Got 4 number this week £140, shared between 4 of us.
My sister who works for BT had a share of 330k, her office had about 60 workers, and some of them used to do one offs on the Euro lottery when it went over £100m.
She said the guy who had the tickets, went into Asda and handed over 40 odd tickets for the girl to check, and she said on her screen, one said contact Camelot. Very honest worker. They got about 8k each.
Back in the 1950s, well before I was born, my dad won big on the pools. He packed in his job, bought a new motorbike and spent a year just pissing about. Eventually his girlfriend got fed up with the situation and gave him an ultimatum, "If you don't sort your life out, I'm leaving you". "It's alright" he said, "The money's gone. I'm back to work on Monday". They married shortly after and stayed that way until the '90s when he passed away. I don't think he ever regretted blowing that money. 'Easy come, easy go' was his motto.
Having lots of money I don't know what to do with isnt my idea of a problem.
Overnight most of my constant, aching thoughts about things that need paying for are gone, as are those of my friends and family. Private healthcare for all! Mortgages be gone, HPI no more.
And then Travel becomes an occupation, travel in first class, to places I'd only seen on a map previously. I can pursue whatever frivolous hobby I'd previously looked enviously on at those taking part, like weekend motor racing, sailing, fucking yacht chartering.
I'd pay for boilers to heat the water in the North stand shitters and stick some Dyson airblades in there
I'd build a big fuck off house, with no neighbours for at least a kilometre or so with a pool and mental watersides, lakes, bars, a football pitch and a shooting range. And a bat cave.
I'd adopt all the animals out of the local RSPCA places that put them down and build animal shelters where packs of dogs and cats could live out their days however suited them and people would be paid decently to care for them
Any of these appeals for kids or adults needing to fund a trip somewhere for experimental cancer treatment would be funded.
I'd also pay that fucking god bothering tuneless, ranting busker down Chatham high street a grand to fuck off and never cast a shadow there again.
I'd buy my local, sort the heating out, redo the window frames, put a high rise cistern on the shitter on the saloon bar so the water pressure was there to deal with the more earthy and girthy Ambers that get dunked down there, I'd tidy the back garden up and pay off all the neighbours in tax-payer funded homes that live in a road thats only existed for 25 years next to a pub that dates back to the 1800s to stop their frivolous noise complaints every time a live band is on
And I'd sign Kane Wilson, Jack Tucker, Matt Stevens, Alfie May, Luke McCormack, Tony Scully, Harry Darling and Josh Cullen and tell whoever manages us next to get a tune of of them
But what would you do with the rest?
I'd compelte AdultWork.com
I'm willing to contribute to a sweepstake if I can watch.
I'd probably put on the show I wrote a few years back in the West End. Would likely show to an empty theatre but hey ho. I would have done it. Although the pleasure would be a shallow one.
After that, the problem is, my wife has said what she would want to do and it doesn't match with what I would want to do. That could be a problem if we could do whatever we wanted to do. It could change your relationship with your friends. I really enjoy getting a good deal but it would seem wrong even trying to so that pleasure would be gone.
Also, as I have got older and I have lived much more of my life than I have left, I have discovered that things I valued are of no value. Things like health are far more important. Money is rightly important for those that don't have any of it but the more you have doesn't mean the happier you will be in my opinion.
Ive asked this question to a lot of people over time....absolutely nobody I know personally knows anyone who has won the lottery big money. My best still stands at $75 and I do it regularly here.
A friend of a friend of a friend....anyway, he flew through Dubai way back, late 80's bought a ticket to win a car and apparently won a Aston Martin, which he sold before even driving it.
A friend of a friend won a couple of million. My pal, Andy, walked into the pub one day the millionaire was playing pool, Andy went to the bar and bought him a pint along with his own. He went to the loo where another bloke he didn't know said "What are you buying him a drink for? He's a millionaire". Andy came back with "How do you know I'm not a millionaire?". I wish I was that quick thinking.
£180m would be no trouble at all to the missus and I, we and our pals would have a ball, the local health centre would become state of the art and lots of charities would benefit. We would have an art-deco style villa built and follow the Addicks in five star luxury all around the country, buggering off midweek to wherever we fancied. Anyone who wins and doesn't know what to do with it can aim it my way.
Son of a friend of mine won the jackpot on 'Set for Life' game on the lottery about 5 months ago. £10k a month for 30 years....Nice. I used to coach and manage him for 5 years in the very well respected local (Nottingham) Saturday youth team from U12 to U17, glad he won, as it will set him up for life, but without the opportunity to be stupid with it...he and his dad really nice people.
I like the Set For Life concept and it's probably not as life-changing if you happen to win it, plus you probably don't get the beggars and hangers-on out in force.
I occasionally but a ticket, though I very much doubt I have 30 years left in me!
I would keep quiet and wait a few weeks then let it be known I won the million pound raffle rather than the 180M Would explain why quit job, got new car etc and means less people will feel entitled to a bit of cash bunged their way
can not believe no one has mentioned buying a steam locomotive but i guess it goes without saying.
I would build my own private train station which links into the main network on the grounds of my massive estate so i can train it across the country and into Europe via the channel tunnel. of course i'm not sure if a locomotive can get into the channel tunnel plus it would take an age so i might have to buy a bullet train for that.
Sort immediate family and a few close friends out, probably cost 15-20M, then I’d buy some land, hire an top notch architect and builder, big house build on Kent/Sussex border, then bugger off around the world for a year whilst it’s built, 7-8 bedrooms, all en-suites, cinema room, party/music room, games room and obligatory pool and sauna etc. Once I’ve done swanning around, start a charity that looks after kids, the trips to Lapland, hospice care, seaside trips etc, donations to maternity wards for prem babies, would quite happily do that for the rest of my life.
The parents of a lad I used to play cricket with have won twice! The first time was a big prize. talking multiple millions, they then won a few hundred thousand the second time. Lucky bastards!
I work in banking, and a few years ago I was introduced to a bloke who won the lottery - from memory about £5m - went to his house - bloke was a loon - every room had life size Star Wars characters (R2D2, Luke Skywalker etc) in it, and he had bought a big house and had a 10 car garage built - he had 9 cars (all v expensive) and the 10th garage was for his ride on lawnmower
I specialise in property lending (residential development to small to medium size house builders) - bloke told me he was gonna be the next Barretts or Taylor Wimpey, yet his job before winning lottery was in an office as an insurance clerk - total pie in the sky
I walked away - no thanks - I could see it was gonna end in tears - and I was right - he blew the lot, and is back working in insurance and living in a flat
I always wondered how one of my best mates could afford such a great house in Bexley on an "ordinary" pay packet... When I got to know him better, turns out he had big wins on the pools twice! Once in a syndicate and once all on his own. I guess some people are just lucky.
I must admit I do the Euromillions regularly and made sure I had my ticket in the draw for the 180 mill. Like a lot of people, I'd sort meself, then help family and maybe a couple of friends, then give the rest away to good causes. I don't think it would f*&k me up, but until it happens how do you know?
Friend of my father in law won over a million back in the 90s. He was divorced and had recently married his new partner. Not long after his win he unfortunately died (he had cancer but the end came much quicker than expected).
Due to his sudden death he hadn't put in place a will and his new wife took the lot leaving his children from his previous marriage with nothing.
Comments
My sister who works for BT had a share of 330k, her office had about 60 workers, and some of them used to do one offs on the Euro lottery when it went over £100m.
She said the guy who had the tickets, went into Asda and handed over 40 odd tickets for the girl to check, and she said on her screen, one said contact Camelot. Very honest worker. They got about 8k each.
After that, the problem is, my wife has said what she would want to do and it doesn't match with what I would want to do. That could be a problem if we could do whatever we wanted to do. It could change your relationship with your friends. I really enjoy getting a good deal but it would seem wrong even trying to so that pleasure would be gone.
Also, as I have got older and I have lived much more of my life than I have left, I have discovered that things I valued are of no value. Things like health are far more important. Money is rightly important for those that don't have any of it but the more you have doesn't mean the happier you will be in my opinion.
A friend of a friend of a friend....anyway, he flew through Dubai way back, late 80's bought a ticket to win a car and apparently won a Aston Martin, which he sold before even driving it.
£180m would be no trouble at all to the missus and I, we and our pals would have a ball, the local health centre would become state of the art and lots of charities would benefit. We would have an art-deco style villa built and follow the Addicks in five star luxury all around the country, buggering off midweek to wherever we fancied. Anyone who wins and doesn't know what to do with it can aim it my way.
Would explain why quit job, got new car etc and means less people will feel entitled to a bit of cash bunged their way
I would build my own private train station which links into the main network on the grounds of my massive estate so i can train it across the country and into Europe via the channel tunnel. of course i'm not sure if a locomotive can get into the channel tunnel plus it would take an age so i might have to buy a bullet train for that.
Once I’ve done swanning around, start a charity that looks after kids, the trips to Lapland, hospice care, seaside trips etc, donations to maternity wards for prem babies, would quite happily do that for the rest of my life.
However if it didnt kill me, family and friends will never have to put in a days work ever again unless of course they wanted too.
Then whatever I have left in the bank should cover the gas and electric bills in my brand spanking new 3 bedroom house in Bexleyheath.
Why did they buy a ticket?
100 bags a week good enough?
I specialise in property lending (residential development to small to medium size house builders) - bloke told me he was gonna be the next Barretts or Taylor Wimpey, yet his job before winning lottery was in an office as an insurance clerk - total pie in the sky
I walked away - no thanks - I could see it was gonna end in tears - and I was right - he blew the lot, and is back working in insurance and living in a flat
I must admit I do the Euromillions regularly and made sure I had my ticket in the draw for the 180 mill. Like a lot of people, I'd sort meself, then help family and maybe a couple of friends, then give the rest away to good causes. I don't think it would f*&k me up, but until it happens how do you know?
Due to his sudden death he hadn't put in place a will and his new wife took the lot leaving his children from his previous marriage with nothing.