So somebody is 38mill richer

racso1975

So somebody in Ireland just won 38million euro!!! While I am hugely jealous just dont be a plank like the one who won 500grand and never collected during the week!!!

Happy spending!!!!


PS. For the love of god unless you are a massive syndicate do not go public

Bananaleaf

God dammit. Every time I stop playing it's won!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Just checking our syndicate numbers...........


Oh!.......

Laois_Man

racso1975 wrote: »

PS. For the love of god unless you are a massive syndicate do not go public

OK I'll be quiet about it!

Oops

dxhound2005

The biggest amount won after that in Ireland is €197, 16 winners.

MilesMorales1

Didn't a priest collect that half a million?

allthedoyles

easy numbers 4-8-22-23-48 and 1-12 now that I know them

OldMrBrennan83

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Didn't a priest collect that half a million?

It's a different one. His was for 22nd December, while the unclaimed was 23rd September.

TheQuietFella

Best of luck to them with it!

greasepalm

not heard what part if mentioned it was sold,well done any irish winner is good.

King George VI

Should be enough for a few months rent in Dublin or to clear the credit card bill after Christmas. Sound.

racso1975

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The biggest amount won after that in Ireland is €197, 16 winners.

Nah your wan delores in Limerick won the 100mill and told the whole pub that night

Oink

The first thing that comes to my mind when I dream of winning the lotto is that time when a gang broke into a house, punched the wife around looking for money, made the 16 y.o daughter walk on broken glass so she wouldn’t run away. I’d stay under the radar.

The second is - feck yous all I’m off to the Pacific.

Lia_lia

I hope it’s a syndicate.

I never play the lotto. Just think the chances of winning are not worth it. But then when I hear this I wish I did!

dxhound2005

racso1975 wrote: »

Nah your wan delores in Limerick won the 100mill and told the whole pub that night

One ticket in Ireland got 38 million in tonight's draw. Sixteen tickets in Ireland got €197 each in tonight's draw. Nothing in between.

racso1975

dxhound2005 wrote: »

One ticket in Ireland got 38 million in tonight's draw. Sixteen tickets in Ireland got €197 each in tonight's draw. Nothing in between.

Apologies I read your post arseways!!! Thought you were saying it was the biggest win bar 16 people who shared 197m. Sorry :o

ShotgunRider

I hope whoever won it deserves it. I recall a rapist who won a huge sum of money years ago. Lord why? If I won that kind of money, I would never keep it. I would keep just enough to live out my life comfortably. I watch documentaries a lot. I watch a lot of stuff about people who grew up like me. I would hire someone to find a lot of those people and give them money to help them. I hate to see good people struggling.

allthedoyles

the suspect is in Laois according to the Leinster Express

ygolometsipe

It's a real pity they don't have a lotto where the top prize is smaller but there's more off them.

I.e. the 38 mill could be 10 prizes of 3.8 mil each.

The 100 mill would give 3 mill to almost 30 people.

3 mill is a grand number.

Anyway congrats to the winner. Can ya give me a mill or 2

Guy:Incognito

Bet they feel like such idiots for wasting their money on lottery products. Fools and their money.........

OldMrBrennan83

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_Roz_

I wish they'd cap winnings at like 5 mill. Nobody needs 38 mill, and you could set 7-38 people up for life with that. If I won a million, I'd buy a house. Right there, biggest expenditure of my life cleared. I'd have to keep working, but I'd be loaded forever off what I earned - it would make life so much easier.

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Ush1

Playing the lotto is awfully working class.

vicwatson

Bought in Malahide no?

Stheno

vicwatson wrote: »

Bought in Malahide no?

Yes

The Village Shop

IvyTheTerrible

Unsubstantiated rumours going round Facebook that a certain Mr Ahern won it...

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

Yes

The Village Shop

ya know, we've been friends now a long time and eh...

Hector Bellend

dem bastards

allthedoyles

Stheno wrote: »

Yes

The Village Shop

And the Village Shop will get a nice cheque of €26,000 for selling the winning ticket

greasepalm

So the village people can have a party and stay at the Y M C A and sing.

greasepalm

greasepalm wrote: »

So the village people can have a party and stay at the Y M C A and sing.

I love a happy ending

Antar Bolaeisk

allthedoyles wrote: »

easy numbers 4-8-22-23-48 and 1-12 now that I know them

Sure weren't they written right there on the card.

_Roz_

Permabear wrote: »

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That's very true.

And it does depend on your lifestyle. I already have the capacity to save 600+ a month, if I wasn't paying rent that would be a grand and 12,000 a year more spending money than I have now, because I wouldn't be saving for a house, and I'd have a couple hundred thousand left over from the 1 mill. Plus I don't have/want kids, so that money would all be for me and my partner. So yep, lifestyle dependent, but my lifestyle doesn't require too much, ergo I would feel loaded with that kind of money.

IvyTheTerrible

_Roz_ wrote: »

That's very true.

And it does depend on your lifestyle. I already have the capacity to save 600+ a month, if I wasn't paying rent that would be a grand and 12,000 a year more spending money than I have now, because I wouldn't be saving for a house, and I'd have a couple hundred thousand left over from the 1 mill. Plus I don't have/want kids, so that money would all be for me and my partner. So yep, lifestyle dependent, but my lifestyle doesn't require too much, ergo I would feel loaded with that kind of money.

A million would be loads for us too!

eviltimeban

€1 million would clear the mortgage, allow for some home improvements, some gifts for the family, maybe a new car and a holiday or two, with a little left to invest. And that would be it. Saying that, it would make one's approach to "working" a bit different, in that you could perhaps focus on doing something you enjoyed more, almost as a hobby, just making enough money to cover bills and food.

€38 million however, while I'd love to have that resting in my bank account, is rather a lot more. Think about it, if you had 20 million less you'd still be richer than most of the people on earth. So you could either a) become a millionaire playboy/girl, with apartments around the world and yachts / super cars / private jets, or b) give most of it away and have enough to ensure that you have a great lifestyle and you never have to work again, or even just keep a modest amount and continue to work (as per the paragraph above) in some capacity.

Me, I'd fall somewhere between the two. While I'd love to have a fleet of super cars in the stable of my country estate just outside Monte Carlo, with my super yacht moored in a prime position to watch the Monaco grand prix, I would most likely give a lot of it away, but also furnish myself with some toys, a couple of houses, and the ability to never have to work a day again. I'd be quite happy with that.

One thing I remember reading what that if you did win a huge amount like that, and wanted to give some to the family, you'd be better off getting everyone to sign the ticket and pretend you are a syndicate. Otherwise most of what you are giving away would be hit by tax.

ohnonotgmail

eviltimeban wrote: »

€1 million would clear the mortgage, allow for some home improvements, some gifts for the family, maybe a new car and a holiday or two, with a little left to invest. And that would be it. Saying that, it would make one's approach to "working" a bit different, in that you could perhaps focus on doing something you enjoyed more, almost as a hobby, just making enough money to cover bills and food.

€38 million however, while I'd love to have that resting in my bank account, is rather a lot more. Think about it, if you had 20 million less you'd still be richer than most of the people on earth. So you could either a) become a millionaire playboy/girl, with apartments around the world and yachts / super cars / private jets, or b) give most of it away and have enough to ensure that you have a great lifestyle and you never have to work again, or even just keep a modest amount and continue to work (as per the paragraph above) in some capacity.

Me, I'd fall somewhere between the two. While I'd love to have a fleet of super cars in the stable of my country estate just outside Monte Carlo, with my super yacht moored in a prime position to watch the Monaco grand prix, I would most likely give a lot of it away, but also furnish myself with some toys, a couple of houses, and the ability to never have to work a day again. I'd be quite happy with that.

One thing I remember reading what that if you did win a huge amount like that, and wanted to give some to the family, you'd be better off getting everyone to sign the ticket and pretend you are a syndicate. Otherwise most of what you are giving away would be hit by tax.

38M isn't really "fleet of supercars and superyacht in monaco" money.

Chrongen

TheQuietFella wrote: »

Best of luck to them with it!

Don't you think the bastards have had enough luck? Why wish them more?

ShaShaBear

eviltimeban wrote: »

Me, I'd fall somewhere between the two. While I'd love to have a fleet of super cars in the stable of my country estate just outside Monte Carlo, with my super yacht moored in a prime position to watch the Monaco grand prix, I would most likely give a lot of it away, but also furnish myself with some toys, a couple of houses, and the ability to never have to work a day again. I'd be quite happy with that.

I'd be the same as you. More than content with a main family home that's big enough for expanding family (we have two kids and will have more) with enough land to fence in tidily for our absolute nutcase dog and some new rescued friends for him
I'd probably buy a nice villa/apartment somewhere sunny for holidays, get two new cars, go abroad on a cracking holiday and then spoil the family and friends. There's quite a few gorgeous 5-bed houses in my area for under 300k, so evening winning a million would be enough to get me all of the above and have money left over!

Chrongen

_Roz_ wrote: »

I wish they'd cap winnings at like 5 mill. Nobody needs 38 mill, and you could set 7-38 people up for life with that. If I won a million, I'd buy a house. Right there, biggest expenditure of my life cleared. I'd have to keep working, but I'd be loaded forever off what I earned - it would make life so much easier.

A million is fcuk all these days. So you'd buy a poxy house.....whoopee. You'd still have to get up every morning and go work for some dick. Did you ever wish that you didn't have to work for some tosser and could get up whenever you wanted and go travel the world for a hobby? Because a million won't get you far.

eviltimeban

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

38M isn't really "fleet of supercars and superyacht in monaco" money.

It would be if you invested aggressively.

Richard Hillman

If you want your country estate just outside Monaco, you then realised that you have to maintain the estate. You have the cleaner, the gardener, the caretaker etc. All costing roughly 25k each. Then you have the added costs of employment, social insurance, pensions etc. But before all that, you realize that because you live in the countryside, people cannot commute to the job. So they either have to live in or you have to arrange transport for them. Suddenly you need a driver and huge insurance for that driver. And if you decide for the live in option, you're gonna need some more insurance for that.


That's all before we talk about an accountant, lawyer, financial advisor, HR advisor. Being rich is expensive.

eviltimeban

Richard Hillman wrote: »

If you want your country estate just outside Monaco, you then realised that you have to maintain the estate. You have the cleaner, the gardener, the caretaker etc. All costing roughly 25k each. Then you have the added costs of employment, social insurance, pensions etc. But before all that, you realize that because you live in the countryside, people cannot commute to the job. So they either have to live in or you have to arrange transport for them. Suddenly you need a driver and huge insurance for that driver. And if you decide for the live in option, you're gonna need some more insurance for that.


That's all before we talk about an accountant, lawyer, financial advisor, HR advisor. Being rich is expensive.

Well you wouldn't just leave your 38 million in the bank. You'd invest it, you'd have financial advisors (I think the National Lottery actually make you meet with an FA when you win large amounts). So your 38 million would earn you more money.

Deise Vu

eviltimeban wrote: »

Well you wouldn't just leave your 38 million in the bank. You'd invest it, you'd have financial advisors (I think the National Lottery actually make you meet with an FA when you win large amounts). So your 38 million would earn you more money.

I'm not sure what Woody Allen film it was but I remember a character describing his job as a financial adviser as: "advising people how to invest their money until there's none left".

I would love if someone gathered all the Lotto stories together so we could see how badly most people managed / mismanaged their windfall. I know at least three winners locally, two of whom were dead of heart attacks by middle age and the third, a fella I went to school with, was such a dope God love him, no amount of money would ever make be envious of him but he seems to have stayed on the rails in fairness.

eviltimeban

When people who aren't used to having money win the lotto, they tend to spend it in a not-too-wise-fashion. Houses, cars, holidays, gambling... these things are recipes for disaster and the quickest way to eat up all your money. Plus the ones that go public have to deal with all the hand-outs that everyone from family members to "old school friends" feel that they are entitled to. Families can break apart due to these sudden pressures, if the right advice and consultation isn't available.

I'd be interested in hearing stories from lottery winners who were wise with their money, what they did (or didn't do) with it, and what kind of lifestyle they lead now.

Hector Savage

Chrongen wrote: »

Don't you think the bastards have had enough luck? Why wish them more?

This might be hard to believe for some, but I knew an accountant (actually he lives in Malahide) and he dealt with a lot of people who won the lottery or came in to large inheritances - he told me in ALL cases - it was the kiss of death.

One case a woman won the Irish lottery (~1M) and was terrified it would destroy the family so told no one.
Meanwhile the husband still breaking his back working, and this was 10 years later - and now she was doubly terrified to tell them as she had allready kept it hidden.


I like to think I would have the maturity and cop on to be wise if I came into that kind of money suddenly, but it does make you think.

_Roz_

Chrongen wrote: »

A million is fcuk all these days. So you'd buy a poxy house.....whoopee. You'd still have to get up every morning and go work for some dick. Did you ever wish that you didn't have to work for some tosser and could get up whenever you wanted and go travel the world for a hobby? Because a million won't get you far.

I love my job and my manager and director are awesome. I enjoy working here. My point was more that a million would set me up for a financially stress-free life, while I continue to work.

Permabear

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