Would you go public with a big lottery win?

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The winners of the £184 million lotto win have gone public, a couple in their 40’s with small children. They say they went public as they want to help so many friends and family and it would have been difficult for them to keep it a secret.
Good luck to them, I say, I hope they have a great adventure on it but I don’t think I would ever want to go public, I would give lots away to family, friends and charities then slink off somewhere away from the hubbub of life.
Would you ever go public like them?

No I wouldn't go public and would carry on living a quiet simple life happy in the knowledge I'll never have to work again and can help others. I'd probably spend my time looking at how to use the money, maybe start a charity or just quietly look at just giving type appeals to donate to. I'd love to do something regarding animals, maybe open a sanctuary. In regards to my family I'd probably say I'd won a smaller amount and pay off mortgages etc and take them all on holiday. The most amazing thing would be supporting my dc through education or helping to start their own businesses. Dd wants to own a cat cafe.

No I wouldn't go public. I think It's madness to invite the begging letters plus the potential security risks.

I wouldn't go public as in face in the papers with a giant novelty cheque. But I would want to give life changing amounts of money to both my sister and my MIL, and telling either of them anything is basically the same as taking an ad out in the paper. So word would undoubtedly get round, but hopefully I'd get far fewer begging letters.

yes this.

Not of the full extent of the win.

I'd stop work - but work my notice - and say we'd won a bit so I could move etc. Help family etc.

But if I won that much I'd probably panic and give alot of it away!

I'd wait a few months until someone won 3m (and didn't go public) and then tell family and friends that what I'd won.

Money goes to money, such an obscene amount too.

No chance would I go public. Although i'd gift family and friends money, and donate if we won a significant amount, id never disclose the amount won to anyone.
I read a story from a winner from years ago who said they wish they'd never gone public as they were inundated with letters etc asking for money.

I would pretend that I’d won £1-3 million -enough to explain the new car, house etc,. I wouldn’t disclose the full amount.

No, I’d hate the attention and all that came with it.

Slightly different, but I know someone who became famous, and rich, due to career and there are so many negatives. There’s always someone asking for something, people treat you differently and it’s caused endless issues. Privacy and the opportunity pass through life anonymously is important to me and I would hate not to have it. This couple had the choice to remain anonymous, I think they’ll regret not choosing that, once the initial excitement of winning has gone. I think they’ll see the very worst in people, both from some of those they know and those they don’t.

No way.

No. I wouldn't want to worry about randoms begging me for money or harassing the children. If you have millions, you can afford wealth management advisors independent from Camelot.

No bloody chance. You'd have to be an idiot to not understand exactly what your life would be like after that.

No, I wouldn’t tell anyone at all. I’d have a therapist to ‘squeeee’ to. I already have a (supposedly) passive income stream, so no one would really question that I don’t have a job. I don’t have many close friends and I really doubt anyone would notice. I might buy a shiny car, but nothing so fancy that anyone wouldn’t just assume it was on finance (most people do here) and I wouldn’t move because my kid is settled in school. I would just carry on quietly enjoying myself and not worry about money. Covid did awful things to my income and I’d happily go back to my pre-covid lifestyle which is pretty average for my neighbourhood. There’s nothing eye-opening that I want.

With those figures I would set up some sort of charity, and I would try to anonymously help some family, if possible. I’m a very private, self sufficient person and I’d like to stay that way.

No. I’d keep it to a small trusted group only (v close friends and family).

It would help that we are very boring people, so wouldn’t be buying huge mansions or helicopters 😂 However we would definitely buy our neighbour’s house as and when it was ever for sale so we could
knock them into one, and get a lot of home
improvements done. I don’t think either of us would give up work as we really do like our jobs - we’d just go part time. And it would mean we could take holidays and things. Make sure that DS had all the support he needs at school. Buy DH some T-shirts without holes in them. Make anonymous donations to good causes, probably via a trust or similar.

But go public? No way. And I’d lie through my teeth if it ever got out (and probably conduct my own Wagatha Christie investigation to find out who blabbed!).

It would be pretty obvious to family and friends that I’d won, when both DH and I jacked in our jobs, bought a big house with swimming pool and jetted off on the first of many luxury holidays. Also when we handed out a few million to siblings/parents etc. But I wouldn’t go public as in newspapers etc. I don’t understand how anyone could keep it secret from their nearest and dearest unless you hardly changed anything. Relatives would know that you hadn’t inherited from a rich uncle, for instance. And if you wouldn’t change anything, why are you bothering to play?

Heck no. It would ruin some relationships. For some family members, whatever you gave them would never be enough. You'd be targeted and harassed.

I assume these people have no idea how much money can change the people around you.

And if you wouldn’t change anything, why are you bothering to play?

I only play the big ones because I want to win & spend big 😆

Nope, no one has ever done anything for me so they don’t deserve to suddenly be interested in me …

My brothers friend won 54 million, he didn't go public. I don't think I would either. I could tell and help my friends and family, charities etc without sharing our names and having articles about us.

No way. I think it's a bad move.

Not a chance x

Did you know there is a winners' support program? www.national-lottery.co.uk/life-changing/winner-advisor-carter. I'd think about going public and just having it out there, it would depend on the amount. I understand that part of winners support can be having someone to screen your mail.

I don’t understand how anyone could keep it secret from their nearest and dearest unless you hardly changed anything. Relatives would know that you hadn’t inherited from a rich uncle, for instance.

I don't really have any nearest and dearest that I wouldn't gift money, so 'oh here is X amount, we won a bit in the lottery' would cover it, nobody would need to know we had won £100+ million.

And if you wouldn’t change anything, why are you bothering to play?

I'm sure everyone would change something but there is a difference between upgrading to a bigger/better house and buying a mansion. There is a difference between buying a new car and buying a fleet of top motors. There is a difference between having one decent holiday and being abroad 50% of the year. I play because I would like the money, don't we all? Some of us just wouldn't be as lavish as others. Internal peace of mind that I could always afford my next months bills is my main reason tbh, but a 4 bed instead of the 3 we are in and a bigger car would be nice too. Swimming pools etc? No thanks.

also there are folk in the world who I would purely love to know that I am rich and they are not and they can suck it up 😈