Winning the Euromillions

[Ellabella989]

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.

Only people i would tell is my dad and my sister.
Rest of family wouldn't find out as they abandonned me when my mum died and have no contact, at all.
No close friends i'd tell either and my dad and sister would keep it to themselves as they feel the same about our so called family.
I'd be long gone moved elsewhere where nobody knew where i lived before they even had the chance to find out and come round after 10 years with their begging bowls.

I would tell no-one.
Buy a plot of land.
Set the architect and builders to work on my dream house.
Hire a tutor and nanny for the children and we'd all go travelling for a couple of years.

What time is the draw? Playing for the first time and can't see online

No I wouldn’t go public but then Me and dh are private people anyway and don’t like being centre of attention so it’s just not us.

We’ve got money anyway (admittedly not in the 169 million ball park) so probably wouldn’t move as we built this house, it is our dream home. So without a big house move I doubt anyone would notice, as we as a general rule don’t discuss money with friends/family anyway

Private. I don't want every Tom Dick and Harry from my past popping up

We talk about this all the time. I'd try and keep it secret, would not go public at all. But probably buy my trusted family members houses, pay my mortgage off, buy myself a bigger house. Money in trust for my kids/future grand kids, give a load to charity. Get myself 3 more dogs 🤪. Have always joked I'd buy myself a giraffe but obviously wouldn't, that really is a joke. I'd like to not be too extravagant, just hopefully set a business up and say we are earning well, nobody needs to know. You'd have all sorts asking you for money. Would really like to set up a homeless charity or something along those lines, affordable housing .

I always said I would tell no one. And by No one I mean absolutely No one.
I was always confused by people who went public, but I once worked with a guy who claimed he won a couple of hundred thousand and said you don’t get it all in one lump sum unless you agree to go public.
That would explain why so many go public, but I’m still doubtful - he was an habitual liar.
But even if true I would tell nobody - it causes too many problems.

Private.

A few weeks later I would tell my 3 siblings and a couple of people I consider friends that I had won a smaller but still life changing amount for us all.

1m to support me, a couple of dogs, a few ponies and several cats for the rest of our lives.

At least one property in every city and major town for use by WA/women's refuges.

A few centres around the UK to diagnose and support anyone with autistic conditions especially adults that are struggling with the NHS and can't afford to go private.

A foundation set up to support anyone that needs it à la Alison in At Home with the Braithwaites.

Then I would continue with my private, solitary, frugal, very stuck to home, animal obsessed life exactly as before. Except I would never have to speak to another person ever again unless absolutely necessary

But if the Gods are listening I would actually be just as happy with about £300K, that would give me a very secure if less generous version of the above.

I wouldn't tell anyone other than my mum. I'd tell people I won a few million and that's it, I can't see that my life would change that much - obviously I'd have an amazing home and lots of land for animals but other than that I can't see what would change. I'm not one for clothes shopping or holidays.

I'd love to gift family and friends a lot of money but does anyone know how much tax you'd have to pay on gifts of say a million? Not that the tax would matter so much when you've won such a huge sum of money I suppose.

We haven’t bought a ticket so a moot point ... but we’d definitely keep private. My husband is a very private person. He’d hate the publicity so much. Not sure who if anyone we’d tell. I like the idea of waiting a while and then claiming to have won a smaller but still life changing amount.

With £169m as well as being financially free and able to do the same for family you could do an enormous amount of good for charity / good causes.

Some acquaintances won a few million on the lottery. It was a secret but basically everyone knows. They claim the husband’s business has done well.

Oof, I would LOVE to tell my chief exec (who I like), to tell some of the rest (who I... don't) that I had had a change of family circumstances, and that they would neeeeeeeeeever see me again.

In fact, I'd merrily give the nice people at work 1m each to leave the rest in the lurch.

That'd be the best.

I would tell DD and my best friends. I would give them plenty of money. I wouldn't tell my family or anybody else. The last thing I would do is advertise it in the media.

I wouldn't tell anyone. I'd immediately give 500k to each family member/friend (that's about 80 millions worth)

How do you have 160 people you love enough to give 500k to?!

I'd keep it private between me and my DH, and the family I'd gift money to I'd just say I'd "come into" some money.

I often think what I'd do if I won the lottery and my first move would be buying my sister a house as she's a single mum to 3 children. I'd put money in trust for my niece and nephews and set my sister up with enough money to run her house and for her to train in whatever job she wanted.

Then I'd piss off on holiday for a bit and enjoy some sun!

I'd keep it private. I'd likely be able to keep it quiet as I don't really have any friends and I have very little family, neither does my DP. My colleagues aren't people I'd keep in touch with and I'll be taking maternity leave soon anyway. I'd just sell my house and disappear.

I'd give some to my closest family and a lot to charity. It would be lovely to be able to set up home with my DP and baby without the worry of how little money we have!

You lot are all missing a trick. Instead of saying you've come into a smaller amount of money, get the solicitor to 'gift' you an equal amount of money as you're giving to your friends/family. Invent a bequest from a 'recently deceased relative' with no direct heirs. Then there is no awkwardness, and you also get to be seen as having a bit more money than you did before!!

I would tell everyone I’d won a small amount on the scratch cards and was going to Spain for a week. Drinks in pub followed by the first Easy Jet out of town.
From Spain I’d First Class it to the Maldives for a month. Then I’d head straight to Bali for Xmas. New Year it would have to be Sydney harbour fireworks, then round to California for a springtime wardrobe.....gosh, I’ve forgotten where I was going with this. Anyway, postcards home but basically I’d be gone long enough to be local legend 😁

I play sometimes and would much prefer a smaller win. If I won enough to retire, give a nice chuck to (our) parents and to set the children up debt free and with nice houses and a car each I'd be in heaven. I don't think it would do many people any good to not have to work from their early twenties but I'd like to reduce the pressure to earn.

If I did have a massive win i would ask for publicity but I'm sure it would get out at some point. And then out come the slimeballs to tell their lies. I could pay to have them disappear and be dropped on a cold wet island with no ID.

I'd start a newspaper that specialised in printing scurrilous stories about Daily Mail journalists.

I've just bought a ticket!!

I have thought about this before and I would not tell anyone at all. I would just keep it to myself.

I could explain things by my business doing well or getting a big client.

There are a lot of whackos out there looking to scam, etc.
Everyone would be safer with zero knowledge of it.

I would like to keep it private but what happens when you have teenagers who will wonder why we suddenly go on luxury holidays, move to a specially designed new house and get a pool and private chef

Ahhh...dreaming now!

I would book a holiday or a month and have a meeting with the financial gurus at Camelot whilst I was there..they could come to me! Then I would give my mum a million my brother 250.000 my son 10 million my daughter 10 million my workmates 1000 each x 10 and me and my husband would be house hunting,,car buying and having a jolly time of it!Bugger everyone else...thing is non of this will ever happen cos I never buy a ticket for any lotto games!!!

I don't understand people saying they wouldn't tell anyone.

I'd be going from a 3 bed council house to a 12 bed mansion with swimming pool, plus several holiday homes around the globe. Switching from the number 37 bus to several chauffeured cars.

I think someone May notice.

reasonablesettlement 😂😂😂

But if you have to open an account with a bank like Coutts, the postman will know something’s up when you get correspondence from them.
Little details like this are draining to figure out, I’d just let the financial adviser to deal with everything: the whole receiving the funds process and anonymous donations and investments.
I won’t need to worry about it tonight as I haven’t bought a ticket (again!).

My first question when we got the results from the Brexit referendum was ‘will we still be able to buy EuroMillion tickets?’. Every single person laughed, I still maintain it is a valid question but I don’t say it anymore