If you won big on the lottery, who would you tell?

[Kingdomofsleep]

I haven't won. (Yet?!)

But I do kind of love reading fascinatedly about the lottery curse, how big winners tend to fall out with their spouses and friends and family. My DH says we could prevent all that by telling nobody. I then asked if that included our parents, who help us out financially in a modest way sometimes, as we ought to tell them we wouldn't need that any more. Dh said we'd tell just parents. But MIL, who is lovely and I love her, is the town crier and would tell her whole village within minutes without thinking.

I've got a ticket for tonight's draw and I find myself idly worrying about this as if I've won the 15 million pounds already or however much it is.

i would tell my brother as if it was a decent amount I would want to pay his mortgage off. Other than DH I don’t think I would tell anyone but I would treat some of my friends to a hol I’d just say I had won a small amount. Not how much.

But except to bored local news, surely someone winning, say, 10m, just isn't they exciting any more?

If you just kept it quiet for six months, you're probably fine.

This has reminded me to do Omaze this month though.

We’re talking crazy euro millions jackpot, right?

I wouldn’t tell a soul until the money was actually in my account, once I’d physically got it I’d tell by DP and DS. I’d let them know it was enough to never have to worry again but don’t think I’d say the exact amount. I’d be even more vague with extended family and friends but I’d make sure they were all looked after.

If I won big I wouldn’t even tell me partner. I would down play and say I’d won something but certainly wouldn’t give the full extent. I would just help my family with whatever they needed, treat people to holidays etc, make their lives easier but never fully disclose

Only my partner. My teen daughter might be told we had got some money but I don't want her living the big life until older. If it was a mad amount of money then she could get paid an allowance. I'll actually decide if/when the money is in the bank.

Not that I put it on much but if I won big, I'd gift chunks to everyone I wanted to benefit,. including myself. Anonymously. That way we can all be surprised and wonder who it was.

Then nobody would wonder why you had chunks of coin all of a sudden.

I don't think I'd want to really deep down though. I experienced people's behaviour when a rumour went around I was getting a bit pay out for my kids death from the NHS. No fucking thankyou. It brings out the worst on people I think.

Not a soul!

My goodness I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for your loss. What awful ghouls those people were.

Thankyou.

You would be surprised at it. Everyone has a bit of a sob story all of a sudden. I can understand why there are big fall outs.

Probably better to keep it to yourself when you win.

Just tell us!

Just my DD. I would tell my sister that I've come into some money so I can send her some, but if I told her the whole amount she'd blow thru it and keep asking for more.

Just tell us!

Haha well I didn't win today (or did I?! ...no, really) but I have a ticket to tomorrow's Set For Life too.

I would be surprised if anyone had a sob story as most of our friends are wealthier than us. But I think you are probably right.

I wouldn't mind people ringing me up for handouts as much if I'd won it via the lottery but there's no excuse for what the people did to you in the circumstances, my goodness.

I would see family and three friends right on the condition of signing a confidentiality contract to keep the source of money private.

Once the cold hard cash was actually sitting there in my account, all expectant and full of delicious promise, I'd tell my Dad (so he could finally stop low-level worrying about me, bless him) and my Daughter so she'd have the reassurance of knowing that she and my Grandson would always be ok financially. Other than that, I'm staying schtum. Local charities etc would do well, but I'm putting my name to nothing.

Oddly, my spidey senses tell me that my cousin actually had a big win some time back due to the way his life has subsequently unfolded...but he's never said a word about his change in fortunes and I'm far too polite to ask him directly!

My financial advisor and no one else!

I'd pay the mortgage off and then enjoy sleeping with less worries in life

Nobody to begin with until I’d got over the shock. Then probably mention I had won a bit and could help out with small things initially. Then make a proper plan. I would only help people who are currently friends and family in my life as I know they are genuine.

I would keep it quiet, and then spend it in ways that my nosy manager (who, unfortunately, is also my neighbour) would wonder where on earth I got so much money from, when he is on double or more than my wage. I aspire to buying a very expensive car (i.e. more expensive than his two cars put together) and preening over it, as well as chickens (he despises them) and bees, purely to wind him up for the fun of it.

It's either that, or I'd tell him to stuff his job and the house (tied accommodation) and find some other minion to have a go at every so often. Good luck with that, because our role is hard to fill, partly because of him... Today's blasting was because someone told him about my very part-time job in addition to my full-time role. I should have asked his permission first, apparently. He seems to think that he's also my manager when it comes to my free time 🙄

No one if I could get away with it. I’d pretend that I’d had a massive pay rise or something😂😂

I would tell my family. I would want to help them and give them treats. If I didn't tell them they would think I had turned to crime because they all know I haven't got a pot to piss in!

It depends on how big. £3m or less, I would tell no one but my adult children, whom I would share with. I might tell close friends and family I had won something and help them out financially when they needed it, but I wouldn't tell them how much.

If I won big on the Euros, I'd sort the kids and me out with £10m each, max, and share the rest equally with close family and give close friends a few hundred thousand each.

DD and OH.

Haha yes my family all know that I don't have the finesse to make crime pay so they'd guess straightaway if I started making big gifts. (Although maybe they'd suspect DH of white collar fraud type crime, no one really understands what he does anyway.)

DH only and we wouldn’t tell anyone else.

I’d tell only those closest. I’d maybe let my ex SIL know somehow as it’d really piss her off. I’d also work my notice at work and make up a new job that I was moving to

I'd tell my friend who has really grafted to set up her own parent and children's centre in addition to working as a mental health nurse, because I'd want to give the centre some money for projects. I'd give some money to my niece, but not an astronomical sum, and she'd be told not to tell her parents. I have my own nice little modest mortgage free house and don't want to move. I might reduce my working hours a bit but I enjoy what I do. I'd spend a bit more time and money on travel. Some money would be going to cat rescue centres.

Yes I’d tell certain people, I wouldn’t necessarily tell everyone how much. I’d want to give chunks of it to family and friends if it was a huge amount, but if it was “just” a million I’d probably buy a new house, have some excellent holidays, and invest plenty for the kids uni / travel / weddings / first homes.