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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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Lowlandlucky · 04/10/2019 23:44

My familys safety is way too important for me to go public and i wouldnt want my siblings to know as they would be straight round with the begging bowl.

LittleAndOften · 04/10/2019 23:51

Forgot to say, we won't tell anyone which lottery we've won or how much either. If you tell anyone it's euro millions they're going to know its silly money! We'll just say we had a big lottery win and keep the details to ourselves.

Serin · 04/10/2019 23:55

I probably wouldn't tell as wouldn't want to put my family at risk of kidnap.
I'd use the money to open up day centres for people with mental health issues, like we used to have, before austerity.

Answerthequestion · 05/10/2019 00:32

I’d not tell anyone apart from DH. We have a nice house and cars and would maybe love but not to anything which would raise eyebrows. I’d invest in London property for the DC, a 2 bed flat each in nice areas and rent them out in the meantime.

I would set up a charitable foundation to distribute funds according to whatevever criteria I decide. I’d also make some big donations to charity, mainly health ones and definitely not animal ones. I have no issue with charity CEO’s earning decent money, you want the right people, you have to pay them properly so that would not be a concern

LadyGodivasCat · 05/10/2019 04:44

I’d only tell DH and our parents. We live several thousand miles away from all our relatives and none of them visit apart from our parents, so I think it would be pretty easy for us to spend without anyone else becoming suspicious. We’d definitely buy a second home and we’d set up a trust to make charitable donations anonymously.

PixieDustt · 05/10/2019 05:08

PRIVATE 100%.
The only family I'd tell would be parents and siblings

Widowodiw · 05/10/2019 05:35

If you win that amt of money you can’t go public your kids immediately become at risk of kidnap.

Ticklemeelmo · 05/10/2019 05:56

There's a very good reason nobody ever goes public with lottery wins anymore.

Nobody in their right mind would do so- can't think the last time I saw one in the media...you'd never hear the end of it and it puts people in a really vulnerable position.

I'd keep the news just to myself for a while. money would be spent on a nice house, invested well to live off the income, making sure my close family were ok and then donate a lot to wildlife conservation charities.

Kyvia · 05/10/2019 07:23

I’m glad no one has won yet, it gives us all another few days legitimate fantasising. Although DP and I did disagree quite a bit last night, about how much to give our brothers/what we’d tell them... and he thought I was spending it all too fast, I thought he was being too cautious even with pretend fantasy squillions.

Anyway I’m going to continue to browse for my Ibizan mountain-top finca, and plan how I can do it up in a rustic bohemian yet luxury style, add an infinity pool and sunrise yoga deck, and go on personal retreat in it whenever it was all just too much.

yearinyearout · 05/10/2019 07:55

I don't think I would tell anyone except my DH. He could retire but maybe say he had a good redundancy payout. I would want to give loads away and I've often thought I would like to secretly send people money but how could that be done? People would think it was odd if a wedge of cash appeared through their letterbox, and might be scared to spend it!

yearinyearout · 05/10/2019 07:58

Also, why do they even do jackpots that big? Much better to create lots of millionaires I think.

Mammyloveswine · 05/10/2019 08:29

I would just say I'd won a smaller amount...

I'd buy a new house (nothing too fancy as would t want to give the game away!). I'd also quite my job but volunteer for an education charity/set up a playgroup etc but not tell people it was voluntary.

I'd have some work done, hire a personal trainer but be subtle about it.

I'd also book a huge holiday and have the best time!

Casander · 05/10/2019 08:32

I got an email this morning to say I had won something, was very excited- £3.50

I'm pretty sure statistically I'll never win again now lol

tashac89 · 05/10/2019 08:44

It would be very hard for me to keep it quiet, my dream house is not something I could buy in my lifetime. And I really want to get my business idea off the ground properly.
My dream though is to set up low rent housing for new families. We struggled a LOT when we had our eldest. I was 17, in college and no where private accepted housing benefit. It took us years to get out of a shitty situation and financially stable, I'd like to help other young parents.

BlessedBeTheFruitCake · 05/10/2019 09:18

Yay Basket! Enjoy your lovely holiday.

SheisMammyof2 · 05/10/2019 10:08

Thanks to this thread I have just purchased a Euro millions ticket for the first time in my life! And no I wouldn't go public. I would give a lot of it away to family and friends.. I'd give siblings enough to set them up for life, set up trusts for nieces and nephews, pay off mortgages of friends and cousins, get financial advice on how much we'd need to live very comfortably for the rest of our and our kids' lives, then give the remainder to smaller charities where it would make a massive difference.

mrsm43s · 05/10/2019 10:17

We'll, I'm happy to go public band announce that I won!!! £3.50! I invested it wisely in a bottle of fresh OJ (the proper freshly squeezed stuff with all the bits) and some croissants for breakfast

FinallyHere · 05/10/2019 10:21

secretly send people money

One reasonably legitimate way to remain anonymous would be to pay a solicitor, ideally a very well known name, to send people letters and then provide a cheque.

The firm would need to know the source of the funds, to ensure that they are not getting mixed up with money laundering From then on you would be covered by client privilege

On another topic, lots of people mention giving friends and family a lump sum up front. In my opinion it would be better to wait and provide funds when they are needed. If people get s windfall from you out of the blue, they may think of you again if they need money.

Best to keep something to give ...

(I know I have spend far too much time planning this very very remote possibility.

LakieLady · 05/10/2019 10:46

Definitely not tell anyone. And we'd be modest with what we did, and no-one would ever guess!

We'd set up a trust for DGD's granddaughter and a few things like that. DP's son is already very well off, thanks to an inheritance, and will be loaded when his millionaire mother carks it. He's tight as a drum and doesn't pay maintenance for his daughter, so DP possibly wouldn't feel inclined to give him anything!

We'd give DP's mum the money to buy her council house and meet any future care costs, so that she'd never have to move away from the wonderful garden that she's created over 60 years.

We would start looking into setting up a charitable foundation to do something that provides supported housing for people with MH issues, and possibly families fleeing DV. I've worked in that field for some years, and would be discussing this with my CE.

We don't do flash, so we think we could keep it all pretty discreet.

WeLovetoBoogieonaSaturdayNight · 05/10/2019 10:48

Same as many other PPs, I definitely wouldn't go public.
Nor would I tell any family or friends. Not for a good long while, anyway.
And I like the idea of maybe saying a smaller jackpot, too.

Well, not that I'll ever have to concern myself with any of it!
Bummer.

darkriver19886 · 05/10/2019 10:57

No I wouldn't go public. I am not sure what I would do with it though. Nobody NEEDS £169m.

MovinOnUp · 05/10/2019 11:21

WE WON!!! £14.50

GoldenNoodle · 05/10/2019 11:25

Having read this thread, I legged it to the shop to buy a ticket. I am pleased to announce that I won £5.90. I shall only be sharing this news with close family and friends and the internet.

SoreHead22 · 05/10/2019 11:25

I didn't win

GoldenNoodle · 05/10/2019 11:26

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