The real n the deal is how disciplined you are and how tight your plan. People will come out of the woodwork and ply you for cash, way more than they would ever ask if you had not won. They figure what they are asking (which may be a lot) is a drop in the bucket on what you would have left. With that much scrill you would not have to worry much about buying a fleet of Ferraris and mansions to keep them in. Most of the time people go wild with spending, getting bigger houses for themselves, family, friends, lovers, etc. cars, boat, jewels, other trips and excursions, all of those things cost money, and cost to upkeep, and when they quit their job and don’t structure anything to bring money in, eventually the well will run dry or they will be back close to where they started. If you never thought of or have a ”get money list” you can get yourself in to messes you could have avoided, especially in a haste to bless people. If you gave $30,000 to your hairdresser or barber you had for the last 5–12 years because they always cut you right and you know their story and need, you would be locked into doing the same for the cousin you hardly know and don’t really like; how could you justify not giving to blood relatives and not look hinky? If you give 30k to the barber how can you give less to the gardener? Before you know it, with no plan you are tossing money around trying to be fair, and some might be over blessed. When you do go out to eat, they will feel funny if you paid, or maybe if you didn’t pay for it all, hard to gage pride in people. Some will resent your good fortune. What about the server at the regular restaurant you eat at, will they expect a ”very, very generous tip”? Could you even go buy stamps without someone you don’t know striking up a conversation and in the midst of it injecting how they do not know what to do about their aging mother who need an operation that isn’t covered and if she pays for it to save her life it will be at the expense of the family home they grew up in? How would you avoid 3 dozen or so soft soap stories like that daily? Sure, there is great opportunity with money like that but anyone who thinks people will act so different they would not change is a Folie à Deux; whoever wins it WILL BE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS, it is unavoidable.