Know Anyone Who Has Won The Lotto?

Big Nasty

...or any other major payout?

Always wondered how coming in to a large sum of money really affects people.

Do they stay loyal to their friends, family, partners or disown them for their new high-fallutin' rich buddies?

Anyone got any first hand experience as opposed to 'my sisters boyfriend's neighbours' stories?

mfceiling

Plumber on ailsebury road won it during the week.

Unfortunately he lost it also...

NIMAN

I know a guy who won a pile on the Irish lotto away back when it was quite new, many years back.

Think he won 150k punts or something like that.

Also know a guy in work who won £90k on the UK lottery about 10yrs back.

Sh1tbag OToole

I just got a PM from someone who won the lotto. It was only a GAA lotto though. They went quiet for a while so I assume they were drinking it up in Cafe en Seine during that time

kneemos

Everyone knows someone who's won it.

michellie

Yes, someone who won 2.8million.

LETHAL LADY

I worked with a man who won £70,000 as part of a syndicate in the weeks leading up to the closure of the factory in which we both worked. He got a nice redundancy aswell and was a very nice man to boot.

Sh1tbag OToole

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I worked with a man who won £70,000 as part of a syndicate in the weeks leading up to the closure of the factory in which we both worked. He got a nice redundancy aswell and was a very nice man to boot.

I hope he found a decent job after. to top it all off

Red Kev

I know somebody who as part of a syndicate won £36,000 at the very beginning, when the jackpot was about £500,000. Paid off the mortgage that he'd only just started, paid £3,000 for a second hand Golf and went to Kerry for a week on holidays.

Put the rest (very little left) in the bank. Very sensible, very nice fella.

Frosty McSnowballs

Yeah 1.2 million punt back in the 90s.

Aaaaaand she was the cnut of the road too!

massdebater

Never thought of this before but I actually know 4 seperate people who won the lotto.

A friend of mine won €20k as part of a syndicate of about 50 people.

A man over the road won about €350k as part of a 3-man syndicate.

My cousin and her new husband won £500k in the UK lotto.

More of a friend of a friend, from near Clogherhead (who's father used to be a professional golfer) won €9 million in the lotto a few years ago.

Bastards the lot of them!

bbam

I know 4 jackpot winners.
One has passed away, all decent folk and haven't changed.
All bar 1 young couple would have been "comfortable" anyway.

LETHAL LADY

My Aunty won 40 grand on Winning Freak.

King George VI

Yep. A family that lived next to me won the lotto about 10 years ago. Nobody's heard of them since. They ****ed off to another county and didn't tell anyone. Which is exactly what I'd do.

If you won the lotto you'd have every 'friend' you've ever known or met come knocking at your door to 'catch up on old times' or every ****er in the pub wold be like "Ahh sure jaysus you're loaded now, this round is on you".

PISS! If I won I wouldn't tell a soul.

Sh1tbag OToole

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

My Aunty won 40 grand on Winning Freak.

Is it true that the programme is recorded many weeks before its aired and attendees are sworn to secrecy?

Hooked

Grew up around the corner from Dolores '115 million' mc namara. Went to school with her eldest, brother was in her daughters class, youngest brother palled with her younger 2 lads.

The night she won was mad. I was in Greece with her son on sky news partying and my other brother beside him.

Still meet her eldest son and husband around town and always aks 'if they're good for a loan'?

Know the Barman that checked her ticket, in the bar her nephew worked in. He's my brothers best mate. It was all over Limerick in minutes.

Ironically my brother got married the same day as her daughter. His wife's mam has the same name. Dolores McNamara. The press were all over our wedding. A press photographer friend called them off, vouching for us.

Mad money... And despite the press... A decent hard working woman and family.

massdebater

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Is it true that the programme is recorded many weeks before its aired and attendees are sworn to secrecy?

Our milk man was on it about 10 years ago. It was filmed earlier in the week, maybe the Monday or Tuesday, and aired the Saturday. Not sure about being sworn to secrecy but our whole parish knew what he won before it aired. He only won €5,600 which was probably the smallest amount ever won in the show.

fro9etb8j5qsl2

An auld bachelor cousin of mine won over a million punt back in the 90s. He did all the bits and bobs-gave a few thousand each to family, took everyone on a holiday to florida etc. He bought himself a small house (that cost 50 grand at the time) and a new car (that he still has and it has been used so rarely that it's still immaculate)

And then he proceed to blow the other half a million on hoors. Quite literally.

He still works in the same old job, lives in the same old house and goes for a few pints in the same old pub every evening. The only difference about him is that he has tge head of a fella that got his iron a fair few thousand times

Red Kev

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Is it true that the programme is recorded many weeks before its aired and attendees are sworn to secrecy?

It's recorded the same day, or at least it was last year. Last year a guy in our apartment block was dragged into the audience as his sister was on it. The family all came down on a train from Dundalk that morning, hit an early house and were all fairly merry (definitely not drunk though) when the recording was made around noon that day. He was caught on camera once or twice for a split second, totally mortified as apart from the kids he thinks he was the only sober one there! Very funny. :pac:

Quazzie

I know someone who won €3Million. Split between two people (mother and daughter) and they don't have to worry about money any more, and they drive nicer cars, but it didn't change them at all. I used to play cards with them, and they'd still give out if the pot was ten cent short.:D

Teyla Emmagan

Saoirse Poor Threesome wrote: »

An auld bachelor cousin of mine won over a million punt back in the 90s. He did all the bits and bobs-gave a few thousand each to family, took everyone on a holiday to florida etc. He bought himself a small house (that cost 50 grand at the time) and a new car (that he still has and it has been used so rarely that it's still immaculate)

And then he proceed to blow the other half a million on hoors. Quite literally.

He still works in the same old job, lives in the same old house and goes for a few pints in the same old pub every evening. The only difference about him is that he has tge head of a fella that got his iron a fair few thousand times

Love it, that's brilliant

Red Kev

Red Kev wrote: »

I know somebody who as part of a syndicate won £36,000 at the very beginning, when the jackpot was about £500,000. Paid off the mortgage that he'd only just started, paid £3,000 for a second hand Golf and went to Kerry for a week on holidays.

Put the rest (very little left) in the bank. Very sensible, very nice fella.

How much was the mortgage?

Banjo String

Won 2 different GAA club lottos before.

I also know a man who won the lotto before. £4m sterling. He was a recovering alcoholic, hadn't drank in years and the lotto win didn't change that either.

Gas though, he didn't go mad that's for sure. Second hand car, modest bungalow bought. Travels quite frequently, he's been in Australia, Morocco, USA, south Africa to bake a few this year alone(which would be my biggest attraction to millions, I love to travel) but apart from that he's the same fella.

Oh, and ladies..... he's a confirmed bachelor so no gold digging.

Quazzie

bluewolf wrote: »

How much was the mortgage?

The Lotto started in 1986. Back then £30,000 would've bought a pretty decent house.

guillespe

I know a guy whose mother won the lotto ,we saw him in school the next day then the day after that he just dissapeared,and the mother sold the house,never heard of him after that..

Legs.Eleven

There's a couple here who are good friends with my friend here who I go out with a good bit who won the lotto. He's Spanish, she's Italian and they spend their time lording it up in their beach house down the South of Spain, in their apartment here in Madrid and travelling. Neither of them work.

Good plot

My friends parents won the euro millions a few years ago. I was invited to his pub in his back garden to pull my own pints and drink as much as we could. But as everyone passed out we were sitting there talking about old times and after a while he broke down tellin me how everything was ****e and he doesn't trust any of the guys asleep on the floor his so called mates. He looked miserable to me and my best mate. Looking at him id rather struggle through life make ends meat as I have a decent job and am managing with the bills than being flush and bored with no friends. My point is money does not buy happiness.

gctest50

Good plot wrote: »

....My point is money does not buy happiness.

Brings a way better form of misery though

wretcheddomain

Know a couple who were lucky to win €5 once just a pity they blew it all on losing it on the following week's Lotto.

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My friend's sister won 3 million pounds in the 90s.

She has been traveling the world since.

bodhrandude

I know someone who won a hand in a trivial biting contest.

Doom

I did. ...now I look down on everyone. ..mmmmmmmha ha ha ha ha (with small finger in mouth)

Red Kev

bluewolf wrote: »

How much was the mortgage?

Just over £20,000 . House cost just over £30,000 to build on his own land. Back then you'd need about 25% up front for a mortgage.

Witchie

My best mate's dad won £250k in the UK lotto. He was in his 80s at the time. He bought an apple tart to celebrate.

Also know a girl who's mum won quite big too but it didnt change them at all.

It won't change me when I win, except where I live, my friends, where I shop, my car...........

123balltv

Yes and it changed her for the worse she was a cleaner before she won the lotto lovely girl now all she ever does is brags bout buying this and that she counts her money on less well off family tables taking out 100 euro notes likes its nothing at all to be honest she's the only reason I still play lotto I want to get her back.

bradolf pittler

Mate of mine was one of the 1st to spin the wheel,back when all u needed was to get the 3 stars.
i think he won around 30 grand,big money at the time.Did the usual,bought a small house,car and pissed the rest away.

joe swanson

Im just after winning the spanish lottery. Cant seem to remember buying a ticket. And all i have to do is send a few hundred euro to a man in a flat in madrid. I dont think it will change me.....

Mickey H

joe swanson wrote: »

Im just after winning the spanish lottery. Cant seem to remember buying a ticket. And all i have to do is send a few hundred euro to a man in a flat in madrid. I dont think it will change me.....

Send a few bob to Juan the man. He'll sort you out good. He's fairly genuine.

He has a lopsided moustache though.

cade

An uncle of mine ended up spinning the wheel on winning streak about fifteen year ago and won eighteen thousand punts from that alone.

Me, the best I've ever gotten money wise was twenty five punt from a scratch card, oh and I also won a PS2 from a Spar scratchcard when I was seventeen. I forgot I'd gotten the scratchcard and found it in my wallet during english class, I don't think my teacher had ever expected a reading of Shakespeare's Hamlet to be interrupted by a standing, arms thrust into the air, overjoyed announcement of "YES, I've just won a PS2!".

[-0-]

My neighbour represented his parents on winning streak in April. He got to spin the wheel and won 125k. The parents split the cash amongst all the kids I think. He actually just got engaged last night too.

_Whimsical_

Our neighbours won one of the first big Lotto Jackpots, around a million. They sold they house and moved to a huge house right around the corner, like 2 mins walk from their older house.

2 other people in our estate have won lotto jackpots too but they havent changed ostensibly in their lifestyle.

Ken.

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Is it true that the programme is recorded many weeks before its aired and attendees are sworn to secrecy?

You might find this interesting Sh1tbag.
http://www.thejournal.ie/what-happens-when-you-win-a-lottery-gameshow-1141531-Oct2013/

Once they are are selected to appear, Lottery representatives travel to the contestants’ homes to confirm their identities and brief them on what will happen the following Saturday.
‘Do they have to appear the following week, or can they defer?’ TheJournal.ie wants to know.
“No, it has to be the following week,” Murphy explains
“If they don’t want to appear because of health reasons or out of shyness or whatever they can appoint a proxy, but most people decide to appear themselves”.


The weekly show is not a live broadcast — it’s taped a few hours in advance, then edited before it goes out at around 8.30 every Saturday night.
The contesants’ long day starts at 11am, as they arrive at RTÉ in Donnybrook for a briefing with the ‘draw manager’ on how the whole process will work.
After that it’s hair and make-up, followed by a meet and greet with the hosts.
“You meet with Brian Ormond and the other girl, Sinéad,” Olive says.

“He asked me what I was planning to spend the money on. I told him I wanted to pay off my credit union loan, and that I still had a bit to go on a suite of furniture from Paddy Kelly’s.”

Olive says she “nearly got sick” after a draw carried out backstage determined she would be the first before the cameras. But a friendly warm-up man, and the skills of the genial host helped set her nerves at ease as proceedings got under way.
Sticking to her pre-decided numbers and game strategies, the mother-of-three was sent home to Wexford with a cheque for €53,000. Not bad for an hour’s work.
“I didn’t even look at it till we got home,” she says.
“There was a surprise party on for us at the pub, and you’re sworn to secrecy after the taping, I couldn’t tell anyone else there how I’d got on until the show came on at half eight

Bog Standard User

yes i know someone that won it.. he was a former boss of mine many moons ago.