What Is the First Thing You Would Do If You Won the Powerball Jackpot?

Get everybody I know out of debt, buy a fully self-sufficient underground missile silo/house in the middle of nowhere and move in, distribute about half the remainder to favorite charities (homeless/Habitat/Samaritan's Purse). . .

And maybe buy a new car/truck. :-)

Have my head examined for playing the lottery in the first place. This is a tax on the poor and should be stopped. Where does the money that doesn't get paid out go? To help college students pay for college. So we have poor people funding college for the rich and middle class. Where's Jesse Jackson when you actually need him?

Had I won I the $550 million, I would have put half into precious metals, must prepare for the Dollar Bubble to burst. I would have then invested 3/4ths of the rest somehow for a residual income to live off of. The remaining I would have fixed up my home and bought what surrounding land by my house that remains. That wouldn't put any kind of dent in the remainder though.
So with what would have remained of the money I would likely use to purchase some rental housing, fixed it up and rented it out at affordable rates for low income folks who need affordable housing. Plenty of them floating about these days.
I was thinking negotiable rates based on income. I would need some profit for my next plan, but I don't want the people to go broke either. Have not gave it to much thought.
Next I would have built some Housing for the homeless and use the profits from the rentals to maintain them all... Of course some figuring would have to be done to ensure I don't end up paying out more than the rentals bring in. I would have been ok with using the invested residual income keeping things afloat, provided it wasn't all eaten up causing an overall loss.
That's what I would like to have done.

Surgery and hand outs to friends

buy a crap-load of films, then give a lot to charity and then save the rest

Keep quiet, contact my attorney, collect and invest in more precious metals. One cannot "OBAMA-PROOF" themself enough!

quit my job and do anything i want!

sincerly i dont know

Buying a brand new nissan gtr, toyota supra, mazda rx7 honda nsx, silvia s15, and a 1993 thunderbird supercoupe

Well I would buy a cottage that looked like Snow White's >.<. Then I would save the rest....

pay off the loan on the Church I go to,without anyone knowing! Then pay off my condo-then pay for My two Grandsons college educations and then pay off all three of my adult childrens home loans as well

First I would pay off my family's debts, then mine, set aside money for my family to use, and then probably invest the rest.

RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL HELP AND HIRE KNOWN WINNERS WHILE SIGNING THE TICKET

Thats a LOT OF WEED!

Find Buddha and yell at him

Call my mother!

Take care of my family for life...

Then move out of my craphole apartment.

I would go on a holiday for a while...but would never quite my job...I love it way too much!!! lol

And then quit my job. Unless I had a job I really liked at that time...

Hire a lawyer.

give away a 10th of it whatever's left put half into bonds and spend the rest on a house, car boat and puppy. :-)

How about rescuing some puppies!!!!

try to stay
don't need new friends

Get my wife's knee repaired. Then we could travel a little.

buy a nice house. nothing fantastic, but comfortable. Buy a car that will last me a long time. pay for college, buy my mom a new house so she doesn't have to live with her abusive boyfriend, invest money for my future children, donate at least 2 million to charity, get some new clothes

and buy lots of cats.

put the money where its needed

I need a car desperately

I would give some to our church and then I would pay off my current mortgage because I like my current house. Then I would pay off my bills and help my daughter buy a used car so she can get to and from school and work.

I would quit my job, if I had one. But since I am 77, it was the best choice of the lot. I would spend like a drunken sailor, for the same reason. I would make sure my kids were set up for life also. But I didn't win this big one. I did how ever have the power ball in one line and won 4 bucks and 3 numbers in another line and won 7 bucks. I bought 10 bucks worth, so I won a dollar.

Buy a House, invest a bunch, sit on the rest and live on interest, quit my job. Build an amazing recording studio and take a long vacation.

I want a new white Porsche Panamera. Then I am buying a modest house. When I get the money in I will pay off my debt.

And use it when I needed it. Don't need cars, homes, boats or much of anything else. Doubt my life or spending habits would change very much but I would enjoy the additional freedom it would provide...

or a castle in the south of france with a vineyard...either one

I was thinking about a million to Habitat for Humanity & a million to UMCOR for hurricane Sandy victims but my numbers didn't win yet.

Laddered CDs.

Because I have the other things already I would invest most of my winnings and travel to every corner of the earth to give help to people in need.

Pay off debt. Help out nice people.