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260 million US dollars


what do you do?



I take 100 million and invest it and start a non profit org for autistic people/families. I live in one of the most beayutiful places on earth, so I would buy land in the woods and build a cabin complex. We would have lots of dogs and horses and get the people involved in everything. I would have a perminante home for folks without family help, and also an area for families to come on vacation, free of charge of course. It would be awesome, and my brother would help me run it, he has Aspergers.

I would then give my parents and siblings money, 10 million to each set of parents and 5 to each of my 4 siblings. I would then take a bunch of friends on a world tour, and figure out the rest of my life a day at a time.

Oh, I'd also buy GW and sell all models at least at half price

if not cheaper

I'd burn it all and get a job.

But seriously, I don't enjoy realizing that having twenty grand now would completely change the rest of my life.

I would try to change the U.S. Government by trying to win the presidential election.

and If that failed I would move out of the country. maybe somewhere nice, like the Caribbean.

Easy. I'd build a gaming store.

40k, Computer games, Xbox games, everything. It would be huge, and every game would be there. I'd have like 3 floors, one for tabletop gaming, one for computer gaming, and one for RPG's.

I wouldn't even care if I ran the place at a loss, as long as I came even CLOSE to breaking even, I'd be able to live out the rest of my days playing games and not having to worry about work or a job.

I would attempt to build and operate the Lord of the Rings Theme park.

First, I'd hire a lawyer to form whatever is required to claim the money without making my name public. I know it's been done before.

Second, I'd get an accountant to help keep my money straight.

Then, I'd hire a personal trainer to lose weight, because I'd want to live a really long time.

I'd get right the feth out of Iowa. I'm not sure where, someplace with weather I like - crappy and cold and rainy all the time. Maybe Seattle or Wales or someplace like that. After that, it's all the usual stuff - gold plated bidets, tuxedo wearing monkey butlers, robot strippers, the stuff anyone would do.

Establish the infrastructure necessary for my fleet of zeppelins. It's the only classy way to travel. Then maybe build a little town that is really an elaborate fortress redoubt designed to stave off as many types of disaster as I could imagine.

Buy a house. Hire a chauffeur. Buy GW.

260 mil in lottery winnings, if you take the check up front, as I would, comes to about 130 mil. Then the Government takes half of that, so I would in fact have 65mil left.

Now the question really is, what do you do with 65mil.

I would pay off all my outstanding debts, about 100k.

Then I would remodel my house as I would, about another 100k, because I would hire people to do the work, new furniture, aquarium setup, custom computer, etc.

Then I would spend about 10k on customizing my ole rez ride 77 Lincoln Continental.

I would buy 10 million dollars worth of stock, all in 1 company, just because I could.

I would buy several acres of land back home, suitable to build on and retire to eventually. Setting aside money to actually build a home and buy the land, that is another 200k.

2 Million dollars would go into rotating interest bearing CD's, Savings accounts, etc, allowing me to live on the interest for the rest of my life comfortably.

50k to buy a tank, thats a high price for a tank with the weapons systems removed, but it would work well and get me nearly anything I want.

5 Million for an a10 Thunderbolt also with weapons controls removed. (estimate)

5 Million for flying lessons, tank driving lessons, storage for the jet, fuel, and insurance. (lifetime estimate)

I would cover some friends major medical expenses, about 50k.

That leaves me with about 42,490,000 left.

I would then buy 2 city blocks. 1 residentual, and 1 commercial in our failing downtown, and develope the commercial one in a way I beleive would revitalize downtown a bit, and get more people working.

The residentual/multi use one, would be converted to a house, teahouse, a couple shop spaces, and all the rest garden in the Japanese style.

The downtown block, would become two buildings with parking, 1 to house a grocery store, and 10 floors of reasonably priced apartments, maybe a floor of offices. maybe a bowling alley/arcade in the basement.

The second building to have boutique shops on ground level, and 5 or 6 floors of more modestly priced studio and 1 bedroom apartments.

That would probably do it.

Ouze wrote:First, I'd hire a lawyer to form whatever is required to claim the money without making my name public. I know it's been done before.

Second, I'd get an accountant to help keep my money straight.

Then, I'd hire a personal trainer to lose weight, because I'd want to live a really long time.

I'd get right the feth out of Iowa. I'm not sure where, someplace with weather I like - crappy and cold and rainy all the time. Maybe Seattle or Wales or someplace like that. After that, it's all the usual stuff - gold plated bidets, tuxedo wearing monkey butlers, robot strippers, the stuff anyone would do.

You are quite possibly the only person I have ever heard that has, of their own free will, said the words 'I would move to Wales, because the weather is crappy'...

I shall exalt your post for posterity!

Assuming that the 260 million is after taxes:

First, buy a condo in a major urban area, probably on the Chicago lakefront.

Second, prudently invest ~200 million of my winnings.

Third, travel excessively with the remainder.

Id spend a few million on high class hookers and booze.

The rest I would squander.

mattyrm wrote:Id spend a few million on high class hookers and booze.

The rest I would squander.

260 million $1 Hookers or 1 260 Million dollar hooker?

For me, I would probably buy a pretty decent amount of land in a wooded area. Not really remote, probably just outside of a city. I would then build myself a pretty large house. Not just an extravagantly large house for show. But one that has built in secret passages and doors and such. Something fun for my kids that I will one day have to play around with. Something like the Key House from Locke & Key, maybe mixed in a little bit with the Winchester House.

I would invest a lot of it so that I could continue to make money and not just squander it all over time, ending up as a broke homeless bum.

Also, pay off all of my family debt. Build them all houses (Not as good as mine, but something reasonable and nice), buy them all new cars and such. Pay off some of my friends debts and bills and such. Set them up a bit, maybe a new house here and there, or a car or two.

I would also travel a lot. Always loved traveling.

260 mill. USD? Whoa, that alooooooot of greens! O.o
- Our Lotto-poll is around 10 million these days!

I wouldn't know how to ever spend 260 million dollars! :s

... Well, maybe i'd start by buying an endless supply of stuff i wouldn't need anyways!

You could also get them in cash, and build a Mansion by stacking them on top of each other!! O.o

What would I do if I won the Lottery...

I would probably be Investing it all into the creation of my Space Jet Ski.

One of these days...

Space... Jet... Ski..? O.o

After doing all the responsible stuff mentioned before and setting up trust funds for the kids I would probably be dead within 5 years.

But what a fun 5 years it would be!!

Take it to a bank and exchange it all for $1 bills. Then, I'll go back to my house and make it rain.

If i won 260million US?

1. Buy out Gamesworkshop (providing $260mil US is enough.)
2. Run it good and proper the way it should be run.
3. ?????
4. Maximum Profit

Like a boss.

If you won 260MM, you'd only get about 120MM if you take the lump sum penalty and pay the taxes on it.

I don't think I could live on only 120MM, so I'd keep working.

I'd put it into my bank and then pay off all my debt. Then I would use the remaining money into the bank.

Asherian Command wrote:I'd put it into my bank and then pay off all my debt. Then I would use the remaining money into the bank.

You would use it into the bank?

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:I'd put it into my bank and then pay off all my debt. Then I would use the remaining money into the bank.

You would use it into the bank?

place the remaining*

There ya go. fixed unlike the national budget

AMERIKA!

I'd get it all converted into gold coins that I could stack on my desk while I cackle.

How much is $260 million in proper money? £50 you say? Hmm... think I'd order pizza from Dominos for a week.

Flashman wrote:How much is $260 million in proper money? £50 you say? Hmm... think I'd order pizza from Dominos for a week.

£200 million give or take a few million here or there...

It might just be enough to complete my evil lair located on an undisclosed volcanic island.

Ouze wrote:First, I'd hire a lawyer to form whatever is required to claim the money without making my name public. I know it's been done before.

Second, I'd get an accountant to help keep my money straight.

Then, I'd hire a personal trainer to lose weight, because I'd want to live a really long time.

I'd get right the feth out of Iowa. I'm not sure where, someplace with weather I like - crappy and cold and rainy all the time. Maybe Seattle or Wales or someplace like that. After that, it's all the usual stuff - gold plated bidets, tuxedo wearing monkey butlers, robot strippers, the stuff anyone would do.

You should always have two accountants, that don't know about each other, when dealing with large amounts of money. Life lesson right there.

Well, first and foremost I'd get a huge throne like chair and a bottle of Jack Daniels and some dancers and proceed to quit my job with style....then I'd pay bail ( for having quit my job with style)...
Then I'd open my own business ( my cafe) and buy a new motorcycle....the rest I'd save and live on the interest.

Id pay off my house, and just give it to a needy family firstly, and probably have it re furnished, so all they had to do was come on in. Then stick a large chunk in a bank and use the interest as spending money. Whatever is left, Id split up between my family and same deal, if they were smart, live off the interest, but since we are talking 260 million bucks, Id do something really nice and good for my community, not sure what, but with that kind of cash, it really could be anything.


And maybe buy Detroit that Robocop statue