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Irish winner in Euromillions 175 million..

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    #212
    TCM
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭TCM


    Yep, twas me.


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    #213
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,617 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Yis all heard the one about the farmer that won the lotto?

    He was asked what he was going to do with it. He said, "sure I'll keep farming till it's all gone."

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #214
    LirW
    Registered Users Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    Foggy Jew wrote: »
    You check your ticket ....... And it IS you. What do you then?

    Talked about that in the car and realised I wouldn't be able to cope with it at all. I'd have panic attacks because at that time of the day I couldn't call a solicitor. I need a solicitor.
    Then, while not being able to sleep, I realise, even though I did books for a few years I have no idea how to handle being this rich. Realistically we all don't know. Then I'd be happy and super uneasy at the same time.

    Then, after my eyebags turn black and I inhaled 50 cups of coffee and smoked a pack of fags (I don't consume either), I decide to call a driver, the best I can find, to bring me up to Dublin and tip him 100. Doesn't matter that my bank account is now empty because that guy charged me the equivalent of my monthly shopping bill, I'm bleeding rich.
    Go claim the money and change the world. Or not. Maybe I set 80% of it on fire.


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    #215
    callaway92
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    TheMilkyPirate wrote: »
    LOL

    Not sure I understand this.

    The simplest person would think you gain a lot of 'friends'...but it'd have the opposite effect.


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    #216
    ToBeFrank123
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    I just hope its not an old pensioner who will stash it under the mattress or the banking or post office equivalent.
    Good luck to them whoever they are. Life changing in the extreme for them and relatives.
    Not jealous in the least!


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    #217
    el Fenomeno
    Registered Users Posts: 3,159 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    How does receiving the prize work, are you just paid the lump sum into your bank account?


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    #218
    ShadyAcres
    Registered Users Posts: 212 ✭✭ShadyAcres


    el Fenomeno wrote:
    How does receiving the prize work, are you just paid the lump sum into your bank account?


    I read before that if you win then you can have a secret account.
    Most bigger banks are used to dealing with wealth and the staff in your local branch won't even know that you have this kind of money.


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    #219
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,060 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    el Fenomeno wrote: »
    How does receiving the prize work, are you just paid the lump sum into your bank account?

    In an effort to encourage winners to be more financially prudent, they now only give you the jackpot in tesco coupons. 20c off a litre of milk, that type of thing.


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    #220
    LirW
    Registered Users Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    ToBeFrank123 wrote: »
    I just hope its not an old pensioner who will stash it under the mattress or the banking or post office equivalent.

    If that's the case, chances are the church will get a hefty sum of it. It's not something that's talked about but it's common for religious organisations to pursue old people to leave them their estate behind. And surprisingly enough this happens often, especially when the people are very lonely.


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    #221
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    Remind me wrote: »
    They won’t release it for a few days

    They know where it was bought straight away

    Yes, that's right, why did they not word it like that though?


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    #222
    123balltv
    Registered Users Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭123balltv


    Security for 24hrs forever if the winner stays in Ireland


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    #223
    CPTM
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    "You won't believe this, Honey! Pack your bags! I've won the Euromillions!!"

    "What?! The Euromillions??"

    "That's right, come on pack your bags!"

    "Oh my god! What will I pack?! Something warm? Something light?!"

    "I don't care Honey! Just pack your bags, and f*ck off!"

    -Bernard M


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    #224
    corcaigh1
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭corcaigh1


    CPTM wrote: »
    "You won't believe this, Honey! Pack your bags! I've won the Euromillions!!"

    "What?! The Euromillions??"

    "That's right, come on pack your bags!"

    "Oh my god! What will I pack?! Something warm? Something light?!"

    "I don't care Honey! Just pack your bags, and f*ck off!"

    -Bernard M

    Hahahahaha!!!


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    #225
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    Someone has claimed it. I haven't checked my ticket but I hope of a Willie Wonka ticket no 5 scenario....


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    #226
    Ri_Nollaig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭Ri_Nollaig


    force eleven wrote: »
    Someone has claimed it. I haven't checked my ticket but I hope of a Willie Wonka ticket no 5 scenario....

    HAHA I am the same!

    I assume, if you ring them claiming to be holding the winning ticket, they must ask for some level of confirmation? Numbers below the bar code or something


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    #227
    Wheety
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    Alrigghtythen wrote: »
    Are you walking or taking the bus?

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

    In my imaginary scenario,l I was getting the Luas to the lottery office as I didn't want anyone to know. The taxi driver would be asking questions. :p
    TomSweeney wrote: »
    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 ?

    Yeah, but you think your wife, siblings and parents will keep it quiet? I know my mother couldn't keep that a secret and would tell her sisters. Then they'd tell other people and then it'd be like Fr. Ted when all the oul wans are gossiping about Eoin McLove arriving.

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    #228
    Ri_Nollaig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭Ri_Nollaig


    Ri_Nollaig wrote: »
    HAHA I am the same!

    I assume, if you ring them claiming to be holding the winning ticket, they must ask for some level of confirmation? Numbers below the bar code or something

    Turns out thats exactly what they do!
    RTE wrote:
    ...
    Speaking on RTÉ's Sean O'Rourke, Lottery spokesperson Miriam Donohoe said "somebody out there has called us and it seems they have the winning ticket, although it has to be verified yet", but person who contacted the office was able to give a unique serial number from the ticket.
    ...

    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0220/1031629-euromillions-jackpot/


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    #229
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    In an effort to encourage winners to be more financially prudent, they now only give you the jackpot in tesco coupons. 20c off a litre of milk, that type of thing.
    Reminds me of that scene in Dumb and Dumber ...




    "That's as good as money sir .... Those are IOU's .... "


    :D


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    #230
    Hoboo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,529 ✭✭✭Hoboo


    Family syndicate of 7 brothers and sisters from Duleek area, co meath.


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    #231
    super_furry
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    I think you could just about keep a normal Lotto jackpot win under wraps but that kind of money? Hard to see how it could be done.


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    #232
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    I won €4


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    #233
    RMAOK
    Registered Users Posts: 11,209 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    Hoboo wrote: »
    Family syndicate of 7 brothers and sisters from Duleek area, co meath.

    Wasn't there another Major euromillions lotto win in meath a few years ago also?


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    #234
    utyh2ikcq9z76b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭utyh2ikcq9z76b


    Hearing two sisters from Duleek


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    #235
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    Emely Round Sash wrote: »
    Hearing two sisters from Duleek


    They could renovate the whole town for a small fraction of the jackpot.


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    #236
    TheBlock
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    TomSweeney wrote: »
    They could renovate the whole town for a small fraction of the jackpot.

    Duleek???...it'd take more than €175M


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    #237
    mikemac2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,932 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    Is there any part of Ireland that hasn’t been in a rumour on this thread yet :confused:


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    #238
    Hoboo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,529 ✭✭✭Hoboo


    mikemac2 wrote: »
    Is there any part of Ireland that hasn’t been in a rumour on this thread yet :confused:

    It's the Rogers and Whearty families from naul/bellewstown to be precise. Nice family. One of the lads wives divorced him last year. I'd say she's sick.


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    #239
    InterestedK
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭InterestedK


    Small talk topic of the day:

    "You didn't win the Euromillions last night, did you?!"


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    #240
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    Bought in Daybreak, The Naul Co Dublin
    Winners from Duleek

    I know someone in Duleek! :)


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    #241
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    Hoboo wrote: »
    Family syndicate of 7 brothers and sisters from Duleek area, co meath.


    25mil each!


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