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Winning the Lottery

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LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 17:01

I'm winning the double rollover tonight - got my ticket and feeling spectacularly lucky. Previous tickets I've hoped to win haven't come through, so I'm going into tonight with confidence and seeing if that makes a difference.

Planned out my winnings which covers the 5 mil ~ dream house purchase, enough to invest and draw on for a decent style of living for the rest of my life, helping family/friends clear their mortgages/debt. Buying a Birkin 😎

AIBU to ask what I'd be sending you with some of the rest? I have about £400,000 to play with, though want to spread it around a bit. Only overly indulgent gifts you'd never buy yourself but secretly really, really want are allowed.

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LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 17:59

B2T · 29/01/2025 17:49

Please can I have a trip to a dude ranch in Montana, top of my bucket list. You are welcome to join.

You know what, this is my best friends dream trip - not mine (sorry) ~ but if I give you a load of 'fun spending money' with strict instructions to spend it all maybe you could take her with you? She's pretty frugal and I know she will not buy all the cool cowboy stuff she finds and lusts over, and need someone to chaperone and make sure she comes away with the goods 😉

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Tupperwarelid · 29/01/2025 18:00

Please can you pay for me to go on this riding holiday? I’ll need a single room supplement though as I’m not taking anyone with me to spoil my trip of a lifetime.

https://www.equestrian-escapes.com/Luxury-7-Night-Safari/

Many thank yous.

Luxury 7 night Safari

All levels of rider can experience this well established game reserve on horseback in South Africa with Equestrian Escapes

https://www.equestrian-escapes.com/Luxury-7-Night-Safari

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:00

modernshmodern · 29/01/2025 17:50

Please pay for me to go private to get my glass back fixed 🙏🏻

And a nice holiday ☀️

Done ☑️ Will that be the Maldives or the Caribbean?

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Uricon2 · 29/01/2025 18:00

Could I have a long weekend at the Witchery in Edinburgh?

I promise to send a postcard. Thank you.

Tworedgeraniums · 29/01/2025 18:01

One of those really fancy sewing machines with the mahoosive throat sew I can top stitch my lovely patchwork quilts myself.

and a mnset party, somewhere swish and we can all run into the loo and hide when we spot people we know IRL.

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:01

Januarybirthdaysarehardtomakefun · 29/01/2025 17:51

Can I get a new bed for just sleeping with DDOG?

Superking with lots of bedding covered in dog images? Maybe secret side pockets for dog treats?

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modernshmodern · 29/01/2025 18:02

@LottoWinner 0ooh tricky... Maldives I think.

You may run out of money tho!!

ssd · 29/01/2025 18:02

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 17:32

I'll be looking for mine once I win and quit my job - hoping I'll have more time for fun stuff so will definitely hit you up and we can go do bucket list stuff together if you're up for a new friend!

Im always up for a new friend Smile

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:04

CleansUpButWouldPreferNotTo · 29/01/2025 17:52

Please nicely could you get rid of nasty next door and buy that house for me so my DH who has a life-limiting condition can end his days in peace? I'm so sick of needing police intervention, for the most ridiculous things like they put dead birds in our bins and ring our doorbell at 6am. Apart from next door, the rest of the community is so lovely, friendly and helpful, and we're old so we don't want to move!

Oh, and a pair of 1ct emerald-cut diamond stud earrings please..

Oh that sounds awful! Tell you what, I'll turn up with a suitcase of cash to lure them out and make them swear never to return to the area, we'll buy the house and find a lovely family to rent it to (under market rate, and you can vet the renters to make sure they're truly gorgeous people who like making baked goods for their neighbours) ~ and then you can spend the rent on the earrings and things to make life easier for your DH. How does that sound?

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LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:05

NellyCortado · 29/01/2025 17:52

Love this OP!

A vintage emerald and diamond ring would be amazing please.

Thank you so much Flowers

Oooh lovely! Done ✅ Though please take me shopping with you to buy it and teach me an appreciation of jewellery! It's the one thing I don't really 'get' but I'll need to for my life as a rich person 😂

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EerieSalamander · 29/01/2025 18:06

Congratulations on your forthcoming win! I don't have a ticket for tonight but really looking forward to winning the Jackpot on my Set for Life ticket tomorrow 🌟🌟🌟

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:06

menopause59 · 29/01/2025 17:55

Very superficial I know but a boob reduction and a tummy tuck please.

I have had boobs since the age of 10 and after 3 kids without a bra I can took them in my socks 😂

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Absolutely ☑️ Plus I'll throw in a nice recovery in a luxury hotel!

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LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:07

Gulbekian · 29/01/2025 17:55

That's so nice of you! Thank you in advance.

I'd very much appreciate a teak Lutyens bench for my garden.

On it! Will get the garden centre to help me tie it to the top of my new car for delivery and will get funny looks everywhere 😂

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User14March · 29/01/2025 18:08

Someone won 84 million last Fri can you imagine waking up to that!

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:08

Somethingsnapped · 29/01/2025 17:58

Ooh, please may I have one or more of the following....

A camper van (second hand is fine)
A holiday to Iceland for my whole family
A long sheepskin coat from Celtic & Co
An Irish wolfhound.

Thank you soooo much xx

I mean surely you need all 4 as they sound like they go together so well....

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TheHangrySwan · 29/01/2025 18:09

I would absolutely love to go from Paris to Istanbul on the Orient Express, but even if I had the money, I’d find it hard to justify. But if someone is giving me that as a gift…can my husband come too??

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:09

NewHeaven · 29/01/2025 17:58

A bottle of Tom Ford's Grey Vetiver Perfume, please. Thanks very much.

Yesss! I've promised myself the white one (can't remember what it's called, just that it's a good scent for skiing which I'll also take up!) so will buy at the same time 👌

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mumda · 29/01/2025 18:09

I would like peace on earth... But I'll settle for a bar of Fry's chocolate cream.
Enjoy your dream win!

ItsFineReally · 29/01/2025 18:10

Pick n mix at the cinema please.

Always want it. Can never justify it.

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:10

Tupperwarelid · 29/01/2025 18:00

Please can you pay for me to go on this riding holiday? I’ll need a single room supplement though as I’m not taking anyone with me to spoil my trip of a lifetime.

https://www.equestrian-escapes.com/Luxury-7-Night-Safari/

Many thank yous.

Absolutely! Imagine having to share a room on a holiday of a lifetime ~ no thanks! 😂

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User14March · 29/01/2025 18:10

Those that play do u have lucky numbers or lucky dips?

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:11

Uricon2 · 29/01/2025 18:00

Could I have a long weekend at the Witchery in Edinburgh?

I promise to send a postcard. Thank you.

I'll need some Edinburgh rock sent with the postcard too I'm afraid 😬

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glastogal · 29/01/2025 18:12

A vip onsite glasto hotel thingy please. The more opulent, the better. I can't imagine using a real loo during the festival and sleeping in a real bed would be immensely satisfying. There is a danger that washing every day will mean I notice how terrible everyone else smells, but I can cope with that one small sacrifice. Big of me, I know!!

CleansUpButWouldPreferNotTo · 29/01/2025 18:13

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:04

Oh that sounds awful! Tell you what, I'll turn up with a suitcase of cash to lure them out and make them swear never to return to the area, we'll buy the house and find a lovely family to rent it to (under market rate, and you can vet the renters to make sure they're truly gorgeous people who like making baked goods for their neighbours) ~ and then you can spend the rent on the earrings and things to make life easier for your DH. How does that sound?

That sounds absolutely perfect thank you very much! 💖

LottoWinner · 29/01/2025 18:13

Tworedgeraniums · 29/01/2025 18:01

One of those really fancy sewing machines with the mahoosive throat sew I can top stitch my lovely patchwork quilts myself.

and a mnset party, somewhere swish and we can all run into the loo and hide when we spot people we know IRL.

OMG as long as I can also commission one of your lovely quilts!

The party is also a good idea. Could make up a MN bingo and see what familiar phrases we all use in real life 👀

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