In-Game Events and Gatherings

That answers your unasked question as to why they were already wealthy to begin with (and why you're not).

First, don't buy an ungodly huge McMansion. You're not going to want to clean it, and if you don't have anything better to spend $28M on than maid service, I can think of things. Like donating to me, so I can buy lottery tickets and win the lottery.

Plan to not go out and buy everything you've ever wanted. Before making any major purchase, stop what you're doing, and think long and hard about it. $28M is effectively enough money to never seriously work again in your life. Unless you start blowing it on useless crap.

Take a year off of work/etc., and freaking travel. You will not regret doing this, period.

If you hate your job, quit your job. Plan on finding another job. You will eventually want one of those - you will get bored to tears otherwise - but you're in a position to do what you love, rather than what pays the bills and/or pays for nice things.

Finally, don't forget the skills you've learned in EVE. If something seems too good to be true, it is. Trust no one. Take the desire the EVE playerbase has to separate you from your ISK, and magnify that by a few thousand. Those people are out there, and they're seeking your millions for "investment" right nao.

Buy diamonds.

Bitches love Diamonds.

I would suggest a tax lawyer in addition to the current wealth manager you have - good on you for at least doing that.

Your investments should be widely diverse and there is no need to go risky or into weird investments. If you don't understand it, don't invest in it. I would suggest Dividend Mutual Funds. You could live off of the dividends and dividends are usually tax at a lower rate than capital gains and dividend producing companies are usually safer.

But honestly if you diversify your investments appropriately your biggest 'risk' is going to be taxes.
ergo, tax lawyer.

Also, decide on rules for 'donating' to family and/or friends and stick to them. I think the biggest draw back is the inevitable broken relationships. Just make sure that the ones you do lose are their 'issues' not ones you create.

After all this - have fun!

Riedle

10/10 good troll, lots of people biting.

Incase of not troll, family > money. Dont screw it up because you won a few million.

How about lending your friend Zoidberg some money, mister millionaire!?

But seriously, take a step back, and plan with a clear mind. Get out of debt, get a house that is all paid off and done with, and then secure the rest so you are set for a good time into the future. Don't waste it, and spend sparingly. Traveling is an allowed expense, go out and learn about different people and cultures. See what life can really be about now that you are freed from being a wage/debt slave.

If i won that much real isk i would put it all into a long term high interest savings account and live off the interest alone :)

Just like the Reds... on their knees begging for handouts.

Haha I kid I kid, RP'ing don't ya know

This is some good advice though, I personally hate travelling and like to stay in my comfy country but that's just because I've done it so much I'm sick of it.

Take a huge chunk to roll into some CDs, and live off the interest.

Lol Anti-Fish warfare boat.

Not in any of the places mentioned do :p. Just spent the last few days away just hiking some trails that I never had the time to do before. Twas nice.

Also thought about something to do that would be fun to do in EVE. I wanted to do something that was not a one shot thing. So I am thinking about running a lottery. Since I will front the money to buy the time cards and plex to build a a considerable sum of isk that will be the prizes. Then the money from the ticket cost (Thinking 1 or 2 million per ticket max of 250 per character) will then be turned over to the next lottery's prizes and so on. Hold it once every month or every other month. Then have a grad lottery every year on the anniversary of my win that I will add isk to to boost up any shortcomings from the past year if the lottery does not make enough isk to be self sustaining.

Already started the process of generating isk. Not going to cash in all the plex/time cards at once because I don't want to screw with the market. I have consulted with others that have run lotteries and they are helping me plug any holes in my ideas. Within the next week I should have an idea on how much isk I have generated. Then a week after that I'll kick off advertising it. If it fails then it fails and whatever few people play will get exceedingly EVE rich.

The one question I have for you guys and gals is this. Would you guys rather have isk only as prizes or a combo of isk and ships. My thinking is to just go isk only because if you want a ship you will just buy it with the isk if you win a ship that you will never fly the. You will have to sell it and most likely never get what it was originally worth. Also taking time to source the ships will slow down the process of getting prizes together.

So tell me what you think.