To be a bit depressed by the Euromillions story?

[MobLife]

I find myself wishing I knew nothing about it and hadn't read the story about the winning couple!
All day I've been ruminating over that extraordinary sum of money and what it must feel like....it's left me feeling really flat especially when the imagination suddenly dissolves and I'm left mulling over my actual reality of bills and debts and whatever.

It's not even like I have a bad life in so far as I've got a roof over my head and a secure job, no posh holidays or particular luxuries but in the fortune position of not having to worry too much about the food bill and can have a meal out once in a while. And we're all healthy which £184million cannot buy.

The irony is I don't even play the bloody lottery!!

But yeh, very very flat

I think by going public they'll lose all control of everything.

I am jealous but also think it's an obscene amount of money, I'd happily win it but would give loads away. Would certainly never go public when so many people are struggling to live.

Yes that would be wonderful localhobo but we know that would never happen

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the government donated £145 million to the NHS, then maybe it wouldn't be in the very poor state it's in now, and has been for years.

The organisers are not stupid. The bigger the jackpot, the more people buy a lottery ticket. And indeed, the more people talk about it on social media.
The organisers don’t care about who wins, they just want to make money for themselves.

They could have made 184 people millionaires, instead of giving one couple 184 million, wouldn't have made any difference to the organisers. I don't get it.

I al o think they were mad to go public. Though people would know event surely? I think the saddest thing about winning the lottery would be the loss of your friendship group, i mean you’d be wanting to go on holiday or meeting for coffee and everyone would be at work? Your whole life would change so much. Imagine complaining to your mates about an aspect of your life, and they’re just thinking “you’re a millionaire I’m so jealous “

People on this thread are very good at spending other people's money...

I think it's too much money tbh for one couple to win. I'm sure if 184 people had won £1 million, it would have made 184 people plus their families and loved ones happy and stable. I don't think a majority of the people would be pretty ungrateful if they had won £1 million.

That's a nice thought, but it would create a lot of resentment. Family members would say, 'why can't they give us at least a million?'
Or if they didn't say it, they'd probably be thinking it.

The nasty attitudes on this thread. 😅

They’re as entitled to play it as anyone else. Who says they don’t care about others? You have no idea what this couple are like. 🙄

I'd genuinely hate to win that much money. It would put so much pressure on relationships and you'd never be able to trust anyone, always thinking are they true friends or just after my money.
Any more than 5 million would be too much and actually for most people a few hundred thousand would make such a difference to quality of life.

No. It is equivalent to £2 for each of the UK population. Where do you think the money comes from?

But that’s not how it works. Why do people keep saying this?

Hasn’t Camelot lost their renewal contract?

If so I wonder if it’ll change odd etc, I only buy the Euro when they have the special games such as 10 one million UK winners.

I don’t have family to share with other than my daughter so I’d do a raffle on here 😉 to share it.

I thought they seemed nice, and they won fairly - why does it matter that they were already relatively well off ? Should we means test anyone wanting to play the lottery ???!!!
it’s luck. That’s just life

Bloody hell if my close friend won £184mill I'd like to think they'd consider giving me enough money to be able to go for a coffee with them now and again!

I don’t know why that keeps being said either. 🤷‍♀️

Because it would be a better system. People would be more likely to win and more likely to spend that win. Therefore better for the economy.
The system should change IMO.

Some lottery winners do give a lot to charity. I remember reading this story recently and it made me feel more hopeful. I think it was this one https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/lottery-results-numbers-winner-charity-b2066514.html

Good for them. I’d never go public like that though. I would personally let the dust settle and then say we had won something lie 3 or 5 million. Just to be able to justify a new house and cars and travel.

I wonder what sort of protection from scammers and trolls they get. Begging letters won’t be far away I don’t think.

@lollipoprainbow that's exactly what I said !! When I read about their home and animals etc I thought what they have now would def be my lotto win :)

But the system is set up to maximise the money raised for the "good causes", not to help the economy.

I love to daydream of giving all my family and friends security and then a huge chunk to various charities close to my heart.

Yeah I didn’t literally mean you’d never go for coffee with your mates!
It’d just be so hard to keep the friendship on the same terms without looking like lady bountiful treating everyone all the time. I think it would eventually lead to resentment.
And of course you could give away loads if you won really big, but again, are you then essentially making people dependent on you? What happens when your mate burns through their first million and they’ve given up work …they come back for more?
It’s hard to get across what I mean. It’d change things for sure, and not always for the best.