Lottery is a bit crap

Lottery is a bit crap

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V8LM

5,166 posts

208 months

Thursday 28th January 2016
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
TTmonkey said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Exactly. "This might be the winning ticket" when she knows damn well it isn't is an attempt to obtain money by deception.
She says she's never made a claim. She said she had a ticket which had been washed, and she asked Camelot if it was the winning ticket. She apparently never made an official claim that the ticket was the winning ticket. Which I think is probably enough to stop her being prosecuted. Lack of evidence. To attempt to defraud the lottery you have to make a claim.
Was it a coincidence that the washed ticket had the correct numbers? How did that happen? The ticket must've been bought after the draw. Why do you think she did that? People are often prosecuted for planning illegal activity, or conspiring to commit illegal activity, long before they do it.
The fact that I don't think she has said "Oh what a bad piece of luck, I must have chosen these numbers the week before." or "I buy a ticket each week and this week I chose these numbers because I had seem them somewhere, silly me" says a lot.

KingNothing

3,159 posts

152 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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Wednesday's draw netted you £883 for 5 balls, think we're headed to £50 million "must be won" again in a few weeks time.

Pork

9,453 posts

233 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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KingNothing said:
Wednesday's draw netted you £883 for 5 balls, think we're headed to £50 million "must be won" again in a few weeks time.
Agreed, might play again then.

Ironically, 4 of my old 'regular' numbers came out on Wednesday. Shame I don't play them regularly anymore, it would have been £93. With odds of 2,179:1, the return of £93 would have been terrible anyway, I've probably saved half that since stopping!

Pork

9,453 posts

233 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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KingNothing said:
Wednesday's draw netted you £883 for 5 balls, think we're headed to £50 million "must be won" again in a few weeks time.
1 ticket won £32m. Very nice!

One UK ticket won £24m on the Euro Friday. That'll go pretty much unmentioned I suspect, a great one to have won if you want anonymity,

robinessex

11,046 posts

180 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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Yes, I'd like to win mega millions. And yes, quite frankly, it's a stupid amount for the average man in the street, who, unless he goes bonkers couldn't spend all of it sensibly. I’d rather more people won say £10M each time. That’s plenty for 99% of the winners. My lottey spend has gone down since the new format came in.

TwigtheWonderkid

43,248 posts

149 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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There's every chance the £32m has been won by a syndicate. Just because there's only 1 winner doesn't mean 20 or 30 people aren't sharing it.

robinessex

11,046 posts

180 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
There's every chance the £32m has been won by a syndicate. Just because there's only 1 winner doesn't mean 20 or 30 people aren't sharing it.
I'll bet if it's a syndicate, it'll get publicity. Hard to keep that quiet !!

Pork

9,453 posts

233 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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robinessex said:
I'll bet if it's a syndicate, it'll get publicity. Hard to keep that quiet !!
A syndicate of friends won one of the £50m-odd euromillions in Ireland a week or two back. They haven't taken publicity but I suspect they'll be known in their local area.

moanthebairns

17,918 posts

197 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshir...

Mrs Cannings, who still works as a teacher, said: "I know it sounds mad, but we had a guy in to paint the whole house.

"We'd been planning it for ages and had packed everything into boxes.

"We just thought it would be easier to wait, although it did mean that Gerry had to carry round the winning ticket in his wallet all week.

"It was very nerve-wracking."

Sorry, but what a couple of fannies. Ah we'll put off claiming £32 million as we have the painter coming this week, the bd might want more.

Bluedot

3,574 posts

106 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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moanthebairns said:
Sorry, but what a couple of fannies. Ah we'll put off claiming £32 million as we have the painter coming this week, the bd might want more.
Came on here to post the same thing, don't understand any logic in it.
You have a piece of paper worth 32.5 million and you decide to keep it in your wallet for a week.
banghead



soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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"We just want to carry on as boringly and normally as we always have."

Says it all.

Old Merc

3,486 posts

166 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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soad said:
"We just want to carry on as boringly and normally as we always have."

Says it all.
Big mistake going public,they will never have normal lives ever again.
OK you guys,if it was you who won £32 million would you go public or not? or how could you keep it a secret?


Bullett

10,873 posts

183 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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I think we've done this a few times but I'd keep it secret.
Probably very very quiet for a few months, jack in work and tell them I'm going consulting/set up on my own/having a change of direction.
I'd then probably blag I'd won a lesser amount and got one of those supercar club memberships because suddenly turning up to a friends in a Ferrari might raise a few eyebrows. But actually own the cars.


Pork

9,453 posts

233 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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I'd never go public but if I did, I'd definitely tell the conference I plan to spunk a load of money on flash cars, realising some of my and my wife's dreams and enabling friends and family to realise some dreams of their own. Oh, and charidee too.

Surely that's what Camelot want you to say if you go public? The "we're not giving up work and won't move house" sorts don't sell tickets.




Paul_M3

2,356 posts

184 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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"Mr Cannings said he wants to upgrade his Skoda Octavia to a Volvo or a Skoda Superb, because he cannot currently fit his golf clubs in his boot."

Living the dream.

Pork

9,453 posts

233 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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On a separate note, the people who beat the same odds and won 'only' £6.7m might feel a little hard done by!

moanthebairns

17,918 posts

197 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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He's talking out his arse. I can fit all this in my octavia boot it's the leader in its class. Actually I can fit more now I've practiced tetris

WilsonWilson

517 posts

148 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2016
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A lot of people will be moaning about Wednesday's result - five numbers win £15. On Saturday matching five got £1800.

I guess 7 isn't such a lucky number.

ikarl

3,730 posts

198 months

Thursday 24th March 2016
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That's ridiculous.

3 numbers gets £25
4 numbers gets £51
5 numbers gets £15
(5+bonus gets £10k)

WTF

confused

Those numpties running it have truly fked it up

SilverSpur

20,911 posts

246 months

Thursday 24th March 2016
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If your going to bet a pattern of numbers, then you have to accept that other people are going to as well.

Would love to know what the jackpot payout would have been if 28 had come out too...... ,!