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In response to "You hold the winning ticket for half a billion dollars. What's the first thing you do?" by Fuzzy (mobile)

go to the bank and put the ticket in a safety deposit box. -- nm

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Mar 30 '12, 06:38

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have notarized copies made -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:44
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- there is a great fiction novel regarding this - Ravens. -- (link) - Epiphany Mar 30, 07:03
- that's why i just check into a hotel for a while. let them deal with it. -- nm - The Unsinkable Andie Brown Mar 30, 06:58 7
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    - really, i'd stay here at a really nice high end hotel while everything got sorted, then i'd hit the road travelling. - The Unsinkable Andie Brown Mar 30, 07:11 5
      - yes indeed. how does one go about hiring a personal assistant that is not going to rip you off or sell you out to the media? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 07:16 4
        
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        also pay them and treat them well. no-one wants to ruin a good gig. -- nm - The Unsinkable Andie Brown Mar 30, 07:20 1
        
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        See we hire Jack Dawson as Lawyer negotiator to other lawyers. -- nm - Bacon Mar 30, 07:19
- I saw a special on TV once and the person that won said they got thousands of letters begging for money for years. -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 06:58 3
  - I don't doubt there's a cottage inddustry of people tracking down lottery winners and begging/scamming them for money. - znufrii Mar 30, 07:00 2
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    - there is. -- nm - decline Mar 30, 07:03
oh, and sign the back of the dang ticket. -- nm - decline Mar 30, 06:40

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