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If you won the lottery who would you tell? [View all] Locut0s May 2013 OP

I would tell my husband, and my kids, of course. CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #1

My tax attorney, Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #2

Immediate family only. femmocrat May 2013 #3

I'd tell everyone after a week. Chan790 May 2013 #4

I have it already planned. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #5

i like your idea of telling nobody olddots May 2013 #6

first step is to get an attorney and a financial advisor fizzgig May 2013 #8

The attorney ASAP. Xyzse May 2013 #9

I only have one friend I would trust. dawg May 2013 #10

2 people, initially. A HERETIC I AM May 2013 #11

Having had clients that won recently, as in the last 3 years... Chan790 May 2013 #22

Fair enough. I found this on the FL lottery website; A HERETIC I AM May 2013 #24

My partner, our 3 best friends and our cats. we can do it May 2013 #12

I guess I'm sort of lucky in that OriginalGeek May 2013 #13

I don't do the lottery SwissTony May 2013 #14

I don't play the lottery either, RebelOne May 2013 #26

I'd tell my family and a few friends mokawanis May 2013 #15

my lawyer datasuspect May 2013 #17

I'd be fearing debt collectors. hunter May 2013 #20

Every state but two requires you to claim the prize in your own name. Chan790 May 2013 #21

Nobody: Jeff R May 2013 #19

there was a cruddy short lived reality show about this olddots May 2013 #23

How much did you win? mnhtnbb May 2013 #25

I found a penny on the side walk. Locut0s May 2013 #28

Wow lucky. And unlucky for someone else :P I found a 20 once. nt. Locut0s May 2013 #31

I'd put it in German bonds pscot May 2013 #30

My accountant and my lawyer. That's it. In_The_Wind May 2013 #32

An attorney who is also a CPA specializing in setting up trusts. Ikonoklast May 2013 #33

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