£126 Million, we can dream.

Oh crikey me too EllanVannin you wouldn’t hear a peep!

The thought is quite frightening really such a vast amount of money for one person.
My ACs and their children would be taken care of for their lifetimes with trust funds,a huge chunk to our local Childrens Hospice and Dog & Cat rescues locally.
I would not invest in a large house just something with 4 beds and bungalow style here in UK and in Spain for the cold weather.
I would buy OH the Bentley he has always hankered after but would have to employ a driver as he would trouble seeing over the steering wheel.
Thinking about it seriously it may cause more problems winning that amount of money,relatives would come out of the woodwork I think.

Divorce..... then holiday, as haven’t been away from my hometown for thirteen years!! then sort out kids and grandkids. Then freedom..... in that order .

I worked with someone who had a sizeable win on the football pools - not enough to retire on but it paid his mortgage off, a cruise and a new car.

He said that when it came to giving money to their three adult children it caused trouble because one had no children and the other two argued they should have had more to allow them to spend on their kids!

Start up a programme to help prevent homelessness. The kids and grandkids would get enough for a deposit for a house. We would keep a small nest egg, prepay our funerals....Vast wealth ruins lives.

If I won anything I would buy new clothes in future instead of frequenting charity shops.

Always promised myself that if I ever won a large amount on the lottery I would donate half to charities, I even have a n idea of the charities I would choose. Often tie myself in knots trying to decide how much I would give to various family members but it gives me something to think about on sleepless nights.

3 kids would get 5mil each invested plus 500K for a house. GC would each have 1mil in Trust. I would by each of my AC a new car, and I would pay for the weddings of the two unmarried ones. My three brothers would get the same as my children. My nephews. nieces would each get 1 mil in the bank and 3-4 hundred K for houses. Good friends would have mortgages paid and houses for children - plus holiday funds. I would set up a homeless shelter that took dogs in our local town, and set up a charity to expand to others. Anything left would go into a Foundation for more charities. I could also squeeze out enough for a hit man!

Oh dear this hit man is gonna be busy isn't he?

Dare I ask who the targets would be? Go on, just a tiny clue.

I can't say. If I tell anyone it might never happen ?

Having the heating on whenever I wanted!

(& I'd love to stand on a corner of the high street and hand out money to anyone in need. I'd probably get mobbed, but oh the joy!)

The only person I ever hated enough to hire a hit man was my DS's (natural) father and he is already dead. So I would never get that particular pleasure. Anyway, he wouldn't have been worth going to prison for.

Oh yes me too blzzle especially outside of Brighthouse the horrible money grabbers that they are (other moneygrabbing stores are available) .

I would look after my daughter and her hubby and children first of all, then our other family members. Here's the dilemma though, one of hubby's brothers hasn't bothered to speak to him for over ten years despite hubby having a second major brain tumour. Didn't even visit him in the hospital, so would I be mean in leaving him out, no don't think so. Then of course it has to be a big dog rescue centre for me and my daughter to run and give them a whole new safe life lol. I don't have a passport so foreign holidays don't interest me but living in the country does.

Clear the kids morgages, buy lovely single son a small property & a trust fund so he doesn't have to worry about benefits (he has a lifelong disability), set up trust funds for grandchildren. Quietly set up some very dear female friends with their own money as a thankyou for seeing me through some dark times. Fulfil a lifelong ambition to live near the sea, get a rescue dog, employ a cleaning angel & pay her well. Buy some equipment for the specialist cancer hospital that saved hubby's life and give funding to our local support group. Pay for daughter to get best private treatment for the endometriosis that plagues her life. Take piano lessons, buy a house big enough for my own craft room, get a pottery wheel & kiln, buy original artwork from living artists. Have massages, reflexology etc. Get my driving confidence back. Treat the whole family to various holidays or buy a holiday home they can all use. Secretly do nice things for nice people. And fly to some places & stay in lovely hotels without having to worry about tariffs - see you in first class ladies ?

CAKE

After looking after all the family and buying a home in NZ for us to visit son and GC regularly I would also pay for my husband to have his much needed operation. I'd then send some to all the animal charities on tv along with the water and sight ones and ensure my cats were looked after if I go before them. Oh and get someone in to remove the carpet in my bedroom and lay laminate flooring

I would buy this and while I'm cruising I'll think about it.https://www.fraseryachts.com/en/yacht-for-sale/montrevel/

I hope it links

Rowantree i agree with you, no one needs that amount of money,it can ruin lives
I think the most anyone should win is about 5 -10 million,which could help a lot of people, for their families, and chosen charities,
I'm sure the lottery would do better if the large amounts were divided into smaller amounts for more people
I would buy my children their own home, and give some to my sister, then it would be various charities
Oh, might buy myself a small bungalow,in its own grounds

I would split between children, grandchildren, sisters, nieces and friends first then give much to local schools and cricket and swimming club child attends. Invest some in case I want to buy something in future and then give rest to charities.

Have you won the lottery?

Wouldn’t it be lovely just deciding who to help. Obviously new house for us and the children and invest for grandchildren and their future and then. A school / health centre in an underdeveloped country. Just think of the amazing satisfaction of knowing your luck was helping future generations of people to improve their lives. Fingers crossed!

I would give a generous amount to my three children (amount to be decided) and set up another generous amount for my grandson to get when he is 18.
I would move to the country and have a house with enough room for me to adopt a few rescue dogs. I would also love to adopt some rescue chickens and let them end their days pecking about as nature intended.
I too would do what I could to gain my confidence to drive again - I would need to drive in the country - and get an automatic car to make it easier for me.
Throughout my life I have been eternally grateful to various people for helping me in times of trouble - they would get a generous gift to show my gratitude.
All my favourite animal and children's charities would get a donation.
But I agree that that amount is too much for one person to win and making 126 people millionaires would be a much better idea.
But I have enjoyed thinking about what I would do with the money!

I can't even think about such a mind blowing amount of money.

I'd give up work, and go on holiday whilst I contemplated what else to do, and I'd book myself in for a pedicure.

Let my DC select a property they liked. Then buy something I like midway between them. Create trusts for DGC with conditions for education, health and property use only. A cleaner for my house. Travel first class, chauffer to airport etc so no messing with car parks and buses. After that probably a personal shopper selecting clothes for me in not too high end stores. One can dream.

When you think about it, there'd be enough to give a million to every person in this country and still have enough left over to do as you wish.

Haha, that would be a million each for 126 people. I think we've got a few more than that in this country .

I've just sat and mentally allocated large amounts for each of my extended family, then huge amounts for my AC and for my GC, a new house for us, two new cars for us, holiday homes for us and our AC (i.e. one each). and a new house for us complete with apartment for live in carer(s) when needed. And of course, a chunk to be used for travel, house upkeep, a gardener, a cleaner etc. But there's still so much left . So I'd be able to enjoy helping my favourite charities with sizeable sums too.

Oh well, I did enjoy that little dream....