Euro Millions

They have 50 friends they will share some with. The 51 friend is going to hate them. Sadly this 51st often ends up doing more to spoil their lives than anything else.

See it was acquaintances not friends who turned on our local winner.

They had bought houses for all members of the family. But the local gossips were disgusted that the houses were "normal". They were in the same neighbourhood the family had always lived in and were just ordinary semis.

As far as I know his family members were delighted with their houses but the gossips thought they should have given something flashier to family members and branded them tight etc....

It was quite nasty actually. And didnt seem to come from anyone who was close to the winners

Although I don't buy lottery tickets, I can still speculate about what would I do with a humungous win. Firstly I would remain anonymous.

Then after a little while I would give a modest sum to various family members which would be a blessing to them (eg enough to pay off a mortgage), telling them I had a small win or inheritence.

I would also spend a relatively small amount making my life easier (eg getting in a decorator to repaint the walls and maybe a one-day-a-week cleaning lady)

Then I would take time to decide which charitable causes I wanted to support.

Hopefully none of this would make anyone suspect that I had megabucks and so I would not be a target for extortionists or kidnappers. I would continue to keep a low profile. However I would spend a bit of money on home security.

As a windfall of £114 would make a difference to me, let alone £114million. I can't afford to gamble but if I did, and won, I wouldn't go public in any circumstance.

I have had about £20 in Premium Bonds since I was a baby. They won £250 when I was nine. My mother insisted £200 was reinvested into more Premium Bonds, I had to give £10 each to my grandparents and my siblings, and I was allowed to spend £10 (on a pink dressing gown, and a rug for my bedroom to cover the stained carpet). As soon as I was 18 I cashed the £200 in, to put towards buying a car. The remainder has never won anything else.

I do think the various lotteries should have the jackpot capped at £1 million and offer many more prizes though.

I do think the various lotteries should have the jackpot capped at £1 million and offer many more prizes though.

The big wins serve as marketing. Lots of lotteries out there with smaller wins that people could chose to support instead if they wanted to

Used to do the lottery twice a week but once the price was doubled and the numbers increased I was finished with it.

Every now and then what I have saved from the lottery goes on increasing my premium bonds.

Slightly off topic, but this popped up on my feed earlier.

youtu.be/pPD2RYfV6M0

Incredible story.