What would you do / who would you share with if you won the lottery?

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I did the Euromillions on Friday night (think the jackpot was £30 million?) and I got an email to say I had won a prize.

I knew deep down obviously I hadn't outright won the lottery but it got me excited as I was thinking imagine I login to my account and it says I've won the whole £30 million!! But i only won £2.50!!

I was sitting thinking how I'd pay my mortgage off, buy a new car, and go on a nice holiday etc

If you won the lottery, what you do with it?

Would you go public or keep it private? I'd keep my win private, although it'd be quite difficult to I think as news is bound to spread.

Who would you give money to? I'd give a lot to charity, and my immediate family and very close friends, and then I'd put a good amount away for my DCs for their futures.

Would it be selfish if I didn't give anything to distant relatives? e.g cousins I don't talk to?

i would give some money to certain cat charities i support , a decent sum to each of my 3 children, book a luxury holiday to the caribean, get OH a new car, pay decorators etc to do the work on the house we are buying while i was on holiday so i come home to a redecorated, new carpeted house, and then the rest would stay in the bank

My children. Some to my ex H to encourage him to FRO abroad as he always does when he has some money. A couple of good friends who I would want to be able to treat themselves for once. My dd's school, which doesn't have a sixth form but would like to have one so I would give them what they needed to get that up and running.

There’s very few people I’d give money to, tbh! My DC would get a good chunk each. I’d give up work definitely. I’ve always loved languages so I would most likely go to various countries that interest me and spend a year in each learning a bit of the language, exploring etc. A couple of years ago I spent six months in Japan attending a language school there to learn the basics and I loved it so I think I’d be happy doing that on a permanent basis. My DC are grown up and I have no partner so no ties here really.

I’d definitely stay private. Obviously family and friends would inevitably find out but I would want press photos etc.

I’ve always said first thing we’d do is book a fancy holiday and find a money advisor person.
Second would be to start therapy

@Chancewouldbeafinethlng I'd stay private too. The thought of going public and everybody knowing and being hounded for money would be horrific.

I'd only tell immediate family e.g my mum, brother, sister, my DH, DCs as well as my mother and father in law. I wouldn't tell anybody else apart from that but of course it would come out eventually unfortunately

I would give my children sufficient to buy a good family home and my ex husband sufficient to come and stay in the uk - ideally an annex to my home , so that he could see the children regularly. I would give his very poor family sufficient to help their subsistence farming business so they could afford to farm more and sell some of their goods for a profit.. I would buy a house with a space to build a bungalow for my parents .. and then tell my husband he could retire .. and we can buy a narrow boat and sail away for a couple of years until I have to come back and care for my parents .. job done.

We'd give to parents, some to DH's siblings, some to my auntie and a chunk invested for DS.

Book a nice holiday and have the house done up a bit.

Go into work, do a big poo on my boss' desk and stick a flag in it telling them to stick their job. (Just kidding, but I'd definitely resign the second the money hit the bank account).

If I won the lotto I would defiantly keep it private
Would sell our house and buy nice plot of land and have own house designed and built with no neighbours as such but plenty of land for a small holding

I would give my parents money my brother and sister in law but I'd like to surprise them by somehow sneaking the money into their bank accounts

For my DC I would invest money for them as well as put some in savings so that they had an easier future with no money worries

I would go to countries that I've wanted to visit and it would be nice to have the chance to stay in top class hotels when on holidays

I would also share the money with my DH and leave it down to him with who he would share it with his family and what he'd want to do or invest in etc

And lastly I think I would have a full make over get the full pamper new wardrobe style etc not cosmetic surgery though

If I won the lottery I would make sure that family & friends were looked after but then I would spend the rest of my life giving the money away.
There are some charities I would support but then I would step in to support people in immediate difficulties. There are stories all the time in local papers & online where a quick injection of cash would smooth the path of people who are struggling.

I would stay private as well but give money in trust to my children, also to my parents, brother (and his family) and DH’s family. I’d also give a lump sum to several of my closest friends so that could do something like pay off their mortgages or move etc.

I’d share with my sister- if it was a huge euro millions amount my DH may want to give a lump sum to his mum- I’d buy a bigger house, new car, give up work and buy a holiday villa somewhere for all the family to use through the year.

Family wise there's only my Mum who I'd give any to and then my best friend who is more like a sister, that brings up problems though because she's unhappily married to an arsehole and I hate the thought of giving him any.
I also have a more distant friend who I'd help out and two customers who are lovely, I know they both struggle financially and I'd love to give them a million.

I'd ensure that everyone I love has a home that will meet their needs for the foreseeable future, and get my own renovated. I'd create a trust to ensure my daughters' future security, and of course retain some for any needs I might have in old age.

Then I'd set about creating a charitable trust to donate the rest. I have some specific causes close to my heart, but I'd also want to take advice so that my money could do the most good.

Private here too. Half to my STBXH as he has been financially generous in our divorce (I don’t see/speak to him at all but still). £100k each to my team of eight at work, my six closest friends and my next door neighbour.

£1m to siblings, nieces and nephews would leave me with £7.5m for me & DD (out of £30m).

My parents have got plenty of cash and wouldn’t want a thing.

Depends how much i won

If it was a decent amount (more than £1million) id pay off the mortgage, put some aside to fund the dc's education if they decide to go to uni, give some (anonymously) to friends who are struggling,

if it was a ridiculous amount then a lot would probably go to charity, specifically charities that are involve with research/treatment for things that have affected out family directly.

im pretty sure dh would like to donate some alot to his favourite football club too

I would ensure that DC are OK. I would buy them a property (for the future) and set up a trust fund for education for future generations - a colleague I worked with many moons ago partner's family did this and I have often thought it was a good idea. Children get the benefit of a great education but no lumps sums which cause issues to those who may not benefit.
Then I would look to give the majority away.
(for me I would like a house with a small holding attached so I could grow my own fruit & vegetable and perhaps re home some battery chickens).

I wouldn’t tell anybody except DH. I would do a few things to our house and put away a nice chunk for ds. I’d put some away for my much younger sister. My parents are comfortable. My brother is too.

My older sister is a greedy bitch and nothing would be enough for her so I wouldn’t give her anything.

Dh wouldn’t want to give his sisters anything either and his parents are comfortable.

I’d give to several different organisations

I'd buy a beautiful penthouse apartment in London. My dh and I would do some serious travelling. First class all the way round the world. I'd buy many many handbags.
I'd give some of my friends a few quid. Plus I'd buy my parents anything they wanted

Hard to keep it private if you won millions I would think. Make provision for my children firstly. I would share with the relatives I like, not many of those! My loyal friends, and make donations to certain charities that are close to my heart.

I'd stay private. Listen to all the advice from specialist lottery people.

People: kids, some sort of fund for the family kids we're closest to (6 of them) for their education. Parents - sort out their housing
Siblings: take a chunk off their mortgages.

Us: pay off the mortgage and finish all the "when we have the money" jobs and, like a pp, make sure I was on holiday whilst bits were being done.

I would certainly keep it private. I don't have a mortgage any more, but I would buy myself a new house with a swimming pool and sauna, fabulous kitchen and large music room. I would also buy a new car.
I would have my current house knocked down and project manage a new build, would probably rent it out then.
Travel would be high on the agenda as well as something like a Cordon Bleu cookery course.
I would probably share the news with my boyfriend and we might both retire and get married.
Depending on how I was feeling, I might give some money to the rest of my family and make a donation to my old school, possibly funding a couple of scholarships.
I would also ask my oldest friend how much she needed to enable her to retire now rather than waiting to age 67.
That's about it really.

I would try to stay private but, know the lottery don't generally give support for people who do.

Once I receive the money I would cancel my claim to UC and PIP. (Even though legally I can claim PIP despite it, I couldn't in good conscience claim it)

I would start looking for a reasonably sized house for me to settle down in. Making it comfortable to live and get a dog. I would pay for therapy twice a week rather than once.

I would then set up two savings accounts where I would transfer a million each for my daughters. It would be put in the will I would get next to state that the money is not to be accessed until they were 25 and there are no strings attached.(I am a birth parent)

I would buy my best friend a Harley and pay for his house to be repaired and make it safe for him. Likely, I would give him a million.

I would then with the rest set up a retreat for dissocative disorder survivors and live off the rest.

I don't daydream much honest.

I would stay private. I'd tell my family that I won some money on the lottery and I'd give a large amount to dm, dbro and dsis bit wouldn't tell anyone else.

I wouldn't work and neither would DH. We'd move house but I wouldn't change the dc schools. We'd swan about looking simultaneously lazy and wealthy and mutter nonsense about shrewd investments.

I'd get a huge amount of paid help to do the boring life work. I'd spend an embarrassing amount of money on holiday and whenever anyone did one of those, 'Where are you going on holiday this year?' threads I'd be all over it like a fly on shit and if anyone asks how I manage to afford it I'd say I make my own packed lunches and bake my own bread.

I'd be an absolute horror, probably.

I would keep it secret, or maybe admit to a few hundred grand.

Top of the lists would be pretend to retire, buy a bigger nicer house with the retirement lump sum, with a couple of independent annexes if possible for mum and ds when at home (get a cleaner!), I wouldn't tell ds the full amount until he was through uni. I would buy a flat for him to share and stay in during uni. After uni it would depend what he wanted to do.

Second would be, I would get a house for my amazing dniece who has had such a tough life so far. I would get her private medical treatment to see if there would be anything worldwide possible to help her and sort out the best fertility treatment. I would setup her up in her dream business, animal rescue. I would get her mum out of her current house into something better.

Thirdly would be ensuring other nieces and nephews were ok, maybe generous house deposits etc.

Obviously a couple of new cars/holidays and shit.

Everything else would need more thought. My siblings are doing ok independently so don't need anything urgently.

I'd live in my most favourite hotel in Tokyo for 6 months.