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Polybius

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4. Mansion, exotic car, and beautiful girlfriend

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Mon Jan 3, 2022, 11:03 PM

Jan 2022

In that order.

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What would you do with half a billion dollars? [View all] True Dough Jan 2022 OP

I have some ideas... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #1

Buy a house, finally get with my long time-girlfriend sakabatou Jan 2022 #2

I guess the first thing Mr.Bill Jan 2022 #3

And you don't get the half billion unless you take the long... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #7

That is another difference in Canada, you do not pay tax on lottery winnings Bev54 Jan 2022 #17

California does waive state taxes on the California lottery Mr.Bill Jan 2022 #20

Mansion, exotic car, and beautiful girlfriend Polybius Jan 2022 #4

Find the other half Effete Snob Jan 2022 #5

The only answer: happybird Jan 2022 #6

LMAO !!! Ya beat me to it! nt Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #14

Indeed Bristlecone Jan 2022 #24

Give most away, get a house on the ocean. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #8

Sounds perfect!! ailsagirl Jan 2022 #12

I'll invite you to visit if I win, and I'll be expecting an invitation if you do! Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #15

You got it!! ailsagirl Jan 2022 #16

Start a fair news reporting agency. Qutzupalotl Jan 2022 #9

Take everyone I know and love (and some I don't) on the ride with me. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #10

I'd be good with 10%... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2022 #11

I'd spend half of it on gambling, booze, and women. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #13

thread winner LOL Takket Jan 2022 #19

get a house, nice car, make sure friends and family have mortgages paid off and college Takket Jan 2022 #18

Hide and hire a lawyer IzzaNuDay Jan 2022 #21

Boring, but here too. I wouldn't want attention, and my thoughts Hortensis Jan 2022 #52

I would.. I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2022 #22

DU Valentines! Lefta Dissenter Jan 2022 #32

I'd retire and take care of my family for starters. I'd probably buy a modest house CentralMass Jan 2022 #23

I'd quit my job and start working on developing my 99,000 ideas, ecstatic Jan 2022 #25

Well I have always said I hate to drive so thinkingagain Jan 2022 #26

I'd buy a house in the Abacos (Bahamas)... VarryOn Jan 2022 #27

The very, very first thing I would buy - is my entire Amazon wish list. pnwest Jan 2022 #28

Get the hell samplegirl Jan 2022 #29

And go where? True Dough Jan 2022 #30

I'd start off with a De Tomaso Pantera, ForgedCrank Jan 2022 #31

Build a dick-shaped rocket and join the billionaire space race! FSogol Jan 2022 #33

Bwhaha Emile Jan 2022 #61

Buy up trumps debt mercuryblues Jan 2022 #34

Half as much as I'd do with a billion dollars n/t Silent3 Jan 2022 #35

We all have a better chance of being hit by lightning three times before winning the lottery. Jacson6 Jan 2022 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2022 #37

I never had 'money' in my life, so would definitely seek expert advice. Talitha Jan 2022 #38

Never been there but sounds real good. Could I have a flat overlooking Hortensis Jan 2022 #53

Brilliant... with that kind of money, a country cottage could easily be had! Talitha Jan 2022 #55

So a pied a terre in London, fine little OLD cottage with old garden Hortensis Jan 2022 #56

Buy a big nice house to live in with lots of land so that I could take in every animal 🐈🐢 Raine Jan 2022 #39

No idea. Maybe do what Republicans do? DFW Jan 2022 #40

Pay off all of my debt and pay it off for for friends and family. Ka-Dinh Oy Jan 2022 #41

I would while away the hours if..fish..had..wings Jan 2022 #42

So it's Tuesday morning True Dough Jan 2022 #43

I would order a tractor trailer full of cigarettes and whiskey. LuckyCharms Jan 2022 #44

$400 million to cancer research, the rest invested for my family Amishman Jan 2022 #45

Send Trump and his spawn into deep outer space! It would be worth it............ machoneman Jan 2022 #46

Support genuinely liberal media JHB Jan 2022 #47

There are smaller prize lotteries...and you won't get half a billion dollars brooklynite Jan 2022 #48

Buy a house in Spain, help some family members with college tuition... SKKY Jan 2022 #49

Hm. GaYellowDawg Jan 2022 #50

Big screen tv. robbob Jan 2022 #51

First off, talk to my investment guy and accountant csziggy Jan 2022 #54

I'd offer every Republican serving in Congress 1 million dollars to resign and never run again. Midnight Writer Jan 2022 #57

Run away to the South Pacific and get my bare butt swatted with palm leaves by half naked hula girls Emile Jan 2022 #58

I'd become a Republican and kick poor people aside while I'm lighting cigars with $100 bills Poiuyt Jan 2022 #59

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2022 #60

2 winners - 1 in California and 1 in Wisconsin Emile Jan 2022 #62

Hope they were both Dems! True Dough Jan 2022 #63

I'd pay a lot in taxes. nt Earth-shine Jan 2022 #64

I'd buy every DUer a star membership. bluedigger Jan 2022 #65