^WHY am I not surprised?

I don't trust shit any more.

I’d tell no one and carry on business as usual.

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As soon as they said the drawing was delayed, I knew it was rigged.

I'm pretty sure it could be rigged, but the last time I saw the Georgia lottery broadcast they were blowing numbered pingpong balls out of a machine to pick the numbers. Anything done with computers can be hacked.

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The ball machines have been tampered with in the past. One story I remember was a long time ago a guy rigged the machine with specially weighted balls.

When it comes to money, trust no one.

[If any of you do win a big pot, I wish you the best. Do be careful. Most people would burn through $100k within 18 months.

I am talking about the ones who got at least $100k in their pockets Everybody they know wants to borrow money for the business they always dreamed of, but could never have achieved. Their family members and friend were given unrepaid loans. When the businesses or ventures failed, they never got repaid.

So, I started telling my clients all of this in the hope it would scar the hell out of them to protect themselves. None listened. Thereafter, whenever I had a large recovery for a client that sufficiently could change the rest of their life economically, I would take them downtown to meet with MY accountant for an hour so he could scare the **** out of them and reinforce what I was telling them to do with the money. Was only truly successful a couple of times, but it was worth it. Almost everyone who catches a windfall spends it all.

So, if anyone here ever catches a windfall of any sort, please start out with a Trust Lawyer, Financial Planner and an Accountant to set everything up the right way to minimize their chance of squandering the windfall.

I'd set-up my family members with Trusts so that they couldn't piss it away and so they would have a financially good life. I would then anonymously pay off any long-term debt (mortgages) for all of the Jewish houses of worship and important community services/charities in town .Then, I'd set my wife and I up and PISs AWAY as much of the rest as we reasonably could over the rest of our lives.

There would be signs

I would probably blow it all on Funyons...

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Goes without saying that I’d buy a chitload of One-Ton Chips. Heck, mebbe even invest in Maebo’s so that the business could flourish and not worry about finances. At that point I’d make sure we expand our distribution to everywhere on the Mainland except PA ‘cause, you know, Keltic can’t have any. 😳

Maybe I should consider a lottery ticket after all. 😂

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Ye who voted to tell secretly has too much trust and faith in people to keep a secret.

If we’re talking about ending up with 10 million or more, I’d set up a trust as discussed above. I’d spend a heck of a lot more than $100K in 18 months. I’d buy a piece of land, build a house, shop, pool and pool house, kennels and stables and I’d have appropriate security measures installed though I’m not exactly sure what those would be. I’d pay off family’s bills and mortgages. Then I’d throw a huge party, Vegas maybe, and I’d pay for any friends and family that wanted to attend. Open bar and open humidor.
But I’d have to tell Jake to leave all his snakes at home. Not even a small pocket snake, Jake! Jake the Snake would have an embarrassment of all the best / favorite cigars he could think of and I’d hire a contractor to build him a state of the art walk-in humidor and smoking room.

EDIT: *Shpo

I’d tell nobody, but I would set up everyone I have an addy for with some sort of monthly sex toy membership.

And I would build a sandwich stop next to DrafterX’s house.

Would you upgrade the van, or too many fond memories?

Probably update the candy selection. Bare minimum get a coating station so the “M&Ms” don’t say roofie.

I forgot one item.

Buy a robot or something to nag my kids to clean their bedrooms. Teenagers... need I say more?

I would not care who knew. Inevitably the media coverage would allow anyone who wanted to know to know. Even though I no longer smoke we would throw a darned big party with food, booze, and cigars. Anyone who wanted to come would be welcome. I would also buy my wife a really nice gift. The rest we would invest.

I would call Hunter and Joey B for expert money laundering advice.

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