Winning lotto ticket

Ragnar Lothbrok · 20-09-2019 9:41am

I organise the work Euromillions syndicate. 20 of us are in it. The tickets are always left in a locked cabinet overnight, and they are all quick picks, so I wouldn't find out until Monday morning at the earliest.

I will be throwing a few quid on it myself today too. The ticket will be kept in my wallet, but I probably won't check it until Monday either, unless I hear that the winning ticket was sold in Cork.

If my own ticket wins the jackpot, I can only hope that my co-workers don't think I somehow ripped them off.

AlmightyCushion · 20-09-2019 10:25am

Zaph wrote: »

Flash git!

If I've got 'Fúck you' money, I'm gonna flaunt it

Sleepy · 20-09-2019 10:30am

I'd spend half the weekend working out what percentage I'll be giving to various family and friends, how much I'm prepared to drop on my local community (pay for a youth club, pool for the community centre etc), and the rest planning the renovations to the house and on the lookout for a bit of land locally where I could build my dream workshop/garage.

The ticket wouldn't leave my wallet.

DrPhilG · 20-09-2019 10:31am

Greentopia wrote: »

:pac:

Fools and their money are easily parted.

Fortunately his ex wife who took half of it has invested it well and lives a very comfortable life. Well away from the gobshyte in question.

DrPhilG · 20-09-2019 10:37am

taytobreath wrote: »

If one was to win 190 million, what percentage would u give to family friends and charity.

I'd give away €90m pretty sharpish.

weldoninhio · 20-09-2019 10:41am

kildare lad wrote: »

TBH I'd nearly rather win 4 million, it'd be easier to keep quiet. If I won 190 million your whole life would change. Every f*cking bum and long distant relative, so called friends would hound you , not to mention your family members could get kidnapped. I wouldn't be able for that. If I needed up with a house paid off and have enough money to never work again that'd do me

How many big actors/actresses, musicians, CEO's, etc families do you hear of getting kidnapped??

magic_murph · 20-09-2019 10:47am

I don't think I'd give any money to charity but rather set up my own - that way you can control exactly where the money is going.
Set up free bus routes for the elderly in remote villages to get into town, free travel for anybody having to leave their county to receive treatment - cancer etc.
Privately fund schools, pay for special needs teacher etc
Rather than pumping big money into a large charity spend time finding the few people that need direct support and make a change that allows them to give the best possible service.

Bowlardo · 20-09-2019 1:18pm

You could pretty much pay off all your friends and family’s mortgage

kildare lad · 20-09-2019 2:41pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

How many big actors/actresses, musicians, CEO's, etc families do you hear of getting kidnapped??

I don't think there's too many actors or musicians worth 190 million in Ireland. They kidnap people's families to do tiger kidnappings for a couple of hundred thousands, 190 million makes you a very big target

_Kaiser_ · 20-09-2019 2:43pm

Greentopia wrote: »

So leave the people I know and trust all my life behind to get a new set of rich superficial assholes who I can't trust because they might be only interested in you because I have money now like them? no thanks.
They're the last people I'd want near me.

My friends are there for me no matter what. People who are loaded would drop you like a stone if you suddenly found yourself poor again.

It's not to become "best buds" with a new group of superficial assholes... it's to be in an environment where significant money isn't anything unusual and thus not questioned.

Bit different than living in your average housing estate but with a Ferrrari outside and everyone on the street trying to be your new best friends.

But like you, I have no ties to where I am now so could leave in the morning without a second thought.

It would of course change my circumstances in where I live, but not really how I live. The only changes would be in where I live in the country, that I could travel more, having land and a bigger garden with a house with one more bedroom, and having my fiancee join me here sooner than we planned.
Oh and I'd probably buy a used car for him and one for me, for transport.
That's it.

See that to me is a pointless waste of the opportunity. If you play to win that sort of money (no-one ever gambles hoping they come second or third!) then why not enjoy it fully?

Having the same lifestyle with no real changes beyond what you could probably get with a better job just seems pointless.

I wouldn't go nuts.. as I said, most of it would be invested/saved anyway and I'd live off the interest but major spends would include 2/3 properties in different parts of Ireland (one probably being a penthouse apartment in Dublin for when I'm up there), look after my sister by buying a place for her wherever she wants and a few million to enjoy herself, clear all my debts instantly and buy myself a top-spec Audi A8 (no flash sports cars for me

) and Q7 along with all the bits for my new homes of course.

I'd then look into a holiday home abroad and do some travelling while I think about what to do for the rest of my life. I can't see myself going back to a full time job, but I think I'd want to do SOMETHING

Wheety · 20-09-2019 2:54pm

Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »

I organise the work Euromillions syndicate. 20 of us are in it. The tickets are always left in a locked cabinet overnight, and they are all quick picks, so I wouldn't find out until Monday morning at the earliest.

I will be throwing a few quid on it myself today too. The ticket will be kept in my wallet, but I probably won't check it until Monday either, unless I hear that the winning ticket was sold in Cork.

If my own ticket wins the jackpot, I can only hope that my co-workers don't think I somehow ripped them off.

They will definitely think that.

cj maxx · 20-09-2019 3:01pm

Wheety wrote: »

They will definitely think that.

There'll be bitching and court cases over that !

ohnonotgmail · 20-09-2019 3:07pm

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Can you not just buy these relatives everything? A house, a car etc.

Set up a very hefty DD every week for them?

you can if you are happy for them to give 1/3 of it to the tax man

Wheety · 20-09-2019 3:15pm

cjmc wrote: »

There'll be bitching and court cases over that !

The person in our place scans them and emails them to everyone before the draw. They're quickpicks too.

BorneTobyWilde · 20-09-2019 3:18pm

I'd help a lot of people, but also buy a proven business that is making good profit. I'd keep all the staff and business going and live on that profit while travelling the world. Some people win the lottery and have fun spending the lot, I'd love to start a legacy so that it's beneficial for my family, my families family, my families family family so on , generations.

Baron Kurtz · 20-09-2019 3:34pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

you can if you are happy for them to give 1/3 of it to the tax man

Yeah, I don't know the ins and outs of it. What if it stayed in your/the winner's name?

Should one want to transfer a name/deeds of a property at a later date for example, would they be penalised heavily? Would it be then the tax issue comes into play.

ohnonotgmail · 20-09-2019 3:39pm

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Yeah, I don't know the ins and outs of it. What if it stayed in your/the winner's name?

Should one want to transfer a name/deeds of a property at a later date for example, would they be penalised heavily? Would it be then the tax issue comes into play.

I dont work for the revenue so i couldn't really tell you. Revenue are known for getting their cut though. not an easy bunch to fool.

weldoninhio · 20-09-2019 4:24pm

kildare lad wrote: »

I don't think there's too many actors or musicians worth 190 million in Ireland. They kidnap people's families to do tiger kidnappings for a couple of hundred thousands, 190 million makes you a very big target

There are plenty of people worth tens of millions in Ireland. Surely their families would be as big a target as someone with 190m?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_people_by_net_worth

Hector Savage · 20-09-2019 4:44pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

I use the app so wouldn't have to worry about the ticket. I would spend the weekend spending money I'd have on Monday and figuring out how to leave work without arousing suspicion.

I wouldn't even call in, just wouldn't show for work ... that would be it

Ragnar Lothbrok · 20-09-2019 4:46pm

Wheety wrote: »

The person in our place scans them and emails them to everyone before the draw. They're quickpicks too.

Exactly what I do. But somehow, I just know that one or two of them would still secretly be questioning it!

markc1184 · 20-09-2019 6:05pm

I'd probably put the ticket in a safe and spend the rest of the weekend working out who I wanted to help out and include them in some sort of a syndicate set up.

No doubt if I'd won €190m I'd also find time to splash out as well.

The Tetrarch · 20-09-2019 7:34pm

I got an e-mail the last two Euromillions telling me I had won a prize.
It was Euro5, then Euro10.
It was so embarrassing cancelling the Ferrari a few days later.
Tonight's the night.

Sheepdish1 · 20-09-2019 8:00pm

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It's implied by a lot of the answers that you'd keep your win quiet. Or do ye mean just in the initial phase?

When locals spot me heading over to Portumna on my 60ft yacht to buy the messages, they're gonna start asking questions. Ditto when I buy someone a drink in the local. I don't think it's possible to keep a big win quiet.

I rent and commute so there's no one around here that would know my business now, never mind if I just moved out one day.

Besides, let's be honest here... With that sort of money you're not going to be thinking about Joe and Mary in number 29. You will be mixing with an entirely different set where a few million isn't anything special. You won't be getting shopping yourself, you'll have it delivered or have an assistant.

Anyone who reckons that sort of cash wouldn't completely change everything about their lives is either dreaming or it would be wasted on them.. The whole point of that sort of money is it's a life changing event.

Really. It wouldn’t change my life in terms of socialising or relationships. I wouldn’t tell anyone the win anyway not even people close to me as I wouldn’t want anyone to know id won. I would donate anonymously to them as I wouldn’t want people thinking they “owe” me for anything.

Apart from never having to worry about money again for myself and people close a lotto win would buy me freedom to do the things I want. If I had the winning ticket I already know what that is.

Some people would happily do things like Volunteer helping animals , helping people, helping found research to a disease or conservation etc.

For some people winning the lotto buys them the freedom to do what ever they want with their time.....they don’t value material things such as fancy cars, huge houses, expensive cars.

Some of the wealthiest people I’ve met would look like they haven’t got money at all.

irishgeo · 20-09-2019 8:02pm

Shelflife wrote: »

So you've won the Euromillions on Friday night all €190m of it !

Youre sitting on your couch, its 9.30pm and you have the winning lotto ticket in your hand.

The lotto offices dont open until Monday at 9am.

What do you do next ? Where do you put the ticket ? do you think you'll sleep over the weekend ?

will you drive to Dublin or take the Train/Bus ?

Not interested in what you do after handing in the ticket just what happens beforehand !

You don't get the money for a few days. They need to collect from the other euromillions countries.

Shelflife · 20-09-2019 9:55pm

irishgeo wrote: »

You don't get the money for a few days. They need to collect from the other euromillions countries.

Well the thread is about what you would do with the ticket in order to keep it safe rather than what you would do with the money.

Spanish Eyes · 20-09-2019 10:02pm

Well no one has to worry about the safety of the ticket for the big prize tonight. The jackpot wasn't won, it will be nearly 190million on Tuesday. Yikes, that's a lot of money if one person wins it alone isn't it.

Wheety · 20-09-2019 10:07pm

Shelflife wrote: »

Well the thread is about what you would do with the ticket in order to keep it safe rather than what you would do with the money.

Well going back to this, when you buy your ticket your odds of dying before the draw are actually shorter than winning it :eek:

So maybe your ticket will be in your hiding place and you pop your clogs and your family don't find it until 8 months later :mad:

Wheety · 20-09-2019 10:12pm

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Well no one has to worry about the safety of the ticket for the big prize tonight. The jackpot wasn't won, it will be nearly 190million on Tuesday. Yikes, that's a lot of money if one person wins it alone isn't it.

It was around 300k short of 190m tonight. From Tuesday the extra over 190m will go to the next level where they are winners.

ednwireland · 20-09-2019 10:13pm

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Well no one has to worry about the safety of the ticket for the big prize tonight. The jackpot wasn't won, it will be nearly 190million on Tuesday. Yikes, that's a lot of money if one person wins it alone isn't it.

The EuroMillions jackpot currently stands at €190 million, which means that the Jackpot Cap has been reached.

As nobody won the top prize on Friday 20th September, the funds rolled over for the 18th consecutive time and the €190 million maximum jackpot is now up for grabs on Tuesday 24th September

If the jackpot reaches the €190 million cap, all funds from ticket sales that would have pushed the top prize higher are rolled down into the next winning tier. The jackpot can roll over four more times, but if there is still no jackpot winner in the final draw - the fifth successive draw when the jackpot is €190 million - the full amount is split between the winners in the next tier. This potentially means that a number of multimillionaires can be made in a single draw.

Gael23 · 20-09-2019 10:18pm

Shelflife wrote: »

So you've won the Euromillions on Friday night all €190m of it !

Youre sitting on your couch, its 9.30pm and you have the winning lotto ticket in your hand.

The lotto offices dont open until Monday at 9am.

What do you do next ? Where do you put the ticket ? do you think you'll sleep over the weekend ?

will you drive to Dublin or take the Train/Bus ?

Not interested in what you do after handing in the ticket just what happens beforehand !

On Monday morning when the lotto HQ opened I imagine the rosary would be underway over my stone cold body and the coffin nails would be being tightened

20-09-2019 10:21pm

ednwireland wrote: »

If the jackpot reaches the €190 million cap, all funds from ticket sales that would have pushed the top prize higher are rolled down into the next winning tier. The jackpot can roll over four more times, but if there is still no jackpot winner in the final draw - the fifth successive draw when the jackpot is €190 million - the full amount is split between the winners in the next tier. This potentially means that a number of multimillionaires can be made in a single draw.

Ohh I hope that happens.

I like these rules, although I'd split the fund sooner.

Spanish Eyes · 20-09-2019 10:21pm

ednwireland wrote: »

The EuroMillions jackpot currently stands at €190 million, which means that the Jackpot Cap has been reached.

As nobody won the top prize on Friday 20th September, the funds rolled over for the 18th consecutive time and the €190 million maximum jackpot is now up for grabs on Tuesday 24th September

If the jackpot reaches the €190 million cap, all funds from ticket sales that would have pushed the top prize higher are rolled down into the next winning tier. The jackpot can roll over four more times, but if there is still no jackpot winner in the final draw - the fifth successive draw when the jackpot is €190 million - the full amount is split between the winners in the next tier. This potentially means that a number of multimillionaires can be made in a single draw.

Oh that's very interesting, I never knew that. Sounds very reasonable to me.

And worth a flutter too for those who may win in the lower tiers.

TBH I don't think I'd like to win the top prize, but would be very happy with a win in the lower tiers. Have to buy a ticket though, and there is a danger that I might win the jackpot ha ha!

Thanks again. Every day's a schoolday!

Wheety · 20-09-2019 10:27pm

Very small odds to even win the next level down. No winners in next category in Ireland tonight.

Match All Winners Irish Winners Prize
5 + 2 Stars 0 0 €189,603,734
5 + 1 Stars 13 0 €162,730
Match 5 36 1 €13,687
4 + 2 Stars 99 3 €2,434
4 + 1 Stars 1,749 41 €147

But yeah, a win in a lower level and share it with a few other people would be nice.

Would be about 15m each if it had happened tonight.

Greentopia · 21-09-2019 12:21am

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

It's not to become "best buds" with a new group of superficial assholes... it's to be in an environment where significant money isn't anything unusual and thus not questioned.

You're still with people who place a lot of emphasis on money and acquisition if you're with people who are multi-millionaires. In my (albeit limited) experience these kinds of people are only interested in you so long as you're on their level. Try losing all that cash and see how many of them stick around and want you in their company.

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

See that to me is a pointless waste of the opportunity. If you play to win that sort of money (no-one ever gambles hoping they come second or third!) then why not enjoy it fully?

Opportunities for what though? I'm already contented and having €190 million in the bank is not going to increase my level of happiness. On the contrary in fact.
Studies have shown happiness actually decreases once you exceed a certain threshold- ~€100,000 in Western Europe. That's been known for many years now. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/money-can-buy-you-happiness-after-certain-point-it-may-have-opposite-effect-1661452

"The study, which was published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, suggests that once a certain threshold is reached, further increases in income are actually associated with reduced life satisfaction and lower levels of well-being.

The researchers speculate that while money was important for meeting basic needs, purchasing conveniences and other useful things, after the optimal point, people may become fixated on pursuing further material gains and engaging in social comparisons - which can lower well-being."

Look at what happens to people who win huge amounts on the lottery. I heard a while ago the figure of one in three in the UK who not only lose it all, but end up having alcohol or drug dependency problems, broken marriages and in debt.

But of course most people conveniently forget all that and think it won't apply to them. :pac:

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

the same lifestyle with no real changes beyond what you could probably get with a better job just seems pointless.

But I don't want a better job and I like my lifestyle already. Giving most of it away to different causes dear to me, and helping out my friends would not be pointless for the recipients. Just because I wouldn't hold onto most of it doesn't mean I wouldn't have big plans for what to do with all that money.

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

..I'd then look into a holiday home abroad and do some travelling while I think about what to do for the rest of my life. I can't see myself going back to a full time job, but I think I'd want to do SOMETHING

I'd definitely help my partner in getting him a base in his own country-some land and a house. A bolthole for when he's had enough of me here

More money for me would just expedite what I have already planned for my future, not change them. It would also help to pay for a degree course I would like to do, so that would be cool too.

And on further thought I wouldn't buy second hand cars, I'd have the money then to buy two new electric vehicles for myself and my fiance, which would be the better option IMO.

AndrewJRenko · 21-09-2019 10:01pm

So, the email landed from the Lotto lads saying: check your ticket. The results page says there was one winner of the €5m.

I had the money spent twice over waiting for the account to open up, to find it telling me that I've won the grand sum of €15.

So here's the thing - it looks like I matched three numbers, which according to their results page, should get me €8. There is no €15 prize for anything this week, as far as I can see on the results page.

How did I end up with €15?

black_and_blue · 22-09-2019 1:17am

I got the lottery numbers tonight...

...on two different lines. 3 numbers on one line, 3 on the second line. All I get is €8 and a daily million ticket.

Winning lotto ticket

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