If you won $200 on a scratch ticket, how would you actually spend it?

[Anonymous]

i bought some $ 2 tickets this week as the store had a new one called fast $200 , most only won $2 or nothing but got lucky as one of them actually won the big prize of $200 .

didn't end up blowing the money on crazy stuff but rather put $180 of it in the bank and made a visa payment of $150 . decided that would be the best option as i don't want to go into the summer oweing money as i tend to spend a bit more then and want to keep visa down if possible

so not exactly sexy but feel that i'm better off now than at start of week

Updates

2 mo

another mini win , $100 on a $3 ticket the other day , $70 > bank but then did a $60 visa payment , bought lunch at a sub place and got an energy drink with rest

[jennifer_bloom]

I would pay down my credit card debt or over pay to cover recurring debts like my cell phone each month, my news subscriptions, my Microsoft subscription. Or I would use it for recurring amazon expenses, there are 3 supplements I buy every month when I have the money for it. Or I would go to the store and buy nutritious food like organic chicken, grass fed beef, kefir, asparagus, radishes, chocolate, plain Greek yogurt, tomatoes, carrots, sprouted vegetable minis, and some tasty foreign cheese. I used to go to the grocery store every week to buy a new type of cheese I never tried before. And I liked 75% of the flavours I tried

[Asker]

i tried to bring down credit card a bit as i tend to spend more during the summer and April seems like a good time to bring it down as there isn't much to do here. its hard to come up with a budget due to price of cash and other things

[Smashingdoozy]

200 is nothing, probably just get some extra nice things in the groceries that week lol

[Asker]

it seems like a lot but isn't really that much anymore , still a tough prize to win on a ticket , the prizes you can easily win are so small like $5 or $10

[exitseven]

How are you these days?

[NaultD]

Got any debt? Pay that off first. I like to think I'm above average with money so "winning" money isn't a thing for me. My mortgage and hoa is like $900. Next month is that much easier. What's there to brag about?

[exitseven]

you should be commended on spending the money wisely. I probably would just put it in the bank as well.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO

[Nikki1989]

I wouldn't. It is just more money. $200 is nothing nowadays.

[Asker]

i know thats why i decided to not waste the money and make a $150 visa payment instead as at least that accomplishing more i felt

[CriminallyInsane]

Straight into the bank right now, I spent so much money fixing my car earlier this year I'm not spending any of it

[Anonymous]

I seriously wouldn’t care. I might give it away to save the hassle of getting the money out and any tax reporting research I would have to do.

[Asker]

you don't have to report lottery winnings here ( Canada ) as tax revenue

[ChicoFromThe305]

I have no idea, it would probably all go to gas 💀

[Asker]

i could of easily spent it on gas , but though it make more sense to bring down credit card , if i win another $200 i might spend it different but will see if i ever do or not

[NathanDavis]

cat and dog food... treats

[Dargil]

On expensive gasoline.

[Iron_Man]

On McDonald’s

[Asker]

forgot to mention i did go to mcdonalds after i got the ticket at store and won but before i went to bank , used a coupon so i only spent about $10 on lunch , a six pack of nuggets and fries

[Iron_Man]

Yeah, that’s very expensive now McDonald’s

[Asker]

they sometimes put out coupons here , without the coupon would of been like $14 i think

[Iron_Man]

Or you can use the app on your cell phone

[OneViewpoint]

Lunch?