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I wouldn't be able to deceive or lie to people like that jerseygirl. Especially close family.

I wouldn’t go public either. I also know what I do with it. My son is a lifeboat man and his station would most certainly benefit. So would lots of the smaller animal charities and of course I’d look after my family .

I worked in banking and we had a pools winner as a customer. They won £750,000 which was a lot of money in the 1980s, and they were given financial advice by the pools company.

However, the money wrecked their lives. They moved from their council house to a large house in a posh snobby area where they didn't fit in and were lonely.

They were worried to death that their daughter's boyfriend was only after the daughter for the money.

The husband began suffering panic attacks and the wife had a nervous breakdown.

Read quite some time ago large littery winners are given advice/support by the Fund on how to deal with begging letters etc and how to manage their win. Wouldn't mind the chance to find out just how difficult it is to be so rich.

I couldn’t cope with the begging letters.

I'd love it, but wouldn't go public

A young man won a fantastic sum on the lottery some years ago; an aunt of mine lived in the village near where he chose to buy a property, and evidently he created hell for the neighbours with 'friends' riding quad bikes around the huge garden, which had been beautiful and was completely ruined, holding week long parties...you get thepicture. The whole lot was gone within a couple of years, he no longer owned the house, and appeared in the local paper a sorrier and wiser person - at least that was something good out of the mayhem.

Yes I remember that one.

Why focus on the people who made mistakes after a win,there are many many more who live long happy lives ,who do things not only for themselves but for family friends and complete strangers .
Whata negative group of grannies on here .
I remember the lovely couple who won the pools just after Christmas one year.They had both lost their jobs and christmas was bleak ,no electricity ,cornflakes for christmas dinner and long cold dark days ahead.
That win changed their lives,they bought a nice house in a new estate,started a business and are still together now.I know because I regularly use their business.
There are far more stories like that ,why drag the bad ones out of the woodwork ?

But it wouldn’t have been such a huge win Paddy. That’s the problem here.

Lovely story paddyann.
I’d look after my family first, but with such a huge win I’d try to help lots of others. I’d probably buy some houses and invite some Ukrainian refugees to live in them as that is such a terrible situation for many of them.

Chestnut

jerseygirl It would be difficult to keep it quiet. How would you explain where the money had come from when you start to spend it.
I've already said twice you just don't tell anyone, even your children, how much you've won. You say you've had a win and then buy houses for people, but no-one will know where the boundary line is. Then I would offload millions onto selected good causes, maybe £1 million each, and just get rid of most of it. Depends how much you've won of course. After that you would be left with a manageable amount to see you through life.

I’d go with your blueprint, Chestnut. Though if I won this sort of amount, I think I’d let the National Lottery keep half of it first for their good causes. That’d still leave me with plenty to play with.

Imagine paying that cheque into your current account!! Would struggle with the number of zeroes.
Think they’re crazy to have gone public. But rather their woes than being too broke to eat. They can always give most of it away.

I really wouldn’t want to win as much as that! But if by some miracle I did win a huge sum id probably sort family and friends and then sort my teeth out so that I can smile confidently - and no I wouldn’t tell anyone other then OH of course ?

GSM Over 900k was a lot of money in the late 70's early 80's ,strangely not long after that win a neighbour won an almost identical amount .They bought a house for themselves and their son's family ,still live locally and still together .

As I said, I'd want to get rid of it as quickly as possible! Dump £1 million each into numerous good causes after taking care of friends and family. That way you are not sitting on such a huge amount.

I think there is a danger of everyone wanting an input into how you should spend it. However, I would get so much pleasure from setting the family up and asking our local hospital etc what I can provide to improve diagnosis etc. then charities of course. I also feel that as Ghandi once said we are trapped by our possessions. Perhaps worries about burglaries or even kidnapping. Good health is the best blessing of all and there are only so many meals out, high tech gadgets, etc etc

grannyrebel7

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

I can relate to this. We don't do the Lottery, but OH and I sometimes daydream what we would do in this situation. We never can agree on priorities for how to share out the money so would most likely end up in the divorce courts.

I’d tell no one. I’d say my insurance is due to paid out at my nearest big birthday.
I’d buy my family reasonable but not extravagant houses.
I’ve worked as a volunteer for charities all my life and just can’t believe how VD much money is wasted, so NO I’d not give to any big charities. Local charities yes, providing they don’t have many paid employees.
I’d not definitely not tell my family or friends. Life would be too different if they knew.

Oops! Don’t know there the VD came from in my posting.

Blinko

grannyrebel7

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

I can relate to this. We don't do the Lottery, but OH and I sometimes daydream what we would do in this situation. We never can agree on priorities for how to share out the money so would most likely end up in the divorce courts.

That's easily solved. If you win jointly then put a third into a joint account for things you both want and then a third each into separate accounts. Problem solved! you get to do your own thing with your own money.

Personally I'd like to see a cap on single winnings of say 10 million, and the rest shared out between other players to a max of a million each.

I agree humpty

£1 million would certainly be a life changing sum for most folk.

Yes I remember at home with the braithwaites.it was really good.

Haha!! I worked out how I would spend 17 million in no time at all, if I ever got round to buying a ticket!!