The newest Lottery Winners!

At home with the Braithwaites is still available on ITV Hub,

Lottery winner local to us, only around 1 million, drank himself to death in 2 years. So sad.

This is my first post!
- In response to this thread, I've recently read a thought provoking novel exploring this situation:
'Just my luck' by Adele Parks.
It's a really good read...

My friend won a lot of money back in the 80s and he was tortured by people and begging letters. It never changed him as a person, but other people changed towards him. In some cases it can be a curse.

I would never go public. I would first make sure my family and friends were well-looked after and then I would give as much money to charity. £184 million is far too much money and obscene. There should be a cap on the amount that can be won. Do you remember Viv Nicholson who won the equivalent today of £3.5million in the 60s who, when asked, what she would do with the money said "spend, spend, spend" which she and her husband, a former miner, went on to do. They bought expensive cars, a big ranch style house, etc, etc. The husband later died in a car crash, she subsequently became bankrupt, married 3 more times, became an alcoholic and suffered from depression eventually dying from dementia in 2015!. A very sorry tale.

I just can't understand people saying they don't want to win that amount when all you have to do is support countless charities. It could be put to such good use.

Would just tell family & friends I had won a small amount, enough to pay off my Kids mortgage & buy myself a better place. Lots donated to my favourite charities, especially funding the sea pen for Tokitae so she spends her last few years at least hearing her family & feeling the depth of the sea. Then just enjoy a life without having to worry about putting the heating on or buying something frivolous to eat! Never going to happen but can dream!

Dh and I both agreed we'd not go public, and would try to sit on the win for at least 6 months before we did anything about it. As hard as that might be , it would give you the space to get used to the idea and not run around saying I'll buy this , I'll buy that , I want , I want , I want . Obviously you can have anything you want , but will it actually ' be the right thing ' .

Grayling I was about to post as I was also thinking of 'At Home with the Braithwaites'. It's a huge game changer and not always for the best it seems. The propect of being able to transform lives must be wonderful; as many posters have said, paying off family mortgages, and generally helping must be such a great thing to be able to do. We have an animal rescue centre locally and I have often thought about the hardworking staff arranging for everything they need to make life better for the animals - warm cabins, paying the vet's bills - how lovely that would be. Mainly I would like to be able to tell my stressed and overworked younger son to put in his notice, and employ his financial skills to help us administer the money.

I wouldn’t go public, and it is a terrifying amount of money, but think of all the good you could do! Money to our children, obviously, £10,000,000 to the Trussell Trust, then us set up a charity, asking our local community foundation to run it for us, but with money to go to small charities, with an easy application process.

They are mad to go public. I agree that it would be better to say that they've won a few thousand, bit the problem with that is that people would see them spend the rest. If they tell friends and family it is bound to leak ou.

My husband said he would give me half, leave me, spend 95% of his share on women, gambling, booze and drugs and just fritter the rest of it away

Certainly wouldn’t have gone public, would be worried for my Children in case they were kidnapped for a massive ransom.

What on earth would you do with such an amount t of money.
Have seen so many people win large amounts and it’s ruined their lives.

Was going to say imagine the interest on that amount, but as interest rates are so low it probably wouldn’t be that much……. Or would it ??

Isn't that a bit OTT. True the DM is awful full of tittle tattle as you say.

CanadianGran

I just read the Daily Mail article - what an awful newspaper! Saying maybe her ex will buy her a house, and maybe she'll start driving a red Ferrari instead of a Fiesta! She has no claim on any winnings, and the 'press' shouldn't even suggest it! Yikes.

You want to thank your lucky stars that you don’t have such a rag in Canada!

It is the most widely read paper in the U.K. and influential..

You can hear it often on GN as they parrot the DM headlines.

It is responsible imo for the level of division in U.K. as well as continually postulating the most dreadful tittle tattle and lies.

I’d be afraid of being targeted by criminal gangs and needing security at home. Life changing but not always for the better from what I’ve read in the past. So many couples don’t stay together afterwards. It’s sad the pressures it can bring.

Having worked in the City for 20 years I was never far from rich people. They coped just fine. I wouldn’t tell anyone. Would do a world cruise whilst deciding what’s best.

I wouldn’t have gone public either - it’s an eye watering amount of money. Family and friends first, then local charities and things like replacing play equipment vandals have destroyed and paying for local projects that are struggling to raise funds. Might even buy the RNLI a lifeboat!

Does anyone remember the TV series "At home with the Braithwaites"? It centred around a "large" lottery winner who initially didn't tell her husband or family. It really was excellent viewing with a strong cast (Amanda Redman, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham) and written by Sally Wainwright. I keep looking for it being repeated but no such luck!!

I think it would be quite overwhelming and could rock the boat of the marriage if they wanted different things.

The million pound win on the premium bonds would be just the right amount.

Never in a million years would we have gone public! But then I would never want that amount! I’d be happy with couple of million! It should never get to that amount for one person! Would spread so much more joy equalled out to many winners

My first reaction was, those poor kids. They will never know freedom like normal kids. They will have to be 'bodyguarded' until they are adults. Why would you put young children at risk like that? There are so many nutters about. Someone is probably planning a kidnap right now. Scary s**t.

We used to be at the Pools winners meetings decades ago ,not such staggering amounts of cash but it was a lot in its day.
The advisor then used to tell winners it was best to get the publicity and get it ver with .If they didn't then there would be "journalists" creeping around for months until they found who it wa ,the area was always announced.His theory was if they know its you ,then you;ll be news for a week until someone else wins and you'll be forgotten.
Financial advice was on tap for everyone who won a lifechanging amount .Not everyone accepted the advice

I just read the Daily Mail article - what an awful newspaper! Saying maybe her ex will buy her a house, and maybe she'll start driving a red Ferrari instead of a Fiesta! She has no claim on any winnings, and the 'press' shouldn't even suggest it! Yikes.