so a friend of mine just won 250K @ mega millions
 

couldn't have happened to a nicer girl. 22 yr old single mom who works with me just hit the mega millions for 250k, came in today with a copy of the check for 175k after taxes :) sick christmas gift!

That's awesome :D
good for her :jump:
I hope I can be as lucky and fortunate:uhuh:

Good for her, I like when it happens to someone who really needs it.
Congrats

on a new vette... :rotf3:

its nice to see some one who could use it win.

merry christmas to her.

The first thing she should do is talk to a good financial planner. Invested wisely, that $175 K can provide for her kid's college and her retirement.

maybe if it was 1972

That is great. :hihi: Like Mike says, encourage her to run, not walk, to a good financial planner before she spends a cent.

visions of sugar plums dancing in her head :rotflmao:

Congrats t your friend, that is very cool.

Invested wisely that will become lots of coin.

But as I age, I now think she should party like a rock star, you're only 22 once, enjoy it while you're at your best. :buds:

oops didn't read the single mom part. Invest that $$ for the kids future. damn, single and 175k to play with would be a blast.

If I was single and 22 and won $175K, I would find me an 18 year old that could suck the chrome off a bumper hitch and....

She's 22. Invest a $175K nut now, and she should do just fine with it by age 62.

Give me the same stake and 40 years to play, and I guarantee I'll do fine with it.

but...you said college for her 2 kids AND retirement. 175 invested wisely might cover college, but little left over for retirement