Easy Poll: Would you share

MCDO15 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 04:36 PM

Easy Poll: Would you share

your powerball winners with daily friends/family that you talk on a daily basis?

whom ever won, has 365 million (before tax) to play with... 1 lump sum after tax is 128 million

who would you give too?

for me, i would take care of my family and friends that i see on a daily basis....

cjb88 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 04:55 PM

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i wouldnt tell anyone that we won! but i would start to be more generous for birthdays and holidays and stuff...

lrs2005 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 05:19 PM

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I would split the ticket with
DH
my parents
my two brothers
my mom's mom
my dh's parents
my dh's brother
my dh's aunt.

then I would donate some $$$ to charities.

JanuaryBride06 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 05:23 PM

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I don't know if DH and I would tell anyone - I'd probably tell my parents, but I don't know if his mom can keep a secret.
Our parents are well off, but I'd still want to something for them and for our 3 siblings. But it would have to be super top secret because I have a few extended family members who would think that they're entitled to a portion of my winnings (get a job!)

stephanielyse Posted: Feb 20, 2006 05:43 PM

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I would buy 3 or 4 homes for FH and I - One in Los Angeles, one in NY, one in Montreal and then maybe a vacation home, if we're feeling greedy.
Pay off both of our parents' mortgages, plus get each of them a vacation home somewhere warm.
Buy my sis a house, pay off his sisters' homes.
Give our nephew a trust fund for college
Buy new cars for everyone (except his dad - he gets an MGB and a motorcycle)
I don't know if I would give money to my friends directly, I think that's kind of weird, but I would give very, very generous gifts (like cars or vacations or homes)
Also, I'd follow my (new) dream and open a bakery.

103005FallBride Posted: Feb 20, 2006 05:45 PM

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Certain family members only.

july06bride Posted: Feb 20, 2006 06:06 PM

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certain family members and a few select friends
However I would become more generous with gifts

12-3Princess Posted: Feb 20, 2006 06:47 PM

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family and dh only! maybe one or two good friends in need! and some charities... ok, yea, so i guess i'd share! lol

Boop2704 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 08:15 PM

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Our parents and siblings would be taken care of for life right off the bat!!As for friends, yea a few would benefit by generous gifts like a home, car and college for their kids, and maybe a few grand too. And for DH and I, a few homes, our own businesses, buy a lot of investment property, buy a supper huge RV and hire a driver to drive us around the US to see it all. And definitely give to charity. Life would be sweet!!

Mrs. Powell Posted: Feb 21, 2006 08:14 AM

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Both friends and family members would be taken care of. If I am wealthy then there is no way my friends and families should not be.

usuk2004 Posted: Feb 21, 2006 08:26 AM

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DH and I have already had extensive conversations about this very topic! It would certainly solve a LOT of our problems! We would have country and city houses in both NY and London. We'd buy his mom a new house and probably buy a house out in the Hamptons or something for my family to use in the summers.

I think both of our brothers are really too proud to accept monetary gifts from us... But we'd certainly be very generous.

Also, my dad's told me it's his dream to have a cabin in upstate NY with a huge great room with cathedral ceilings and have his whole family there for Christmas with a huge tree...so of course he'd get that

ETA: Probably not with friends, though...that's such a slippery slope and I wuoldn't want to offend people. But they'd all be invited to my Puffy-like parties at the house in the Hamptons!

SweetCin704 Posted: Feb 21, 2006 08:29 AM

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Definitely family and some close friends & charity

Blu-ize Posted: Feb 21, 2006 09:04 AM

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If you won you would have to keep it a very big secret.

I would be meeting with a top notch financial advisor and then take it from there. Ideally, I would like to take care of family and very close friends, but they would come out of the woodwork quickly I suppose if word got out.

I would tell no one and do things very hush hush.

oneday Posted: Feb 21, 2006 09:29 AM

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Posted by usuk2004
But they'd all be invited to my Puffy-like parties at the house in the Hamptons!

Can I be invited to your Puffy-Like party? I've always wanted to go to one of those!!

Our immediate family would definiately get good chunks- the neices, I would want to give them each a big bunch for college and stuff, then also a trust fund they can't touch till they're in their 30s - so they won't spend it all too soon.

As for friends, I agree, I think it would be weird. I mean, I would feel funny offering my friends a check like that. I think I'd be VERY generous with gifts - but to just give them money, would feel strange to me.

If it were possible, I'd want to not tell anyone - but I think when you collect, you have to let them publish your name and stuff, don't you?

tourist Posted: Feb 21, 2006 10:52 AM

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Can you really keep winning the lottery quiet?

I would only share with our parents, although they probably wouldn't accept much. If I started with anyone else, before I knewit i, itwoudl all be gone.
I think I would be more generous with gifts & things though for extended family & very close friends.

JanuaryBride06 Posted: Feb 21, 2006 10:55 AM

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Posted by usuk2004
they'd all be invited to my Puffy-like parties at the house in the Hamptons!

Puffy-like as in white parties where even your shoes must be white or you remove them before coming in or Puffy-like as in there are tubs where people bathe in Cristal?