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

I'd pay off my friends' debts as well as family's. Then a massive holiday somewhere interesting, probably an African safari, in total luxury.

I would buy enough land to create an organic community veggie garden for my village, and set aside some for traditional meadows to help the bees and wildlife.

With the rest of the money I'd set up a trust fund to ensure the project survived into the future, and employ people who for all kinds of reasons find it difficult to get a job but want to work.

I'd contribute to improvements in the NHS trust I work for, in Maternity, bringing in specialist IT support to streamline all the rubbish systems we have and get admin support, so that Midwives can focus on the job in hand.
Family and friends of course, would all get a helping hand too.

Beyond paying off mortgage and a holiday etc I'd like to set up a charity.

Assuming I've won the jackpot of say £2.5m, I'd buy my aunt a nice flat with a view of the water, give my uncle, brother and 2 cousins 100k each. I'd give lumps sums of 50k to my two best friends, and put maybe 25k each in accounts for my 3 nieces/nephew. Smaller cheques of 10k for my other friends/family - approx 120k.

I'd then buy a nice house for DS and I. 4 bedrooms, one each, a spare and a nice den for him to have his friends over. Maybe £200k. I'd give a decent lump some to our local hospice and maybe try and start up some sort of youth club in the area, with the help of some volunteers. My aunt would be up for that.

I'd leave my job and spend my time learning to do something fun and creative, like making jewellery, with the aim being to start my own business to still have a normal income and maybe be able to employ a couple of staff members. Maybe buy a rental property as investment for DS. I'd plan some trips to take DS and see some of the beautiful world we live in.

As long as I had 1million left to live off comfortably for the next 50 years, I'd be happy with that. 

If we're talking euromillions figures, then my heid would explode with the possibilities, so it would then all go to DS and be spent on FIFA points and Pringles.

I'd make sure my DM had access to the best medical care available (bastard cancer). I'd make sure all my family are comfortable and secure. I'd leave my job but fund the project i work on (volunteering to improve children's literacy) for a good few more years.

In no particular order....
I would give some money to a friend who's split from her partner but struggling to pay mortgage alone.
Pay off own mortgage and parents.
Give money to local school.
Share around other family members and friends.
I probably wouldn't tell people, and would find a way to give people the money anonymously.
I would pay the staff at the local library, which has just become volunteer run.

I would start by buying my mum a house to live and retire in. At 58 years old she has never been in a position to buy and has been so generous to her children, ensuring that we can save and be in a position to buy one day so that we don't have as many stresses as she does.

I would donate to the local dance school I attended as a child which changed my life. Its a charity, they are always scraping the pennies together through fundraising and I would love to ensure they could cover their rent and pay teachers etc for a good few years.

I would love to sponsor a student through their further education. I work in a specialist field and would NEVER have been able to afford to train where I did had I not had a scholarship. I would leave a totally different life without the financial help I received.

I would give to friends that I know struggle. A few thousand each to help them get off their feet.

I would donate to my local ED ward, to hopefully improve resources and reduce wait times as it makes all the difference.

I feel all warm inside every time I imagine being in a position to do all this. One day!

I'd pay for my parents to have their own chauffeur and put enough aside for my family to live comfortably (though not excessively) from now on. With the left over money, I'd love to send anonymous cheques to people - DB and SiL's trip to New York that had to be cancelled, the checkout assistant who always smiles at DS even when he's screaming and I am getting The Look from everyone else, the line manager who needs a holiday, the friend who'd love to retrain, the kid who gets teased for having to wear his uniform on non uni days. I could go on - this thread is one of my favourite day dreams!

A nice house for my daughter who rents in a really expensive area with no chance of being able to afford to buy and also a small cottage for her to have as a holiday let business as she hates her current job. Pay off my other daughter's mortgage and help them buy a bigger house, a house in waiting each for my granddaughters and an extension for my own house. I'm happy where I am so no need to move. I'd give up work as I'm past retirement age anyway and travel a bit more to Australia (Ayers Rock), New Zealand ( Hobbiton) and Canada ( Vancouver) then I 'd settle back and get a dog.

I would pay back my lovely mum all the money she spent on solicitors to help me escape my ex husband, and pay off my sisters mortgage because I would love them to feel secure and for my BIL to not have to work so hard. Then I would do whatever is the sensible thing regarding my children, whether that is buying us our very own home ( for the first time!) or investing. Then I would by my mum a new turquoise mini. And probably give the rest away to other single mums struggling to get by, because I know how it feels. Then I would go for a very long snooze safe in the knowledge we are sorted. Then I would get up, go back to work, and be forever thankful that I can work for love and not just for money.

I'd buy my mum and dad a new car each, and book them the cruise they'd love to go on.

I'd pay my siblings' mortgage off and take everyone away for an amazing, catered, weekend in Scotland.

Rather than buy DH his dream car, I'd buy him access to a car hire club, so he could try out lots of flash cars.

I'd give cash gifts to a couple of friends.

I'd invest half for the DCs for when they are 30, but not tell them.

The rest I'd spend on holidays, a cleaner, a decorator and a gardener.

I forgot, a sizeable amount would go to the local children's hospice to help families when they most need it.

I love to go for a course to learn to build things. I have never go to uni before, so this will help me to go back to school.

Gosh!!! First off, I would go to Asda and do a massive shop without having to worry about going over budget lol. Then buy a house for myself and my family- seperate houses! Buy a "big car" as my 9 year old is obsessed with me having a big car. Then invest the rest in to my children's future. Obvs need a massive blow out too.

I think of this often... pay off all my, DH's and mum's debts. Learn to drive. Travel the world. Start up a special needs friendly hair dressers. Cut hours at work so i could spend more time volunteering. Save my city's libraries from being closed and do random acts of kindness on a daily basis like paying for someone's shopping/bus fare/taxi ride etc

Oh, and save!!! Save for my future and my son's future so we need never go into debt again!!

Gosh I've never thought about this ehem..

If it was a big win I'd pay off all close family mortgages etc.

I'd invest in property as a nest egg portfolio for my retirement/kids futures.

Trust funds for the little darlings.

I'd get us all health checked at a fancy London clinic which for about 12k analyses your genes and cells and prevents illnesses and diseases before the happen (where possible)

Then I'd probably get a top to toe makeover. Things lifted, enlarged plumped and preened and travel. See the world. Try the food, drink the drinks eat the cake.

I'd donate to charities close to my heart after years of wishing I could do more.

I'd live a quiet life. Half a million would transform my life it doesn't have to be millions. Just enough for a leg up so I could make my own millions. Oh I wish ...

Depending on how much I won, I'd pay off my sister's mortgage, buy my other sister a house and I'd buy my parents a holiday house on the West Coast of Scotland.

For me, I'd pay for a loft conversion and a bigger car so we could accommodate a much-wanted third child. We could also pay off a lot of debt we've accumulated over the years and live a much simpler life. It would just be nice to decide to go on holiday without months of saving. I'd also buy the kids a big climbing frame for the garden. I'd use the money to make our existing life better, not change it!

I'd pay off our mortgage, get an extension and then, if I won enough, I'd go PT to spend more time with my kids.

Nothing extravagant I know, but time is precious so to be able to spend more of it with my family would be a dream come true.

I would also donate 10% of any winning to charity/causes. Regrettably I would keep it a secret though as money can pull family and friends apart and I would rather work out ways to spend time and give little treats than the baggage and demands that come from people knowing you have money.....

I'd make sure there was enough money for my children when they were older - but I wouldn't give them loads of money straight away as I think it's so important to have to work for things to know the value of what you have.

I'd love to do some stuff for charity, both organised charities and to help individuals. Maybe I'd set up my own charity to give support to parents with children with MH problems.

I'd split it 50/50 with my sister. Our parents are dead so we just have each other. I wouldn't enjoy the money if she didn't have the same. Then I'd buy a nice house with a big garden and have a massive trampoline and a swimming pool. Ds has autism and anxiety and can't always leave the house so a big garden would help as he could go outside without having to see anyone and dd would be able to play out more as well.
And I would have my bedroom done out beautifully as a really peaceful place to go when I'm stressed and tired.
Then I would just live normally and put the rest of the money away for the kids future. Dd wants to be a surgeon and is really clever so I would help with uni etc; and I don't know what the future holds for ds but at least I'd be able to give him all the help I could.

Holiday in the caribbean

I would pay off debts and learn to drive and then book a massive family holiday so we can all be together at Christmas.

Blimey, I could waste days dreaming of this and making plans! Holiday for all of our nearest and dearest would be first up, pay of mortgage (obvs), trusts for my children and stepchildren then some mystery benefactor fun to local charities.