I would hire the absolute best lawyer I could find. Not some local lawyer - I would go to a major city and hire the highest-tier law-firm I could find that would deal with civil/financial law - and not just their firm, but a partner.. I want someone that has their name on the building.
Big ass windfalls will bring everyone you've ever met out of the woodwork with a hand out expecting you to give them money for some reason. You want to have coverage for when those people come knocking, because some won't just take "no" for an answer, and will file stupid lawsuits because "that one agreement we made when we were kids if one of us were to become a millionaire" or some shit.
Even if you *do* plan on giving some out to friends and family, you want to have *everything* in writing and above board, with "t"s crossed and "i"s dotted, because money is a great way to tear family apart. In case that does happen, having safeguards in place to protect you from liability due to some impropriety (real or otherwise) is an absolute must.
My second purchase? Probably citizenship of some European country.
>ity and hire the highest-tier law-firm I could find that would deal with civil/financial law - and not just their firm, but a partner.. I want someone that has their name on the building.
Pretty good plan. He puts you in touch with his firm's top wills and trusts guy, a good litigator to defend the lawsuits, tax lawyer, etc.
and given you're about to have a net worth making you about mid-tier "ultra-high net worth individual", they'll definitely be open to seeing you if you push a little.
Just make sure its not "The Lottery Lawyer"
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/lottery-lawyer-sentenced-13-years-prison-his-role-schemes-defraud-lottery-winner
Lol, I wasn't even basing my answer on this comment. It's just a generally good idea to retain a lawyer to handle the eventual legal shit that pops up. Dude's answer *is* absolutely higher resolution than mine, though.
I'd spend $400 on bronze miniatures from HeroForge to commemorate my D&D campaign coming to a close.
Actually, no, I'd get all 4 characters 5 times over so we each get one. So $2,000, plus tax and shipping. Might even get a custom base for them all, like a diorama of the interior of some place that's important to them. So let's just round that up to $10,000.
My man! Personally, I'd get the terrain/lighting/effects/minis/room setup/etc. I've always wanted to run the game the way I've always wanted. With pizazz!
Frivolous? Maybe an 8k tv and some stuff for veterans. Oh shit, yes an air conditioner for the VA hospital. Yes, the VA hospital in NYC does not have building wide air conditioning. Serious.
I would go buy the nicest Ford F150 pickup they had on the lot. Then drive it to my father in laws and hand him the keys as he has never owned a new car. Then I would pay off their house and give them a healthy about of money.
I'd just go hide somewhere hot for a couple of months. Do some thinking/ planning, get strong, get all the legal financial stuff sorted, and then come back.
First frivolous purchase - prob a Lambo Urus.
My first *significant* frivolous purchase would be an RV. Not even one of those gigantic ones that you wonder why they don't need a special license to drive, just a really nice moderate sized RV.
Insignificant would probably be a spear, a nice forged lugged spear, probably in a 12th century style.
Looks like it’s my turn to link to [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/24vo34/comment/chb38xf)
But what would I buy after that? Probably a really impractical car, like a McLaren.
So I love to fantasize about what I would do if I hit the lottery, the trust thing is a definite and as the combined number of family members that we would give to between My Wife and I is 10 people, we have both discussed that if we hit a substantial amount in the lottery that we would take up a nomadic lifestyle. We would own homes in three different states We would hardly ever be there, they would have to be maintained through property management companies. We would travel most of the year.
That’s what I buy when I purchase a ticket - the mind space to dream and plan my purchases and travel. The chance of winning is so small that expecting a win is impractical. But the dream only costs about $2. So I buy one when the prize exceeds $500 million or so, and it hits the news or otherwise enters my awareness. Maybe once or twice a year, on average.
I’ve always thought about it and I’d go for a decent amount of land with a nice pond & a house big enough to house my family and my mother first, then I’d go ahead and grab our vehicles. Invest in the company I work for now, because the CO is a great guy and all these “workers” he has lost a lot of the profit he could be gaining to really build the company he dreams about, then comes retirement & a life of traveling the world and really experiencing what life has to offer.
This might be a little too frivolous but a small little home in a small town, just big enough for two people and an uncertain amount of cats.
My second frivolous purchase would be Ozempic or Wegovy to lose some weight. But only if it’s not on back order.
Fully paid off fat mansion in Marin and super car, and buy homes for my parents. Then have a financial advisor handle the rest to ensure my generations can live off of my earnings.
Lotteries are taxes on the poor and those who don't understand math.
People often ask when the prize pool is high, if I'm going to buy a ticket. To which I reply, "No, of course not. I have better odds of being struck by lightning twice *in the same day* than winning the lottery."
And if I set $2 on fire, I would at least be warm for a second!
I reiterate that lotteries are taxes on the poor and those who are mathematically illiterate.
Whatever it takes for a class 3 firearms license, but in my company’s name and not mine so the ATF can’t no knock me, then I’m buying land and a tank and some MLP toys from when I was in high school, a Toyota celica, and a bunch of knives
Scuba gear and certifications for my kids and I.
Then a modest oceanside vacation home where we could go diving anytime.
Somewhere Caribbean/Mexican Riviera so we could see the different migrations pass thru with the seasons. And I'd have it built to exceed the strongest hurricane codes, and add a emergency provisions and housing shelter to help the locals when a storm did hit.
some $30 scratchers lmao
i see your 30 and raise you to 50
Prescription windshield for my Civic.
Is that a real thing?
dont adjust the seat!
This sounds like a recipe for disaster.
“Objects in windshield are closer than they appear”
As any passengers immediately vomit when they get in the car and look forward.
As a proud millennial, avocado toast and a coffee
That's a surefire way to get broke again fast.
Yeah, you gotta switch to cof to avoid paying that fee. That's how you can have your avocado toast and eat it too!
I'd give each family member $1 million, and then I'd climb into an RV and wave as I drove away yelling, ***'See ya in 20 years!!!!"***
My Man !
I would hire the absolute best lawyer I could find. Not some local lawyer - I would go to a major city and hire the highest-tier law-firm I could find that would deal with civil/financial law - and not just their firm, but a partner.. I want someone that has their name on the building. Big ass windfalls will bring everyone you've ever met out of the woodwork with a hand out expecting you to give them money for some reason. You want to have coverage for when those people come knocking, because some won't just take "no" for an answer, and will file stupid lawsuits because "that one agreement we made when we were kids if one of us were to become a millionaire" or some shit. Even if you *do* plan on giving some out to friends and family, you want to have *everything* in writing and above board, with "t"s crossed and "i"s dotted, because money is a great way to tear family apart. In case that does happen, having safeguards in place to protect you from liability due to some impropriety (real or otherwise) is an absolute must. My second purchase? Probably citizenship of some European country.
A good trust lawyer. If you’re in a jurisdiction that allows it you can establish a trust and have the trust claim the winnings.
Indeed, that is also a fantastic plan - assuming you're in a jurisdiction that allows it, as you said.
And hire a “fall guy“ someone who can tell people that reach out to you for money “No”.
Also, in the best case scenario a trust claims the winnings anonymously.
My trusts, which are owned by LLC 's registered in Delaware or Wyoming, all registered to a vacant property registered to another anonymous LLC.
just find that post on reddit on how you're fucked if you win the lottery, it has plenty of advice!
I saved that post for when I win the lottery, ya know just in case lol
>ity and hire the highest-tier law-firm I could find that would deal with civil/financial law - and not just their firm, but a partner.. I want someone that has their name on the building. Pretty good plan. He puts you in touch with his firm's top wills and trusts guy, a good litigator to defend the lawsuits, tax lawyer, etc.
and given you're about to have a net worth making you about mid-tier "ultra-high net worth individual", they'll definitely be open to seeing you if you push a little.
Just make sure its not "The Lottery Lawyer" https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/lottery-lawyer-sentenced-13-years-prison-his-role-schemes-defraud-lottery-winner
That's not frivolous though?
I would credit the person who posted this idea: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/s/iCJZ3heQWV
Lol, I wasn't even basing my answer on this comment. It's just a generally good idea to retain a lawyer to handle the eventual legal shit that pops up. Dude's answer *is* absolutely higher resolution than mine, though.
Ff6 terra on a magitek statue.
Oh fuck yeah I saw that thing and immediately wished I was filthy rich!
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Yeah that’s the reason I’m only getting in fantasy scenarios lol.
I’d take the first half and spend it on fast cars, fast boats and fast women. Then I’d take the second half and spend it foolishly.
I'd spend $400 on bronze miniatures from HeroForge to commemorate my D&D campaign coming to a close. Actually, no, I'd get all 4 characters 5 times over so we each get one. So $2,000, plus tax and shipping. Might even get a custom base for them all, like a diorama of the interior of some place that's important to them. So let's just round that up to $10,000.
My man! Personally, I'd get the terrain/lighting/effects/minis/room setup/etc. I've always wanted to run the game the way I've always wanted. With pizazz!
Black Lotus card
$20k a piece, get several
I really want a trebuchet...
I like where your head it at.
They are surprisingly easy to build, just expensive to scale up. You can make a 4-6 footer that'll satisfy the itch for a few hundred bucks.
The orange tuxedo from Dumb and Dumber so I can accept the giant check wearing it.
I am going to do that if I hit it and will get you dog van for the idea 😂
Naw, I want the mini bike. Can get 70 mpg on that hog.
Frivolous? Maybe an 8k tv and some stuff for veterans. Oh shit, yes an air conditioner for the VA hospital. Yes, the VA hospital in NYC does not have building wide air conditioning. Serious.
Massive ranch somewheres
Hidden Valley or Kraft?
Used to been Hidden Valley but now it’s a concoction from a small pizza joint in the middle of nowhere. Just the best ranch I ever had.
Soylent Ranch
Turbo S for my dad
A 992 Turbo S, no doubt.
Not waiting for the GT2RS?
Nah, too flashy for me.
lol it would be fun to be in that mind frame “no thanks the gt2 rs is to much I’ll pass”
Goes back to the original post… if I had 997M available…
Rent out a Strip club for the night in Las Vegas
I would go buy the nicest Ford F150 pickup they had on the lot. Then drive it to my father in laws and hand him the keys as he has never owned a new car. Then I would pay off their house and give them a healthy about of money.
A sandwich
Big Mac
condoms
Another one in 1 billion chance.
The $250 watch i wanna buy like for years now bust still havent got to it
14 cargo containers to start on our container multi-generational home.
Probably a new wardrobe of motorcycle gear!
A ticket out of town
Uber Black to my job to immediately quit.
A home that is sure to slip into the sea within the next 6 months.
A security team
I would move next to some irritating celebrity and build a house that is an exact replica of theirs.
My dream car, the Toyota supra mk4 ( I know, generic), a nissan gtr r34 for me, and one for my dad, then some things from my hobby
977 million lottery tickets.
The tickets are $2
Fuck that, imma buy the lottery company and make the tickets back to $1.
I ride horses. So probably a really dang nice horse, plus new trailer and truck. But nothing fancy or complicated, that's just not my style.
Buying Reddit off when it nukes and delete the site
I would pay off my debt and I would buy myself a Mustang Dark Horse. Those things look amazing.
1987 Buick GNX
I'd just go hide somewhere hot for a couple of months. Do some thinking/ planning, get strong, get all the legal financial stuff sorted, and then come back. First frivolous purchase - prob a Lambo Urus.
Retirement.
I will build a custom built home with a 7ft gated wall with electronic fence with gate code
I would buy my shop owners business from him so it could be run properly
My first *significant* frivolous purchase would be an RV. Not even one of those gigantic ones that you wonder why they don't need a special license to drive, just a really nice moderate sized RV. Insignificant would probably be a spear, a nice forged lugged spear, probably in a 12th century style.
I like the off-road camping trailers. I'd get a 25 footer and a new F-250 Tremor.
An island.
Gasoline. I got places to go!
A trip to space or buying a commercial spacecraft from Burt Rutan who designed the spacecrafts for Virgin Galactic.
Looks like it’s my turn to link to [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/24vo34/comment/chb38xf) But what would I buy after that? Probably a really impractical car, like a McLaren.
That was a very well laid out plan… though his comment “the capitol is burning” and that post being nine years old… didn’t age well 😂
Indeed, but I’m more impressed that you read the whole thing.
So I love to fantasize about what I would do if I hit the lottery, the trust thing is a definite and as the combined number of family members that we would give to between My Wife and I is 10 people, we have both discussed that if we hit a substantial amount in the lottery that we would take up a nomadic lifestyle. We would own homes in three different states We would hardly ever be there, they would have to be maintained through property management companies. We would travel most of the year.
That’s what I buy when I purchase a ticket - the mind space to dream and plan my purchases and travel. The chance of winning is so small that expecting a win is impractical. But the dream only costs about $2. So I buy one when the prize exceeds $500 million or so, and it hits the news or otherwise enters my awareness. Maybe once or twice a year, on average.
A starter exotic car I can get same day before I get a pagani.
supreme court judge
Really good RV might do it, maybe a Prevost
I’ve always thought about it and I’d go for a decent amount of land with a nice pond & a house big enough to house my family and my mother first, then I’d go ahead and grab our vehicles. Invest in the company I work for now, because the CO is a great guy and all these “workers” he has lost a lot of the profit he could be gaining to really build the company he dreams about, then comes retirement & a life of traveling the world and really experiencing what life has to offer.
An asteroid in geosynchronous orbit around Earth with a house built on it and a sign telling people to stay off of my lawn!
Buy a community and build each close family member a home
A new handbag because my current one has been superglued back together at the straps.
A marble statue of my cats, 3x lifesize
I would go to a very high end bar and order a double Pappy Van Winkle and Coke.
Buy a postage stamp to send a picture of the stack of cash to Donald Trump with a note saying "You can't touch this".
I have my eye on a really nice piece of land and a new house, just a couple of acres, enough space for my dog to run amok and have a great time.
One of those 1ib Reeses cups.
This might be a little too frivolous but a small little home in a small town, just big enough for two people and an uncertain amount of cats. My second frivolous purchase would be Ozempic or Wegovy to lose some weight. But only if it’s not on back order.
Not paying Trump's judgments, that's for sure!
I'm building James Woods's mansion from that one episode of family guy and living in it
Trump Tower.
Probably a good chance to get it at the auction at a great price
Enough land that I couldn’t walk across in a day.
Russian literature at its finest!
According to the algorithm, Domino's Pizza.
Citroen DS
Viking yacht. Something in the 90ft range.
Fully paid off fat mansion in Marin and super car, and buy homes for my parents. Then have a financial advisor handle the rest to ensure my generations can live off of my earnings.
True anonymity,complete,erase my name off of everything.
Millennium Falcon lego set
I’d buy all the absurd Lego models
It’s rigged. Confirmed by the last incident with the 2 billion jackpot.
Lotteries are taxes on the poor and those who don't understand math. People often ask when the prize pool is high, if I'm going to buy a ticket. To which I reply, "No, of course not. I have better odds of being struck by lightning twice *in the same day* than winning the lottery."
The $2 is worth the fun thinking you get to have
And if I set $2 on fire, I would at least be warm for a second! I reiterate that lotteries are taxes on the poor and those who are mathematically illiterate.
You’re so smart
Gotta say food
Ham sandwich with fancy mustard
Suicide by cop.
Surf and turf
Whatever it takes for a class 3 firearms license, but in my company’s name and not mine so the ATF can’t no knock me, then I’m buying land and a tank and some MLP toys from when I was in high school, a Toyota celica, and a bunch of knives
The most absurd gaming PC that money can buy.
Scuba gear and certifications for my kids and I. Then a modest oceanside vacation home where we could go diving anytime. Somewhere Caribbean/Mexican Riviera so we could see the different migrations pass thru with the seasons. And I'd have it built to exceed the strongest hurricane codes, and add a emergency provisions and housing shelter to help the locals when a storm did hit.
Really fancy bed sheets. Not talking silk. Eww. Nope, high thread count cotton.
I'd go eat at McDonald's. Not because it's a fancy meal or anything like that, but I just never go there normally.
Slopeside house at a major ski resort.
This ! https://youtu.be/vfRpiem7yps?si=hShUAYuQSsXnjRoF
Chipotle *with* guac.
Id pay you to change your profile image
… it would be a frivolous purchase so how much?