How would you share your lottery winnings? Tell the National Lottery - £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

[AmeliaMumsnet]

Let’s just spend a few moments dreaming about winning the lottery! How would you spend a big windfall? The National Lottery would love hear who you would share your winnings with if you scooped a life changing Lotto prize?

Here’s what The National Lottery have to say: “Amazingly there are over 4,600 National Lottery millionaires now in the UK winning £1 million or more. And what’s lovely to hear is that 95% of winners say they share their jackpot prize with family, charities and friends; with one third helping their children first.*

Real winner stories:

· Matt – I paid off Mums mortgage aged 28… it was the best feeling in the world
· Trish – I’ve set up investments so that years from now my son will be a millionaire just like me
· Natalie – before the win mum gave us so much help with the children, it was amazing to take her on a dream trip to New York to show her how much we love her and appreciated all her support.

That’s what they did, so now tell us: Who would win if you win? Who tops the list of those you would treat and why? "

…would it be giving your DH the ‘boys toy’ he has always wanted?

…or perhaps rewarding Mum & Dad for all their help and support over the years?

…how about an all-expenses paid girly holiday in the sun?

…or is there an individual or community project you’d love to support and help make their dream a reality?

…or how about you invest in a holiday house that everybody can enjoy for years to come?

Everyone who posts on this thread telling The National Lottery about who they would share their Lotto winnings and how will be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck,

MNHQ

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*Source: Camelot UK Lotteries

Money for the kids to be able to buy their own place, as with house prices as they are, they'll struggle to ever get enough deposit, never mind being able to borrow enough in the 1st place

Firstly any win of mine would be a win for my DH too - we'd make the decision of how to share it out together. But my suggestions would be:
Dream house for the parents (hopefully nearer us!) and pay for weekly cleaner for them
Dream party house for dear sister (where she lives - she wouldn't like to live away from her friends)
Dream house for DB (opposite us ideally as it may go on the market soon!)
IVF at the best IVF clinic in the UK to try and have the family we dream of having
Amazing diving holiday for the whole family (except me as hopefully I'd be pregnant from the IVF!) and then yearly breaks away in the Caribbean like Wayne and Coleen Rooney always seem to do with their families
Regular holidays for our friends with us to places they would never otherwise get to see
Pay off our mortgage and do our extension so we can entertain friends
Put in new septic tank (boring I know)
Classic mercedes for the DH (his dream car)
Regular cleaner and gardener for us
Big donation to the charity my dad raises money for
God, this is my dream

i would pay off my sisters mortgage for her and buy myself a home too. i would buy my son a new car as he has recently passed his test and is driving an old banger around at the moment. i would take all my family on an unforgettable holiday and then invest a large sum for my childrens future! ...... if only!

I really think it depends totally on how much I won. There are charities and organisations I support already and clearly I would help them out too but Family First is my motto. I would absolutely look after my parents and my children in the first instance and then if I had enough to invest that the interest would enable me to have a good lifestyle then the rest I would share with those in needs

Like a lot of other people, I would start by paying off our mortgage. DH would like to work less and this would mean he could. I would also help out our siblings a bit. Neither my parents nor DH's parents really "need" any extra money, but my grandmother is running out of funds for her nursing home fees (outlived her own expectations!) and my Dad and his siblings (all retired) are having to subsidise it. It's very expensive, so helping with that would also be a priority. And DMIL has dementia, so I would like to help fund some care or cleaning. To be honest, all that probably adds up to quite a lot. If I could afford not to work and to do voluntary work instead then I would. And I would give some to the charities we already support. If it meant we had extra disposable income generally, then I would probably spend more on travel. Or solar panels for the roof to generate our own electricity. I think we need less 'stuff' than we think we do so after taking care of the mortgages etc it would be experiences that I would buy.

Firstly, I would take my mum all the places she wants to go as a thanks for everything she has done for me. She loves trains and would love to travel on the Orient express so that would definitely be top of the list.

My biggest desire if I won enough would be to buy a house, my partner and I rent and doubt we could ever afford to buy our own home.

I'd give the money to family, friends and charities.

I would pay off my brothers mortgage and my 2 best friends mortgages. I would take my mum to Nashville and Hawaii and take my inlaws to the Caribbean.

Then if I had any money left I would establish a not for profit foundation to support parents who have premature babies and to fund them to take more leave with their babies so they don't have to go back to work so soon - not explained that very well

Get DH to quit work

Ooh what a tough (but lovely) choice!! Haha..
I would pay off mine, my parents and my grans mortgages; put a large amount in a trust for my son who's due any day now and plan a gorgeous family holiday - I'm thinking private villa in Italy!

With my other half!

No mortgages in the family to help with but I think I'd buy a gorgeous huge holiday home on an accessible Greek Island which would then be a holiday haven for my nearest and dearest.

The rest would be put aside for university fees for DC and for them to buy houses when the time comes.

I wouldn't really want to change our lives beyond that.

I'd: pay off my parents' mortgage.
Buy myself a penthouse ;)
Take my boyfriend anywhere he wants to go in the world.
Be able to fund my own business (just starting out) properly.
Go on a polar bear expedition in Canada (recently read about it and it looks absolutely incredible).

Fund a scholarship to my old school in my gparents names.
Buy a house, set up uni and private school fund for sprogs. New car.
Make small fund for nieces and nephews further education and buy one of my brothers a new car (because he needs it). Offer to pay for therapy for my dad. A whole bundle of pretty tech for my husband and a lot of books for me!

I'd buy a house with a room for all of us to have some personal space and a bed! No more sofa bed in the living room for me and DH!
I'd have a granny annexe for MIL so we could see her more.

My family and in laws would get a house so they don't have to worry about social housing.

The rest would be split between the cftrust so they can find research and cure my eldest boy and The Sussex Snowdrop Trust because I wouldn't have survived his diagnosis and constant trials without their support and then whatever's left would go to a holiday, because I'm exhausted and it won't happen without a windfall.

my dad used to always say 'when i win the lottery...' he was convinced it would happen one day... he'd dream of buying a yacht and he wanted to buy me a VW polo car for some reason! So I guess I'd buy him a yacht and myself a VW polo to cheer him up.

I'd love to let the kids have a holiday of a lifetime and get myself a decent mobile phone.

I'd have my mum's valueless old clock restored. I got a quote, and it was astronomical. But if I had unlimited funds it would be nice to have it ticking away again and reminding me of my childhood.

Also I'd do good by stealth - reading newspapers, keeping an ear out for worthy causes and helping people anonymously.

• Help favourite SIL and her children

• Luxury holiday for close friends and family to Exeter Game Lodge in Sabi Sands Reserve (beside the Kruger). We went there for our honeymoon (and our 10th anniversary) and would love to share the experience. We'd start with a few days in the Kruger as it's a different (but still good ) experience.

• Buy out our downstairs neighbours so that we could own the whole house (currently in the upper half of a Victorian stone villa) and then do a whole scale refurbishment.

• Donate funds to our local rugby club. Ds has got such pleasure from it over the years.

• Invest in a friend's winery (who is already making lovely wines). Would have suggested buying a winery but the best way to make a small fortune in the wine business is start with a big one

It would depend how much I win, if I won enough to pay off our mortgage and put some money aside for our little girl when she is older and still had some spare, I'd like to help out some of my family members who's life could be made easier with some money

I would make a big donation to my university so they could give more students bursaries.

I would give my mum and dad the money to finish their extension, and my brother the money to buy his own place.

For myself, I would get a chauffeur so I didn't need to pass my driving test and buy a new house with the room to build a big library like in Beauty and the Beast!

It all depends on how much I won but I would give my parents so much money, the in-laws some money and put some into an account for each of my children. Then if I had won enough I would either buy a house here and holiday in Australia or I would make my lifetime dream come true and move to Australia.

Some money to fund cancer research as my mother has advanced cancer which cannot be cured docs can only offer palliative care so maybe try oversees treatment to find the best possible care or treatment option for her and if all that fails then i would use the money to make mum as comfortable as possible...

I've always day dreamed about firstly booking an amazing holiday for my family. Then paying for my parents house to ve finished and mortgage free. We'd build our own house. I'd buy my friend amy a car. And I'd pay for some medical treatment within my family. I'd pay the mortgages off. Get nice cars for both me and my partner :-)

I would help my family with mortgages, set them a trust fund (small family!). I would move to a quieter place maybe near the seaside, take my parents too. This would give my daughter a new start after constant bullying (which is never acknowledged by...) and she'd love to live by the coast and make & meet new friends which would give me & rest of family trust & faith that she'd view her life full of positives.

Buy a house, ensure the family are looked after, and donate to an animal charity.