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The Minnesota Lottery gets some surprising answers about spending a big jackpot

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The Minnesota Lottery decided to ask their 115,000 fans on Facebook about what they would do if they won a big jackpot.

They then made this infographic that shows the answers from some of the Facebook posts taken from thousands of comments.

For example, they asked would you rather own a private island - or a professional sports team?

The answers they got back made for an interesting read. Here are the results of those questions:

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Here are the answers to the 8 questions the lottery asked their Facebook lottery fans:

1. Would you rather travel the world on a private yacht or a private plane?
Plane - 43.5%
Yacht - 31.5%
Both - 6%
Neither - 19%

2. If you won a big lottery prize and bought your dream boat, what would you name it?
Scratch Sail, Sea Fari, Knot Home, See Yai, Lucky Ducky, Finally, SS Retired, Freedom.

3. Would you rather own a private island or a professional sports team?
Island - 63%
Sports Team - 22%
Both - 10%
Neither - 5%

You said: Invest in a winning team and you can have as many islands as you want!

4. A bad day for fishing is better than a good day of...
Work - 44%
Other - 29%
Anything else - 13%
Snow - 9%
Cleaning - 5%

5. Which lake is Minnesota's best?
You said: All of Minnesota's lakes are great

6. Would you rather have 30 days of below-zero temperatures or sweltering heat?
Heat - 54%
Cold - 39.5%
Both - 3%

7. It's spring! What's the one thing you can't wait to get outside and do?
Enjoy being outside - 30%
Camping, fishing, boating - 22%
Other - 19%
Gardening - 16%
Run, walk, hike - 10%
Golf - 3%

8. Would you rather receive 5 free $2 dollar scratch tickets or 5 free Mega Millions tickets?
Scratch tickets - 58%
Mega Millions - 37%
Both/either - 5%