Lottery Winners

[Hatch]

What the hell would possess you to tick the 'I want loads of publicity about being rich and stupid' box?

 

if you were 20 years old and wanted loads of fanny , fair enough, but anyone else must be an idiot.

[Turkish]

I thought that, stupid thing to do. On the upside the winning bloke can now afford liposuction.

[Turkish]

On another note what would you do with the money? That is a ridiculous amount of money.

 

I'd pay off all my families debts and mortgages then travel the world for a couple of years i think. Come back and buy a nice place and then set up a couple of businesses. Probably a couple of bars and resturants with people running them for me and do property development and import wine. Obviously this would involve losts of travelling Do a bit of voluntary work and play lots of golf. I dont think i could sit around doing f*ck all.

[Bearsy]

They are show-off ****s! I'm pretty ****ed off about it actually, I'd alreadys spent that money in my head.

[Thedelldays]

if I won lots of money, there is no way on earth I would go public....those who I want to know will obviously know

I don't want to quickly find out I have the biggest set of bastard children in plymouth

[Tokyo-Saint]

On another note what would you do with the money?

 

Buy your way to becoming a mod on here and then abuse your power?

[Turkish]

Buy your way to becoming a mod on here and then abuse your power?

 

I'd buy the forum off Baj and run it myself.

[Tokyo-Saint]

I'd buy the forum off Baj and run it myself.

 

Would you still charge £5?

[latter day saint]

I thought that, stupid thing to do. On the upside the winning bloke can now afford liposuction.

is it a rule that if you have to be a gutty bastard to win big on the Lotto ? that Scottish couple who won £161m looked like the people from Wall-E.

i imagine it would be hard to keep it secret for long as someone would blab to the papers for cash in the end

[Rasiak-9-]

My uncle curiously enough lived for a while in the same council flat as the last Euromillions winners before they won/moved out. He still received about 3000 begging letters over the course of that year.

[Turkish]

Would you still charge £5?

 

I'd introduce flexible and dymanic pricing as is everyones dream on here to see it at SMS so the board will reflect that. It's £5 to join and get access to the minor forums, such as the motor and arts ones. If you want to post on the main board or lounge though it's an extra £10 a year. To be able to read responses it's another fiver and to start threads and edit posts another £10 a year. These prices could go up or down, depending on how busy the board is though.

[This Charming Man]

I would never in a million years chose all the publicity that comes with a big win. If I wanted fanny, I'd be in some trendy nightclub in London throwing money and Class A's about and let it come to me.

 

As for what I'd do with my winnings; I'd buy a house in Australia and spend our winter down there and our summer back here. An luxury apartment in NYC and London, purely for impressing m1nge. I'd travel extensively - S. America, Antarctica and Africa would be explored vigorously - the only regions of the planet I've yet to make it to. A luxury holiday in Bora Bora would also be a must. I'd then spend the rest of the time looking at my name above David Beckham's in the Times rich list.

[Thedelldays]

I would never in a million years chose all the publicity that comes with a big win. If I wanted fanny, I'd be in some trendy nightclub in London throwing money and Class A's about and let it come to me.

 

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the clunge would be immense....go to vegas with a group of your mates...get a fuking expensive penthouse hotel room..get a load of stunning birds back..and just have them walk round naked serving you some of south americas finest marching stuff off their bellies....ffs

 

things would get disgusting

[Tokyo-Saint]

13 posts in and not one person has said they would but saints yet.

[Turkish]

13 posts in and not one person has said they would but saints yet.

 

I'd buy Totton and change their name to FC Saints of Southampton.

[This Charming Man]

the clunge would be immense....go to vegas with a group of your mates...get a fuking expensive penthouse hotel room..get a load of stunning birds back..and just have them walk round naked serving you some of south americas finest marching stuff off their bellies....ffs

 

things would get disgusting

 

I reckon someone would die if I did that with my group of mates.

[ecuk268]

I assume that Camelot advise them on security or I could see their kids being grabbed and held to ransom.

[Thedelldays]

I would have a place in the sun somewhere

I pad in Manhatton

and a lovely Home probably around the new forest

 

I would plug myself into the "scene" in london and make sure I get it on with the likes of Cheryl, Tulisa and the other pointless hoe bags

I would then get over to LA and see how it goes for 6 months

 

that much money will open a lot of doors ffs

[This Charming Man]

13 posts in and not one person has said they would but saints yet.

 

I'd buy the Skates and run them into the ground; I'd have them playing in a half empty ground, I'd pay the players mental wages so it would cripple them in years to come, I'd agree to let a manager they worship go to us, then get him back to anger them even more, I'd get them sponsored by something really gay like a teddy bear company, let them taste a little bit of glory, then pull the rug out from under their feet and send them hurtling towards non-league football/oblivion and dismantling their entire squad in the process... oh wait, someone's already done that.

[Turkish]

I would have a place in the sun somewhere

I pad in Manhatton

and a lovely Home probably around the new forest

 

I would plug myself into the "scene" in london and make sure I get it on with the likes of Cheryl, Tulisa and the other pointless hoe bags

I would then get over to LA and see how it goes for 6 months

 

that much money will open a lot of doors ffs

 

It's true. The only people that say money doesn't make you happy are the ones that dont f*cking have any.

[ericofarabia]

I would have a place in the sun somewhere

I pad in Manhatton

and a lovely Home probably around the new forest

 

I would plug myself into the "scene" in london and make sure I get it on with the likes of Cheryl, Tulisa and the other pointless hoe bags

I would then get over to LA and see how it goes for 6 months

 

that much money will open a lot of doors ffs

 

...... and even more pairs of legs

[for_heaven's_Saint]

It's true. The only people that say money doesn't make you happy are the ones that dont f*cking have any.

 

Definitely. Was thinking that while I was on holiday. Even when at home the only fun stuff costs money; stay at home and watch tv for free or go out for a meal or a few drinks?

 

If I won the money I think I'd probably by Fratton Park and offer to rent it back at an unaffordable rate.

[CB Saint]

I would never in a million years chose all the publicity that comes with a big win. If I wanted fanny, I'd be in some trendy nightclub in London throwing money and Class A's about and let it come to me.

 

As for what I'd do with my winnings; I'd buy a house in Australia and spend our winter down there and our summer back here. An luxury apartment in NYC and London, purely for impressing m1nge. I'd travel extensively - S. America, Antarctica and Africa would be explored vigorously - the only regions of the planet I've yet to make it to. A luxury holiday in Bora Bora would also be a must. I'd then spend the rest of the time looking at my name above David Beckham's in the Times rich list.

 

Well - £200k on a weeks rental of a superyacht backed up into monte carlo harbour at grand prix time. Lower the gangplank and raise the flag staff.

[skintsaint]

Always said If I won $2m or more that I'll invest heavily in property....and to keep myself ticking over compete in a classic car race season or something along those lines. Fun but not at massive risk of killing myself and not getting the enjoyability of being a rich caaant.

[Yeovil Saint]

If I'd won the £148m I would have found some Arab to be a frontman for me and buy Pompey, then do things like change the kit from blue to red and white stripes.

[Monk]

I'd:

 

- Sort friends and family out.

- buy a small football club (Hayling United) build it up

- continue working

- buy a number of places worldwide

- penis enlargement

- offer Rihanna, Karen Gillan and Dominika Van Santen a couple of £ for me to 'smash the **** out of' with my new super penis.

- I'd offer some to MLG to stop challenging every post on here.

- Donate to Saints

- Go on a digusting lads holiday.

- Blackmail Mancini to lose on Sunday.

- have a night out with Balotelli, Kanye West, Matt Le Tissier and Zidane

[Jack]

I'd be in the country long enough to secure the money, sort out the people I want to sort out, and book my flights. At 25 years old, the rest of it can wait. I'd buy property and get into business later.

 

Me, a couple of my best mates, our passports, and a little card with more money on it than you can imagine.

I can't think of anything better.

 

We've got mates on their travels all over the world at the moment - North and South America, Australia, South East Asia. Never been to any of these places so I'd be off exploring for at least a couple of years. Some of our mates arrived in Columbia a few days ago. That'd be the first stop I reckon.

[This Charming Man]

Apparently if you refuse to go public about your win, you have to give up 15% of your winnings.

[CB Saint]

Apparently if you refuse to go public about your win, you have to give up 15% of your winnings.

 

£20 m for a quiet life

 

Hmmm.

[bridge too far]

Apparently if you refuse to go public about your win, you have to give up 15% of your winnings.

 

Presumably that 15% goes into the good causes pot? Rather than Camelot's pockets?

[This Charming Man]

£20 m for a quiet life

 

Hmmm.

 

Or £20m for a few newspaper articles, hassle for 6 months or so, then peace and quiet when everyone has got bored and moved on...

[This Charming Man]

Presumably that 15% goes into the good causes pot? Rather than Camelot's pockets?

 

No idea. Don't even know if it's 100% true. Just something my boss said, claims he knows someone who works for Camelot. You know, one of those reliable mate of a mate sources.

[Monk]

No idea. Don't even know if it's 100% true. Just something my boss said, claims he knows someone who works for Camelot. You know, one of those reliable mate of a mate sources.

 

Could do with a few more of those in the HCDAJU thread.

[Jillyanne]

[doddisalegend]

Jesus I'm a boring git. No playmates of the year snorting lines of coke off my hard on for me. Nice house , box at SMS, retire and enjoy the rest of my kids childhood doing mundane sh it like taking them to school and going to class assemblies (all the stuff I miss by working for a living). Plenty of nice family holidays probably find some boring old man hobbies like making ships in bottle or some sh it.

[John Boy Saint]

Apparently if you refuse to go public about your win, you have to give up 15% of your winnings.

Surely it would be the other way round, if anything happened to you and yours as a result of going public that would be massive negative PR for the lottery, so 15% should cover the cost of some safeguards.

[dvaughanwilliams]

The T&C's of the National Lottery website don't mention that condition:

 

(H) Release of Information About Winners

 

Save for the purposes of publicising unclaimed Prizes or as is required by law, the Company may not publicise any details of any Prize winner without the prior written consent of that person.

 

They couldn't apply that 15% without declaring it.

[Guy]

The only thing you lose from Camelot if you refuse publicity is the support of their Press Office, so if/when the papers dig up the dirt on your past then you are on your own.

 

I'm still not convinced it is worth the hassle of going public, as there's so many big winners these days that it isn't news-worthy for papers to track you down.

[CB Saint]

The only thing you lose from Camelot if you refuse publicity is the support of their Press Office, so if/when the papers dig up the dirt on your past then you are on your own.

 

I'm still not convinced it is worth the hassle of going public, as there's so many big winners these days that it isn't news-worthy for papers to track you down.

 

With a nine figure bank account, I'm sure max clifford would help out with those pesky journos

[Gemmel]

Anything over 20 million or so and there's not a chance of keeping it quiet.

 

The 15% is not right, but you can buy their financial advisers services, which are incredibly expensive. (6 figures)

 

The UK lottery is now the most succesful lottery in the world (Not sure of the criteria) and is now owned by the Ontarion Teachers Pension Fund

[pap]

Always amazed me how the lottery is run by a private company. I know the public sector can be fairly crap, but surely they can do this?

[Saint-scooby]

I guess keeping quiet could be quite hard for some, anyway 3000 begging letters a year would keep most people busy..

[Golden Balls]

Not a chance I'd go public. Whatever they can offer, I'm sure I could afford with the interest made off the winnings.

 

I can even begin to imagine what I'd do with that money. I'd probably be dead within a year.

[Durleyfos]

-Pay off mortgages for friends and family.

-Homes in London (overlooking Tower Bridge), NYC, Monaco and NZ/Aus.

-Trip to Aston Martin to make me a car.

-Box at SMS.

-See the world (once the kids have left school).

[bridge too far]

Give my 3 children shed loads to buy themselves a dream home

 

Also give them enough money to fulfil their dreams: son wants to 'retire' to France to write (he's had a few bits and bobs published); oldest daughter wants to train as a midwife but with baby no. 2 imminent won't be able to afford to ATM; youngest daughter wants to study to become a lawyer but, with baby no. 2 imminent (both girls due within a month of each other!!) out of the question.

 

Buy ourselves a pretty Arts and Crafts house with a big workshop so my bloke can build himself kit cars

 

That's it, really.

[Chez]

I don't think I'd tell anyone. I don't think I could cope with the envy and look on my mates faces when I give them X amount and when they had anticipated more.

 

I'd see how long I could go without anyone finding out. I'd buy a nice car, house etc. but I wouldn't tell people how I afforded it. "Work must be going well". I'd give up work, but the mates and family wouldn't know that. I'd travel the world, but come back regularly for Saints games. Maybe not. I'd fashion ways of bringing my mates into the fold without them knowing I am loaded. "I just won a holiday, fancy coming?"

 

That's not going to work is it?

[SuperMikey]

I'd buy my local team, Hartley Wintney FC, and try to take them (as Chairman) to a good League 1 standard. They're already on the way up with a good manager and young squad, so it would be a good challenge. CRRCCPD to L1? I'd say 25m - including building on the existing ground. I'd get my Dad to do the books.

 

I would invest c.10m in some form of new technology - whether it's a renewable energy thing or maybe just a faster processor.

 

Obviously share a bit out amongst charities, friends, family etc - that's about 15m as well.

 

Got about 100m left on that, buy a few nice houses with a bit of that. One in Scotland near Perth, one down here and one in Monaco. We'll say about 20m for that.

 

The rest I would live on, investing a few hundred grand in small businesses occasionally. Mostly try to stay out of the limelight though, no falling out of nightclubs at 4am. I've done enough of that already..

[Ruffo]

I would buy a few houses around the world that my family could stay in for a holiday ( limiting the length of time they can stay given that my bro would just move in permanently). I would buy each family member flights each year.

 

I would by my parents a new car with fuel card that I pay. Plus get a pool built for them

 

I would invest the rest to set up my family for life.

 

Call me tight but I wouldn't give money to friends and family. They wouldn't appreciate it and would keep coming back.

 

Would organize a yearly party for them though.

[BadgerBadger]

With a nine figure bank account, I'm sure max clifford would help out with those pesky journos

 

Giving any money to that bellend would be the last thing I'd do

[bridge too far]

Tell you what - that couple from Scotland that some people mocked would put a great many 'rich' people to shame:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19392529

 

As well as paying for this little girl's operation, they've also funded artificial legs for a young lad.