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just seen on the news....

Jeez.

"I'll no be swapping my car, that one is quite reliable....., and we might move house"



If you don't want the opportunity (lucky chance) to change your life, why buy a £2 ticket in the first place??

Can fully understand that they are probably still in shock at the mahoosive windfall, but had 3 days to prepare for the news conference given they went public.... :cuckoo::cuckoo::cuckoo:

Personally would have got it a bit slicker than that!

Yes I am learning to fly a helicopter, and then, yes I will be buying one.
I will be sorting my mates for life
Architects have already been commissioned for the pad, complete with 32 car garage and helipad
And yes, I will be spending an obscene amount of money on camera gear.
Oh and I quite fancy my own golf course.
 
Lynton said:
just seen on the news....

Jeez.

"I'll no be swapping my car, that one is quite reliable....., and we might move house".
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Wife's response, "I'll be swapping my car!"
It's her ticket apparantly, I think he'll need to exercise care :D
 
Lynton said:
Yes I am learning to fly a helicopter, and then, yes I will be buying one.
I will be sorting my mates for life
Architects have already been commissioned for the pad, complete with 32 car garage and helipad
And yes, I will be spending an obscene amount of money on camera gear.
Oh and I quite fancy my own golf course.
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Quite

Except I wouldn't be telling anyone any of that, because I sure as hell wouldn't be going public. 3 weeks from now I'd be thinking up some story about how I acquired a significant sum of money, say, £500k, and a couple of years from now I'd have my story ready on how I turned that into a couple of mill. Nobody needs to know how much you have. That said, my closest family and friends would be nicely taken care of, so I suppose word might get out.

5D2 and every bit of L glass Canon make would be sat on my shelf :D
Ferrari California or Aston Martin DB9 would be sat in the garage

Don't get people who don't allow it to change their lives. Doesn't have to change you, but it does change your life.
 
Even worse for me ! i bought my ticket in polmont to !!!
 
I would have been gone as soon as I had the money. :lol:

And didn't they say they're even going to buy a ticket for next weeks? Why? :thinking:
 
Mank said:
I would have been gone as soon as I had the money. :lol:

And didn't they say they're even going to buy a ticket for next weeks? Why? :thinking:
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because that £7.80 WILL change their lives!
 
Squawk said:
Quite

Except I wouldn't be telling anyone any of that, because I sure as hell wouldn't be going public. 3 weeks from now I'd be thinking up some story about how I acquired a significant sum of money, say, £500k, and a couple of years from now I'd have my story ready on how I turned that into a couple of mill.
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Ok, that would explain away the interest...........;)
 
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£161m is an obsene amount of money

they are 'normal' working people and will NOT know how to adjust to that amount
regardless of the amounts she said would go to Charities and family/friends

a FAR better idea IMO is the way a US city [Chicago?] did things
they sold tickets
if $161million was raised, they pulled 161 tickets to create 161 millionaires

MOST would be happy with $1m ...and so 161 people benefited :thumbs:
 
£161m. Put it into savings and live off the half the interest, with the other half topping up the lump sum. Give small amounts away regularly to worthy causes. Give yourself the odd treat
 
If I won 161 million, I'd probably struggle to spend it, so sharing 100 million between friends and family wouldn't see me any worse off in real terms, leaving 61 million to live off in serious luxury of course :)

But yeah...the winners....erm...not much I want to say about that to be honest
 
PatrickO said:
Well they do call it the Stupid Tax.
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I wouldn't mind a £161mil rebate.

I certainly wouldn't go public with it, perfect way to lose the friends you have and find a lot you never knew existed.
 
The interest is something like £10k a day!! Shoukd be able to live off that.

I dont unsterstand the people that win huge amounts but refuse to spend it or change thier lives. I'd be buying everything I ever wanted as soon as I got the money.
Sort my close familly out with a million each, sort out a few charities Im close to with enough to keep them going for a while. then stick the rest in the bank and live in luxury.

I'd also quite like to just randomly give random worthy people life changing amounts. Not the people who come crawling to you asking for money cos they need a new car, but genuine people who are struggling, but dont complain and just get on with it. Maybe not even give them money, but pay off a mortgage or cover medical bills.. whatever. Just something that will change thier lives for the better.

One thing I always wanted to do though which is a gross waste of money is go into the local Mercedes dealership that threw me and my boss out once because we "looked untidy" even though he was actually genuinely going to buy a car there, we just happened to be in our dirty workwear when we went in.
I'd dress as dirty and as scruffy as possible, I'd then pick the most expenisve car they have in the showroom available to drive away and then drive it straight into the next most expensive car they have. Then leave the cash to cover the costs and walk out calmly. That would pretty much make my life.. stuck up Bas........
 
Yardbent said:
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£161m is an obsene amount of money

they are 'normal' working people and will NOT know how to adjust to that amount
regardless of the amounts she said would go to Charities and family/friends

a FAR better idea IMO is the way a US city [Chicago?] did things
they sold tickets
if $161million was raised, they pulled 161 tickets to create 161 millionaires

MOST would be happy with $1m ...and so 161 people benefited :thumbs:
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Which as far as I can remember is similar to the way Richard Branson wanted to run the lottery.
 
Steep said:
. . . perfect way to lose the friends you have and find a lot you never knew existed.
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Exactly. I have absolutely no interest in "big money", flash cars and a big house when I'd much rather have my own good health and be content with life in general, along with a roof over my head with all bills bang-up to date.
Even if for some reason I won a huge sum of money, I'd find it too overwhelming as I wouldn't know what to do with it or where to put myself, along with attracting too much unwanted attention. That has to be a horrible feeling to be honest as it'll change my life . . . for the worst.

I'd be happy with £1,610, never mind £161 million!
 
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I don't think they can even comprehend their wealth. They might treat their family to a meal this Sunday at the bernie inn. Then back to work Monday....?
 
Anyone remember Dolores McNamara, the Irish woman that won the 115 million euro draw back in 1995? Her family had to go into hiding after numerous kidnap plots and death threats......
 
Have to say it was a pretty stupid decision to go public - you'd be looking over your shoulder for ever more - especially when you can be picked out from a 1000 yards 'cause you look like a couple of Teletubbies.

One thing I wouldn't buy with that sort of money though is the helicopter or light aircraft. How many of those do we regularly see bounce with a celeb on board let alone those you've never heard of. I'd stick to first class on the big stuff.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Anyone remember Dolores McNamara, the Irish woman that won the 115 million euro draw back in 1995? Her family had to go into hiding after numerous kidnap plots and death threats......
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You hit the nail on the head, nobody remembers. A few months down the line and we will all have forgot about this new couple, they will have had time to decide what to do with the money and if they want to move location.

Good luck to them.

PS as to 161 individual 1M winners, no way, it should roll over until it's won no matter how high the prizes gets.


they are 'normal' working people and will NOT know how to adjust to that amount
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How the hell do you know if they can adjust, that's just a totally stupid statement.
 
I'd want it all in £100 notes and just sit surrounded by it for a bit, then stick it into a nice steady interest account at say 6% and live on the daily £25kish interest, what I didn't spend daily could go to charity.
I might of course buy my local football teams derby rivals, and, close them down.:razz:
 
PatrickO said:
Well they do call it the Stupid Tax.
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I had this discussion with our tame mathmetician at work.

Some say that he can calculate what species of butterfly flapped it's wings and caused the earthquake. Some say he can remember pi exactly. All we know is that he is called... (Dr) Dave. :cool:

He shared your viewpoint and to some extent so do I. Anyone seriously expecting to win needs a reality check.

On the other hand, for a relatively small sum of money partly given to charity in return for the bit of fun of thinking what you would do with the winnings - well :shrug:
 
Oggy said:
I had this discussion with our tame mathmetician at work.

Some say that he can calculate what species of butterfly flapped it's wings and caused the earthquake. Some say he can remember pi exactly. All we know is that he is called... (Dr) Dave. :cool:

He shared your viewpoint and to some extent so do I. Anyone seriously expecting to win needs a reality check.

On the other hand, for a relatively small sum of money partly given to charity in return for the bit of fun of thinking what you would do with the winnings - well :shrug:
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To some extent I agree. If you play the lottery with a view to positive expectation you're on a looser. If you want to gamble to make money, learn to play poker properly.

The lottery is about a small risk for a life changing experience that will in all probability never happen. I play about 4 times per year, only big jackpots, for the simple reason that it's the perfect way to ration myself. 4 goes at 2 quid a pop is not an investment, it's a waste of money that might, just possibly, change my life forever.

Though on a side note, a jackpot of 160 million is borderline a sound investment, given that the long term expected value of winning is actually just above break even.

If nothing else it serves to highlight how we are all different, knowing the different ways we would use it. I think I'd find the greatest pleasure from helping other people with it.
 
Their nightmares started, EuroMillions winners flee to Spain as the begging letters pour in asking for cut of £161m fortune Clicky Linky

What possessed them into going public
 
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Just Dave said:
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What possessed them into going public
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Naive people who've led a very ordinary life, I'm sure they were told by Camelot of the risks involved but they know better.

I'm fully expecting to read in a few months how one of their family has been kidnapped, from now on they'll need to adopt the kind of security measures all of the rich famous people have, bodyguards, high walls, security cameras.

The thing that puts me off doing the lottery is the millions and millions of tickets they must have sold without their being a winner, just the chance of there being a winner in your town must be millions to one let alone you winning it.
 
wack61 said:
The thing that puts me off doing the lottery is the millions and millions of tickets they must have sold without their being a winner,
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Surely that's the whole point of a lottery / raffle / tombola / draw ....

wack61 said:
just the chance of there being a winner in your town must be millions to one let alone you winning it.
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Erm no - chances of winning A prize on the normal lottery (i.e. weds or sat one) is approx 1:50 (give or take a little)

So if town < 50 population and/or not everyone buys a ticket then yes. However most towns have 1000 or more people in them, so I am sure that for any given random town someone will win.
 
Surprisingly enough theres been 3 Lottery winners that have gone public in Chorley, one of them a bus driver only won £2,302,668 so has gone back to work Clicky
 
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Lynton said:
Erm no - chances of winning A prize on the normal lottery (i.e. weds or sat one) is approx 1:50 (give or take a little)

So if town < 50 population and/or not everyone buys a ticket then yes.
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Erm no - the chances don't change on population size, if it's 1:50 for one ticket then it's 1:50 for each individual ticket regardless of how many are bought.

I think the odds on a jackpot win for the UK lottery is 1:57mil, if I buy 6 lines I have 6 single 1:57mil chances (not 6:57mil)
 
Judging from their interview the real one to benefit from this windfall will be the person who opens a chippy next to them.
 
Why go Public....? now every gold digger and hit man/kidnapper knows who you are....80)
 
Steep said:
Erm no - the chances don't change on population size, if it's 1:50 for one ticket then it's 1:50 for each individual ticket regardless of how many are bought.

I think the odds on a jackpot win for the UK lottery is 1:57mil, if I buy 6 lines I have 6 single 1:57mil chances (not 6:57mil)
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ha ha ha.... how I love to be misquoted.....

The odds of wining the jackpot in the normal lottery (6 no's from 49) is approx 1 in 13.7 million. The odds of wining a prize is approx 1 in 58.

Therefore if you buy 2 tickets (of random numbers) , the odds halve as each line is mutually exclusive / independent of the other. (assuming the randomness is not so random it is identical)




What I was referring to above, is someone said "whats the chances of someone in my town winning a prize" - to which the correct response is very high, assuming an average take up of lottery tickets and an average size town. (i.e. a town would have more than 58 inhabitants who would buy a ticket)

I completely agree that the odds remain the same irrespective of no of tickets bought. That is obvious.
 
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they have apparantly disappeared off to spain with their kids to escape the money grabbers already, their local sorting office is stock piling letters to them address "the wiers" (think that was their surname) and their contemplating whether to deliver them or not
 
What kind of waste of space writes to a lottery winner to demand money?! It is an absolute cheek to think strangers that you've never done a thing for would give you money. Post office should just send the whole lot to be recycled.

Even if you don't go public that kind of wealth would become known about somehow.
 
Lynton said:
What I was referring to above, is someone said "whats the chances of someone in my town winning a prize" - to which the correct response is very high, assuming an average take up of lottery tickets and an average size town. (i.e. a town would have more than 58 inhabitants who would buy a ticket)
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The point I was making was that there's no* difference in the chances of someone in a town winning a prize if one person buys a ticket or 58 buy one, as you yourself say each line or ticket is mutually exclusive. The 58 tickets exist in their own little universes and each has an identical chance of winning or losing.

* possibly miniscule, I'm not enough of a mathematician to be certain.
 
There is a huge difference of a person in your town winning if more people buy tickets.

Look at it this way. If the odds of winning the lottery are 14 mill-1 (they are near enough for teh normal lottery, not for euromillions), and the entire population of London buys a ticket (lets say 7 million people just for the sake of argument), the odds of a winning ticket in london are 2-1, as likely to win as not.

Same applies in your village. The odds of any individual ticket winning are 14 mill to 1, but if you have 50 different combo's of numbers, the odds of hitting all 6 somewhere in the village are 250k-1, near enough.
 
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Squawk said:
Look at it this way. If the odds of winning the lottery are 14 mill-1 (they are near enough for teh normal lottery, not for euromillions), and the entire population of London buys a ticket (lets say 7 million people just for the sake of argument), the odds of a winning ticket in london are 2-1, as likely to win as not.
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Not quite right. each ticket must be unique for that theory to work.
 
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