Well I'd be in Negril instead of on the board. Family and friends would be taken care of and then worthwhile endeavors in Negril and at home in Canada where we get to keep our winnings! I like the sound of living in Negril and summering here. Pretty sure Sask. has had some rains lately that rival the ones in Negril......
If I won $100 million in the lottery it would be a miracle. I don't play the lottery. So if a miracle happened (like picking up a piece of trash on the beach, realizing it is a lottery ticket, then finding it is a winner of $100 million US), I'd stay in Negril, buy one of those A/I compounds, and have a party until the money runs out.
I'd buy Point village and get it all up and running again, like it used to be. I'd make one of the buildings into a luxury place for myself and others for my family and friends who would like to live there too. I'd get the dive centre back up to scratch too ....bring back Myron.
Then I'd just chill there until I decided what I wanted to do next .
hmmmmmmmm,,,, have followed a lot of folks on here for years and trust all impliciately but,, first thing is nobody is going to know when I win that 100 million. There are ways to claim the prize w/o flashing your name to the world.
You see I enjoy the freedom to move about w/ annonimitey. I love sitting on a wall with little notice, I love observing people, fauna, wildlife w/o being a focal point. I would be leery of the motivations of many if I was known as the "lottery winner". Same dockers, same guayabas, same small resorts, same rental jeep just a whole lot more time in country.
That said there are many ways for an annoynomous doner to finance a school in Logwood, a library in Askenish, a playground in Cave Spring. I think it would be fun as being annoynomous to observe how the local community manages or mis-manages their windfall.
But most of all the money would buy time. We had Sammy Hagar in a show a few years back. Last show on his tour. After we got through with all the interviews and the programming guys had run off to get their content on air I asked Sammy "man it's the end of a grueling tour, what do you do next" and he said,,,,, "tommorrow night I'll go on Lettermen and shave my hair for Lockes of Love and 15K people across the nation will join me, then I'll slip down to Cabo and get me 5 pairs of dockers and 5 camp shirts. And each morning when I get up I'll decide if I want to fish or golf or slip down to the Cabo Wabo and gig. And when my dockers and camp shirts get thread bare and my hair gets all long and tangeled I'll know it's time to go back to work". Hmmmmmmm,,,,, I measure my time in hour appointments which are interrupted by phone calls which turns hours into 15 minute blocks. Even in Negril my time is measured in days till the flight home. That type of money would allow me to do away with the 4th dimension of time which stabilizes and bores the world by making everything have to fit into a very specific point in space. That's right I want to measure in how long it takes to thread bare 5 pairs of dockers.
I have won many awards in a lifetime of competition and service. But the highest was offered without plaque or fanfare on a hilltop in post Ivan Jamaica. A true Rasta and a dear friend observed "Chet you are like a father of men, you see need and fulfill that need without being asked". Let us be travelers and not tourist.
I always tell people when I win the lottery, don't take it personally when I don't say good-bye.
I would have speed bumps installed on the beach road and sidewalks built along the west end road.
I would donate it to the Jamaican people...I get love from the Jamaican people thats priceless.....They deserve every bit of it...Well maybe I would buy a nice little home there..Mi Art I left in Jamaica.....The beautiness of the people and island, is worth than money...PRICELESS.....BLESS
Well I have to say I have pondered the idea some...we do a lotto pool at the office every week...
I would love to have enough money to open up some orphanages. Not the 50 kids in one room with 2 staff member type of place, but somewhere kids that have no family can feel like they have something....a chance. There are so many countries around the world that have homeless and neglected children and with that kind of money it could change a lot of lives.
The only other thing I would want to change is where I raise my kids. That would involve some more research, but I would just love to live a simpler life. Somewhere where it just takes you back to basics..sustainable living... where kids actually go outside to play instead of wanting to play video games and are pressured to have all of the latest technology. Would I buy in Negril? Who knows...the options are pretty much limitless at that price point.
"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" R.N.M
Fridays Euro-millions is £105 million (JA$14,324,438,063.08/ US$168,033,322.85/CA$163,424,656.37) oh and btw lotto winnings are tax free in UK
I would probably buy an apartment at Point Village to use as a "base" for 2-3 months every year. Also would explore the island and stay at many different places including Bluefields, Gee Jam, Strawberry Hill, Goldeneye, etc. Would definitely donate to orphanages, schools, and animal shelters.
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