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 also think winners are steered into going public- they will have access to PR people, some control over copy etc. Winners will be warned that the story will get out anyway, so better to do it in a controlled way using Lotto publicists etc, rather than being hounded by press and losing control over reportage.
Which is bunkum really- Lotto want people to go public, it is good advertising for them, but we rarely hear a peep out of those who choose to be anomymous. Family and friends will know of course, but most of us, even winners have quite dull lives- a divorce or estranged sibling at most perhaps, not exactly juicy tabloid stuff. And large amounts of money can give protection, staff, secret hideaways for a while- a lot becomes possible.

Same here OP.

Oh and incidentally, 180 mil wouldn’t be enough for me. I want billions 😁

I thought a stipulation is that you have to go public with euromillions? Feck everyone’s idea of 2 million instead, I have a list of people I’d buy houses for and charities I’d help, 2 million would only knock off half the list! And yes ridiculous amount of money and I don’t envy them figuring it out but hope they enjoy it whether they already had money or not! OP hope you forget about it soon x

No way would H and I go newspaper public with it, but our lovely financial adviser would suddenly be very popular with his boss when he took on our account 🤣

I'd love to win big money, although perhaps not £184m large. I'd be happy with a couple of million. Pay off the house. Do the work to it. Live comfortably and set my kids up. Maybe enough to pay if each of our best friends mortgages and set them up too 🥰

I had this happen. Not quite as much, but still a lot. I save all my emails and I was searching for something else and came across one about an account I created and put bitcoin in right near the start when you could mine the stuff watching ads. I'd completely forgotten about it. It was still active as I tried to reset the password and receive an email back but not the password.

I spent several months searching through close to a dozen old hard drives and finally found the password.

Nah, that amount of money is pointless. Just stress. I know what I'd do with a million pounds, maybe even a few million, but after that...why?

I'm disappointed it wasn't me but no way would I go public.

I wouldn't want all the attention and people from my past reappearing and begging for money.

I think my first thought was thst I wish it had been a friend or relative who might want to share the love as it is an obscene amount of money for one.
A million is plenty but and good luck to them I suppose as long as they use it for good. You could help alot of charities and family/friends with thst sort of money and not even miss it.
Although I can see it not buying them happiness especially as they are already having random strangers sniping about how rich they must be as they have a 600K house. Going public was a mistake as could bring them lots of hassle and hate.

I have always thought this. 2 mil per 100 people or so is so much better and smarter. No chance of ruining your life. Just a wonderful bonus. I think the same amount of people would buy tickets if those were the prizes. Lotteries should give it a try.

This 100%

If i won that i'd sort out my friends and family for life, donate to the nhs and buy a rainforest in Costa Rica. Id prob open and eco hotel in said rainforest.

Actually if I won that I'd want to do something about climate change, endangered species, but also save all the cats. And dogs. And, er, other animals. I mean humans as well, but humans keep doing war and money doesn't fix that.

You see the problem! Its too much to figure out!

I was just happy for them when I saw them on the news but I think unfortunately it will bring it's troubles. It's just an obscene amount and all sorts of crazy shit goes along with acquiring that much money.

Well they were already rich and had land with ponies, can't expect them to give a shit about others. If I was that comfortable with money, why bother playing? Let someone else win that will actually use it to help them and their families.

Wow, what a nasty comment!

I could think of lots to do with that money.
Fund regeneration projects, set up a fund for start up companies, build and run schools and agrigultural projects in developing countrie,s support the work of charities- oh and have a huge amount of fun spending a lot of it.

test for routine shite gets on my tits.
@GoadyToady what type of routine shite? Do you mean staff testing or patient?
I get one appointment letter per appointment. Yes a txt would be more efficient and cheaper.

Thing is what would you do after jetting off on holiday,bought a new house/car,then what?..boredom,possibly depression.

I hadn't heard this phrase before. How very apt forcso many situations!

Me too OP.

I admit I haven't rtft, got about 4 pages in. To add a tiny bit of positivity to the thread, I work on a project partially funded by the National Lottery and I am really grateful people do play, as the funds really do help to positively change the lives of those who really need it. Wouldn't mind a win myself mind you.....

@speakout I know what you're saying, but I like I wrote afterwards, there's lots of stuff I would want to fund...mostly to do with protecting animals and the environment....but I wouldn't know how to assess the importance or feasability of all the different projects. I apply for funding regularly as a reseacher and sometimes the reviewers totally contradict each other, and they're trained to do it! Who would I trust to invest in? I guess anything is better than nothing though.

Let someone else win that will actually use it to help them and their families.

Mate it's a lottery. You don't win because you deserve it 😂

I'm not depressed by hearing about the win. The couple have had amazing good luck and I'm pleased for them.
OTOH some of the mean spirited posts on this thread are depressing.

Same, I wouldn't donate to charity, what I would do is buy an apartment complex and offer housing to low income families with all bills included for a sustainable rate. I would save half their rent and give it back when they left with the idea they would use it to help get on the housing ladder.

No idea of practicality here but this is fantasy chat

I don't wish the lottery would give 183 people a million, but I wish they'd bump up the prizes a bit. We got 4 numbers recently and got a couple of hundred quid. Which was obviously a nice surprise (except it's a work so split between 6 of us it didn't go far!) But I wish they'd make the top prize a little less but you get more for less numbers. After all it's rare to get 5 numbers! So that should still be a good prize (and by that I mean substantial). The top prize can still be an insane amount of money. But if i knew i might win 500k from getting 5 numbers, Id play more!

I'm not envious of the winners, their life has changed but not necessarily for the better. I love the idea of winning but I'd hate to suddenly venin the public eye and scrutinized by my friends. I'd probably offer them all a set sum but with a contract saying that I have no say over how they spend it, but once it's gone there is no more.and leave it up to them if they want to take the money. Sounds horrible and mercenary but when you're in that situation you have to think like a business. Money ruins relationships. Your friend is amazingly grateful that you've given them £1m. They pay off their mortgage and perhaps buy a BTL or invest in a business. Or maybe go on lots of holidays or cut down their days at work. Life happens and suddenly £1m runs out as these days it's not actually an 'enormous' sum (obviously that's relative, but in the SE you can easily spend that on a family home without going crazy). Friend then asks for more money, but you don't want to because where does it end/you want to be fair amongst friend and family. If you give them another £1m surely you should do the same for everyone else as well? You say no, they get bitter because they think you can easily spare it. Resentment builds. Friendship ruined. So I'd want an agreement signed on the initial money to say that was a final lump sum. Wouldn't solve all problems but would at least make sure people knew where they stood.

I had a book I loved as a child about a boy who was poorly and created a computer game and became a millionaire. He bought loads of stuff and then realised his best friend couldn't play with him because they didn't have a racing bike etc. So he bought them a bike as a nice gesture. However the friend was really upset and offended and it was a really good demonstration about pride and people's feelings and how you can just go around buying stuff for people without it having repercussions.