If you won $10 million on lotto, what would you do with it?

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#253202 31-Jul-2019 16:46

Since there is currently a bit of a discussion about lottery winnings in another active thread, I thought it might be an idea to start a thread specifically about this topic.

Off the top of my head I would:

Pay my mortgage off.
Pay my sister's mortgage.
Buy my dad a place of his own.
Do everything around my house I've ever wanted to do.
Go on an overseas trip.
Replace all of my old worn out items with new ones.

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#2286702 31-Jul-2019 16:54

DONT TELL ANYONE except my immediate family
still work but try and cut down my days to 4 day weeks
pay off my mortgage
buy a new house with a dedicated media room sound proofed of course
bye houses for my kids
invest in property
buy a managed rental in queenstown or wanaka
travel overseas
get a phev
get dental implants
upgrade my Home theatre

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#2286730 31-Jul-2019 17:17

Put it in the bank.

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#2286732 31-Jul-2019 17:23

I'll tell you in a few weeks when I win the big one. Actually I might be too busy to post on GZ.

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#2286734 31-Jul-2019 17:25

I'd tell the world I'd won $100,000 which I could claim would justify the purchase of a fairly decent car, fixing up stuff around the house, and a couple of nice holidays. This is not enough of a sum to trigger every man and his dog to writing begging letters.

For the rest of the $10 million, I'd keep that a secret from everyone except the missus, and I'd find a trusted financial adviser with expertise in that area who could set myself and family up with a good, if non-flashy income stream for the rest of my days.

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#2286735 31-Jul-2019 17:26

I just came back from Santorini, I'd move over there, and not work.

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#2286741 31-Jul-2019 17:35

$10 million isn't enough, but if I had $10 billion, I would hire a bunch of homeless people to paint the town red one night.

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#2286742 31-Jul-2019 17:39

Pay off the mortgage.

Invest the remainder which at a reasonable return should give me an income of about $400,000.

Go and do anything I wanted.

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#2286743 31-Jul-2019 17:39

I would retire... oh, I am already!

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#2286745 31-Jul-2019 17:40

Pretty sure 10M would get you quite a lot of paint and homeless people :)

BTW I strongly recommend using paint brushes instead! ;)

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#2286751 31-Jul-2019 17:48

Pay off direct family mortgages, throw some funds to in-laws etc, get car I want, nice 6 month cruise, rebuild house to my specs, a boat with decent fishing gear and space to have mates on board for weekends away, and a good BBQ.

Could probably do all the above for under $3mill so I wont be greedy ;)

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#2286754 31-Jul-2019 17:50

I'd spend lots of it on beer and loose women...the rest I'd just squander.

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#2286769 31-Jul-2019 18:24

DONT TELL ANYONE especially my immediate family.
still work but try and cut down my days to 2 - 4 day weeks
pay off my mortgage
buy a new house outside of Auckland ( I have my eye on two )
Have a few charter boat skippers on speed dial to go fishing when I want
Have a helicopter company on speed dial, why drive when you can take off from your front lawn.
Buy a hovercraft – can launch from either of my dream property’s.
Travel first class.
Set up a property / investment company to employ my niece and nephews as I have no kids. ( like the Todd family )
Get a few new cars, One for me, one for the wife and a SUV so I can fit in when we drive to Auckland.
Learn a musical instrument
Go to concerts – Wembley stadium / Hollywood Bowl

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#2286771 31-Jul-2019 18:30

* purchase a house, outright

* clear all my debts and cut up my credit card

* buy the car I want (which actually isn't that expensive)

* quit my job and do what I actually want to do for a living (as opposed to what I need to do)

* take my boys for a tour of the country

* give all my immediate family something

* put some into a trust fund for my boys for when they turn older

Of course, the chance of winning that much in Powerball is extremely slim to almost nil, so I daresay a lot of the things on this list will (mostly) remain dreams for the rest of my life...