• Question: what would you do first second and third if you won the lottery

    Asked by laz1100 to Carrie, Cedric, Ellen, Ines, Rupert on 7 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Carrie Ijichi

      Carrie Ijichi answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      I’d buy my house outright so that I didn’t owe anyone any money. Then I’d go travelling – back to Japan and to New Zealand for a start. Then I’d give the biggest donation I could to a worth-while conservation charity targeting the most at risk species. That’s not what my research is about but I really care about it.

    • Photo: Ines Goncalves

      Ines Goncalves answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      I would pay off my own and my family’s debts, home loans, that sort of thing. Then I would take a year off to go travelling and take a number of courses I’ve been wanting to take but haven’t felt I have the time to do it. Finally, I would invest the rest of the money to make sure it lasted and gave me and my family some security for the future.

    • Photo: Rupert Marshall

      Rupert Marshall answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      It depends how much I won. If it was £10 I might buy something nice for dinner. If it was a million pounds I would leave my job and just to the fun bits of science without all the paperwork. I might write a book. And I might move to Canada. Time to buy a lottery ticket…

    • Photo: Ellen Williams

      Ellen Williams answered on 9 Mar 2017:

      Ooo interesting question! I have never actually thought about it – I guess because i don’t play the lottery I have always somewhat limited my chances of finding out what i would do if i won!

      I haven’t been on a proper holiday in a long time so i think i would treat my Mom, sister and I to a nice holiday. I always think I should buy a house but actually I live at home, our house is paid off, and I am really happy there so I am not sure if I would! I think then i would set up a bunch of standing orders to charities which mean a lot to me – conservation charities but also things like cancer research, air ambulance – all the boxes i normally put loose change into! And finally i would pack my bags and head off on a fab little research adventure. I think having spare money would give me the freedom to go and do research all over the world without ever filling in another research grant application again, bliss!

    • Photo: Cedric Tan

      Cedric Tan answered on 10 Mar 2017:

      Ooo nice question

      First, donate some of the money to conservation
      Second, create more games and videos
      Third, buy a house for myself lol

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