Would you actually want to win the lottery

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I'm talking the big big amounts like the 200 million like on the euro millions i always thought i would, no money worries, nice house, quit my job etc etc but now im getting older (late 30s) i honestly don't think i would. I'd love enough to pay of mortgage, a new car and some nice holidays and some home renovations. But to actually win 200 million i honestly think I'd be miserable as it would change everything and I'm just happy where I'm at. I wouldn't want to be unemployed, not being able to trust who your real friends are, security issues, moving home etc I just don't think it sounds that great in reality.

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can pay all your bills off and relieve a huge amount of stress, and you would never have to worry about supporting yourself and family again. That would go a reallly long way to making me happy and I can hand on heart say I probably wouldn’t be anywhere near as anxious and depressed as I am now, if at all.

Even £500,000 just to buy a house so I’m not paying someone else’s fucking mortgage for them would do!

I'd rather win a few million, enough to not worry about money any more but not so much that you can't carry on living your life. I'd cut down work but not stop completely.

I would but I don’t know if I’d quit working. I know that may sound crazy but I think a life with limitless funds and no direction and no real purpose would be miserable. I have a great job so that helps, if I hated my job I’d obviously feel differently.

Yes, 4-5million would set me up for life. With £200 million I could set life up for many people in my life. Would be fantastic to see the difference to their lives, seeing them totally enjoy it without the financial worries.

I never thought of winning the lottery as then considerably changing my lifestyle like outlined in the OP.

I would probably have a more part time job, but I would still keep it - to keep myself grounded and motivated to keep doing something in life. I would help friends and family who may need it (maybe pay off some mortgages or other debts if needed), I would upgrade my house and have a nice car but that would be as far as my own indulgence would go. I’d have another baby. The rest would be invested, for the future generations, some would go to a good cause. I wouldn’t want to start living the high life because just as quickly that money would appear, it could go away if not managed properly.

See, I have so much I would like to do and achieve but work gets in the way.

I am very self motivated and I would travel, do a philosophy degree, learn different languages, maybe start a charity or a foundation, start property projects and renovate old houses etc I find it a bit sad that without work people would have no purpose

I would love it. My plan if I did, once I'd set me and my family up with everything we need forever, would be to have an anonymous trust of some kind and in my dreams, I'd just be giving out money to people who needed. See someone in the local paper that needs £3000 for a new wheelchair - done. Someone needs medical treatment - done. Scouts need a new hall - done. Just do good and quietly give the bulk of it away. I'm sure it would end up being more complex than that, but that's the general ideal!

Yes I’d absolutely take the money, I’d pay everything off, sort out family & friends and I’d set up some kind of charity or trust with it to give me some purpose and do some good with the money I didn’t need.

You could give yourself purpose with £200m to create something really worthwhile and give something back. Not just giving chunks away but creating some kind of legacy that would do good.

I actually probably wouldn’t tell people if it was £200m, I’d let people think I’d won a few million to make it seem less crazy.

Absolutely this, I’d seek out projects that could make a difference, but make some kind of trust or charity so there was a legacy with it rather than just hand it all out until it’s gone.

I would buy a political party with it.

I'm disabled and can't leave the house alone, and struggle with most household chores.

Winning would be amazing for me. I could pay people to take me out and about. A housekeeper so I can finally live somewhere not messy, and a cook so I can eat proper meals again.

I have people who help me out from time to time but I always feel horrible about it like I'm just a burden and no one actually wants me around. If I was paying people to do it as a job then I know when friends/family are with me it's because they want to be around me and not because they feel they should be helping out the cripple.

I don't think too much about my life would change - I'd keep the same hobbies, maybe a few extra trips out (but the spoons would still hold me back from doing too much more). But I'd be way less stressed out and not constantly worrying about whatever task I need to do but can't.

No, I wouldn't want my life to change that much. A few hundred thousand would be nice, but I wouldn't want a life changing amount of money like that. I can't believe it doesn't affect who a person is, as well as relationships. I also think we gain something as a person from the struggles and challenges we face.

I would love to be able to give friends and family and all sorts of people a massive amount of people and see their lives be transformed. When my DH was in hospital I saw a lot of the background staff as they finished a shift and a fair number were barely able to walk yet they keep doing their jobs. I would look forward to being able to say to them I am giving you enough money so you can retire . I would also help out the staff in my nearest supermarket as my DH has problems walking nowadays and he always tells me the staff have been ever so helpful when he goes by himself. My plan is to get a house with a swimming pool but apart from that I would give massive donations to charities that we support. Best of all would be paying off friends and relatives mortgages for them or buying them a house. So as I am not going to be greedy I would actually look forward to winning a massive amount. So far we have only won a few quid here and there. It usually funds a few payments and that is about it.

Definitely, yes. No more giving up my life for a strange man, more time spent with the love of my life and (eventually) my baby. No more wage slavery, no more trying to enjoy the tiny slices of life in the mornings, evenings and weekends. I paid off my mortgage in February, so I can effectively take early retirement.

I would, but I would live sensibly, rather than splashing it on luxury goods and treating so-called 'friends' who disappeared along with the money, eventually!

I would keep my job. I live very close to my workplace, so I wouldn't fancy moving and having a long commute! I'd do my house up at a faster rate, and perhaps tick a few more things off my personal 'to-do list'. I might get a fancier car, because mine is like rattling around in a tin can at times, but after that, I would probably save the rest and spend where I saw fit. I'd prefer to be comfortable for the rest of my life, rather than to live it up now and waste the money on a house that would eventually become too much to afford, etc.

However, to achieve any of this, I'd actually have to start putting the lottery on...

Yes, I actually, really would.

Yes, I would. Think of the genuine good you could do in the world with that sort of money. The relief and security you could bring to so many deserving people.

I'd give the vast majority of it away, but I'd be able to do so from my tucked-away Hampstead townhouse. I'd still mostly wear sweaters and jeans, but they'd be cashmere sweaters. Hell, I might even wear cashmere socks.

My wealth would whisper 😁

Yes 100% would want to win.

I'd stick a huge portion in a trust before i could think twice

This is exactly how I always imagine it in my daydreams. Kind of like how Jason Manford used to do the charity ninjas on FB.

I wouldn't be lonely or lose all my friends because all my favourite people would be getting a huge whack at £200 million.

Nope. Happy with the struggle, take that away and I don’t know what would get me out of bed in the morning.

Yes, I would love it. All my money worries would be gone. I'm not interested in a flashy lifestyle or even in moving house so I would give a lot away to charities and to some friends who haven't been able to afford houses. It would mean my children wouldn't need to worry about anything either. My house needs some improvements so I would do that and pay off the mortgage and cut my hours at work.

Fucking right I would. Hand it over

YES YES YES. No soul searching or handwringing here. If it's some crazy amount,that is generational money that could keep a family going for decades. From my warm offshore tax haven I can decide if/how/who I can share my luck with. The people who have money have NO problems of having it unless they make unwise choices eg drugs, lifestyle, divorce(s).

Yes, I'd love it.
I'd use £10m to set up my nearest and dearest.
£5m for me - buy a nice home and set up an income to retire on.
£5m same for my child.

£100m to split between 3 charities I support that are life-changing for people over the world.

£80m to buy UK farmland to both protect it from development and make it accessible cost-wise for young tenant farmers.possibly through a new charity or CIC.

I would give a no strings attached million to each of my closest friends and family, then set about being very generous with local charities / hospices / schools, I’d also set my kids up for life with trust funds.

I’d buy a bigger but not stupidly big house and maybe a couple of apartments in my favourite places, and then I’d just travel the world in style.

However, I had a recurring dream about winning big a few years ago and lived through the drawbacks of being super rich. I don’t think it’s as easy as it sounds at all. I’d still cope somehow!