Say If You Won the Lottery Would You Tell?
 

Has anyone had a think about this? I’d probably try and avoid telling the world.

I think friends would behave differently if they found out I won a big sum of money. Money does not always bring out the best in people!

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I think my friends would be able to tell from all the cars parked in the garage of the large house I suddenly own out of nowhere.

They're pretty perceptive.

Well I certainly wouldn't tell anyone until all the processing was all said and done. I might not even tell my girlfriend until then, because I'm sure it would take some time. It would be more fun to be all, "guess who won the lottery! *present new bank statement* GOTCHA BITCH!"

But yeah, everyone would find out pretty quickly once I started building my kingdom. It would either be: tell them or allow them to arrive at their own conclusions, probably that I was selling some blue meth, like the couple from everyone's favorite TV show.

Reminds me of this guy who comes home one day and tells his wife to pack her bags, he's won the lottery! She replies asking where they are going. His response: It's where YOU are going!

I'd tell my parents and sisters (would give my sisters some money, parents are good) then put most of it into bonds and such, so I could keep making money. The rest I'd use for the car. Get her just the way I want to.

Yeah I'd keep quite as well, I don't keep many friends at all so once I've invested in a few properties and have me a gtr or two then my family and friend(s) we'll get a hand out. .they wouldn't know my total though. They get what they get and that's that.

$3.00 doesn't go quite as far as it used to.

*sigh*

I'd keep it quiet as hell. You don't realize how money affects those you know until you have it. I'd have a small place and a car that fits my assumed income. And on the side a real car or 2 and a real place to live. Drive there and pretend I'm at work LOL

Would be a nice life.

But since I'm barely middle class ill just continue my grind to the death.

I wouldn't care if people knew or not. Being an old fart I learned a long time ago how to say NO!
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Never actually thought it through but i agree with some of you guys. Its better to tell later just so you know who your real friends are.

eh they would notice me moving to a new house with a whole bunch of land, with dirt bikes, motorcycles, and cars.

I'm pretty sure where I live the names are made public, so it wouldn't matter if I told or not, people would find out.

I would only tell my close friends and family!

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I'd try to keep working but don't think I'd last 5 minutes at my present employer.

no need to go bragging but some of my "investments" paid off...

no one needs to know!

This.

And if anybody asks i just tell them some investments paid off or i inherited money from a rich uncle/aunt.

If you tell the truth imagine all the people banging on your door asking to lend them money.

They would be greeted by a .50AE upon the opening of my front door.

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Nope, I'd just move to Hawaii leaving them none the wiser. As many people that ask money from me now, I'd be disgusted with the amount coming out of the woodwork if they new I had many millions.

i'd become a hobo, because how many have ever thought to ask a hobo for money?

I'd tell after I collected and ensured its in a bank.

This was all i thought about during college lol. I would only tell my immediate family until i've claimed the money. Question is, what is the process that you would go through? Find a Lawyer, Financial adviser, Financial manager. Where do you keep your ticket until the time you claim your money? I would get 5 separate bank accounts keeping 5% of the total cash in my home and probably about 20% into assets such a property and estate, due to the fact that inflation may increase. The rest will sit into my bank and gain interest until i decide to start my own business, and where i want to donate some of my wealth :D

You all would know by the posts to my build thread.

my build thread would be "sold the FRS and bought a venom gt" :lol:

Um... I think you could become a hobo right now, if you really put your mind to it. Don't be so passive. Get up off the gouch and go get down on the ground somewhere. Shoot for the stars!

Hahaha [Build thread] "Installed Ferrari today"

or the ground, i guess it depends on how you look at it..

i would not tell.. i almost won like 100k last power ball and was my second time playing.. darn numbers was bit mixed up from the 1/2 rows:confused0068: but if i won jackpot i would keep my mouth shut.. people will kill for money

nope, would just say I got a nice bonus from my job anytime I bought a new toy:burnrubber:

A huge factor in this scenario is the amount of money pocketed after taxes and stuff.

For example, if it was a million dollar lottery, but the gub'ment took 60%, you're only pocketing $400,000. I could blow that in a day, no problem. It would be spent before anyone would even have time to find out.

But if you won some crazy ass Powerball, and after the gub'ment raped you in the butt, mouth, and eye, you might still be walking away with like $150,000,000. In that case, I would be trying to lay low as hard as I could.

The main reason for not shouting it to the whole world is to avoid scammers and other such low lifes. Get the money secured, earning you interest/dividend/equity and set aside 10% just for fun. Debts paid off first is a must!

I have told my fiance she will receive a message from me in a random foreign country then, with some money wired into her account, she would have to chase me around the world. The last location will have a clue as to the next location, how to get there and a challenge to complete (need proof!). After about 3-4 weeks I will let her catch up ;)

i would go straight to my accountant and say "hide this moeny make this money so hard to trace that no one could follow it to me."

then i'd only tell my missus "say if you can find it you can use it" prob not even my family i'd just put a random amount of money into their accounts and tell many months later

Hmmmm...
I would keep my mouth shut, but the only reason I wouldn't start making angel investments or something is because I'm too young and people would wonder where the money is coming from. Would call up some friends in finance and figure out some funds to throw most of the money into, pretending like it's a commingled pool of money from my parents and their friends. After I'm like 25 I can start doing angel investing (always thought this was really neat) and pretend like I made a fortune as a trader or something.

Of course this is only if it's like well into the 8 digits.

Now that said, there's no way I can resist getting some garage in the middle of nowhere and stuffing it with all the cars I've ever wanted :3 I'd still drive my MR2 around though, but I'd have the interior redone in alcantara or similar, and have all the custom bits I've ever thought of. Only problem is if I'm seen driving dat sexy McLaren or Lotus around they'd think I'm one of those Chinese real estate mogul kids whose daddy buys them a new supercar every month.