if you won the lottery

[karazy]

i'd just put it in a bank account with atleast a 1% interest rate.

that way even if it's only 1 million that's 10,000 bucks a month

or a more fun approach..
buy my dad a new house
buy my mom a new house
give my brother money
and ofcourse....

open my own public aquarium.. :P

[BlueAbyss]

I would:

1. Pay off all my bills, and my family's bills.
2. Quit my job and buy some forest locally. Build a cabin by a lake on said property.
3. Open a restaurant. Containing 5000 gallons of saltwater.
4. Buy some old growth forest on the coast.
5. Buy some not so old growth forest on the other (east) coast. Don't worry, it will be old growth eventually...
6. Buy some undisturbed grassland on the prairies. Well, sorta undisturbed.
7. Buy some forest in ON or QC. The Carolinian kind, I think.
8. Proclaim them all my personal eco-paradises and leave them be. Well, except for some research projects, probably some replanting of natives and management of foreign species, that sort of thing. Eventually culminating in small eco-tourism mini-resorts.

Hmm now that I think about I'd probably stop at number 4 and be happy.

[Bryan]

Hmm, that's $10K a year not a month.

Originally Posted by karazy

i'd just put it in a bank account with atleast a 1% interest rate.

that way even if it's only 1 million that's 10,000 bucks a month

[karazy]

woops!

then i'd go with option B :P

[BlueAbyss]

Originally Posted by karazy

woops!

then i'd go with option B :P

There was an option B? Oh is that the one where one of us actually wins?

[chevyjaxon]

we should start a lottery pool

[Lydia]

I buy tickets, but not too often. And they can go months without me checking them. About 6 years ago, the couple in the house TWO DOORS DOWN from me, same style of house even, won $3.75 million. What are the odds that I'll ever win? LOL

They moved, of course But they are good people - everyone was really happy for them

[Cameron]

Invest all of it, in what I'm already invested in....with a nice 20% yeild at the moment. Live off the div's.

[michika]

One of my tickets was a winner, winner of a free ticket that is!

[Delphinus]

20% yield, wouldn't that be nice. Beats the -25% that seems to be more standard these days!!! I'll settle for a 2% yield nowadays! Heck, 0% would be better!! For crying out loud.