People around the country are hoping they could beat the one in 300 million chance of winning tonight’s $1.1 Mega Millions jackpot, but what should you do next if you’re the lucky winner? Managing Director of Advice and Planning at Wells Fargo’s Wealth and Investment Management answers the questions millions of Americans are thinking about ahead of tonight’s draw.
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Deposit, ”invest” not spend all of it!, and live.
Goals? Video games and home gym. Never dealing with the public again
I would put all of money in Amazon stock
1) panic 2) get paranoid 3) start buying,buying, buying.
Seriously, you don’t need to “invest “200 million
I got 12 quick picks🤞
If I win that money the first thing I’d do is call up the most trusted lawyer I can find, a tax assistant to help me with that huge lump sum tax cut, and make a YouTube channel with a persona solely focused on giving away money. The YouTube channel is an alibi. The majority of the money will be invested in mutual funds or ETFs, so I’ll be getting annual payouts while also having the money work for me. The best of both worlds. After that, go crazy. Take care of family, buy property, and soak in that beautiful YouTube/Wallstreet moolah.
Congratulations, you won the lottery and no one will ever know.
Imagine you win & yo mom off you cause you said you won’t give her a car
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE BIG GUY WILL BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT NEXT TERM
Give him a small loan of one hundred million to find out.
stay off youtube.
Take your own advice.
I’m 20 years old and it’s my first year playing the Mega Millions, good luck to everyone!
Imagine you win, could retire and not have to work a day in your life
Good luck bro❤️
@MISSION POSSIBLE 😤🙉 I love your pfp
@Befy Rare someone won I think 2 days ago
why do you need a whole team ?? just leave it in the bank and live off interest
Never understood about the team. Put it in a private bank(s) and follow the laws of all the hands that going to touch it. Why add more hands to the pile. I know how to spend my money and know how to save my money. I’m 58 and sitter pretty. This money would just be a upgrade. The rest sits until I figure out what is next. Don’t need people telling me what to do with my money.
@Linux Overdose Because they are more educated on where to invest this money and earn passive income. Did you go to college for accounting? They can help with a lot of things simple folks like you aren’t educated on, like keeping your money offshore so you don’t pay so much on taxes yearly. But no, you know so much…
@Z A Education I would have to pay for. No not an accountant either. Another amount of money I save for being uneducated. Not going to do that offshore thing. Not with the new laws; FATCA and FBAR. Yes they are smarter than me. My investment might be under the marks of their choices. Still I’ll be happy what I have chosen. I’m not going to be wipe out like all those other lottery winners. But we’ll never see if that’s the case. If I never win the lottery. I’m doing fine without being a lottery winner. But like to win just to proof a point here.
Smile when you’re telling your boss
I thought our lottery was big here in Canada up to seventy million I can’t imagine 1.1 billion
@SCUMMY 420 Good enough for me that’s 831 million Canadian
hookers and cocaine
The only One who gives me money is the same One who made me myself and I One man
why would any body need or want 1.1 billion in a lottery that is supposed to help elderly well why not give a thousand people a million and I am absolutely sure they all would appreciate just do not understand other than greed or financial gain on some ones part and I am not a lottery player
Yeah, I’ve never understood why there’s a HUGE jackpot for getting all the numbers and then practically nothing when you come close. Spreading the wealth, as you suggest ,would be much more beneficial to the economy.
I’m going to get out of the ghetto! And keep my winnings to myself. Ain’t nobody business. I have enough for my kids education. And they will have money for there family’s. I would love to help people on the other side that want to become something but don’t have funds. Me personally.
Change your name and leave the country after you collect your money 😂
I would do what I want and buy things for people who know their a man or a woman
The only way I could win it myself is if GOD gives me myself and I the One ticket
Just because we don’t see something were not suppose to see doesn’t mean it’s not there
Some people don’t Believe in GOD some people think they are GOD I don’t see One GOD
Don’t buy it! It most cases your life will be really miserable, unlike befor you won the lotto. Give these kind of deams up because most of the time they are really nightmares
Wouldn’t be a nightmare for me GOD is my protector not any of you people of the world
1. Establish an LLC
2. Sign the ticket with the LLC’s name once its verified
3. Wait for 3 months.
4. During those 3 months, change your phone numbers, email addresses, delete social media and get a disposable phone with a prepaid SIM for private communication OR assign a VOIP phone number.
5. Claim the ticket with a full mask covering the face and wear a suit. It makes it look cool.
6. Don’t answer personal questions and keep the interview short.
7. Once the money is in, invest it in Real Estate to get a monthly income (it’s a lot of money but you can grow more money with it)
8. Enjoy the rest of the money.
Bonus tips: Don’t flex on social media, don’t buy things you don’t need and keep it simple. That’s pretty much it.
Good luck everyone.
Cool, I won $ 5.00. Can you tell me what to do again?
@goober pile You can go to Taco Bell and buy a Taco and a Churro
LLC is the big thing, thats where the money would go. Then you make yourself an employee of said LLC and give yourself a monthly salary whatever it is. Delete ALL social media (should do it anyway). There are a handfull of states where you can remain annonymous.
@Wendi pose that’s my plan too
I’m holding the winning ticket.
Tell me numbers? 🥺
I don’t understand what imbeciles can go bankrupt when they get 100 million dollars? House, cars, furniture $2 million? $200,000 annually for clothes, food, travel, entertainment! With ten million you can enjoy five lives
I won the Mega Millions Billion dollar jackpot!!! I can’t wait to claim my prize Saturday Morning!!!!
In GTA?
Hey long lost cousin of mines🤣😂😅
@Kevin S 😂😂😂in Illinois
@Karima Nicolette Lol
God , I want to win plz lord
All these “experts” have something to say…. lol
I love my job if I won I’d still work
I would have the funnest last day of work EVER.
@ traci Weber me too maybe not every day but I will still go
@Traci Weber I would keep going to work until you have the money in your account xD
I will restore humanity back to a sovereign peaceful natural and spiritually discerned state of being IF I win! Humanity is dying because of monetary systems being completely corrupted and parasitic ideologies are spreading in the hearts of humanity!
I’d buy all my family homes then I’d help as many people as I can
Than you would be broke and in debt. Yes help people but starting charity and investing money so the pot of gold doesn’t try up so your future family members can live off of and keep growing the money. When you’re that wealthy you make your money work for you and can have peace and stay wealthy.
I don’t expect to win but if I do I’ll honestly be scared
I know that’s right🥺
If the winner could just buy NBC and close it down permanently! We thank you!
You mean Fox News.
I know the winners will see my post please give me 200k
I have to go off the radar if I win!!!Good Luck Everyone!!!💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
buy 10 houses with cash then rent them out
no attorney , no accountant etc handle it yourself
I’d go to Columbia and do a bunch of hookers and cocaine
i would never hire someone to manage my money!!! I would do my own research and find where to safely store that ammount of money! no need to invest, there will be enough money for anyone to live well the rest of their lives!
I will spend half of it on women and booze!!! And the other half I’ll just waste!!!!
I’m hoping to win tonight. Will get what I need and help others with the rest. It’s in God’s hands if I win its all for his Glory AMEN 🙏 🙌 ❤️
@Nevin Cox same here my friend. I will be checking my tickets tomorrow. I don’t expect to win but boy would it be a game changer 😎
@DON The Dragon Slayer 888 End Time Warrior good luck, I dont know how I’ll do it. But if i win i swear I’ll get your back homie
@NoLimitB No, god won’t help him win, but just mentioning “god” “Glory,” and “AMEN” will get you 16 likes so far for DON.
@DON The Dragon Slayer 888 End Time Warrior i’m just saying praying and telling god to let u win in a lottery is sum that’s like how do I say it maybe “sinful” in a way if ur using his name in vain in order to get sum
For one, you are not going to win a billion dollar lottery. If you took the cash option, and you are the only person winning it, you will take home about half of that after the lottery takes their cut and aunt IRS takes hers. That “team of professionals” will quickly devour the winnings that are left. Personally, I’d leave gifts in envelops and a latter to say I am ok and relocating to a few special people, get rid of the few things I own, go to the airport, pick out an interesting-looking destination, buy a ticket, land and start all over, not contacting anyone for about six months to a year.
I hardly ever buy lotto tickets because it’s such a low chance you win. I bought on my birthday. Good luck to everyone. We could all use that for good.
You should keep winning the jackpot to yourself, to avoid all your long lost friends and relatives coming for your life
Better Call Saul™ 😉
So did anyone win or nah?
I did
I’d help the world
They forgot one – Keep it off shore
I’d like to buy the world a Coke.
Sir, I’m diabetic. Thank you for the offer though!
I won back in 2018. It changed my life dramatically. I didn’t know what to do with the money so I called my family first, the first thing they told me is to hold the money and spend it wisely. I was desperate to spend it, so I spent the $20 that I won on scratch off only to lose it. Changed my life, no gas money no I have to walk home.
🤣
Had me in the first half lmao
@Corrine Nicole omg same 🤣
Ok. You got me!!! 😂😂😂
It’s kind of sad that something as simple and straightforward as this needs to be written as a script and then read off of a teleprompter in a pre-written question format…. great advice nonetheless. I just think this could have been better done from the heart and not with a teleprompter.
I would take the option of the largest payout in the long run that would be payments that way is I spent the first payment then I would receive another one and try to use it wisely which each payment
Yah like i will listen to these idiots. No thank you.
Marry that beautiful woman with the glasses😊😊😊
Remember the movie, Brewster’s Millions featuring Richard Pryor and John Candy? Well he had to spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without retaining any new assets when the period was up in order to inherit the real prize, which was 300 million dollars. Man, I can’t even imagine what 300 million dollars look like?💰💰💰💰💰
First thing is move , catch a plane, leave with no one knowing, get a new unlisted cell but download the numbers till you get it all in place as she describes,,tell no one your life could be in jeopardy, live with in your means, lots of kind acts to needy
In other words, Wells Fargo wants you to take the lump sum and they’re gonna be the first ones you hear from after you win….because they want to be the ones to manage your money. LOL
I would pray for wisdom
Hire detectives to go to Indonesia to find out Obama’s real origins.
I’ll do whatever I wanna do….. just pay the taxes first
All of the comments here are proxy AI bots uploaded with fake profiles to hype up this rigged game. The only way to evade taxes on it is to own a non-profit organization.
Pay for a trip to space.
So essentially they’re telling you to use the money to hire people to help manage it? Why can’t people just open up multiple bank accounts, invest in the stock market, buy cryptocurrency, or invest in real estate opportunities that can be used to make more money? I mean just because you have the money doesn’t mean you can’t make more. Money still acquires interest over time.
I’m glad she said the last part. My advice is to not go public. Family would be calling out the wood works. Even strangers claiming to be your cousin twice removed 😂😂😂😂
Well, if you live in Massachusetts, than congratulations to you, the newest billionaires💰💰💰💰💰
Toss your sim card, contact lenses to change your eye color, pay your dentist to destroy as much medical information as possible. Buy a yacht.
I would not say nothing for 30 days
I would advise not to buy the ticket. It is very unlikely you will win. And news articles like that get people excited. They should instead do an article to show in visual form how unlikely it is to win. Like they could run a software program for the duration of the article playing a week per second.
By the end of the program they would play 240 weeks. It will be anti-climatic because there will be no win, but that would be the point. You will die and will never win the Lottery. There are so few winners, I would say it is even unlikely that a winner will ever read this comment.
Win it first, daydream later.
Fly to Paris for a couple of beers?
Hire an assassin to take out all nbc reporters and staff members
Why do you give advice when there is only possibly one winner?
Okay, I have question. Let’s say I won the jackpot and i didn’t come forward for 3-4 months. How would they know if the winning ticket was sold ?
The system keeps track of all sales. Technology is amazing.
I would give to ministries that the power of God is present like Heidi Baker, David Hogan etc. Because the rich or well to do never give to places like that because if God is real then most all of them are in trouble. People only give to where their comfortable or not convicted, thats why the world is in such horrible shape. I would run ads to find Gods little ones (little apostles in training). They are the only ones Jesus single out and said if you give to them you will not lose your reward. Plus I would throw a feast for them and receive them because Jesus said in Matt 10:40 that if you receive them, you receive Him and Him that sent Him (God the Father). Now that is wise spending and thats good company!!!
DOWN PAYMENT on a new gaming video card?
The smartest thing is to do is to have no friends.
I’m just assuming whoever won the lottery is watching this video. If they however come across this comment, get a lawyer, a financial advisor and tell absolutely NOBODY that you won the lottery!
Pay off the mortgage. Spend money on the house.
First of all I would have the 100 year old trees that could fall anytime on my home , do needed repairs on my home and garage , have a new air conditioner unit put in , it quite 8 years ago .
If I won I would put 80% of it into Bitcoin
Don’t need no accountant/advisor or anything those people are there to be paid by you, remember that lol..
Strongly disagree with this strategy. Maybe 20%
80 percent? You’re are insane.. like other guy said, even 20 percent is a stretch but an okay amount.
They should give 300 people the lottery that’s only 300 millions or give 600 million people this would help people out with everything. 1 or 5 winners r so stupid. Let’s help everybody win this would help the economy so much
Next we would put in both trump/pence back in the white house now
Do u go to the gas station u got it at or what and then they call the people for you? Also like u know if u win $50 or something they give you cash. At what point do they not give you cash and it becomes a check
Some expert. She didn’t mention my plan: get a vasectomy; accept the winnings at a press conference, and announce I am eager to start a family.
Cocaine and hookers.
ok 🙂
ok 🙂
Ha…Wells Fargo is giving advice. I wouldn’t trust Wells Fargo to safeguard a food stamp.
Thankeyou
Imsendyou
Goodwill
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The instruction video made only for the winner