Euromillions

dxhound2005

Jackpot heading for €160 million on Friday.

Top tip. Buy your tickets in another town, or online. Nobody will ever find out if you win.

Leg End Reject

Yeah, always easy to hide a €160 million windfall and carry on with your normal day to day life.

SEPT 23 1989

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Jackpot heading for €160 million on Friday.

Top tip. Buy your tickets in another town, or online. Nobody will ever find out if you win.

It would be a full time job in itself trying to hide that amount of money

Ten of Swords

TuringBot47

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Jackpot heading for €160 million on Friday.

Top tip. Buy your tickets in another town, or online. Nobody will ever find out if you win.

Damn your spoiler.... it means I didn't win it tonight.

Feisar

Did ye here the one about the couple that won the lotto?

Herself asked, "what'll we do with all these begging letters?"









"Keep sending them" says he!...

Deebles McBeebles

If I won it, I think I'd keep working.

Guy:Incognito

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

If I won it, I think I'd keep working.

Me too. But I'd sidestep in to my dream job, professional multimillionaire

sbsquarepants

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Jackpot heading for €160 million on Friday.

Top tip. Buy your tickets in another town, or online. Nobody will ever find out if you win.

Nah, the nosey bastards were i live would twig the gold plated lambo and know something was up. :mad:

El_Bee

has anyone ever won online?

B.A._Baracus

Even if you got 1% of that jackpot you would still walk away with 1.6 Million. Imagine what you could do with that let alone the full 160. Mind-boggling.

Deebles McBeebles

El_Bee wrote: »

has anyone ever won online?

Have heard stories of the app/website being very unreliable but I'm not sure how true that is.

Zulu

I'd stage a coup in a small 3rd world county. But I wouldn't cock it up like that Mark Thatcher clown.

Oasis1974

It's not that amount in 1 go I think either installments over time or a smaller one off payment like America?

cichlid child

El_Bee wrote: »

has anyone ever won online?

I have got small wins playing Euromillions online. I find it handy that i was always forgetting to check my numbers (i do quickpick) or i put the ticket in a drawer and forget about it. They email you when you win and you have to log in to see how much you won. its handy.

ziedth

Somebody won the Irish Lotto online the other week and the Lottery said where the winner was from (Registered account I guess as it wasn't long after the draw) Surely that goes against the whole point of doing it online?

If I won the Irish Lotto even €10m I wouldn't tell anyone other than the wife. easy enough to sit on it a little while and write off the extra few quid as an investment coming through. I wouldn't even attempt to hide €160m. I wouldn't come forward or anything mind

Cina

"Yeah I got a really good raise at work actually, decided to put it towards upgrading the Golf to a Ferrari. Got unreal PCP on it"

WB Yokes

Oasis1974 wrote: »

It's not that amount in 1 go I think either installments over time or a smaller one off payment like America?

Really? Hadnt heard that before.

Wheety

It's a mental amount of money really. You and your family would be a target for kidnappers. Would have to employ bodyguards, obviously you have the money to.

Not sure what I'd do. One side of me thinks I'd set up a charity to buy equipment for children's hospitals or children who need specialist equipment at home.

Another side of me says homes in New York, London and a few other places. But your life would never be normal. Everyone who ever met you would expect a payout.

WB Yokes

Wheety wrote: »

It's a mental amount of money really. You and your family would be a target for kidnappers. Would have to employ bodyguards, obviously you have the money to.

Not sure what I'd do. One side of me thinks I'd set up a charity to buy equipment for children's hospitals or children who need specialist equipment at home.

Another side of me says homes in New York, London and a few other places. But your life would never be normal. Everyone who ever met you would expect a payout.

I wouldnt tell anyone except family and close friends. And theyd be set for life. Anyone else can feck off, id be that far away from them theyd never get a chance to ask me for money.

Wheety

WB Yokes wrote: »

I wouldnt tell anyone except family and close friends. And theyd be set for life. Anyone else can feck off, id be that far away from them theyd never get a chance to ask me for money.

You might only tell family and close friends but you won't be able to keep it quiet. I know my Mother would let it slip to everyone she knows, even if she promises not to tell anyone

El_Bee

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Have heard stories of the app/website being very unreliable but I'm not sure how true that is.

Yeah that would be my fear, buy a winning ticket and it gets deleted or something.

Oasis1974

Bugatti Veyrons are 1 million plus each and the houses all over the world it will go fast lol.

WB Yokes

Wheety wrote: »

You might only tell family and close friends but you won't be able to keep it quiet. I know my Mother would let it slip to everyone she knows, even if she promises not to tell anyone

Ah i know its easier said than done. That would be my aim anyway.

How would people deal with family and close friends regarding looking after them? With that amount of money you could obviously make sure they were all very comfortable for the rest of their lives..

I think id just give my family x amount and then help set my friends up in business so they could make their own money.

magic_murph

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Have heard stories of the app/website being very unreliable but I'm not sure how true that is.

There was a fairly big winner of the Irish lotto a few weeks back, couple of million I think.

Harry Palmr

I'd give all but 2 million away, to a professional investment organisation and they can do the hard work if spending it.

magic_murph

Just move to a country or city where having 150mil is not of the ordinary.
You could easily blend into New York with 150 mil - nobody would bat an eye. Plus they don't gossip anywhere near like us Irish.

facehugger99

I win €5 every week by not doing it.

Wheety

WB Yokes wrote: »

Ah i know its easier said than done. That would be my aim anyway.

How would people deal with family and close friends regarding looking after them? With that amount of money you could obviously make sure they were all very comfortable for the rest of their lives..

I think id just give my family x amount and then help set my friends up in business so they could make their own money.

How far do you go with the gifts too? A sliding scale? I was thinking immediate family €5m each, that would be €20m between mine and the wife's brothers. Both sets of parents wouldn't want that much. So maybe €2m for each set of parents. That's only €24m.

Then close friends, maybe €3m each. Say that's 15 between me and the wife, another €45m.

Still have €91m left :eek:

Do I move onto cousins? €100k each? Friends who aren't as close, the same? Then they get resentful that they 'only' got €100k.

It's actually incomprehensible with that amount of money.

I'd probably be happier winning €250k on the lotto plus. Mortgage paid and extensive work done on the house without a loan. Set up for life then and no one expecting you to clear their mortgage too. Could still afford to give money to brothers but it would be in the €10ks

20Wheel

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Jackpot heading for €160 million on Friday.

Top tip. Buy your tickets in another town, or online. Nobody will ever find out if you win.

Let them find out.
Line them all up.
Ill be on my throne with my cock out.

banie01

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Yeah, always easy to hide a €160 million windfall and carry on with your normal day to day life.

Even easier to cut ties and move somewhere that no-one knows your name!
That kinda wealth smoothes a lot of visa issues

WB Yokes

Wheety wrote: »

How far do you go with the gifts too? A sliding scale? I was thinking immediate family €5m each, that would be €20m between mine and the wife's brothers. Both sets of parents wouldn't want that much. So maybe €2m for each set of parents. That's only €24m.

Then close friends, maybe €3m each. Say that's 15 between me and the wife, another €45m.

Still have €91m left :eek:

Do I move onto cousins? €100k each? Friends who aren't as close, the same? Then they get resentful that they 'only' got €100k.

It's actually incomprehensible with that amount of money.

I'd probably be happier winning €250k on the lotto plus. Mortgage paid and extensive work done on the house without a loan. Set up for life then and no one expecting you to clear their mortgage too. Could still afford to give money to brothers but it would be in the €10ks

I have a small enough family but my extended family is quite big. How much is enough? How much is too much?

I suppose you could start by clearing all their mortgages.
Maybe bringing them all off on a nice family holiday somewhere. And think about it from there.

I would actually prefer people not to know the actual amount i won... even family, but again as you say it would be hard to keep that a secret.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

WB Yokes wrote: »

Ah i know its easier said than done. That would be my aim anyway.

How would people deal with family and close friends regarding looking after them? With that amount of money you could obviously make sure they were all very comfortable for the rest of their lives..

I think id just give my family x amount and then help set my friends up in business so they could make their own money.

That’s pretty nice for close friends. Must be pretty close.

I’d tell family only and trust them to keep it secret. Then I’d migrate to Spain.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

magic_murph wrote: »

Just move to a country or city where having 150mil is not of the ordinary.
You could easily blend into New York with 150 mil - nobody would bat an eye. Plus they don't gossip anywhere near like us Irish.

Or Monaco. Or London for that matter. These places have billionaires. And plenty of them.

facehugger99

20Wheel wrote: »

Let them find out.
Line them all up.
Ill be on my throne with my cock out.

Why? - You want oral sex from friends and family?

Or you just want to show them your cock?

WB Yokes

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

That’s pretty nice for close friends. Must be pretty close.

I’d tell family only and trust them to keep it secret. Then I’d migrate to Spain.

My close friends of which i dont have that many, i would look after as ive been friends with them nearly 30 years or just about my whole life.

Yeah i think a nice house in the hills above marbella would be my base... id imagine with that amount of money youd be on the move quite a lot for the first couple of years. Going and seeing parts of the world you may have never seen.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

The problem is close friends won’t keep a secret.

IAMAMORON

I would set up a " business" as cover. Get your accountant to run it for you. Something simple like a Centra franchise, it would run itself. A great way to mask your new Range Rover and countless global shopping trips, host of new girlfriends, golfing and ski holidays, motorbiking trips to Africa and Asia, racehorse ownership, wearing of brand new designer labels, constant late nights, brand new set of teeth made out of the same material they build space shuttles with, constant champagne drinking, like before every fúcking meal you have, new found social awkwardness and general boredom with your friends financial difficulties. Art collecting, scuba diving holidays, house swapping with rich financiers from the Cote D'Zore, collecting rare crap that non one else needs, drinking coffee procured through a Siamese cat's arse, diamond wearing, classic Ferrari driving, weekly makeovers, vomiting into expensive terracotta drinking vases whilst on retreat in the Hamptons for weeks on end . Speed boating with wannabe models and overpriced hookers on the Italian Riviera. Humble pastimes. Goose Hunting.

El_Bee

you'd have to declare a syndicate with whoever you're planning on sharing it with anyway, unless you want to pay capital gains on what you give away.

salmocab

Oasis1974 wrote: »

It's not that amount in 1 go I think either installments over time or a smaller one off payment like America?

Pretty sure you get it in one go if that’s what you want, they do give advice etc if you want it. Apparently if you go in to claim it they will give you a pile of of cash to keep you going whilst everything is sorted out if you want, say 15,000 to start the ball rolling.

tdf7187

Just to point out, there are Euromillions draws on Tuesdays also these days. Have been since 2011. But I don't fancy those odds much (200 million to one or something).

facehugger99

€20m Million Close Family
€24m million Charity
€10m million Children Inheritance Fund
€20m million - future grandchildren inheritance fund
€20m million - diversified property portfolio
€20m million long term bonds
€20m stocks and commodities
€6m nice garage of cars
€10m in cash spread across a number of currencies
€10m on a property to live in

Total - €160m

Perfect

Sleepy

Honestly, I'd end up giving most of 160m away. Put family members and some close friends down as being part of "the syndicate" that won on the deal that we claim to have won one of the larger Irish lotto draws as a syndicate (i.e. we'd publicly have won a million or so each), have a few quiet meetings with the local council to anonymously fund a swimming pool for the community centre, a youth centre, some other facilities etc.

I'd probably manage to get through 10m or so on doing up the house, a nice workshop somewhere near home, never working again, epic holidays with the kids every summer, skiing in winter, some nice cars, maybe a holiday home or two etc. but much more than that I don't know. My tastes are for simple, well-made things rather than "bling" and I find ostentatious displays of wealth extremely vulgar.

magic_murph

facehugger99 wrote: »

€20m Million Close Family
€24m million Charity
€10m million Children Inheritance Fund
€20m million - future grandchildren inheritance fund
€20m million - diversified property portfolio
€20m million long term bonds
€20m stocks and commodities
€6m nice garage of cars
€10m in cash spread across a number of currencies
€10m on a property to live in

Total - €160m

Perfect

You haven't accounted for divorce.

Tzardine

I would spend 140million on drugs and hookers.........and probably just waste the rest.

D3V!L

magic_murph wrote: »

You haven't accounted for divorce.

Yep, you'd be a lot more divorceable with that sort of money.


Personally I'd buy Boards.ie, get rid of the lot you and rent out the space to a load of Travelers.

WB Yokes

magic_murph wrote: »

You haven't accounted for divorce.

Id just do a runner if she wanted out... hopefully the kids are old enough to look after themselves at that stage. I wouldnt give her a cent.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

D3V!L wrote: »

Personally I'd buy Boards.ie, get rid of the lot you and rent out the space to a load of Travelers.

What would you do with the remaining 159,999,500 ?

Tzardine

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

What would you do with the remaining 159,999,500 ?

I would purchase a subscription to Grammarly for the journal.ie

D3V!L

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

What would you do with the remaining 159,999,500 ?

Probably buy thejournal.ie and knock them into each other. Think of the space

20Wheel

facehugger99 wrote: »

Why? - You want oral sex from friends and family?

Or you just want to show them your cock?

I might just want to slap a few people with it.

A true friend would be ok with a few cock slaps.

Offer an ex boss 50,000 if I can give him the old Roman helmet.