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What would you do with a euromillions mega win?

224 replies

SoMuchOfEverything · 07/12/2023 15:06

£201m jackpot on the Euromillions tomorrow. If you won, what is the first thing you're buying?

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Wimpeyspread · 07/12/2023 20:22

Buy a house for each of my children

Idtotallybangdreamoftheendlessnotgonnalie · 07/12/2023 20:23

Put it straight in a bank and pretend like it doesn't exist, but instead live a rich, varied but chilled and low key lifestyle off the £500k pm interest.

ElfontheShelfIsWATCHINGYOUTOO · 07/12/2023 20:24

Well, aside from all usual stuff house wise I would buy a beautiful cosy house in London somewhere and somewhere in the country.

Travel, pt and so on... Then I would start to lobby government to stop mould in any house's rented out by councils or private landlord.

Then I would tackle school and education to stop forcing children out of education by having one approach to learning.

PokeAndyInTheEye · 07/12/2023 20:36

A secluded house in the countryside where I could paint and draw to my hearts content.

Id volunteer at dog rescue places and probably buy a Range Rover. Not really bothered about much else after that!

Perfectlystill · 07/12/2023 20:53

Pay off mortgage.
New kitchen
Book amazing long holiday around the US
Buy house in Rutland
Another dog

Nail123 · 07/12/2023 20:56

First I’m down the shop for some champers
2nd spa day and pampering
3rd book a tree house at centre parcs
4th new car
5th a few 5* hotel visits
6th lapland trip for next year
7th sun holiday
8th house buying

I would try to keep it as quiet as possible and make out I won a lot less than I did if it came out.

Gingerkittykat · 07/12/2023 21:03

A few pet pygmy goats and donkeys.

I would have to buy a detached house with grounds first.

I'd build a huge luxury bathroom with a jacuzzi, smart lighting, and a TV and spend most of my evenings in there.

readingmakesmehappy · 07/12/2023 21:07

Ask Women's Aid which towns they don't have refuges in but where they're needed and build at least 5.
Pay off the mortgage. Buy a flat in London.
Set up a family holiday fund with a fancé travel agent so every member of my family can go on two amazing holidays every year.
Set up an education trust for my kids and niblings to pay for education up to masters level.
Set up trusts for the kids so they inherit a bit every five years as adults as long as they're in gainful employment.

VickyEadieofThigh · 07/12/2023 21:08

I'd give the majority to charity; then family and friends

I'd buy a nicer house and have better holidays and a new car.

EnthENd · 07/12/2023 21:10

Professional financial advice.

And a nice ebike.

But as far as spending the bulk of the money goes, my dream is to found a town. £200 million just might do that, although not in development-hostile Britain.

SocksAndTheCity · 07/12/2023 21:12

PaperBlinds · 07/12/2023 20:16

After sorting mortgage, siblings, parents, helping out a couple of friends and significant donations to charity, wouldn't any one buy some art? Nothing mega or showy, just a tiny Van Gogh or a small Constable, a print or several by artists I love? Or some beautiful ceramics.

I would love to, but I don't think the Guggenheim would sell me Franz Marc's Yellow Cow. Maybe some Tamara de Lempicka 😊

PurpleNebula84 · 07/12/2023 21:28

Buy the house that me and my DD6 have been coveting for ages as its got stables and she wants a horse - it's been on her Xmas list for 3 years.
Book a trip to Lapland for ASAP.
Buy said horse(s) - I'd probably like one too.
Quit work.
Pay off my brother's mortgage and give him some cash.
Give my dad a load of money.
Buy my cousin a house.
Put loads in a trust fund for DD.
Set up a charity to help women with legal costs for divorce and child contact issues.

Ponoka7 · 07/12/2023 23:10

Yants · 07/12/2023 20:21

I'd disagree about the kids "needing to work"

Yes they obviously need to do something constructive with their lives but if I had pretty much unlimited means I'd happily set my kids up financially so they could pursue a worthwhile passion for the rest of their life rather than having to work a job they may not enjoy.

Either set them up in business or possibly a charity if their passion doesn't have a commercial element to it.

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I agree. My youngest would get very involved with local animal charities, particularly cats, physically helping and transporting injured animals to rehabbers. My middle DD would be good in home start or DV charity support work. My eldest works in MH and would love more independence in her decision making, so would definitely still be involved. People from ordinary backgrounds, who suddenly don't have to work, are extremely valuable.

zelda10 · 07/12/2023 23:45
  1. fake my own death
  2. buy an island and build a massive fuck-off mansion on it
  3. fill mansion with cats
  4. build second mansion
  5. hire several nubile cat-loving gigolos and fill second mansion with them
  6. Acquire a feather boa, some purple lipstick and a lifetime supply of expensive gins
  7. Live out my remaining days and then have my body cryogenically frozen until someone can reanimate me and then do it all again!
Palindrone · 07/12/2023 23:52

Pay for my parents to have the dementia care they desperately need without being forced to sell their home.

Say to DH he can quit the teaching job that is running him ragged and never have to work in a school again.

Donate to the NHS neonatal unit that saved my daughter's life. The NHS also gave her the gift of hearing through cochlear implants so I'd make a sizeable donation to fund further research to make implants even more effective. (At present my daughter's implants allow her to interpret speech but she has no appreciation of music as the implants aren't advanced enough to interpret different pitches - as a musician, it pains me that I can't share my love of music with her).

After that, I'd buy a home for life, for my family to grow into, rather than living on top of each other in our current shoebox.

I'd pay off the mortgages of all my friends who have been there for me when the shit has hit the fan, easing the pressure for them.

I'd travel to all the places I've wanted to go but previously couldn't afford - South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and British Colombia to name a few.

And with the money I had leftover, I'd get laser eye surgery, get my crumbling teeth fixed, have regular deep tissue massages to ease the trapped nerves in my back, and buy the most mellifluous, custom-made violin imaginable.

Celticliving · 08/12/2023 08:25

I'm really sorry to shatter all your dreams but I've decided that I will be winning tonight!

In all seriousness though, I would:

  • Give my church £1m

  • Buy my 1st house in the area that I love (West London)

  • Either buy my Mum a new house or get hers renovated

  • Give two of my brothers £1m each

  • Give £1m to my cousin

  • Nieces and Nephews £10,000 each

  • Give £1m to my best friend

  • Go on lots of holidays

Bring. It. On.

Chocolateismylovelife · 08/12/2023 09:01

Book a suite somewhere nice for my first weekend as a multi millionaire.
Shop for a new wardrobe without looking at a single price tag.
Eat out for every meal this first weekend.
Pay off all debts.
Renovate my house.
Buy a home with a small farm.
Gift money to family and friends.
Invest in my children - better schools, opportunities, music lesson etc
Donate a large sum to kids current schools
Be a secret Santa and gift cheques of thousands to the nice work colleagues and neighbours.
Set up some sort of foundation to help less fortunate.

Sheepskinthrow · 08/12/2023 09:06

Yants · 07/12/2023 20:21

I'd disagree about the kids "needing to work"

Yes they obviously need to do something constructive with their lives but if I had pretty much unlimited means I'd happily set my kids up financially so they could pursue a worthwhile passion for the rest of their life rather than having to work a job they may not enjoy.

Either set them up in business or possibly a charity if their passion doesn't have a commercial element to it.

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I would definitely want my children to work. The problem with pursuing your own interests with no outside demands or pressures is that you stay stuck as an individual without any growth. It’s only really through handling conflict and doing things we don’t want to do that we mature. Believe me, I know two people with trust funds who have stayed pretty much the same since university and not in a good way!

WinterNamechange · 08/12/2023 11:42

I honestly think I would give the bulk of it away to an already established charity probably JKR's Lumos Foundation, and just keep £4 million or so. I think it would mess with ones head too much to have such an insane amount of money so suddenly. No-one needs £201m!

But of the £4m I would put aside enough to buy the DC a starter home when the time comes and possibly pay for private secondary school; pay off ours (and both of our brothers' mortgage) and get a new kitchen; go part-time at work and re-train to be a medical herbalist, and DH could follow his dreams too. Our life is pretty good at the moment so I don't think we would change too much. Just slightly upgrade what we already have and go on a few more holidays. But we like our house and where we live.

TroysMammy · 08/12/2023 12:02

Buying something won't be on the top of my list but quitting work is. I would go in the next day to get my stuff like my mugs and snack box as I'm not leaving those for anyone else and then walk out without giving notice. Fuck 'em.

TroysMammy · 08/12/2023 12:10

As far as buying, I would need a passport first then will take my childhood friend shopping in Milan. Since the lottery started we've said that's the first thing we'd do.

Give to local charities.

But new cars for family, nothing fancy.

Buy a house or pay off mortgage for close family.

Don't know what to do with my lovely neighbours (5), perhaps a gated community we could all still live close but have freedom from each other as I'd miss them if I moved away.

Buy myself a big house with a craft room, Dolls house room, cat room.

Have more cats.

muckymayhem · 08/12/2023 12:44

I'd tell DH to hand in his notice for his extremely stressful job. He's 60 and I think he's worked hard enough now.

Set up the kids.

Keep a bit - give a lot away once we'd decided where it could be best used locally.

Sell our beach hut for £1 to piss off the council who have introduced a stupid charge of 10% of the sale price even if you don't make any profit. Grin

KCSIE · 08/12/2023 13:50

I won £5 last night on a spontaneous purchase of a set for life ticket, thanks OP 😀

Cabdiraxman · 08/12/2023 13:54

If I won, I would use half of it to invest as a shareholder in companies that produce pharmaceuticals and military equipment for certain large returns as people have poor diets and wars.

Backtoreality1 · 08/12/2023 13:55

Setting up a charitable trust, chunk to both my siblings and mum to do with as they please, and an investment in the school where I work.