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

Pay off my mortgage, buy a new car and buy stuff for family and friends!

Pay off my mortgage, pay off my parents mortgage, buy my brother a house/a decent deposit, put a chunk to top up my pension pot, another into houses for kids. Pay for another bench in my favourite parks. Donate a bit to my old school. Maybe buy a house with a pool if I had won LOADS. Other just one with a bigger kitchen, a utility room, a separate study and one where I didn't need to build a patio... or maybe just extend my house more, as I do rather like it!

I'd love to pay off the mortgages for us, my sister and DSIL, along with some 'treat' money for holidays and nice things.

There are a number of people that I know (and some colleagues) that I would want to gift a surprise sum of money to, something in the region of £50k where I know it would make a huge difference to them. I also support a small charity who receive about £100k funding per year - to be able to give them a substantial sum to secure their funding for an extended period would be amazing.

I plan what I'd do with the winnings every week! My current favourite way of telling my family is as follows... every Thursday we all meet at my parents for dinner- I would arrange during the meal for a brand new car for each of them to be driven through the gates with giant bows on. I've even planned what cars they'd get! VW Scirrocco for my dad, Porsche Cayenne for my mum, Ford Ranger for my bro, Land Rover for my BIL, Range Rover for my sis, cute little mini cars for the kids... would love to see their faces!
Would give them each a decent lump sum too and I have a few friends where we made a deal that we would pay each other one year's salary if we won so that we could choose to have a year of freedom if we wanted.
DH, DD and I would then embark on an amazing world cruise for around 3 months. DD is under 2 so seems an amazing way to travel and it would give us the breathing space to decide where we want to live/what we want to do with the rest of our squillions...
Wistful sigh. Still- fun to think about and now it's bed time I can go to bed and dream about winning!

Ahh this is a lovely past time of mine.

I would obviously like to have a safe secure house that we owned outright and putting money away for a rainy day and for dc's future would be a priority.

However, I wouldn't want anyone to change how they were with me so I'd be quite private. I have dreams of posting money in the middle of the night through my favourite people's letterboxes. My cousin is absolutely lovely and has lived in the middle of a building site for years now. I could just imagine her waking up and going downstairs to enough money to properly finish her house and for her not to have to constantly worry about leaks and damp.

I'd love to post money through my colleague's door. when I was pregnant she was the kindest, loveliest person and only recently she told me that she was going through IVF. I immediately felt guilty but she reassured me that she didn't tell me because she knew I would feel like that and she didn't want to put a dampener on my pregnancy at all.

I'd also post money to my uni friends houses, they were my safe place when I fell into a bad relationship. I am forever grateful to them for always being there for me.

I would pay the mortgage and buy myself a new house near the beach. I would give some money to my parents and help my brother buying a house and get a holiday for my sister. I would put some money in savings and invest part of it for my children's studies, houses and cars for when they get older. I would give some to charity in particular to Oxfam, Medicine Sans Frontiers and Plan. With the rest I would travel around the world for a few months.

I'd set up a charity to enable people escaping domestic violence to have a home when they need it.

Firstly, I'd buy a unicorn and a Crunchie, the rest would be spent on random acts of kindness ♥

OK, if we're going to do this let's not think of winning £2 Million or something like that. Let's think about one of those big big BIG Euromillions wins because if we're going to dream- let's dream big!

Being a 29 year old who has spent the last decade renting a broken down house where the landlords have never done anything and having had to claw back a garden from the Jumanji Jungle that was out there i can honestly say i've thought about winning the lottery a teensy bit.

So let' begin shall we:

Firstly i would still buy the house that i'm in, it would be a drop in the ocean of a euromillions win- i couldn't afford to buy the place myself now but it wouldn't even dent the sides after a lottery win fall! Why? Because it has been my home for a decade, it's where my daughter took her first steps, my husband- who was only my boyfriend when we moved in- and i have worked hard to make this house and garden our own. She deserves to have someone take care of her properly- she could do with a new roof, a new boiler, a new bathroom, a better designed kitchen and other bits & pieces. With a lottery win i could really treat her properly.

But then i'd also look at buying our dream house, it's a country house in the middle of Hawkchurch that probably doesn't mean anything to anyone else but it's the house my little girl picked out for herself and i'd like to know that i bought her dream house! Her first wistful look at somewhere she could see herself besides here. We also love it so why not!

After that, bearing in mind i'd put offers in for both as soon as the money cleared, i would take a trip down to Dorset and buy a caravan- yes i know i'm rich now but i grew up with caravanning holidays and i want my daughter to experience that more than once (if we're lucky) a year. I'd get my favourite pitch because now i have the confidence to be cocky- isn't that always the way when somebody has money!

I'd also get one for the residential home my Husband's Uncle went to before he passed away, they're a mixed group of people with many various needs but the staff are incredible and they try to get them out to do so many things, i'd love to say 'here, we bought this for you and your residents, it is solely for your use.' I'd make sure all the fees were always paid up so that they needn't ever worry about funding a trip away. They were amazing with my DH Uncle.

I'd want my friends and family all on the property ladder because let's face it, those that are like us are probably never going to get on it without some help, so i'd get them all looking at houses- wherever they want but within reason because they would still have to run the household costs.

I'd pay off my university fees in one foul swoop! Wouldn't that be amazing? Then i'd pay off my brothers! He would be entering the working world (although he already works) with no debt!

My daughter is very conscious about helping others in need and although we don't have much ourselves she is always willing to part with pocket money so i'd ask her what charities she'd like to support. What animals she'd like to adopt and what local causes she'd like to contribute to.

We love our local library and it is most definitely in need of some TLC so we would- with permission of course give it an update, new paint, a great wider selection of books (as long as they could accommodate them) and components for crafts- usually this comes out of the Librarians own pocket if they want to stray away from the usual 'themed' events. Plus gifts for all the people who on a weekly basis inspire and encourage my daughter by finding new and engaging books for her to read.

Then of course purely selfishly i'd want some new pillows, one of those scholl foot thing-a-ma-jigs, that curly thing that whizzes your hair up, a mountain of books for my new in house library, a chair that i'm actually comfortable in, actual all matching bedding- no bits from this set because i can't afford to get a new bottom sheet so this one from that old set ten years ago will do. New boots would be nice and new woolly hat. Selfish i know. Perhaps some DVD's too.

Then it would be time to treat my husband- who is an angel. I have some issues with well the things that hurt in my body and he always finds away to make my day a little easier- so i think it would be the perfect time to buy him that camper van he's always wanted, new games for his x box and a whole heap of cool collectables that will now reside comfortably in our new games room- in the new new house remember? Do keep up.

So by now we've sorted the house/s for us, the houses for our family and friends- with other gifts too because we love them. I always like to give people books- does that come off a bit cheap now that i'm rich?

We've sorted out the caravans- ours and the homes. We've paid off university fees and well any other debts while we're at it. We've shared our wealth with the charities we care about and fixed up our local library. I've bought my selfish pillows and scholl whatsit and got the hubby some treats. Now i want to treat my daughter but i don't want to just buy everything she wants just because she happens to want it so instead i'd offer a once in a lifetime trip to Disney World with the whole family as her extravagant gift (with a few pressies there) and then we would resume earning her pocket money as i don't ever want her to become that kind of rich kid.

After these last few months since our win, i've found out who my real friends are, i've helped some people, i've treated the people i love and i've finally taken my daughter to Disney World but man am i pooped!

It's time to settle into a new home- the old one is for when we come back to the city, why are people still ringing me asking me for money? I don't see this cash lasting that long, i'm getting ten calls a day!! Just kidding, everyone is quite content and out of debt, and very refreshed after our holiday. That's the dream right?

Then it would be time to look at actually keeping money coming in so i'd buy that little old building i've always wanted to turn into a permanent museum and roving gallery space. Life is good and i have more than £20 a week to spend on food- yay!!

Balls, did i forget the pool? Yeah i want a pool. :-)

Oooops ^^^ That's what happens when you can't sleep.....

I plan this every night in my head! I would give to my two brothers, my nieces mum, charity, and split the rest between me and my mum.
I would buy my own house with a utility room, bifolding doors in the kitchen/dinner, a free standing bath in the spacious bathroom and a walk in wardrobe. I would hire Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen to design my interiors.
The first thing I would do though is contact The Speakmans. I have agoraphobia and would get in touch with them for some therapy.
Never having to worry about a bill again would be amazing!

Firstly, I'd buy a unicorn and a Crunchie, the rest would be spent on random acts of kindness

Comedyboobs that really made me lol.

If it was "just" £1m, then I wouldn't share it, we'd buy a slightly larger house round here - £1m wouldn't go very far!

A "big" win id share with both brothers (mine and dhs), set up trust funds both dcs, DH would probably buy a silly number of bikes.

I want to build a SEN school for the local authority. The current ones are old and in need of refurbishment. (I would need a very big win!)

Other than that I would buy a bigger house so that our children could have their own rooms. Pay off family members mortgages etc. A family holiday somewhere exotic!

I woulf buy may 3 asult children houses of their own , then I would have a hip replacement

I have a very well thought out list.

Pay off my parents mortgage and buy our sisters houses. Then buy a bigger house for ourselves as we're living in a very cramped house, but it's all we could afford to buy.

My splurges would be food shopping without a list! And a much longed for trip back to california where our friends live and we haven't seen for years.

I would also want to give my oldest friend some money to do up her house and pay for a family holiday.

With the cost of houses these days I expect I've just spent my entire winnings!

I'd set up a CAF account with 10% of my winnings to use as and when I see a charity cause I want to help.

I'd buy an enormous holiday home for 15 people, so I could entertain friends during hols and Christmas and let it out at other times.

I'd give my nieces a deposit for their first home.

I'd save 20% for DDs future.

I'd book a holiday for Florida.

I'd buy a bigger home in the village where we live, with en suite, utility room and downstairs bedroom/cloakroom so that MIL can visit (she can't do stairs).

I'd give my DSB a pot of money so he could come home to visit more often (he lives overseas).

I'd invest to give me a regular income.

I'd learn photography.

I'd get a cleaner, gardener, ironing person.

I'd have flowers at home every week.

I'd keep working part time.

I think it'd better be a big win to afford all of this!

I would make a donation to the SCBU at the hospital I was born at because they saved my life many many many a few years ago.

My parents do not want or need any money so I can leave them out but I would give some to my siblings.

I would buy a bigger house with fewer neighbours :)

The rest would be squirrelled away for my DC and anything I might want in the future. I don't think I'd be the kind of person to let it change how I live completely as I'm not really a "flash car and jewellery" kind of person. I'd live happily and comfortably being able to do whatever the hell I liked!

If it was a large enough win I would

• set up funds for my teens so they can buy their first house when they leave home, and a car each so they have independence.
• DH would be able to give up work, which would totally transform his life & enable him to do something he enjoys
• I'd like to do some travelling with DH - visit family down under, see more of the US, spend a week on a tropical island, go to the Patagonian peninsular to see the southern right whales.
• I'd make sure that a large donation went to the Citizens Advice Bureau where I work, so that they don't have too worry about balancing the books and managing deficits all the time. And I'd pay for air conditioning to be installed in my office so we don't have to suffer in the heat / cold all year round!

I don't think I'd give up work though - I work with people in debt to try and help them regain control - as I find it so rewarding. I'd like to look into setting up a trust fund to help people with mental health issues and debt in my local community to complement my own work.

I would pay off our mortgage and both of my brothers mortgages, I'd give an amount equal to that to me sister in law to help get her on the property ladder and equal amounts to my parents and my mother-in-law. I'd set up trust funds for my daughter and step- daughter to give them both a great head start in life. I'd give up my job and retrain whilst I have the luxury of not having to work to pay the bills - I'd finally have the ability to do something I love rather than a job as necessity. I think a fabulous holiday for the entire family would come next. A large donation to the SPRING unit at Poole Maternity hospital who did such an amazing job of looking after is when we lost our son at birth. Then if there is anything left I'd bung it in my savings account for a rainy day!

If it's just a tenner I'd probably put it toward a takeaway!!

There are so many charities doing amazing things, and so many good causes. I would use a substantial part to give to the causes close to my heart: Women's Aid, environmental charities, our local youth work centre.
I would also use a big chunk to put away make sure my children had a solid starting point for adult life.

Then I would spend some frivolously!

Id help my sil have the children she is longing to have.

Second i would by my grandparents and partners grandparents a house to live in with lots of the best care available

Thirdly i would fund as much as i could towards kidney research

For myself a villa in spain just in a small town

Ha, DH and I spend happy hours walking along the beach talking about this - how we'd make it work for everyone, buying property put into trust for our children/nieces/nephews/godchildren, paying off mortgages etc. And the lovely holidays!

One thing I would do though is help out one of my friends at work. He's desperately miserable and stressed but can't leave because he has a ridiculously long notice period and works in an industry where he wouldn't want to be badmouthed afterwards for leaving someone in the lurch. He daren't hand in his notice with nowhere to go but at the same time no-one is recruiting six months in advance. If I gave him a year's salary he could leave, retrain if he wanted and take some time off.

For me, the first thing on the list would be to hire this amazing Ibiza villa/estate for 2 weeks and make it known to our nearest & dearest that it was 'open' for them to come and enjoy with us - for a big summer break. I don't nearly enough time as I should with my husband, my kids, my mum and dad, our in laws, our brothers & sisters - to have a 'base' for us all to be together (on one of the best islands in the world) would be a blessing x
...and whilst I was there, I'd be working on my Property Renovation Business plan/strategy which I'd finally have the cash to get the off the ground through winning the lottery! #dreambig #askbelievereceive

I would treat myself to the piano lessons I've wanted since I was a girl, the family to a holiday in Sri Lanka which was enchanting when I went alone there several years ago and treat the music teachers at a charity for young people that offers free music tuition.