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Winning the Euromillions

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Ellabella989 · 04/10/2019 16:34

If you won the £169 million jackpot tonight, would you go public or keep it private amongst your immediate family?
I’d like to think I wouldn’t go public but it’s such a huge amount of money that someone is bound to find out and blab.

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ChuckyHereToPlay · 07/10/2019 13:30

The only person I would tell is my partner, and if anyone asked where my nice car came from I would say cryptocurrency investments.

Kyvia · 07/10/2019 20:46

Good luck tonight everyone :-)

BlessedBeTheFruitCake · 08/10/2019 16:36

🍀
Hope someone here's a winner 🤞🏻

360eyes · 08/10/2019 16:39

I would wait a few weeks until the jackpot is lower and then tell. Not to the press, just family and friends.

I have bought a ticket and then it suddenly dawned on me that it is a life changing amount of money, but probably in a bad way!

DustMyselfOff · 08/10/2019 17:20

You're all a very bad influence.

If by any chance I do win would my stbx have any claim on my win? I've filed and he's signed but not got to decree nisi yet....

I mean. I could totes afford to pay him off but i don't want him to have such a nice time. Git.

FiddlesticksAkimbo · 08/10/2019 17:32

As I understand it, the reason some people go public is because Camelot (or whoever it is) offer pretty decent incentives such as sound legal/financial advice and the like, in exchange for the publicity. Some people may feel that it's so overwhelming they would want to take that in exchange for the publicity.

Sorry, this makes no sense whatsoever. You've just won £169m. You can pay for whatever legal advice and financial advice you want!

FoodWoes · 08/10/2019 17:46

I've bought 3 tickets so an absolute shoo in 😁

ethelfleda · 08/10/2019 17:50

If by any chance I do win would my stbx have any claim on my win? I've filed and he's signed but not got to decree nisi yet..

Don’t claim it until afterwards Wink
And pay me a million for that Stirling piece of advice.

ethelfleda · 08/10/2019 17:50

Good luck all.
Tonight is the last time I play, I swear. I’m sick of losing Angry

DustMyselfOff · 08/10/2019 18:39

Ethelfleda if i won (and that's valid advice) i actually fucking would - just for spoiling his fun!
You have it in writing now.

ethelfleda · 08/10/2019 19:37

In that case, the dry best of luck to you DustMyself
If I win, I’ll give you a million after your divorce is finalised just to piss the bastard off Wink

Swinningforza · 08/10/2019 19:51

I've never won cause I can't bear to lose

I would LOVE to win the euromillions!!!

Pollydocket · 08/10/2019 20:38

There is a test case for a divorcing couple where the wife won (£500k), but didn’t tell the husband as they were separated.

She went on to buy a house.
They divorced and he found out.
The court awarded him a percentage of the increase in the house value, as it was seen as a marital asset.

Had she not bought the house he would have got nothing.

Another case where a man was sued by xwife (10 years divorced) he ended up paying her 2 million. I think the first case supersedes the last.

Get a clean break settlement just to be sure.

Noodlewave · 08/10/2019 21:45

I'd keep it private. Then go for a 2 week holiday at Centre Parcs in the middle of school holidays. If there was any left after that, I'd go to the cinema and buy the large popcorn.

DustMyselfOff · 08/10/2019 22:01

If I win, I’ll give you a million after your divorce is finalised just to piss the bastard off wink

Fuckit I love Mumsnet. It's a deal. Maybe we could start a fund - every ex wife who has heard 'the script' gets a huge wodge of money to celebrate her decree absolute!

BlessedBeTheFruitCake · 09/10/2019 06:39

The winner was from the UKShock
Obviously not me because I'm awake getting ready for a fun filled day of drudgery Sad

FinallyHere · 09/10/2019 07:09

Just coming on to see which of us in the uk to has happened to ...

Oddly enough, I posted here before checking my ticket on the app 😀

ethelfleda · 09/10/2019 07:35

Wasn’t me Angry

Grumpyperson · 09/10/2019 07:51

Well the winner wasn't me because I didn't buy a ticket.

I think the problem could come when you say want to buy a house as the solicitor has to be satisfied about where the funds come from (not sure about the estate agent). Solicitors are under a duty of confidentiality but that doesn't mean that you wouldn't have a rogue one. Also, if you win, do you just get a cheque for £175 million or whatever that you have to cash? Surely someone in the bank would talk?

In terms of what to do with it I would certainly find some small charities where a significant amount of money could really change things. I'd like to build an athletics track in my town too. That would "out" me but only has having won some money, not the Euromillions.

Disfordarkchocolate · 09/10/2019 08:23

My husband bought a ticket and says we haven't won, I've told him to at least pay off the mortgage if he's going to run off.

FinallyHere · 09/10/2019 09:03

to buy a house as the solicitor has to be satisfied about where the funds come from

That is exactly why you would have a solicitor, who would handle (some personally, but mostly farming the work out to others perhaps in the same practice ) your affairs.

Your own solicitor can vouch for you. You would would no longer be the sort of person who engaged a solicitor for a specific house purchase. You would have 'people' who do that 😀

BarbariansMum · 09/10/2019 09:18

I would go public in about a year's time when my charitable foundation was launched.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 09/10/2019 17:02

I think it would be very very difficult to keep it quiet - people would notice when neither DH nor I ever worked again but moved into a huge house and could suddenly afford endless holidays in the Maldives.

Plus a regular topic of conversation at work is how spectacularly you would hand in your notice if you won the lottery. I’d have to walk in naked waving a massive “Fuck You All” banner at the very least.

TurquoiseDress · 09/10/2019 18:43

I hardly ever play Euromillions but had a go last night...and got 3 numbers!

Think it'll be about a fiver...going to log into my account

DustMyselfOff · 09/10/2019 22:28

I won £1.62

How does that even work?