To be a bit frustrated with lottery winners lack of imagination?

[angelos02]

To the couple that just won £33 million saying they'd pay for their daughter to fly first class back from Australia. Get a private jet ffs. Buy a yacht & the staff you'd need. Bring back that 'spend spend spend' woman!

[StitchesInTime]

Maybe the whole concept of being able to afford a private jet hasn't sunk in yet?

I don't think I'd go public either.

[WickedWax]

DH and I have agreed that when we win we're telling as few people as possible, probably just FIL and DS.

DH runs his own business which is doing pretty well, and he'd continue to keep that on but get someone in to run it for him, so we could get away with saying business is booming hence the new cars, villas abroad and servants we've got it all worked out.

No way would I go public.

[SecretNutellaFix]

I don't think I would go public either.

The recourse isn't just on the winners. Friends of immediate family members will start on them asking why they can't buy them a car or pay their mortgage off as they're friends, and will then get shitty when they realise that said family member won't. Simply because it's not their winnings.

[LalaLyra]

There's a guy from my town who won 6 million back when the lottery began. He said he went public because he got the impression it would "leak" out eventually anyway and by going public he had some sort of control over the announcement time. There much be a reason most of the big, big winners seem to go public.

I wouldn't go public if I won big big and I wouldn't tell anyone other than DH how much I'd won. Once I got my head round it I'd wait until there was a big, but small in comparison winner, say around 1 million and I'd tell family and friends that I'd won that. If you won a million and gave people 50k each they'd appreciate it. If you won 30 odd million then no matter how much you gave you'd look tight to some. I think a million is enough to say it's all tied up in the house and investments (the investments would also pay for any nice holidays etc).

[tiggerkid]

What would you do, OP?

[Toohardtofindaproperusername]

Lalalyra - sounds like you have done some serious planning for this event!

[TheHiphopopotamus]

The ones that annoy me are those that win millions and then go, 'oh, I'm not going to let it change me. I'm still going to keep my job as a toilet cleaner in McDonalds** and holiday three times a year in a caravan in Skeggy.'

Fuck. Off.

Those sorts ought to be made to give the money back.

**Not that's there's anything wrong with a job like that, but you really, really wouldn't give it up without a second thought?

[fredfredgeorgejnrsnr]

It's probably exactly like this:

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06tdq5d/detectorists-christmas-special#t=11m18s

The interviewer chose the things...

[stubbornstains]

"Check your lucky number/ So much money could drag you under/ And what's the point of being rich/ If you don't know what to do with it/ 'Cause you're so bleeding thick?"

St. Jarvis of Cocker

[The80sweregreat]

Its sad that camalot put pressure on them over finanical advice. I would say, no thanks and find my own advisor . With 33 mill in the bank im sure they would be banging the door down.. But as i am unlikely to win i will never know. They sound a nice couple though. I hope they dont end up separated like that other couple did who had a huge win.. He is now with a youmger woman ( odd that!)

[AnnaMarlowe]

I think your OP is a bit mean, she might be an MNer after all.

They are in shock. Their lives have just changed for ever.

I'm sure they'll think of things to buy soon enough.

[Shadow1986]

To be fair it would be impossible to hide a 33m lottery win, wouldn't it? People would soon notice!!

[Goingtobeawesome]

I'm really happy for them.

[LalaLyra]

toohard I have The vast majority of my biological family are leeches. I know they'd come out of the woodwork and I find it very difficult to deal with them. This way they'd get fuck all, but I wouldn't have to deal with conflict.

Only really thought about it because I worked in a shop with a lottery machine when I was younger. Every Saturday was spent with me and the other girl discussing how we'd spend the winnings :D

Thehiphopopotamus Totally agree.

"It's not going to change my life" - why bloody play then?!

[AcrossthePond55]

I have 5 tickets for tonight's Powerball. The prize is USD $1.5 BILLION. So long, Vipers!

[The80sweregreat]

Lala, i would take your advice, genius! Yes, can you imagine a really huge win.. ' she didnt give me enough, tight cow' ' wouldnt you think they would pay for great auntie's cousins car? ' this type of thing. Would be a nightmare..( not to mention the begging letters etc etc) it doesnt always bring happiness i bet!

[TheCraicDealer]

That's what I was thinking Shadow! I don't think I'd be that extravagant, but it would be hard to disguise the lovely new house, holidays homes, car upgrade and new handbags. Someone would smell a rat, might as well be honest about it from the off.

[LalaLyra]

The only downside to my plan is that I'll probably be super suspicious if anyone I know ever wins around a million

[IkeaTetris]

I'm from a town 18 miles from them. The Borders is so tight knit that they probably felt they had to go public and have some control rather than it coming out anyway. They seem genuinely lovely and we folk in the Borders wish them all the best. I hope they enjoy it

[AcrossthePond55]

But seriously, I think they sound like 'normal' people. I'd say that at least at first 'normal' people don't think about private jets, ferraris, and such. They think about first class airfare instead of cattle class, a 'naice' sedan instead of a Rolls, and paying off their mortgage instead of buying a Footballer's 'Palace'.

DH and I have had a lovely three days planning on how we're going to spend 'our winnings' and how we're going to take care of our nearest and dearest. That's really why we buy a ticket. And then tomorrow we'll shrug and be happy anyway.

[tiggerkid]

Those sorts ought to be made to give the money back -

[Boogers]

I don't have much family on my side, only my dad and stepmother, but there's a lot more on DH's side and if we won £33m they'd definitely know as they'd all be millionaires too.

[dontcallmethatyoucunt]

I might write and send them a cheque, as every other letter they get from here on will be begging.

Nuts.

[nocabbageinmyeye]

Someone in our town won €115 million years ago I feel sorry for her, she went public simply because she checked the ticket publicly and that was it, it's not like you would be able to show no reaction. I feel sorry for her, she has no life, if she goes to Primark or the likes people are all "ffs tight bitch", if she goes to an expensive shop it's "look at her flaunting her money", damned if you do and damned if you don't. Dh and I have our stories to a fine art, they involve emigrating and telling nobody (about the win not emigrating)