if you won the lottery..

Anyone that says it wouldn't make them happy must be doing ok financially! Down here in the "real world" I don't know anyone who wouldn't get a little happier with this money, unless they were terminally ill. Check this out if you get a chance http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1815282.aspx

I have a friend that won almost 4 million dollars 5 years ago, she is broke, she has two condos left out of 4 properties (they aren't even paid off)I think she gave back a good 25% trying to 'do it' again. Many people started borrowing from her and never paid her back, she was very generous with her money. I stayed away from her for a good 3 years (except when she came with us to Los Cabos for a week), we never borrowed a dime from her. I would say she WAS happy at first, but not now... :(

Exactly! The problem a lot of people have that just get "new money" is they go spend crazy. People do not realize sometimes how much money the average person spends in a lifetime. A million can be spent in a month if you really wanted to, or invested and managed correctly, it could become 100 million! It's a nice chunk of cash, but not enough to last a lifetime. And I would feel better never having it, than actually having it and blowing it frivolously. I would have gotten used to being with money and to suddenly not have it again would be a crushing blow. Not only because I would have to switch lifestyles again, but I'd feel like a complete idiot for throwing it away. I would not change my lifestyle for a million dollars, I'd keep myself comfortable within the confines of the lifestyle I was already accustomed to. Bills would be paid on time and I could avoid "jealous ones envy" in the streets. I would make that million last me forever. I don't need houses (plural), fancy cars, jewels, and things I have never known anyway. I wouldn't even want people to know I had the money. But good luck anyway. They aren't giving away lotto money anymore, and the whole thing is a racket anyway. All that money spent on the lotto is supposed to go towards bettering our educational system and we can see that is not working out either.