If you won the lottery would you share the money with your family and friends? Why or why not?

Question

What would you do with the money? Would you want every body to know you won?

Answer 1

yes i would share it with my family and friends

i would even go on a couple of trips and pay the bills

and of course put some away for a rainy day

Answer 2

Only tell those that you can really trust not to be trying to sponge off of you all the time. I would pay off all of my and my families bills, take the rest of it and put it into the bank and have the bank transfer the interest into my checking every month and live off of that, but first I would buy a new car and make a cash down payment on a house and have the bank set up automatic drafts for the monthly payments. (Tax deduction) Then i would take a world tour.

Answer 3

I would first pay off all the debts of my relatively close family. Then I'd take a portion of the money and buy anything I wanted. I'd put a large chunk in investments to provide interest payments to live off, and give the rest away to people who (truely) need it.

Answer 4

I would only share with my immediate family and very close friends. I wouldn't tell anybody but them I won and I wouldn't tell them how much. There's no point in telling everybody else because once you do they all start asking for money, knowing d**n well if they won, you'd never see them again or they wouldn't give you a penny. After I took care of my family and friends I would plan my life and enjoy it. I would also start a foundation and donate to those in need I know what it's like to come home and not have any lights so donating is close to my heart and I would definitely help a lot of people in need.

Answer 5

Oh I have this one all planned out...

1) Pay off all my debts.

2) Buy myself a new house, and furniture/toys for it.

3) New Corvette, Shelby Mustang, and maybe a Ford Fusion for grocery trips.

4) Buy my family each a house for them to live in, but keep it in my name, so the IRS can't tax THEM for money I would have given them, even though I already paid taxes on it when it was given to ME from the lottery!

5) Save some for retirement.

6) Whatever's left goes to a good charity.

Answer 6

i say

no at first

id invest it in more effective methods than the bank pftttt...

use it on the stockmarket :D

and id also buy a couple of houses and night clubs once i had enough money :D

id make enough money from my investments and then i would redistribute the money around my family memebers ... who i think are worth it :D

the ones i dont like meh!

then

lounge around all day,partay, and go sufing :D FTW

Answer 7

I would share with immediate family, my close friends of over 10 years, and a little to extended family (more so symbolically since I dont have much contact with extended family).  I wouldn't want everybody to know, but word will get around pretty quickly, so it is probably inevitable.

Answer 8

i would share with my close faily and some friends

and i would put the rest away

Answer 9

In pretty much this order, loosely I would:

Make a photocopy of the ticket ... then:

(1) I wouldn't tell anyone except for my Brother.

(2) Get an attorney and/or accountant.

(3) Set up a blind trust (goes along with me keeping my anonymity)

(4) Pay off all of my debts.

(5) Pay off all of my immediate family's debts & give them what they needed for a comfy life.  They'll prob think I'm dealing drugs or something crazy. But, you know how people are, they may think or gossip about you behind your back, but as long as they're getting what they want/need, they'll be happy. Besides, I've never been one to care what anyone thought of me... as long the government/ authorities know everything is legit - it would give me a good chuckle at the least... as well as make me happy by making the ones I love happy/financially stable.

So, No I wouldn't tell them!!!  I'd share the wealth, but I think people in general would abuse one's friendliness/wealth if they knew (for sure) that the money was 'won' instead of 'earned.'

Answer 10

with my family and i would invest and save and give to the church and a shelter