WWYD family and lottery

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If you won the big £67m lottery what would you do for all of your family (if anything?)
Personally I'd pay off all their debts and tell them not to ask me for handouts again. That way everyone is on a clean slate and level playing field.

That’s about $120 million Australian thud

I’d buy both the neighbours houses and chuck out the arseholes on one side then knock down their house and amalgamate their block of land into mine. I’d do the same with the neighbours on their other side (they’re dickheads too) I’d give the nice neighbour his house and also $200,00 for renovations. I’d also find someway to put $500K in trust for his little boy too. That’s probably $3 million gone.

I’d buy my house off my BIL, buy his house for him and buy a house in the village my inlaws live in Move my inlaws into the new house and knock down/rebuild their existing house and rent it out. That’s $3.0 million. I’d also give them $5 million each.

I’d buy a house for each of my kids (3 of them) and rent them out so they have income. When they’re ready to move out they’ve then got somewhere to live. That’s about $1.5 million.

Buy a house near the university for DD2 and encourage her to move in with 2 specific friends who are also going to the same uni. They can all live their rent free. When they graduate I’ll rent it out at a peppercorn rent for recipients of a specific scholarship. That’s another $1.0 million.

Cars for the kids and a new car for us - that’s about $120K.

I’d give my sister as much money as she needed to buy their retirement house when she’s ready (although I don’t think she needs the money, so it might have to be a charity donation in her name) as well as a lump sum of cash. That’s $5 million.

I’d give $5 million to both of my nieces.

I’d buy my parents a bungalow and pay for a cleaner and gardener in the UK and buold a house here (on my now triple block) so they could spend 6mths of the year here and 6mths of the year in the UK. That’s probably about $1.5 million outright. I’d also pay for whatever carers they might need as they get older.

My brother I’d give $5 million to on the proviso he uses the money to look after himself and to prioritise his health. I’d buy him a ground floor flat too.

I’d give the kids $200K each outright with $9.8 million invested. That’s another $30 million.

I’d donate $3 million to charity, share $5 amongst a few friends and enjoy my life on the remaining $42 million.

I’ve thought about anonymously putting money into my friends bank accounts. And just keeping quiet when they tell me they’ve had this huge deposit and the bank said it’s real and they can keep it.

They would eventually know it’s me when they’re invited over to my grade II listed Manor House for a pool Party & pamper night.

£2 mil each dc and sdc in trust fund, plus same for sdc younger sister. (12 mil)

£1 mil each to mine and dps siblings (7 mil)

£1 mil to my mum

£1 mil to dps exw so the sdc can have similar quality of life at their main home

£1000 to every child i know (friends dc)

£5 mil to charity

And spend the rest on me!

I'm amazed how little.relatively speaking people would give away. If I win 67 mn I would give at least 1/2 away - I'm not exactly going to struggle on 33.5mn. Even if I just invested that in something safe and boring with interest/income of just 1%, that would be an income of £335k annually.

Would probably give all our siblings at least £2m each, ensure our parents wanted for nothing by buying houses/cars/providing an income (none of them would accept much hard cold cash), give smaller lump amounts to extended family as well as to some friends. I would also set up a trust to pay for things like schooling or medical care for extended family and donate a big chunk to various charities around the world.

With the 33.5 left over I would put a huge amount into a trust yo pay expenses and provide an income, put aside some for dc, buy the most amazing house in the world and enjoy high end travel, shopping and dining.

If I won any amount above 2 million i would split it 50/50 with my sister. Our parents are dead and we're really close. She has had a tough time and I would not be able to enjoy the money if she didn't have it too. Anything between 1 and 2 million I'd give her a decent amount, probably pretty close to half, but I would want to have enough left over to sort myself out financial security.

Some interesting responses.
The reason I say I'd pay off all of their debts is because as a family we are relatively small and we don't really speak or see each other , the last time I saw 95% of my family was a year ago at my wedding..so I feel that getting them debt free is a generous enough gesture.

Not have to sell up to contribute along with others in the family to pay off another family members debt. It is nice to dream a way out.

I'd give each of my siblings something like £250,000 and offer to pay for school and university fees for my nieces and nephews. My parents - I don't know what they need. They wouldn't end up in a crappy care home, though, I would take care of all of that plus whatever would make them happy

I would pay off our debts, splurge on a mega fuck off holiday for us and all our best friends (big yacht in the south of France type thing). Then resign from work and set up a charitable foundation focusing on stuff that is close to our hearts

I've very few family and they can all do perfectly well by themselves with the exception of my favourite cousin who has a degenerative disease so I'd buy her a bungalow. I also have a friend needs a £17k wheelchair.
Otherwise I'd have fun being a secret millionaire! Gave away various chunks of money over the past year as I inherited some, some to charity eg air ambulance, local projects for disadvantages etc & have to say it was very pleasurable. Another thing I've been doing which also gives me immense pleasure is to do random acts eg buy some tickets to something I KNOW they'll love - and post them through their door or replace a stolen bike I've seen posts about on FB stolen from someone who needs it for getting to work and getting it delivered to them from the shop with a 'this is for you - enjoy it' note, completely anon.

So I'd love 67 million, that'd keep me going as a full time job for another 20 years till I retire! Problem is I do not buy lottery tickets.

I don't have family outside of our house hold. Nor do I have friends I see regularly.
I would not tell anyone.

I would buy a plane tickets for us all and sell everything and would go to live abroad and carry on my business whilst living in a much better house overlooking the Pacific.

Keep 30 million
Give children 10 million each (in trust for youngest)
Can't believe am saying this but give abusive ex father of youngest £100,00 to pay off mortgage (which would obviously benefit dc long term)
The other 6 million would be given 1m each to 2 cousins and 1 sibling and remainder to local charities.

I'd buy my mum and dad a house and car of their choice within a reasonable (large) budget and let them sell their existing one (which is mortgage free) and keep the money from that. I don't have siblings and I think I would keep the amount of the win secret from my close friends. One I would probably give 1 million too and tell her it was all I could give (she can be very entitled but I love her) then put 2 million each away in trust for each of her 2 kids but no access until they are 30. The rest some would be spent fixing the leaky windows,doors,roof on our farmhouse and bringing the machinery outside up to date and the kitchen etc inside the same then put away securely for our dds futures but in such a way that they couldn't just spend it the minute they turned 18 (dd1 has some additional needs and I worry about her that way already without us having money!) perhaps buying some land for them and ensuring some was in trust until they were older

Can't believe am saying this but give abusive ex father of youngest £100,00 to pay off mortgage (which would obviously benefit dc long term)*

NO do it in the form of a trust, so the £100K share of the house already belongs to your youngest. Do not give it to absive ex he will either not pay off the mortgage or bugger off with the £100K by saying it is his when house is eventually sold.

I should probably clarify that my DF would never accept money but would grudgingly pushed by DM accept a house and would get pleasure from a car or jeep of his dreams

I wouldn't tell my family I'd won anything. My sister's quite comfortably off and I'd invest money for my niece.

Ok, more of a plan now emerging . Id start a business and look to be expanding it over a period of a couple of years. Starting with a average four bed detatched house and then, after ‘business going well’ for a while, upgrade. Same with type of car. ‘Business trips’ to foreign countries to show how committed i am. ‘Swamped with work atm’ comments every so often.

Would have to keep the business official name quiet to avoid then checking companies house .

That way people would be less likely to expect hand-outs because it is earned money and not free money.

Brw the ‘change my name and move’ comment made me howl!

Bil's would get a half mil each, except one who'd get a million. Sil would have 2mil in a trust for her care as she gets older.
M&f -il a house and luxury holiday.
My parents a house and 5 mil.
Grandfather private healthcare/nurse
Aunts and uncles I'd pay off debts/mortgages
Two cousins I'd do the same the others would get a gift of £5-10k.
We wouldn't tell anyone but my parents the amount because dh family would never leave us alone (we're skint now doesn't stop requests for money weekly )
I think/daydream about this alot

I would set myself up a housing association for victims of domestic violence. Buy and do up loads of houses and rent them out cheaply, as I would only have to pay improvement costs and tax, plus pay for a small maintenance and admin team. Too many people stuck in dangerous relationships because they can’t afford to leave. Only take referrals from shelters so I don’t get chancers.

My family are all narc arseholes so they’ll get bugger all.

I'm an only child and my parents are deceased, and I'm a single parent, so no in-laws, so I would tell no one and just quietly go and live permanently in my holiday house.