[RKDinOKC]

Get a financial attorney. And get the money as anonymously as possible.

Don't take the lump sum. Just because you got money does not make you a savvy investor. Odds are you won't do any better than they do to pay you. And banks don't insure anything over $100K anyway. Just live off the payout for the rest of your life.

Don't feel you have to give anyone else any. Any amount won't be enough and they will resent and be pissed at you anyway.

That's the best way to avoid the pitfalls of those that have won the lottery and spent/lost it all.

If you take a lump sum to build a big house remember that Bill Gates house cost $136 Million and taxes on it are $1 Million a year.