Lottery - colleague just won big
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geeks said:
Haha yeah I know a couple of people who were gutted for the same reason, me included!
He has lots of tasty stuff, i shouldn't really give out too much but there is a McLaren, a very well sorted classic Ford Cosworth amongst others.
Still wears the same green hoody lol!
Excellent stuff. He has lots of tasty stuff, i shouldn't really give out too much but there is a McLaren, a very well sorted classic Ford Cosworth amongst others.
Still wears the same green hoody lol!
Seeing as you know him proper, I don't suppose you can tell us (and everyone I've ever spoken to about the lottery) but why did he go public? Do they offer you all sorts of amazing stuff for doing so? It's always bugged me that everyone seems to do it even though from the outside it seems like a terrible idea!
vescaegg said:
Excellent stuff.
Seeing as you know him proper, I don't suppose you can tell us (and everyone I've ever spoken to about the lottery) but why did he go public? Do they offer you all sorts of amazing stuff for doing so? It's always bugged me that everyone seems to do it even though from the outside it seems like a terrible idea!
It's a good question and one that he gets alot. Seeing as you know him proper, I don't suppose you can tell us (and everyone I've ever spoken to about the lottery) but why did he go public? Do they offer you all sorts of amazing stuff for doing so? It's always bugged me that everyone seems to do it even though from the outside it seems like a terrible idea!
Basically it was two fold...
One: He knew eventually it would get out, you can't in his mind at least hide that kind of money forever, the plans he had would have meant someone putting two and two together eventually and he figured it should come out on his terms without someone selling it to the daily fail or the sun.
Two: There are some additional benefits from Camelot to be had by going public
98elise said:
vescaegg said:
Guy I knew (not that well) won £108m. Last I heard on the rumour mill he bought a 100 acre estate down in Sussex and was bored out of his mind and not that happy....
He always seemed happy to me before he won but perhaps he wasn't particularly and the money hadn't helped.
He always has the option to go back to his old life. I'd guess he doesn't rich and "unhappy" is still better then the daily grind He always seemed happy to me before he won but perhaps he wasn't particularly and the money hadn't helped.
The problem is what you do when you're rich enough not to need to work. You soon realise that sitting in a big house watching day time TV is not that much different from being on the dole and having no mates.
You still need to do something to be social, and its surprising how much people get out of work other than money.
Then I'd visit Chernobyl, fama Gusta and all the other cool abandoned places I wanted to see.
After that I'd build myself a drift missile and learn the sacred art of skidding about
I suspect the trick to managing with a big win is much the same as the key to finding happiness without a big win: happiness comes from spending quality time with friends and family, not collecting objects (no matter how expensive or attractive).
For that reason I would be looking to give away all but a few million to friends and family, so they could all enjoy the same lifestyle and ability to enjoy hobbies etc that I would - it's no good owning your own private race track if you've got no-one to race on it!
For that reason I would be looking to give away all but a few million to friends and family, so they could all enjoy the same lifestyle and ability to enjoy hobbies etc that I would - it's no good owning your own private race track if you've got no-one to race on it!
98elise said:
He always has the option to go back to his old life. I'd guess he doesn't rich and "unhappy" is still better then the daily grind
The problem is what you do when you're rich enough not to need to work. You soon realise that sitting in a big house watching day time TV is not that much different from being on the dole and having no mates.
You still need to do something to be social, and its surprising how much people get out of work other than money.
I've had some pretty interesting and hetic jobs, I would not be bored never to work again, but then my wife and I would have lots of interests to do that would keep us busy!The problem is what you do when you're rich enough not to need to work. You soon realise that sitting in a big house watching day time TV is not that much different from being on the dole and having no mates.
You still need to do something to be social, and its surprising how much people get out of work other than money.
I think if the type of person who wins the lottery just goes to work then either sits infront of the tv all night, or in the pub in drinking may not find the money brings them much happiness.
Racing rabbit said:
One of the admin girls in our office won a million on the lottery.
Once she had bought a nice house (in Surrey!) and a Lotus Elise & Exige there wasn't a lot left...
Shocking isn't it? I suspect that I'd still be working if I won anything up to £1m.Once she had bought a nice house (in Surrey!) and a Lotus Elise & Exige there wasn't a lot left...
Between £2m and £3m would allow me to pack in work for good, but I'd have to protect the capital to live off the interest/investment income, so my lifestyle wouldn't change a great deal.
A 4 bedroomed detached house in a nice area in the South East can easily set you back £1m after all.
marmitemania said:
I can see your point and I can't see your point. How the f@ck would £108 million make you depressed. I would be happy as a pig in s
te. I think it is a lack of imagination in a lot of cases. I would spend some of my money on charities that's for sure but only charities in this country as I think that's only right. I would also not give them the money as it would just be wasted, instead I would ask them what they want and then buy it, if they didn't agree to that then no money.
Everyone is different. I also suspect it depends on what sort of friends you have before the win. I'm lucky in that I have friends at all ends of the social and fiscal scale. Imagine in you earn £30k and so do all your mates give or take. The richest bloke you actually know to pick the phone up and ask if they fancy a beer or three at the weekend is perhaps on £40k or £50kpa. All of a sudden you are so far removed from that World it is untrue. From that moment on there will be thousands of things you would love to do with your mates but which none of them can afford. Okay so you are happy to cover for them but how many will see it the wrong way? How many would quietly think "He's alright, got £100m+, surely he can give me a Million, he wouldn't even notice it and we have been mates for 30 years..." Seriously you can have some very nasty surprises in life over how people can truly be. Remember this isn't hard earned money either, it's good fortune, and so it's real in at the deep end stuff.te. I think it is a lack of imagination in a lot of cases. I would spend some of my money on charities that's for sure but only charities in this country as I think that's only right. I would also not give them the money as it would just be wasted, instead I would ask them what they want and then buy it, if they didn't agree to that then no money. Would I turn down a Lottery win? Hell no! If I won £100m would it scare the s
t out of me as much as excite me? Hell yes!As with everything though there will some people it would make and some it will and has broken.
Lots of people have said winning would be scary, I don't get why it would be at all scary?
Someone has just said to you 'here, here's £100mil live the best life possible do everything you've ever wanted to do, money is no object'
The last thing I'd ever think is 'ooo that's a bit scary now isn't it'
The first thing I'd think is 'Holy st, round the lads up we're going to Amsterdam......in ferraris' or something similar
Someone has just said to you 'here, here's £100mil live the best life possible do everything you've ever wanted to do, money is no object'
The last thing I'd ever think is 'ooo that's a bit scary now isn't it'
The first thing I'd think is 'Holy s
t, round the lads up we're going to Amsterdam......in ferraris' or something similarBoRED S2upid said:
DeuxCentCinq said:
I've always wondered how much I'd have to win to give up working.
At the moment, about a hundred quid...
A million would do me I could make a million last a long time! At the moment, about a hundred quid...
DannyScene said:
mart 63 said:
I won £1 million on the euro raffle last year, it didn’t last long though
Fast cars, coke and hookers? Still I bet it was the best new years party ever?I put a post on here last year on the evening and a photo of the ticket.
Kermit power said:
One thing I've always wondered is what happens logistically speaking when you find out you've just won the jackpot?
Iirc, any retailer will pay out up to a specific low limit, and I think Post Offices pay out for middling prizes, but if you've won the jackpot, do you have to get the ticket to Camelot in Watford or something?
Imagine going out for a few beers on a Friday night then checking your numbers on the way home, only to be told your ticket is worth £50m, and you've got to keep it safe until Monday morning!
IIRC you call them and they send a car to pick you up to take you to the HQ.Iirc, any retailer will pay out up to a specific low limit, and I think Post Offices pay out for middling prizes, but if you've won the jackpot, do you have to get the ticket to Camelot in Watford or something?
Imagine going out for a few beers on a Friday night then checking your numbers on the way home, only to be told your ticket is worth £50m, and you've got to keep it safe until Monday morning!
mart 63 said:
DannyScene said:
mart 63 said:
I won £1 million on the euro raffle last year, it didn’t last long though
Fast cars, coke and hookers? Still I bet it was the best new years party ever?I put a post on here last year on the evening and a photo of the ticket.
Sorry, shouldn't laugh, must've have been devastating at the time.
On the other hand....
Rude-boy said:
Would I turn down a Lottery win? Hell no! If I won £100m would it scare the st out of me as much as excite me? Hell yes!
Me too!t out of me as much as excite me? Hell yes!but to extend that further, if the £100m came with the stipulation that I had to "go public" with it, I'm not sure what I would do. Fairly good chance I'd turn it down tbh.
Edited by TheJimi on Tuesday 23 December 12:54
- TwigtheWonderkid said:Laugh about it myself now, it's only moneymart 63 said:DannyScene said:It lasted 30 minutes.The BBC Read my numbers out, went online to recheck and i was 1 number out.I wasn't to happy.mart 63 said:I won £1 million on the euro raffle last year, it didn’t last long thoughFast cars, coke and hookers? Still I bet it was the best new years party ever?
I put a post on here last year on the evening and a photo of the ticket.
Sorry, shouldn't laugh, must've have been devastating at the time.
On the other hand....
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