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Euromillions

Post by karatekid » Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:30 am

Estimated £201 million jackpot this Friday 😲😵💫

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Re: Euromillions

Post by beddie » Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:06 am

karatekid wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:30 am
Estimated £201 million jackpot this Friday 😲😵💫
If I won that I might be tempted to have my heating on all day this winter. ;)
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Re: Euromillions

Post by JR1882 » Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:34 am

How many wingers would that buy? :D

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Post by StayingDown4Ever » Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:38 am

JR1882 wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:34 am
How many wingers would that buy? :D
At least one more who would sit on the bench and still not get on before JBG.
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Post by CaptJohn » Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:55 am

Was golfing at Conway a few weeks back and as we walked to the tee we noticed a table with a couple of bottles of champagne in an ice bucket. A few moments later a family came out all dolled up, plus photographer and a lady with a large, golden envelope. We hung around to watch and it turned out to be a photo shoot for someone who had won a million on Euromillions. Very nice indeed.

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Re: Euromillions

Post by Lip » Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:12 am

karatekid wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:30 am
Estimated £201 million jackpot this Friday 😲😵💫
Absolutely ridiculous!
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Re: Euromillions

Post by karatekid » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:44 am

Lip wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:12 am
Absolutely ridiculous!
That’s what I’d be saying every time I checked my balance 😀

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Post by Leon_C » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:46 am

Wake me up when it's £250m, and I'll have a go.
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Post by No Ney Never » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:59 am

Keep 1m to see you through the 1st year, then 200m invested @10% return, a nice 20m/year. Spend the rest of your life paranoid.

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Post by Jamesy » Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:04 am

If I won that sort of money I would buy Accy Stanley with the first 6 months interest on the money.

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Post by dsr » Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:29 pm

No Ney Never wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:59 am
Keep 1m to see you through the 1st year, then 200m invested @10% return, a nice 20m/year. Spend the rest of your life paranoid.
I think I would rather keep the £200m in the building society as basic rate. No need to pursue high risk investment.

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Post by elwaclaret » Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:33 pm

I’ll adopt the same tactic as I ask my team to adopt…. Win it first and then decide how to improve everything else.

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Post by claret2018 » Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:37 pm

I think winning that amount of money would completely ruin your life

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Re: Euromillions

Post by IanMcL » Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:44 pm

beddie wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:06 am
If I won that I might be tempted to have my heating on all day this winter. ;)
Ha. Trust you to blow the lot just for warmth!
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Re: Euromillions

Post by ElectroClaret » Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:46 pm

claret2018 wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:37 pm
I think winning that amount of money would completely ruin your life
Wouldn't mind the chance of finding out... 8-)
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Post by DCWat » Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:03 pm

200 millionaires would surely be better than one person winning such a huge amount.
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Post by jedi_master » Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:07 pm

I can honestly say that if I won such an amount of money that I would give each of my close family and friends (and ourselves) £5m each and then give the rest to Cancer Research UK. What a preposterous sum of money.

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Post by skibum84 » Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:17 pm

Last night 88 people were 1 number away from winning £187m and instead each won £667!! How sickening would that be.

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Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:53 pm

I got the email this morning telling me I’d won something and should log on. £2.50 I got !

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Post by jrgbfc » Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:57 pm

DCWat wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:03 pm
200 millionaires would surely be better than one person winning such a huge amount.
Always thought that would be much better! Honestly don't know what I'd do with that much, probably give most of it away.

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Post by kentonclaret » Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:58 pm

claret2018 wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:37 pm
I think winning that amount of money would completely ruin your life
Winning £201 million might not make you happy but at least you could be miserable in comfort. :lol: :lol:
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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:03 pm

That sort of money can make your family wealthy for several generations if invested correctly

Create trust funds for the kids/grandkids and buy houses for your close friends

The invest the rest so it pays out every so often and that’s it, you’re laughing

I’d retire on Saturday at 43 if I won on Friday

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Post by dandeclaret » Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:04 pm

Best game of brewsters millions ever..... life objective would still to finish at exactly zero.....

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Post by kentonclaret » Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:13 pm

skibum84 wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:17 pm
Last night 88 people were 1 number away from winning £187m and instead each won £667!! How sickening would that be.
That prize is for those who only picked 4 of the 5 main numbers. If you selected 5 main numbers but no lucky star number entrants received over £11k, and for 5 main numbers plus 1 of the lucky star numbers lucky entrants received £100k+

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Post by Iloveyoubrady » Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:27 pm

Absolutely no way that wouldn’t improve anyone’s life.

I’d try to live similarly to how I do, but I’d be free to pursue whatever I wanted. Also I don’t think I’d work a normal job. Maybe manage some of my own properties as a passive income. If you owned maybe 20 millions worth of houses, your income every year would be easily enough to live a great life. Then the rest can be drop fed into historically medium risk ~7% per year and it can stay there pretty much forever. You’d make money over inflation on average and if your kids were brought up right your family would be more than comfortable forever.

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Post by Volvoclaret » Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:31 pm

I'd go absolutely mad and buy TWO Twixes.
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Post by ClaretsPadiham » Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:38 pm

I’d probably be dead after 6 months.

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Post by Pickles » Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:46 pm

I've always wondered what it'd look like on a cash machine screen. Would the zeros fit on?

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Post by CoolClaret » Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:04 pm

I’d probably be dead within 5 years from mindless hedonism.

And I’d enjoy every second of it.

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Post by Cirrus_Minor » Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:22 pm

I might open a tin of salmon

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Post by Volvoclaret » Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:32 pm

Cirrus_Minor wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:22 pm
I might open a tin of salmon
Spoil yourself and go for red.

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Post by clarethomer » Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:33 pm

jedi_master wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:07 pm
I can honestly say that if I won such an amount of money that I would give each of my close family and friends (and ourselves) £5m each and then give the rest to Cancer Research UK. What a preposterous sum of money.
I know this probably sounds really awful but I think I would really struggle to give any life changing money away to friends or family in that way as it would worry me how it would affect them and the relationship I had with them.

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Re: Euromillions

Post by CnBtruntru » Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:06 pm

karatekid wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:30 am
Estimated £201 million jackpot this Friday 😲😵💫
Wouldn't get out of bed for that ;)
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Post by No Ney Never » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:31 pm

dsr wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:29 pm
I think I would rather keep the £200m in the building society as basic rate. No need to pursue high risk investment.
10% is easily achievable and hardly high risk, I have an investment vehicle earning me 10%.

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Post by Bosscat » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:32 pm

Stick it all in Crypto and become Billionaire in a few days 🤣

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Post by No Ney Never » Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:22 am

dsr wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:29 pm
I think I would rather keep the £200m in the building society as basic rate. No need to pursue high risk investment.
Imagine the disappointment of those lottery winners who had their millions on deposit with Northern Rock, only receiving the maximum FSCS compensation of £85k when it went t1ts up!

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Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:31 am

I never understand it when people say they don’t want to win that much money. You can do so much good with it. Keep enough to see you comfortably through life, help those close to you, and give the rest causes/people who really need it eg foodbanks

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:39 am

No Ney Never wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:22 am
Imagine the disappointment of those lottery winners who had their millions on deposit with Northern Rock, only receiving the maximum FSCS compensation of £85k when it went t1ts up!
The bigger jackpot winners are advised to use a bank like Coutts, I recall reading about

They’re more set up to deal with very wealthy people

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Post by dsr » Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:36 am

No Ney Never wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:22 am
Imagine the disappointment of those lottery winners who had their millions on deposit with Northern Rock, only receiving the maximum FSCS compensation of £85k when it went t1ts up!
:D Good point.

Could I keep it in 2,365 different building societies?
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Post by burnley007 » Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:57 am

beddie wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:06 am
If I won that I might be tempted to have my heating on all day this winter. ;)
That is just ridiculous, you would still need to keep it at quite a low temperature though surely??

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Post by burnley007 » Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:58 am

CnBtruntru wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:06 pm
Wouldn't get out of bed for that ;)
I would get into bed for that.

...with anyone! ;-)

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Post by Foshiznik » Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:07 pm

Could buy Burnley for that.

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:20 pm

Foshiznik wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:07 pm
Could buy Burnley for that.
I’ve got better ways to spend my money and not get abused by strangers for it :lol:
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Post by IanMcL » Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:33 pm

kentonclaret wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:58 pm
Winning £201 million might not make you happy but at least you could be miserable in comfort. :lol: :lol:
And as Beddie says....warm.

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Post by IanMcL » Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:34 pm

burnley007 wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:58 am
I would get into bed for that.

...with anyone! ;-)
Easily bought!

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