So much for that

[sombrefan]

Like a lot of people in the UK, I bought a ticket for the Euro lottery which had a jackpot of £126,059,632.

This roughly translates as:

222,168,701.37 US dollars
184,747,716.15 Euros
254,183,211.24 Canadian dollars

Course I didn't win but I did have a daydream of moving to Los Angeles and setting up my own TV and Film production company. Course I have little or no idea what that involves but it more than likely would have had me shouting "It's an option. We'll do lunch Tuesday. Christ almight re-write this crap or you're fired".

So if you had won that amount of money, what would you like to do with it?

Comments

[wondersheep.livejournal.com]

As far as I can tell, all you need to do to set up a successful production company is hire people who know what they are doing and throw money at them.

Easy.

[kuzibah.livejournal.com]

Become a surf photographer and play Endless Summer for the rest of my life. And it wouldn't matter if I couldn't shoot for crap, because I'd be a multi-millionnaire.

[leoff.livejournal.com]

222 million, eh?

Well, basically cut that down to half (stupid taxes), and round it off to an even 100 million...

I'd start by going out and getting my car washed for one thing. It's dirty.

I'd buy my old childhood home, even if I might not live there. I'd also get it a new roof. It's kinda sagging. Improve it a bit. Call that $500,000.

So only 99,500,000 left, eh? Geeze... I dunno, buy another pillow?

*gets dizzy thinking of so much money*

[electrcspacegrl.livejournal.com]

I daydream about this a lot and I don't even play the lottery.

If I were to win millions of dollars I would:

*Continue to live frugally for a year while the money collects interest in the bank.
*Buy a house in Portland
*Buy a house for my brother
*Buy my parents a rennovation on their house/pay the rest of their house payments
*Pay off my debts
*Continue my education in writing and film studies
*Donate to a couple local youth agencies
*Move to Los Angeles and buy a TV/Film production company and hire people who know what they're doing and throw money at them
*Travel around the world
*Continue writing, maybe work on a novel
*Buy a house in San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles
*Buy more DVDs

[electrcspacegrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, and what I wouldn't do is let the local news release my name. A family here recently won the lottery and he was all over the news. Later he regretted that he ever won because of how it's changed his life. My guess is he had people coming out of the woodwork asking him for money and it became this big thing. I'd try my damndest to stay private.

[shadefell.livejournal.com]

First thing I'd do is hire a lawyer and an accountant.

Then I'd pay off all my debt, and the debt of my friends and family.

Then I'd buy a house or something. Set up a trust fund for myself. Then... I don't know... charities and scholarships? Buy an island? Something.

hmmm

[swersfreakshow.livejournal.com]

I'd gain 200 pounds, freak out that the numbers I chose are ruining my life, fly on a plane and crash on an island somewhere between L.A. and Australia.

Or maybe I'll share it with my friends. That'd be 1 dollar for all 222 million of them. That's how popular I am.

I'm buying an island.

[cazadora.livejournal.com]

You are invited to come and bring your lovely wife. I'm inviting LOTS of people. Maybe I'll even get a latin guy and a midget to wear white suits and welcome people when the get off de plane.

I'll need a lawyer and an accountant and a yoga instructor/massage therapist.

If I do charity, it will either be food banks or disadvantaged education.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

Stop working and starting on that book I want to write one day.

It'll probably take me twenty years to get it finished, but the money will easily last me that long, not?

Oh...

[thecuckoo.livejournal.com]

1) Pay off my student loans.
2) Buy a house.
3) Help my parents buy a bigger house.
4) Set up a charitable foundation with at least 50% of the remainder. Take classes in grant-writing and accounting so as to not suck at it.
5) Invest a few million conservatively to allow me to retire anywhere I so desired.
6) Continue working, and use the some-odd millions I have left for a newish car, lots of travel, and lots of arts events.