What would you do if you won €130 million?

21-09-2018 8:49pm

I'd love to say I'd give most of it away to charity like some folk on here, but in reality, I'd likely just buy as much of my county as possible.

Quoth Tolstoy, How much land can one man need? Quoth any farmer, never enough.

Hitman3000 · 21-09-2018 8:50pm

freshpopcorn wrote:

I day out with John Connors and a set of Alloys!

You really dislike Punisher? Don't you?

Atlantic Dawn · 21-09-2018 8:50pm

I'd go in to luxury car dealers in my finest tracksuit and see how they treat me when I ask for a test drive.

RobbingBandit · 21-09-2018 8:51pm

Kill 500 ****ers on my enemies list what more can I say I hate people

Canis Lupus · 21-09-2018 8:59pm

I'd buy a new house, nothing crazy but a bit posher, maybe a holiday home somewhere nice as well. I'd do the obvious in regards to family and some select friends. Other than that I'd like to think I'd retire and go travelling a lot and just enjoy a peaceful life.

harr · 21-09-2018 9:00pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I'd go in to luxury car dealers in my finest tracksuit and see how they treat me when I ask for a test drive.

Love this idea...

Jimmy. · 21-09-2018 9:01pm

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I'd buy a new house, nothing crazy but a bit posher, maybe a holiday home somewhere nice as well. I'd do the obvious in regards to family and some select friends. Other than that I'd like to think I'd retire and go travelling a lot and just enjoy a peaceful life.

A two bedroom caravan?

tayto lover · 21-09-2018 9:02pm

punisher5112 wrote: »

Hookers and coke

And squander the rest a la Georgie Best.

Hitman3000 · 21-09-2018 9:04pm

tayto lover wrote:

And squander the rest a la Georgie Best.

Thought that was how Georgie squandered it?

Itssoeasy · 21-09-2018 9:08pm

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Thought that was how Georgie squandered it?

Didn't George see a sign "drink Canada Dry" and took it a bit too literal ?

UrbanFox · 21-09-2018 9:09pm

Tell nobody. Fat chance of keeping that secret in Ireland.

Enjoy the look on the face of the guy in the post office when I top up my Communion money with a cheque for €130 M.

Emigrate. Germany looks good.

As far as the inevitable begging letters go I would probably keep sending them to throw people off the scent !

Hitman3000 · 21-09-2018 9:13pm

Itssoeasy wrote:

Didn't George see a sign "drink Canada Dry" and took it a bit too literal ?

Thanks for that, I liked George but that's funny. I'd say even the great man would laugh.

Itssoeasy · 21-09-2018 9:16pm

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Thanks for that, I liked George but that's funny. I'd say even the great man would laugh.

Ah that wasn't meant to be a slight on the man. I liked him as well but it's a yarn I heard ages ago. It's funny because though.

Uinseann_16 · 21-09-2018 9:21pm

As someone else said tell only close family you won a smaller amount:p
Then land, lots of land as much as possible thousands upon thousands of acres both here and abroad

Oh and a Scrooge McDuck room where i can swim through my money:D

Itssoeasy · 21-09-2018 9:33pm

No winner of the main jackpot btw. So on it rolls I pressume.

Renegade Mechanic · 21-09-2018 9:37pm

Probably buy a hundred million worth of copper. When people actually realise just how much copper they'll need for a "green future", they'll then realise how much copper they need just to stay going as they are and I'll probably become a billionaire. Unless they find a replacement for copper. Then I'll just commission the worlds biggest copper middle finger statue....

pancuronium · 21-09-2018 9:41pm

I'd put it in the credit union. You can borrow 3 times your savings there....

Jimmy. · 21-09-2018 9:42pm

4wd track machines, ones with track motors front and back.

Ipso · 21-09-2018 9:43pm

Buy property in Bulgaria and Cape Verde.

dxhound2005 · 21-09-2018 9:48pm

On the main draw two ticket holders in Ireland got €2102. The annoying thing is that they had 4 numbers plus two stars. One more number and it was the 130 mil.

In a lot of draws nobody in Ireland even manages the 4 plus 2, and the most anyone wins is about €150.

Hitman3000 · 21-09-2018 9:49pm

Ten in mine, Wtf would the weekly repayments be on1.3 billion?

Austria! · 21-09-2018 9:57pm

>be me
>win 130m in lotto
>go to egg store
>get trolley, fill up trolley with eggs
>get ANOTHER trolley, fill it up with eggs.
>4 cousins then come in, each with a trolley
>Say loudly, fill em up with eggs boys
>egg clerks look on shocked
>other shoppers standing around are also shocked
>smirk at one shopper with only 4 eggs, as if to say oh wow 4 eggs that's a lot (sarcastic)
>bring trolleys to counter
>checkout girl cannot even
>but Austria! she say, no man can afford so many egg!
>oh can't they I say
>handover giant lotto check
>wink at girl
>she is now my wife
>never run out of egg

Jimmy. · 21-09-2018 10:02pm

Austria! wrote: »

>be me
>win 130m in lotto
>go to egg store
>get trolley, fill up trolley with eggs
>get ANOTHER trolley, fill it up with eggs.
>4 cousins then come in, each with a trolley
>Say loudly, fill em up with eggs boys
>egg clerks look on shocked
>other shoppers standing around are also shocked
>smirk at one shopper with only 4 eggs, as if to say oh wow 4 eggs that's a lot (sarcastic)
>bring trolleys to counter
>checkout girl cannot even
>but Austria! she say, no man can afford so many egg!
>oh can't they I say
>handover giant lotto check
>wink at girl
>she is now my wife
>never run out of egg

Sexual thoughts of first cousin are bad.

Hitman3000 · 21-09-2018 10:03pm

Austria! wrote:

>be me >win 130m in lotto >go to egg store >get trolley, fill up trolley with eggs >get ANOTHER trolley, fill it up with eggs. >4 cousins then come in, each with a trolley >Say loudly, fill em up with eggs boys >egg clerks look on shocked >other shoppers standing around are also shocked >smirk at one shopper with only 4 eggs, as if to say oh wow 4 eggs that's a lot (sarcastic) >bring trolleys to counter >checkout girl cannot even >but Austria! she say, no man can afford so many egg! >oh can't they I say >handover giant lotto check >wink at girl >she is now my wife >never run out of egg

Or you could buy laying hens save the trip to the store.

Renegade Mechanic · 21-09-2018 10:04pm

Austria! wrote: »

>be me
>win 130m in lotto
>go to egg store
>get trolley, fill up trolley with eggs
>get ANOTHER trolley, fill it up with eggs.
>4 cousins then come in, each with a trolley
>Say loudly, fill em up with eggs boys
>egg clerks look on shocked
>other shoppers standing around are also shocked
>smirk at one shopper with only 4 eggs, as if to say oh wow 4 eggs that's a lot (sarcastic)
>bring trolleys to counter
>checkout girl cannot even
>but Austria! she say, no man can afford so many egg!
>oh can't they I say
>handover giant lotto check
>wink at girl
>she is now my wife
>never run out of egg

>attempting to greentext on boards
Newfa- erm

killanena · 21-09-2018 10:09pm

Throw it all into prize bonds.

fritzelly · 21-09-2018 10:12pm

I'd just buy the government (cheap because to buy the country outright would cost more) - imagine how much of a return you could get on that, well it worked for some people...

Henry Ford III · 21-09-2018 10:16pm

If you even gave a decent amount away to your kids or other friends and relatives it'd be eaten up in CAT.

Hitman3000 · 21-09-2018 10:17pm

Henry Ford III wrote:

If you even gave a decent amount away to your kids or other friends and relatives it'd be eaten up in CAT.

Be honest you just don't want to share. ; )

21-09-2018 10:22pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Is actually give a Christmas gift to my favorite Boards users.
It might be a physical or cash gift.

You remember what happened the last time you tried to do something for us boardsies?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 21-09-2018 10:26pm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

If you even gave a decent amount away to your kids or other friends and relatives it'd be eaten up in CAT.

That's why you include them as shareholders in the win while claiming your prize - tax free

Atlantic Dawn · 21-09-2018 10:29pm

No winner tonight folks, I suppose with €140 million on Tuesday night I could do even more damage, lol.

Mysterypunter · 21-09-2018 10:30pm

Bury it in the bookies

TCM · 21-09-2018 10:47pm

punisher5112 wrote:

Hookers and coke

They'd have to be very good hookers and a lot of them and many tons of coke. Enjoy both.

Paddy Cow · 21-09-2018 10:54pm

So I didn't win and will have to go back to my life...................We'll this sucks...

Harry Palmr · 21-09-2018 10:55pm

Always make sure the winning ticket is everyone you want to share the wealth with - a family consortium (unless you hate your family of course!)

Canis Lupus · 21-09-2018 11:13pm

Jimmy. wrote: »

A two bedroom caravan?

https://www.caravancampingsales.com.au/editorial/details/2-million-motorhome-breaks-cover-60069/

21-09-2018 11:26pm

Austria! wrote: »

>be me
>win 130m in lotto
>go to egg store
>get trolley, fill up trolley with eggs
>get ANOTHER trolley, fill it up with eggs.
>4 cousins then come in, each with a trolley
>Say loudly, fill em up with eggs boys
>egg clerks look on shocked
>other shoppers standing around are also shocked
>smirk at one shopper with only 4 eggs, as if to say oh wow 4 eggs that's a lot (sarcastic)
>bring trolleys to counter
>checkout girl cannot even
>but Austria! she say, no man can afford so many egg!
>oh can't they I say
>handover giant lotto check
>wink at girl
>she is now my wife
>never run out of egg

This is the best thing I have ever read on boards.ie

21-09-2018 11:31pm

id be off to study film at nyu in the height of luxury

would spend the rest of my life alternating between slow travel and interesting but useless learning.

id pay off the mortgage of the closest 50 odd ppl i know so that thered be plenty with free time to holiday with me.

Pauliedragon · 21-09-2018 11:38pm

Buy a pub in every TDs electorate and sell every product at exactly MUP just to undercut the greedy feckers that are pushing this nonsense bill through the dail.

Samsgirl · 21-09-2018 11:40pm

I would ring my local AIB and tell them and do a Julia Roberts style Rodeo Drive rant at them... Remember that small loan you refused us a few years ago?? Big mistake..

Hitman3000 · 22-09-2018 12:12am

Samsgirl wrote:

I would ring my local AIB and tell them and do a Julia Roberts style Rodeo Drive rant at them... Remember that small loan you refused us a few years ago?? Big mistake..

I know a very wealthy Galway business man who did exactly that to BOI.

KevinCavan · 22-09-2018 12:23am

I’d buy a new Dacia Duster with every extra.

harry Bailey esq · 22-09-2018 12:40am

Tell a handful of family, friends and other people close to me. My solicitor would legally ensure that they keep it confidential. Trust funds for the Harriet and young Master Harry. She'll get it at 18, the boy is a good kid but he's a bit of a bousy, so he'll have to wait until 25. Charity, I won't donate to the big ones. Someone down on their luck I'd have no problems helping them out which would be a life changing amount which would be mere pocket change to me. I'd probably have an odd shniff along the way. Oh I've always wanted visit Japan. That would be a given.

metaoblivia · 22-09-2018 1:07am

Pay off student loans, pay off mother and brother's mortgage, set up trust funds for the nieces and nephews, buy a house (but not a big one as I don't plan on having kids) and invest the rest into several funds - one for my own living expenses, however many for the eventual inheritors of my estate and a charitable foundation.

22-09-2018 1:39am

Pay off mortgage. Book a week away to have a think. Tell nobody, ever (take the advice of previous posters and wait until a smaller win comes up, and then say it was me that won that one).

Build a house in the middle of Cavan or Monaghan or somewhere similar. Rural and out of the way, but only a 60-90 minute spin if i want to head into Drogheda/Dublin/etc. Buy 2-3 cars for daily use, depending how I feel. Not into silly supercars, but would buy nice cars that I like, that don't stand out too much.
Hire a personal trainer, chef, etc. and then start rambling around the world hitting up random places but living in them for short periods to get a proper feel for the countries I'm visiting.
Not a big drinker, don't smoke and never touched drugs, but I'd have a nice budget for porn stars for all the sex in the world to celebrate my win.
Throw a decent sum of money at immediate family and the 2-3 people I know that would do the same for me. Everyone else, the type of people I only see when they want something, can go and feck. They get nothing.

Settle down after a year of travel and with the new house built, buy a struggling business somewhere and let it become my hobby to see if I can turn it around and make it profitable.

And an aspect of it that I'd really like, is i'd wander around aimlessly making small talk with strangers, and randomly lump-sum a couple of grand cash into someone's hand if they're anyway decent. You know the kinda people. Busting their balls at work all week, but still have the sole falling off their shoe because they're nailed with bill after bill after bill. The kinda people that having €10-20k handed to them would make a world of difference, and probably change their lives, but i'd have so much money it'd make no difference to me at all. Just stupid things like that to cheer people up a bit and relieve the stress and misery of day to day life.

christy c · 22-09-2018 7:46am

Olive Hissing Mastiff wrote: »

That's why you include them as shareholders in the win while claiming your prize - tax free

This is actually a brilliant idea

Renegade Mechanic · 22-09-2018 8:24am

KevinCavan wrote: »

I’d buy a new Dacia Duster with every extra.

I'd get the last of the previous model and go to town here

http://overlimit.com/en/parts

Or I'd get a Sandero and stick the Dusters 4x4 running gear under it. Very similar lookin floor pans..

Dakota Dan · 22-09-2018 8:40am

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I remember seeing a post by a woman on Facebook saying she'd buy an area of landed on the outskirts of Dublin and build several houses for the homeless families and charge them no rent.
I was thinking how would she feel when she'd be getting complaints about the houses from the tenants and the damage that might be caused.

Several houses? Good luck with that, girl. €130m would be fairly small after buying land on the outskirts of Dublin never mind building several houses on it and providing services. The woman has her head on the clouds.

Dakota Dan · 22-09-2018 8:43am

indioblack wrote: »

"Spend, spend, spend."
The lady who made that remark discovered that wealth gave her little in the way of happiness.

Until she ran out of money.

What would you do if you won €130 million?

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