What would you do if you won €130 million?

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.

[Deleted User] · 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.

Mint Sauce · 22-09-2018 8:48am

Not even sure where to start.

Immediate family, Mum, Dad, looked after for rest of life, bills and mortgage cleared, new car each, etc. Brother and sister looked after, house and car each, college bills, any debts, etc. Few of the closest cousins would also be let in on the action, and spoil their kids even more than before. Few of closest friends also getting a nice chunk.

Me, Mortgage paid, and new car. Build own house, Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs employed to over see things, with every mod con going. Give the current owner of my Grannys old homestead/site, an offer he could not refuse, toss the house he built, and build pretty much a replica of her and Grandads house, but with a few modern comforts added, ie, shower, toilet, and running water. Flat in London. Would still work in my current feild, but as a volunteer.

Regular charity contributions to The Irish Cancer Society, McMillian Nurses in Northern Ireland, and one or two other carefully chosen ones. Own Business, either a Record/Music Store, or Property Developer, buying houses, and selling them on.

Would probably still have a good chunk left over, where the interest alone would probably pay for day to day life, and a couple of holidays each year. Philippines, and Austrailia the first two destinations.

Now just need to play it.

CountingR · 22-09-2018 8:53am

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I did the euro millions tonight and while I know I probably just wasted €10.50, it's nice to fantasize for a few hours that I could become part of the 1%. First thing I'd do is quit my job Obviously I would take care of my family and donate to some charities but realistically what would I do with that amount of money? I'd have everyone in the country looking for money and my life would never be the same. I'd actually love to just win a million or €500,000 as it would set me up but wouldn't ruin my life.

How would you handle it if you won big?

2599,000,000 tangy bars.

And the rest in penny jellies.

The J Stands for Jay · 22-09-2018 9:06am

Dakota Dan wrote: »

You win 130m and buy health insurance for your parents? You must think they are going to be visiting hospital fairly often.

Insurance is for people who can't afford to pay. Just use the money to pay for healthcare.

Jimmy. · 22-09-2018 9:17am

Dakota Dan wrote: »

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.

Council houses in Dublin cost €500,000 per unit now.

namloc1980 · 22-09-2018 9:28am

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..

Yeah because the Bank was supposed to have a crystal ball that you'd win the lotto in the future.

suicide_circus · 22-09-2018 9:44am

CeilingFly wrote: »

If the money spent on charities was actually given to people who had a genuine need, there'd be few issues.

Homeless "charities" are a classic example

€40+ MILLION was spent on staff costs in eight homeless charities in just Dublin in 2017!

there are an awful lot of people who have the strongest interest for there to be loads of homeless people

Blazer · 22-09-2018 9:47am

punisher5112 wrote: »

Hookers and coke

noob...everyone knows its coke and hookers.
Coke is first then hookers...what else are you going to put on their breasts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBtRP9qQxyI

Icaras · 22-09-2018 9:49am

I'd go around the country smashing up cars parked in disables spaces and then waste their time fighting them in court for the damages.

mrcheez · 22-09-2018 9:53am

Blazer wrote: »

noob...everyone knows its coke and hookers.
Coke is first then hookers...what else are you going to put on their breasts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBtRP9qQxyI

Clarence was polite enough to close the door behind him when he left

Jimmy. · 22-09-2018 9:54am

Icaras wrote: »

I'd go around the country smashing up cars parked in disables spaces and then waste their time fighting them in court for the damages.

Some counselling for you would better.

Captain Red Beard · 22-09-2018 10:07am

I'd aim to give away about 120 million, 10 million would see me live without financial worries and with the means to travel, invest etc. for the rest of my days.

mikemac2 · 22-09-2018 10:10am

Well I won’t be hiring Eddie Hobbs to advise me

Invest in real estate in Detroit wtf?

The J Stands for Jay · 22-09-2018 10:27am

mikemac2 wrote: »

Well I won’t be hiring Eddie Hobbs to advise me

Invest in real estate in Detroit wtf?

I have not seen anything which would suggest that his advice, on any financial matters, would be worth paying for.

Gotya · 22-09-2018 10:40am

I'd spend around 80m on party's, women and gambling

And well Ithen i'd just waste the rest ....

A2LUE42 · 22-09-2018 11:01am

mikemac2 wrote:

Well I wonâ€™t be hiring Eddie Hobbs to advise me

mikemac2 wrote:

Invest in real estate in Detroit wtf?

At least the Castletroy shopping center is going well, it was a ghost town before. Pity the council denied the expansion plans.

Captain Red Beard · 22-09-2018 1:57pm

mikemac2 wrote: »

Well I won’t be hiring Eddie Hobbs to advise me

Invest in real estate in Detroit wtf?

Never trust a man who looks like Eddie Hobbs, or sounds like Eddie Hobbs, or is Eddie Hobbs.

Proverbs 13:57

Deviso · 22-09-2018 1:58pm

Go to work on Monday. I love my job.

dxhound2005 · 28-09-2018 10:20pm

Still not won. €152 million tonight, heading for €160 million. I am beginning to get interested.

The most anyone in Ireland won was €132, although 4 people did win half a million in the Ireland only draw.

ibFoxer · 28-09-2018 11:27pm

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I did the euro millions tonight and while I know I probably just wasted €10.50, it's nice to fantasize for a few hours that I could become part of the 1%. First thing I'd do is quit my job Obviously I would take care of my family and donate to some charities but realistically what would I do with that amount of money? I'd have everyone in the country looking for money and my life would never be the same. I'd actually love to just win a million or €500,000 as it would set me up but wouldn't ruin my life.

How would you handle it if you won big?

At the rate things are going, i'd just about afford the iPhone 11.

paleoperson · 28-09-2018 11:34pm

I like the way her face lights up when he says that, she's not like highly judgemental like some would be.

What would you do if you won €130 million?

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