Irish winner in Euromillions 175 million..

Mr E · 20-02-2019 07:33AM

The news at 6am said they won't know where it was bought for a few days

force eleven · 20-02-2019 07:55AM

Mr E wrote: »

The news at 6am said they won't know where it was bought for a few days

In these days of instant communication, that's obvious BS. They knew a few seconds after the draw.

Mr E · 20-02-2019 08:03AM

Yeah I would have thought so too.

callaway92 · 20-02-2019 08:04AM

Would you think that subtly, you'd be ruining a lot of other people's lives if you won this amount of money?

For example - You go for drinks with the lads every weekend to watch football etc and usually all throw a few quid on the football...

The people you worked with for the last few years who'll still have to go through their day knowing you now have that money.

It's such a weird thought but I can't imagine it's far off. You would lose so much friends

Alrigghtythen · 20-02-2019 08:07AM

Wheety wrote: »

What do you do if you're on the way to Abbey Street (Lotto HQ) with the ticket in your wallet and a couple of scrotes pull a knife on you, demanding your wallet?

Are you walking or taking the bus?

On the way to collect 175million, treat yourself.. Take a cab

Remind me · 20-02-2019 08:11AM

force eleven wrote: »

In these days of instant communication, that's obvious BS. They knew a few seconds after the draw.

They won’t release it for a few days

They know where it was bought straight away

Mr E · 20-02-2019 08:47AM

Someone from the Lotto was on newstalk a while ago. They know where it was bought. They have a procedure to follow before they can announce it (and milk a good news story for a few days, and who can blame them).

davetherave · 20-02-2019 08:50AM

bri007 wrote: »

I got one number wasn’t me anyway......

I got one of the bonus numbers, I'll give you half of my winnings if you give me half of yours

SteelyDanJalapeno · 20-02-2019 09:02AM

It makes sense that somebody has won it.

You have a 50/50 chance, you're either going to win it or you're not.

20-02-2019 09:05AM

I just ordered an extra sausage on my breakfast roll, and now Juanita from the deli is giving me the lusty eyes, probably convinced that I won the euro millions.

Throw on lots of bbq sauce Juanita, money is no object.

sbsquarepants · 20-02-2019 09:08AM

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Forgot to fúcking do it (or did I;))

Yes, I really did.

I know logically I'm no more likely to have won because someone on the same island did, but emotionally I feel like that bastard has my ticket and I want it back!

Atoms for Peace · 20-02-2019 09:13AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

BREAKING: Margaret Cash has won the euromillions

Where's my flaming pitchfork?

lbc2019 · 20-02-2019 09:16AM

I won nothing last night after two wins on the bounce

audrey2014 · 20-02-2019 09:23AM

I reckon it was bought by a Limerick hurling fan. Some of the numbers are special to us.....

20-02-2019 09:38AM

If this person was able to have the entirity of the jackpot in brand new €50 notes, the money stashed tightly together, having a thickness of 0.16mm per note, would be stashed €312,500 per metre - the entire jackpot would stretch 561.5 metres - 4.64 times the height of the spire. And every year with responsible financial management you can add another 10 or 15 metres to the pile, while spending maybe two or three metres yourself while living in luxury. Using less fresh banknotes with space in between them (0.2 Mm thickness) would increase the pile to 701 metres!

TheMilkyPirate · 20-02-2019 09:38AM

callaway92 wrote: »

You would lose so much friends

LOL

sjb25 · 20-02-2019 09:48AM

***Checks ticket** Baxtards.......I mean yeah best of luck to them

el Fenomeno · 20-02-2019 09:52AM

callaway92 wrote: »

You would lose so much friends

I would buy new ones.

Better ones.

TomSweeney · 20-02-2019 09:54AM

callaway92 wrote: »

Would you think that subtly, you'd be ruining a lot of other people's lives if you won this amount of money?

For example - You go for drinks with the lads every weekend to watch football etc and usually all throw a few quid on the football...

The people you worked with for the last few years who'll still have to go through their day knowing you now have that money.

It's such a weird thought but I can't imagine it's far off. You would lose so much friends

If it ever happened to me , I don't think I would tell anyone - just wife and siblings and parents, but no one else ... not even close friends or inlaws.

I knew an accountant that dealt with a lot of lottery winners, he told me it was the kiss of death.
I like to think I'd have the maturity and common sense not to let it ruin my life - but who knows ?

tomo75 · 20-02-2019 09:55AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If this person was able to have the entirity of the jackpot in brand new €50 notes, the money stashed tightly together, having a thickness of 0.16mm per note, would be stashed €312,500 per metre - the entire jackpot would stretch 561.5 metres - 4.64 times the height of the spire. And every year with responsible financial management you can add another 10 or 15 metres to the pile, while spending maybe two or three metres yourself while living in luxury. Using less fresh banknotes with space in between them (0.2 Mm thickness) would increase the pile to 701 metres!

Have you thought much about It?

sjb25 · 20-02-2019 09:56AM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

Yeah but would you be happy? Really happy?

Let me think

Cee-Jay-Cee · 20-02-2019 09:56AM

Miike wrote: »

Tullamore the ticket was sold in

Imagine the damage a BIFFO could do with that amount of money. I really hope its not true and that its won by someone from somewhere more civilized.

Foggy Jew · 20-02-2019 10:01AM

Seriously, though. It's a wet Tuesday night in mid February. You're pottering about, doing your usual pre-bed stuff - making lunches, emptying the dishwasher, the usual things. The news reader says Euromillions won in Ireland. You say Oh, wouldn't it be grand if it was me. You check your ticket ....... And it IS you. What do you then? Like, seriously? In those initial minutes after it dawns on you that you are now fabulously wealthy - what do you do? Offer up a prayer of thanks? Rush off to tell the family?
I think I would have a heart atrack & drop down dead.
I suffer from insomnia. I put myself to sleep with such imaginings.
The very best of luck to the winners. I have my begging letter written, I just need your address now & I'll pop it off to you.

el Fenomeno · 20-02-2019 10:18AM

TomSweeney wrote: »

I like to think I'd have the maturity and common sense not to let it ruin my life - but who knows ?

I often think this.

Like, 95% of me is sure I'd keep grounded, spend it semi-sensibly and look after my friends and family.

But there's 5% of me that's picturing the looks on my colleague's faces as I roll up to work in a custom suit made out of €500 notes with an assistant who's job is specifically to feed me seedless grapes on demand.

Deebles McBeebles · 20-02-2019 10:22AM

Foggy Jew wrote: »

You check your ticket ....... And it IS you. What do you then?

Get the "f*ck off everyone" sign out from under the stairs and clean it up for work the next day. Maybe bring a nice bottle of wine and a deck chair with me so I could sit outside with it.

utyh2ikcq9z76b · 20-02-2019 10:22AM

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

It makes sense that somebody has won it.

You have a 50/50 chance, you're either going to win it or you're not.

Huh? The odds of winning the EuroMillions jackpot is 1 in 139,838,160

TomSweeney · 20-02-2019 10:28AM

Emely Round Sash wrote: »

Huh? The odds of winning the EuroMillions jackpot is 1 in 139,838,160

To give yourself a real look at just the un believable long odds of winning

https://www.cuandomevaatocar.com/en/euromillions/simulator/

TomSweeney · 20-02-2019 10:29AM

"Your first 4+1 match finally emerged after 30 years"

... Yeah ... I'm off to learn to code.

Gonad · 20-02-2019 10:30AM

looksee wrote: »

So you look at the numbers and realise you have won that kind of money...what do you do with the ticket until you can get it to the National Lottery, or wherever you take it? Put it on your bedside table, but what if the house caught fire and you didn't have time to grab it, or the lights were all gone and it fell on the floor, or one of the kids came in and decided to scribble on it. Would you just sit and mind it all night. Then you leave it down while you go and get tidied up to go to Dublin and...well anything could happen. It doesn't bear thinking about, not worth it really. Safer not to win.

I would cello tape it round my Johnston

Willy warmer and the ticket is safe . Believe me nobody dares go near my member anyway

Feisar · 20-02-2019 10:44AM

There are people with that kind of money and there are people to whom €175M wouldn't be anything to get excited about. How do they manage to get through the day?
I suppose there is something about one of the worker bees being suddenly made the queen, we aren't born into it, our peers are worker bees. I presume money doesn't automatically buy one a place at the big table?

Irish winner in Euromillions 175 million..

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