax.then i would start a business,i would keep something in bank,invest some in shares,buy insurance policies for everyone in my family.build a home for me,help the aged and the poor.thanks
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
13 Jan 07
yeah,you will know how to spend well the money:)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I would donate 10 million to the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation, then five million to my church, and a million to the First Unitarian Church of New Orleans to help them rebuild. I would pay off all my parent's debts and buy them a new house, I would buy houses for a couple of friends, and I would buy myself a house and a new van, then invest the rest and draw off the interest to have a yearly salary of about 100 thousand dollars, and the rest of the annually accrued interest to be donated to charities.
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
13 Jan 07
cool,hope this amoutn one dau goes to hands of people like you
@dravid (1047)
• India
13 Jan 07
i want to be great bussiness man...i dont have the money for it so what i will do is get the money and have an offcie and then the matrials like a 10 liselines 100 computers...oh iwant the bussiness of software programmer as i am so and love to work in pearl and musql....i also would like to keep some part of the money for the poor...because i fell iwould be able to earn such a money only if there is god grace on me and the love of a poor....i have seen the mesirable lves the poor live and how eagerly they want to be rich....and have a good like...only a few with vry high detemination do suceed...life is so hard fir them so i will put some money for them....and my last wish would be to send my dad and specialyy mon(who mostly stays at home) for a world tour....oh she has been soo good to our family and i really love her they way she takes care of me during mu illiness.great to have some one near you always
@maferick (1583)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
cool
@lynn3024 (198)
• Canada
12 Jan 07
the firat thing i would do is open 3 bank accounts. one for myself and one for each of my children.i would also make sure mine and my husbands families had money.