What would you do with $476 million? How would you react?

[pannoni1]

Nobody won last night's Mega Millions lottery drawing, and as a result, this Friday the jackpot will be the highest ever on record, of any lottery system in the country. I'd probably buy an Italian Villa, a mansion in Southern California, a grand beach house in Florida, a full floor apartment in NYC, invest in a trust fund, and open up a TMNT store selling nothing but TMNT and related products.

[Guitar_Raph]

1). Buy band instruments

2). Travel

3). Get a cool motorcycle.

[Candy Kappa]

buy some cupcakes for my tea

[Dirty Blond]

Originally Posted by pannoni1

open up a TMNT store selling nothing but TMNT and related products.

Would Dromers get a discount?

[Mayhem]

Buy that issue #1 and recreation version on eBay currently

To be honest, first thing I'd do is make sure no one else found out if possible... I know someone who was part of a syndicate who won big, and you can discover how people get when money is involved...

[Peanut]

The very first thing I'd do, after putting the majority of it away in the bank, is pay off every bill my friends and family have, then set them with a nice amount of money to do with what they please.

I'd buy my parents a new house and set my sister and nephew up as well as I possibly could and then I'd buy my fiance and I a modest home in a nice neighborhood. I'd throw out all my wedding plans and have a gigantic one asap.

As for things I'd do for others - I'd donate a sh*t load to various charities and use some to fund projects I have an interest in. I'd buy Guitar_Raph an entire studio full of awesome instruments and a sweet motorcycle for him to cruise around on. I'd give Krang a cool million for dealing with the bullsh*t that is the Technodrome for all these years. I'd send 愛 to Japan. I'd set my homies up with whatever they wanted/needed and probably give them enough so that they could take up residence in my general vicinity if they so pleased.

Probably a ton of other things, but I'm short on time and memory right now.

[KROW]

With that amount of cash, I'd pay off my car loan in full, a new car for my wife, buy a decent house as a permanent residence, give back to my parents by buying all the renovations they're currently trying to afford, and pay for my son's college tuition. The rest would go towards everything else sensible, like savings and checking accounts, trust funds for any future children, and helping out family and friends where needed.

Of course, some of that would go to a few nice material things.

[Lethal Lullaby]

purchase as many TMNT comics, and dvds that I don't have. If I have enough money maybe travel...

[Jester]

Pay all the debts!!

Seriously. I'd pay everyone I owe back, with interest. I hate owing people money.

[XERO]

Obviously, I'd pay off all bills and debts my family and I currently have, make sure I'd have all game systems (old and current), get all the music software I can, and of course, hook up all of my friends.

I'm not really into mansions and all that. I'd prefer to live in a place I won't get lost in. A house is plenty for me. By a beach, if possible.

Oh, and finally, I'd meet Jackie Chan.

[愛]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I'd send 愛 to Japan.

You better come with me, because we have so much hating and laughing to do there!

[Katie]

I'm mostly debt free so the main thing i'd do is take care of everyone else. Pay off bills of family and friends. Buy homes here, in Florida, and anywhere else i'd want to spend time. I'd also set up college funds for my neice, my nephew, and a couple others. Also for eventual kids of my own.

I'd also put back at least 5 million in a low risk income providing investment which would provide me with the necessary living expenses from the interest alone. I would do that for my parents and siblings/siblings in law as well.

[BubblyShell22]

I'd put a lot of it in the bank, but what would be left over would be given to family members who needed money like my parents. I'd probably travel more with my BF and stuff like that. But mostly, I'd save as much as I can. Heck, with that much money, I probably wouldn't need a job for a long time.

[joe-eyeball]

I would not give all that much away due to being taxed heavily. I would probably buy a large chunk of land and spend my days exploring it.

[shezcrafti]

Psh. None of you are thinking big enough. If I won that kind of money, I'd buy my own private island and proclaim it Ninjaturtleland.

This one's a paltry $4.9M:

[Raph's Girl]

I'd pay off my debts, give some to my mom so she can buy a house, and then rent a plane and go on a genealogy tour around the world with some friends. We've already got the trip planned out.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by shezcrafti

Psh. None of you are thinking big enough. If I won that kind of money, I'd buy my own private island and proclaim it Ninjaturtleland.

This one's a paltry $4.9M:

Oy.

I'd donate a couple mill to cancer research and then use the rest to set me and my family up for decades to come.

Solid gold house and a rocket car.

[Cowabunga Kiefer]

I hate doing this to myself by dreaming of fantasies, but I would:

buy my parents a new house in a better part of town

support my oldest sister trying to take care of 2 kids with a lame husband

support the next-to-oldest sister by helping her financially

pay off my friends' student loans

donate a bunch to charities regarding cancer, etc.

pay for my own grad school and condo in Chicago

contact Kevin Eastman about that collection he was selling on eBay a while back...

Perhaps bribe the people of the ninja turtle movie to consider someone other than Michael Bay (with all due respect, it's gotta be a great movie, not one that "has potential"

Stop waiting tables and find an easier job...like working at a bookstore or investing in my own business

Travel and live life the way it should be lived

[Xav]

Buy the Ninja Turtles franchise from Viacom. Than I can make sure the movie doesn't suck.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Xav

Buy the Ninja Turtles franchise from Viacom. Than I can make sure the movie doesn't suck.

Amen that is the first thing I do.

I would set at least half the money aside into a savings account that way I would always be earning money and give the money that would be earned from that would be donated.

I would buy the TMNT franchise, Issue number 1 first print of the comic.

I would buy a house and party like a rock star.

I would buy a 99 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST Spyder.

I would buy the oil companies out and run the oil industry "fairly" in order to help everyone.

But yet all of this is simply a pipe dream.