I'm kinda glad I didn't win.

I have always said I didn't need to win the big pots...$5-$10 million would be perfectly fine with me...more money than I would ever need.

Well, I'll be the voice of dissension, I would have loved to win a decent portion of that money! I had plans. Our extended family & close friends were going to be able to live very comfortably for a very long time and not have to worry about things like medical bills & fertility treatments. Ah well.

I hope it's a big group of people that will share.

Nah, you hire that financial stuff out! What to do with lottery winnings has been a car trip topic for us since we met in 1993. We live in Texas with family spread out so we take a lot of car trips. So we already knew we'd just give those we decided on one lump sum up front and say "have at it" and then let them manage their own money. Hire someone to manage charitable contributions, a trusted personal assistant to research stuff, handle itineraries and errands. It'd be pretty easy to be lazy 

I don't work, and I know DH would love to be able to really concentrate on training for a full Ironman (his first half is this weekend) and we love to travel and go to events (theater, sports, music), take cooking classes. Definitely have season tickets to the Spurs again, we did that for several years and really miss it. That's 45-61 games a year, not including the ones we travelled to. He could go see the Steelers play in Pittsburgh instead of waiting until they were within 12 hours of us...the list is long. We do what we can now but funds and time (his) are limited? So I'd be happy to do any combination of these things until our fertility treatment produces a child or five. We're using a surrogate so we could run wild until pretty close to the birth. LOL.

Anyway, as you can tell we haven't given it much thought

I'm a dissenter along with dewryce . I've had my imaginary plan in place for awhile of what I would do if I won the huge pot. I've told my friends and family to check my ass if I deviate or become a major dick after winning.
I haven't checked my tickets fully yet, but I have 3 with the mega ball and some other numbers. So I probably won $14. lol

Wasn't me either. Saw a funny meme on fb yesterday for the potential winner. Something to the effect of keep it a secret and then call all your relatives and ask them to borrow $500 because you're in a jam and need help. Most will turn you down. Then several weeks later when they learn you're mega-rich, they have a harder time asking you for money! 😏

I also don't want to win. I don't want to deal with the stress that comes along with the money. I don't but tickets but DH does (same difference.) I would love for my Mom to win; this way she could give me just enough money to make life a little easier but not enough to bring heartache. (Not that I would wish difficulties on her but I think she would be better at managing the funds or managing the people that manage the funds.)

We're the same way and talk about it when the jackpot gets big like this.  We have a mental list of the people we want to help, things we would like to have, places we'd like to go, charities we'd support, etc.   

I think anyone winning that much would need to go into hiding for at least a year.

My hubby would want us to leave here for warmer climate. (I love the area where we live!)

I would want to endure college/secondary learning/futures for all my nieces and nephews and my close friends children.

I’d want to invest/fund/develop in social programs for the arts, protect LBGTQ, and other independent small businesses.

Other than that, I’d feel good!

1. I thought I remembered there had been a book written profiling the post-winning lives of some winners. I just googled: there are a few books. Novels, also. One of the non-fiction book synopses mentions 

2. I’ve also read about a financial guy who specializes in working with lottery winners. Nice gig? Drama? 

3. AND, as suggested upthread, I’ve read about a winner who quit his job, sold his house, moved out of town and THEN cashed in his ticket. 

Looks like I have a tad too much useless knowledge about lottery winners. Maybe I should devote that brain space to actually buying a ticket.

I'm in the camp that wouldn't want to win that much. I'd love to see it split between several people just give me a couple million. I have no desire to go into hiding, no desire to have to now hire someone who specializes in lottery winners, keep it a secret, etc.

Pay off my house and our remaining debt sure, but I like my job (for the most part) and my kids are happy where they are with school and I have no desire to change that.

I’m on the bench with dewryce also...I’d be fine with all that money. I would open up a killer animal rescue sanctuary money can buy...I have many dreams for it.

I would like to be the local person who got 5 of the 6 numbers.. from our local safeway...
though the big one would be ok too...