Suckers! The lot of ya! I won! I won da money!
I'm going to go buy me a national monument! Woohoo! So much money.
You did hear someone from NE Kansas won, yes (as well as two others)?
Well, it wasn't me, just kidding. You have to play to win and I am not paying the "poor tax" on top of the others I already pay. It's funny to think that within the last few months, I've come to realize that I don't even need $1 mil. (or much more then that anyway) to get what I want out of life.
What would I do with the money?
Buy a nice, ocean-worthy, sail boat and see the world.
Put enough in the markets to live safely off of (I mean, if I had that much, I may go safer and tuck away $800k or something). Then put the rest in various trusts and charity's. Maybe have a kid's college fund so that they can get out of college debt free, with the understanding that they will work to earn scholarships and hold a job/get internships.
How about this one: I offer the money to the US government with the understanding that they will get it in 20 years if they reduce the budget by 5% (based on the preceding year's budget) every year for those 20 years.
Yeah I know, they would never accomplish it.