I won the lottery (a few years ago) AMA

[NCuserer]

NC for this as I remained anonymous, which was fairly pointless as I did tell some family and friends and it spread from there.

@Stonelovelace

Wow…..I’m surprised you only gave friends ‘gifts’. I always though I’d be left with half of my winnings after giving money to closed friends and family. Couldn’t imagine maintaining the relationships with so much more money than them. Although I have friends now that are worth several times me; it was earn’t money (well paid careers and investments) So I’ve never thought about it. But if any of us were lucky to ‘win’ millions I would have thought I’d receive and/or give out a big chunk to my close knit circle ? Maybe I’m being naive

Yes you are 🙄

The only things of which we can be certain ;

It may or may not be true
The Mirror culled the substance for an article - clicks created
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and no animals were hurt in the production of this story

Onwards and upwards...

@Bluesheep8

It's already been discovered upthread that this is a fake thread posted by a journalist and lifted into The Daily Mirror. Why are posters still asking the OP questions?!

No, it hasn’t been ‘discovered’.

How marvellous, congratulations.

I know someone that won £1 million. They told everybody and lots of people expected gifts or to have everything paid for when we went out. They spent most of it on a house and still work.

I would only tell DH.

You seem well-grounded and still having almost 10 million of a near 14 million win, sounds amazing. I always expected lottery winners to be more frivolous. You can always use the rest to invest in the future if you wished or start your own business etc.

I’m curious though, even if you want your son to work hard, be self-sufficient, and you’d support him fully etc, have you decided thought to set up a trust fund for him? Do you think that would change his outlook to life if he does have a trust fund?

Also those entitled and grabby family members, did they ever apologise? Are the more supportive friends and family members now mortgage free?

What about scholarships? Have you ever thought of setting up your own grant funding scheme?

@Bluesheep8

It's already been discovered upthread that this is a fake thread posted by a journalist and lifted into The Daily Mirror. Why are posters still asking the OP questions?!

Discovered? How?

It has been suggested that this may be the case. I've not seen any evidence to back that up. It's just as likely that the Mirror has lifted this for themselves.

@magicstar1

I do find this thread a bit weird. I think the best part of winning that amount of money would be to give some to family and friends. DH and I have often gone through a list of what we'd do etc. (as a bit of fun). I can't imagine just sticking it all in the bank and not sharing.

I agree. Just seems a bit of a shitty thing to do.

There's a touch of the Meghan's about the OP's attitude to her dad

Omg can’t believe Meghan bashing is following me to this very unrelated thread.

@bollihigh

There's a touch of the Meghan's about the OP's attitude to her dad

@bollihigh

There's a touch of the Meghan's about the OP's attitude to her dad

Give over.

We need Meghan bingo cards on here.

It's getting a bit ridiculous now 😂

I won a lucky dip last night so maybe on Saturday I will be a millionaire too 🤞🏻

@bollihigh

There's a touch of the Meghan's about the OP's attitude to her dad

My dad is a cunt. That makes me nothing like MM.

@bollihigh

There's a touch of the Meghan's about the OP's attitude to her dad

You really showed your hand there and confirmed what a lot of people were already thinking. You’ve had a nasty know-it-all troll hunting attitude from the beginning.

@bollihigh

There's a touch of the Meghan's about the OP's attitude to her dad

Who is Meghan?

It’s some going to turn a lighthearted, fun possibly made up thread about a lottery win into an excuse to bash MM.

You have NO IDEA about the OP and her father. He might have beat her with a baseball bat every night of her childhood.

@Stonelovelace

Wow…..I’m surprised you only gave friends ‘gifts’. I always though I’d be left with half of my winnings after giving money to closed friends and family. Couldn’t imagine maintaining the relationships with so much more money than them. Although I have friends now that are worth several times me; it was earn’t money (well paid careers and investments) So I’ve never thought about it. But if any of us were lucky to ‘win’ millions I would have thought I’d receive and/or give out a big chunk to my close knit circle ? Maybe I’m being naive

If your friends are worth several times more than you already, why aren't they giving you money right now then?? You are naive, I think it's extremely uncouth to think you should be expected money from a friend, just because they have it, and you don't. If any of my friends won a decent amount of money, the amount I would expect coming my way, would be; zero.

OP, Congratulations.

You seem sensible but there's one thing you said that stood out to me. You wrote, "And yes, I do 3 -4 days of volunteering, I'd probably die of boredom if I didn't".

You have to think out of the box. With the money you have you shouldn't have to fulfill yourself with designer handbags and holidays. There's no need to risk taking volunteering slots away from people who need them because they are lonely or have no other choice of what they can do.

You are financially capable of starting your own charity if that's what you're into.

Although I didn't win the lottery (yet) this is what I have done with my time and $.

I had built a large building, paid for it outright, and started a business for my descendants to either carry on or start others businesses or projects. It's versatile. I also had lots and lots of land and so on some of it, I planted hundreds trees/shrubs (decades ago) and now have a lovely park full of unusual and rare (for the area) trees. It's filled with wildlife and birds. My family will enjoy it for years to come.

I'm not into fancy handbags, holidays and only hoping my descendants to be good little employees/workers for someone else.

I also write - research things I'm interested in. I haven't been employed by anyone for about 40 years and I've never been bored a day in my life.

Don't leave money to strangers at a charity to decide what to do with it. You make the world a better place while you are still alive.

@bollihigh

There's a touch of the Meghan's about the OP's attitude to her dad

Oh do fuck off, there's a good chap.

I love threads like this. Thank you for sharing, OP.

I'm wondering what a private bank account is, how it's different from a normal one and why you need it? Many thanks for answering.

@SandAndSea

I love threads like this. Thank you for sharing, OP.

I'm wondering what a private bank account is, how it's different from a normal one and why you need it? Many thanks for answering.

same i would like to know

OP, could you explain why it took you a whole month to choose which private bank to go with, and another whole month for the Lottery to transfer your winnings?

According to the National Lottery, once they've checked your ID, the money is usually transferred within hours. In fact they state that for weekend wins they usually come to visit you on the Monday as the banks need to be open for them to transfer the money.

I smell a rat, and possibly a creative writing exercise.

@24hoursfromtulsa

OP, could you explain why it took you a whole month to choose which private bank to go with, and another whole month for the Lottery to transfer your winnings?

According to the National Lottery, once they've checked your ID, the money is usually transferred within hours. In fact they state that for weekend wins they usually come to visit you on the Monday as the banks need to be open for them to transfer the money.

I smell a rat, and possibly a creative writing exercise.

From the very start I suspect someone going through serious financial worries, probably not working with lots of time on hands, and wanted to create a dream - very far from own reality.

The laughable interest rate she quoted was the nail in the coffin

I don't understand your maths.

You used to earn 1800 a month, you say you now earn more interest a month than you did in 9 months working (so £16k a month interest?) How does that translate to 65k per year?