[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by August

I'd quit my job so fast my hat would be left floating in the air like in those Saturday morning Looney Toons cartoons. But I wouldn't leave the school hanging. I'd hire a local telecom company to teach the rest of my course.

Next I would throw a huge banquet dinner for all my family, friends and favorite acquaintances, flying them in if necessary. We're talking several hundred people, and this is the important part, the event would be open seating.

We'd have a great time hearing tales and stories and once everyone finished their dinner i'd tell them that there is an envelope taped underneath each one of their chairs which is my gift to them. Inside the envelope would be a bearers check ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. One lucky person would get $1,000,000.

In all the confusion i'd make my escape up to Maine and begin construction of my Island Fortress.

Awesome!!

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

First, I would take the day off to verify and do the basic groundwork involved in claiming the prize. Note my choice would not be to accept the "over time payout", but the full prize in one chunk. While this reduces the winning substantially, there is a reason for the decision.

Now down to about 180M due to the above decision,

Actually, more like $88.5 mill, according to the article.