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Winning the Lotto

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MissAdventure Sun 26-Jan-20 19:01:29

It's too mind boggling to think about..
I'd prefer less, really.

ninathenana Sun 26-Jan-20 18:57:17

We have two children and one sibling each. I would give a large sum to these four and leave it to our siblings to give to their children/grandchildren as they saw fit.
Donations to a few favourite charities.

Sara65 Sun 26-Jan-20 14:49:57

Hope I’ll have enough!

Sara65 Sun 26-Jan-20 14:48:45

I’d give each child enough to make them comfortable, without having to worry too much about money again, providing they were sensible.

I’d give the business a big cash injection so we wouldn’t have to keep worrying about cash flow.

I’d give a large sum to the local hospice, which is always struggling, and then I’d give a lot of thought to how I could help other people, maybe individually rather than throwing money at charities.

Obviously I’d spend some on myself, I may not move house, but I’d make a few changes.

I would send each of my school age grand children to a school of their choice, they all have different interests, and I’d love to see them getting opportunities to follow their dreams. The oldest one, I’d buy a little flat.

Caro6699 Sun 26-Jan-20 14:39:59

It’s such a huge amount so plenty to go round.
I would probably divide into 3 equal shares between myself and my children and leave it up to them to decide what to do there share.
I would give to my sister and brother enough to enable them to have a great retirement and do the things that they probably would like to do but never otherwise be able to
afford.
Next would be my favourite charities , of which there are several, and a few other ones that I currently am unable to support financially
I would update my house and wardrobe and book a lovely long holiday, traveling First class of course .
And then, I would enjoy the fact that I never need worry about money again.
As you can see I have given this a lot of thought . Now all I need to do is buy the winning lottery ticket ???

Urmstongran Sun 26-Jan-20 14:34:16

Too stressful to sort out so I don’t do the lottery! I’m happy as I am.
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DoraMarr Sun 26-Jan-20 14:26:03

I think I’d keep very quiet about it, and just give my four children a big sum, donate some to a charity, and keep the rest for me. I wouldn’t help my wider family, because I’m not very close to them, and there are so many of them I’d be sure to miss somebody out and that could cause problems. I’d travel all over Europe by first class train and stay in lovely hotels. I’d have a small suitcase and buy clothes in each city, donating the used ones to charity ( I love shopping.) If it was a huge amount I’d like to open a social enterprise providing training and work for disadvantaged women, making children’s clothes to sell in a shop in my local area, which is overrun with cafes now. I’d also start a children’s story centre, like the one in Bethnal Green. I’d open it in a deprived suburb.
You can see I’ve daydreamed about this! (A lot.)

Newatthis Sun 26-Jan-20 14:16:03

So, if you won the Euromillions - say £170 million - how much would you hand out to your family and what would you spend it on. I recently asked a friend this and she said she would ask each individual member of her family how much they think they should have and justify the reason. She has a large family of sisters, brothers, nephews, nieces in-laws etc but doesn't really see that much of them nor do they contact her. She makes all the contact and effort to visit them. They also have not been very supportive of the years to her so at first I was shocked as she is a kind, generous person but when I thought about it I though she has a point. I personally would go down the charity route as there are lots of charities I would like to support.