I think I would still be happy, even if I had millions of dollars.

As I've said before, this is all speculation, because until a person has the opportunity to live something, they can not KNOW what they would do. (To KNOW something is to say it is an established fact that can be known, and until it becomes established fact that a person has won the lottery, they do not KNOW what winning the lottery is like or how they would behave).

That being said, I'll play along. I think I would:

- Set up a trust. With a prize of $20 million, you could take $1 million out to play and have fun for a year, invest the balance, and never ever touch the $19 million. At the end of every year, pull out the dividends, minus inflation, and do what you like with your time. Maybe leave a little extra behind just to be safe. Any investor worth their weight in salt should be able to generate at least $1 million per year, clear and free. I guess I've hit the point in life where time is worth more than money; so I'd use the money to make the most of my time.

- semi-retire. Pretty sure I'd continue working part-time, probably a few months per year. Just do some contracting work for a couple companies I enjoy being around.

- Coach more kids teams. I do this about 8 months per year now. If I didn't have a real job, I'd do it year round.

- Agree with jrkeller; give lots away. Probably give a bunch to Girl Scouts, cancer research for children, set up some endowed scholarships for female athletics in my area, etc.

Course I might spend most of it on fast cars, wild women and top-shelf alcohol; and putz away the rest on less *useless* items. I'll find out if I ever get tempted by say, . . . winning the lottery.

EDITED TO CHANGE USEFUL TO USELESS IN LAST PARAGRAPH.

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"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley