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Winning lotto ticket

  • 19-09-2019 2:09pm
    #1
    Shelflife
    Registered Users Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭


    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 !


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  • #2
    B_ecke_r
    Registered Users Posts: 491 ✭✭B_ecke_r


    Shelflife wrote: »
    The lotto offices dont open until Monday at 9am.
    !


    your bank manager would open the bank for you and apply a substantial overdraft for the weekend with the ticket in the vault


  • #3
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,155 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    i don't usually check the ticket till a couple days later, when I'm over the shock of it all


  • #4
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,198 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Nice try OP. That ticket is staying nice and safe.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



  • #5
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    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.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



  • #6
    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,438 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    Go on a, massive sesh staight away so when I finish I don't wake up until monday morning then straight to Dublin. Train as I don't drive cause even though I'd have no problem getting a lift not one person would know until I got confirmation from the head office.


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  • #7
    magic_murph
    Registered Users Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭magic_murph


    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 !

    Like I'd tell anybody my secret lotto ticket hiding place.


  • #8
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,422 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    I would PM a lovely guy on boards, antodeco, with my address, and get him to come around, so I could share the wealth with him as a 2 person syndicate.


  • #9
    valoren
    Registered Users Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭valoren


    Sign it.
    Ring Lotto to confirm numbers.
    Put it in my wallet.
    Try to get some sleep.
    Get train to Heuston.
    Luas to Abbey Street.
    Collect ticket.
    Go back home.


  • #10
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,198 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    valoren wrote: »
    Sign it.
    Ring Lotto to confirm numbers.
    Put it in my wallet.
    Try to get some sleep.
    Get train to Heuston.
    Luas to Abbey Street.
    Collect ticket.
    Go back home.

    Fourth one aint going to happen.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



  • #11
    Yester
    Registered Users Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭Yester


    Make a note of the serial number and then eat it.


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  • #12
    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    Initial reaction would be to projectile vomit I'd say, not sure about anything else after that, probably become a paranoid mess..


  • #13
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,024 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    I would record myself burning it in the fire and upload the video online

    your move KLF


  • #14
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    Put it in a condom and eat it, then poop it out in my bank managers office Monday morning.

    He’d happily wipe for me.


  • #15
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,647 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    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 actually wonder if playing via the app is a bad idea. Think about it, they like to announce where it was sold and the shop involved gets a windfall. None of that with an app...

    As for leaving work, that's easy... here's my plan:

    - Tell NO-ONE
    - Sign ticket (or as I do it via the app too, none to sign!)
    - Call Lotto HQ the next working day to confirm
    - Take a few days AL from work. 2 weeks if possible
    - WAIT a week or so until the media attention has died down
    - Go in casually during a working day and collect. Naturally I'll take the anonymous option
    - Deposit money and hole up in a nice hotel. Get financial advice
    - Come back to work and hand in your resignation saying you got offered another job and are taking it. Work out your notice. You'll never see 99% of these people again anyway, but why deal with the hassle of "new friends"
    - Leave and enjoy life! To throw people off say you won <whatever the next local lotto prize was - like 500k or something>. That way you explain the new house/cars, but not so much to be tortured with begging or the aforementioned "new friends!"

    The number of people who would know the truth in my case I can count on one hand. I'd look after a few people but most of the money would be saved/invested anyway so I can live off the interest and setup a nice fund for my son and his (future) offspring


  • #16
    Ragnar Lothbrok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Ragnar Lothbrok


    Straight to the pub.
    Sleep in the pub.
    Breakfast, lunch and dinner in the pub for the weekend.
    Would have to get someone to drive me to Dublin on Monday as I'd be too hungover. Probably hire a fancy car and chauffeur for the day.
    Then back to the pub after.


  • #17
    Gannicus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭Gannicus


    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 ?
    Sh!t my pants with the excitement.
    Shelflife wrote: »
    Where do you put the ticket ?
    wouldn't leave my possession
    Shelflife wrote: »
    do you think you'll sleep over the weekend ?
    Very well knowing I have no work EVER AGAIN
    Shelflife wrote: »
    will you drive to Dublin or take the Train/Bus ?
    The Bus. I paid for my leap card for the year. May as well get the benfit of it. Plus. Rockin up in a limo will ruin any chance I have keeping anonymous


  • #18
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Make a cup of tea and throw on the late late.....actually, lets live large, a pot of tea.


  • #19
    Gannicus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭Gannicus


    Go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over.


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    Make a cup of tea and throw on the late late.....actually, lets live large, a pot of tea.

    Love it, that generally made me burst out laughing. Maybe even break out the good biscuits.


  • #21
    Ragnar Lothbrok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Ragnar Lothbrok


    I'm now panicking about what to do with my winning ticket. It's a serious worry, because there is no doubt whatsoever that I will win this €190 million.


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  • #22
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    It's a Friday night, I would probably just order pizza, and have a cold beer.


  • #23
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Love it, that generally made me burst out laughing. Maybe even break out the good biscuits.

    The McVities Rich Tea, not the store brand ones.


  • #24
    Gannicus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭Gannicus


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Love it, that generally made me burst out laughing. Maybe even break out the good Shortbreads.


    FYP :D


  • #25
    Doyler92
    Registered Users Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭Doyler92


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Love it, that generally made me burst out laughing. Maybe even break out the good biscuits.

    Be very disappointing to find your nannies sewing set instead!


  • #26
    facehugger99
    Registered Users Posts: 7,202 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    I would first head to the Off License and as casually as possible buy their second-most expensive bottle of champagne, I wouldn't want to arose suspicion.

    After consumption of said-champagne, I'd imagine sex with the wife would form some part of the remainder of the evening and perhaps an episode of Mindhunter on Netflix.


  • #27
    rgace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 479 ✭✭rgace


    Get proof of address and identity documents ready.
    Lock myself in the house until Monday, have food delivered through the window.
    Make a will.
    Call in sick to work
    Probably drive to Dublin, I don't think you can collect the money until Thursday or something but get the paperwork done asap.
    Hand in notice to work, I would tell them that I hate every second of it and have no motivation in the hope they would ask me to finish immediately. Probably work the notice period otherwise so as not to arise suspicions.


  • #28
    magic_murph
    Registered Users Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭magic_murph


    Sign the ticket.
    Take back up photos of the ticket.
    Get steamed - enough to help get some sleep
    Wake up every couple of hours to check on the ticket
    Get to Dublin - collect- await around of the couple of days until the cash is in the bank account
    Get out of Dublin.
    Get the financial advisers to come to me - from now on I do the beckoning.
    No need for investments - with 190mill you will make more than enough interest to live a comfortable life.
    Plan a nice holiday - private jet or first class seats, fine hotel and just chill for a few days to come to terms with winning generation altering money.


  • #29
    Forty Seven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 280 ✭✭Forty Seven


    I'd make a wee frame, hang it on the wall and keep it for a time I might need the money.


  • #30
    Gannicus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭Gannicus


    Forty Seven wrote: »
    I'd make a wee frame, hang it on the wall and keep it for a time I might need the money.

    Within the next 90 days of course


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  • #31
    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,332 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    Photograph the ticket, take all the serial numbers down and email everything to my other mail account.
    Sign it as cjmc alone owns this ticket.
    Throw out all the stupid receipts in my wallet , put the ticket in it and put all into my Jeans ,which I'll sleep in. Check I have change / money for tolls / parking and call the lottery to arrange a meeting in an hotel. Then all hell will break loose, I'll give some money to everyone who thanked this post :)


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