I would buy an Embraer 190 and hire a couple pilots to fly me all over. That's it.

I'd use the money for tuition and get a degree "just for the hell of it."

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I'd buy four counties in Iowa and make the worlds largest underground structure...

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"There is a high statistical probability of death by gunshot. A punch to the face is also likely."

I'd buy a Coca-cola.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

15% would go to charities
Pay off all my friends and relatives mortgages
Take care of my friends and family
Have sex with a lot of porn stars
See the world ala Jimmy Buffet in either a boat or seaplane
Buy up mortgages of people I dislike and then evict them,Hi Chris!
Those who I could not do that to,I would find other ways to exact my revenge.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

get a good lawyer.
Change my name to bubba and buy me a pick up truck on lifts and big stacks.
move and not leave a forwarding address.

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1. Pay off all debt
2. Fill the rest of the cash into a pool and swim in it.
3. Buy the Eagles and play QB for one snap.

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

I was reading if there was a way you could remain anonymous, and there's only two states I believe that allow this (and Illinois isn't one).

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You're really disappointed that you don't have a basement, aren't you?

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I was wondering that....I mean why do you have to announce your name? What if you bought it in another state but are a Illinois resident, do you then have to publicly show your face and announce you are the winner ?

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I'd fix the search function.

I'd become the groundskeeper for my alma mater.

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Pay off my student loan.
Buy my mom a place to live.
Buy myself a place to live.
Oppress the 98%.

Invest it...

I'm a greedy sonofabitch...

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team Mully & Hanley
team Meatpants

You can. You essentially create some kind of corporation, claim the prize as that entity, and your lawyer acts as your representative. No one finds out who you are. At least that's how it was explained on the TV.

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I'd find a way to force all the people I don't like to build me a castle in France.

I would provide sippy cups for future poker games made out of gold.

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Snort it.

I thought you could accept it w/o them announcing who you are. I guess "Colonel Angus" will have to accept the prize.

Also I have heard to do a Blind Trust if you won the Money.

If you are the winner, you would not want to be known, you would have every person come up and ask for a couple of bucks.

If I won, My dream would be to have a room with about 10 HD TV's and really have an NFL Sunday, be able to watch all the games.

http://www2.illinoislottery.com/subsect ... .htm#num16

Can I avoid having my name released if I am a winner?

To assure other players that prizes are paid to winners, the Lottery makes public the name, home city and amount won. We will not, however, release the addresses or telephone numbers of winners. Multi-million dollar winners must participate in a one-time news conference, but we'll always respect your wishes of privacy as much as possible.

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That doesn't help either, if people know your name and home town, they will find you.

That's why if you win, you will pretty much have to move.

I am going to buy the company I work for. Change the name of it to Don's Salt Mine.

Throw a big ass party. Everyone here is invited. Everybody gets car service to and from said event. It will last all weekend, so it will have to be at a hotel with conference/party room. Those that live out of state will get flown in. There will be gifts and prizes and "entertainment" to keep Free Ajent occupied for a few days. Nobody gets to say no. Any excuse will be shot down with an envelope of cash. Pay Mitch to bring the Score to the party and broadcast from there(except Mully and Hanley). Bring in some bands to play Fri. and Sat. night. Have Sunday be high stakes board games. Could you imagine playing Settlers Of Catan for $50,000? A sick game of Monopoly played with real cash, winner take all. How about a bags tourney for season tickets to all the major Chicago teams(and the White Sox).

After the party, I'd have to help a lot of people out. Get some food to the hungry, get fat people some workout gear, that kind of stuff. Get some books for the stupid. I'd start in Will, Kendall, and Lake(IL) counties. Get the kids laptops and backpacks. No grants to any municipalities, I'd buy the land and then give over the finished project of school, community center, or whatever my team of engineers think is best. Whatever I'd do it would be the same in all three areas. Say $75mil, all three would get 10 for construction/building, 10 for buying new stuff, 5 for the future. I'm sure the IMU Hot Hatch Future Mechanics Academy in Yorkville would be a great foundation to my legacy. No doubt the doug-ep Guitar Engineer Music School would look hella awesome at the corner of Green Bay and Belvidere Rd.'s. Yes, the building would be shaped like a giant star. In Will County, I'm putting a roof on Silver Cross Field and letting Joliet Central use it year round. Also make improvments to the daycare for the students children(Yes, there really is one).

Then, I'm going down to Charlotte and buying a Nascar team or two. That may only last a year or two, but I will have had fun supporting my dying not real/niche "sport". The sight of a Sprint Cup car with the BigFan logo on the hood wrecking Jimmie Johnson just makes me giggle. Or having the Light Bulb Depot Chevy win the Katie O' Connors 400 at Chicagoland Speedway brings joy to my heart. Yes, I would buy a couple of RV's and have them parked in the infield for the Sept. Nascar race. Of course everybody that goes would stay inside the camper and watch the Bears game while the race is going on.

These among other things are what I'd do if I hit the Mega Millions jackpot.

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CSFMB: Home of the small minded

I always love seeing the people they interview when they're standing in line to buy tickets. Most people have no concept of how much even $1 million is.

"What would you do with the $500 million jackpot?"

"Uh, I'd pay off my bills. Maybe buy a car and do some traveling."

And what will you do with the other 99.999999% of the money?

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#1 Get a lawer

#2 Get a second lawer to watch the first lawer

#3 Pay off my debts, pay off my parents debts, pay off my sister's house

#4 Throw a giant party that is a cross between what Don described and like something you would except on Brewster's Millions

#5 Travel- Hawaii, Carribean, Fiji, Australia, Yellowstone Park

#6 Buy a decent house near Chicago, get a Condo downtown, and a summerhouse in Michigan or Wisconsin

#7 There would be some charitable donations along the way, obviously

#8 Buy a golf course

#9 Put together the world's best 16" softball team and challenge Elmhurst Steve's team to a game. We would be going for the shutout. I would not play, I would just watch.

#10 Take a nap

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Maybe get a lawyer too.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

10 Million dollars on an "I'm Rich Bitch!!!" party hosted by Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis and featuring The Wu Tang Clan, Common, The Black Keys, Stacy Kiebler, Jeffrey Tambor, Chirs Elliot and cast of Saved by the Bell in character.


Several of you would be invited.

I'm only coming if the Saved By The Bell guys are dressed in their Christmas costumes (Zach as Santa, Slater as an elf, Screech as a reindeer) that they wore in the very special episode when they saved the homeless guy in the mall.

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Don't take it personally.

I would sponsor Robby Gordon.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!