117m Euromillions

If I ended up winning that amount I'd only tell my immediate family the amount, if anyone else got too curious I'd tell them I'd won one of the smaller amounts and hopefully they'd fall for it.
 
I imagine you'd be carted off to chose between Coutts, Barclays Wealth, HSBC AM, UBS Welath etc. and then have the option to invest in certain things internally.

For instance, depending on your risk appetite you might put £50mm in with Barclays Wealth and then diversify that amount in various different products (bonds, precious metals, equities, hedge funds, etc.). These products would all offer different levels of risk/return, as well as varying times with regards to investment and access to funds.

For instance, if you whacked £10mm in an external hedge fund through BarcWealth then you may face a lock-in period, and won't have access to that money for a few months upon asking for it back!
 
Wossi said:
If I ended up winning that amount I'd only tell my immediate family the amount, if anyone else got too curious I'd tell them I'd won one of the smaller amounts and hopefully they'd fall for it.
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I don't think I'd tell anyone, if I could contain my initial excitement anyway. There'd be a few reasons behind that but also not wanting an immediate change in my day to day life when at home. I can just imagine giving some money to my brother/sister/parents/closest friends we've all got our own ideal locations to live in so when would I see any of them next ? thankfully the odds of me winning are so slim I won't have to worry about it other than in theory;)

Not to mention there are probably those that are a fair bit less well off than myself who should get a bit more luck in their lives come Friday.
 
Personality+ said:
I don't think I'd tell anyone, if I could contain my initial excitement anyway. There'd be a few reasons behind that but also not wanting an immediate change in my day to day life when at home. I can just imagine giving some money to my brother/sister/parents/closest friends we've all got our own ideal locations to live in so when would I see any of them next ? thankfully the odds of me winning are so slim I won't have to worry about it other than in theory;)

Not to mention there are probably those that are a fair bit less well off than myself who should get a bit more luck in their lives come Friday.
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Nice fellow you are:)
 
I've been thinking about it every time i see this thread pop up, and i can't help but think i'd give a large amount to charity BUT i can't decide wether i'd do it because it's the right thing to do or because i'd want the recognition for doing it? Strange as it sounds it's like there are two parts of me (omg schizophreniclolz) one is thinking "give money, it'll make me feel better" the other part says "give money, it's simply the right thing to do"

Anyone know what i mean? Seems almost selfish to give money because it makes you feel good but at the same time it's not....
 
mrbios said:
I've been thinking about it every time i see this thread pop up, and i can't help but think i'd give a large amount to charity BUT i can't decide wether i'd do it because it's the right thing to do or because i'd want the recognition for doing it? Strange as it sounds it's like there are two parts of me (omg schizophreniclolz) one is thinking "give money, it'll make me feel better" the other part says "give money, it's simply the right thing to do"

Anyone know what i mean? Seems almost selfish to give money because it makes you feel good but at the same time it's not....
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I get what you're saying, I'd want to do it but I would probably also want a building named after me or something.
Though, I don't think I could contain myself from being rather flash with the cash for a wee while. Tipping ridiculously would be my first port of call.
 
first thing I would do is not turn up to work, wouldnt give money to charity I would setup my own thing for that as most charities waste money on expensive executives
 
I wouldn't tell anyone either. I would wanna keep it quiet. I would say I won a smallish amount buy a house for my mum. Bungalow for my nan. And pay off mortgage of my best mate mortgage and myself obvisouly. Descretly.
 
I would keep it quiet for a while and then it would just get to a point where I'd just turn up to my mates in a massive Bentley or something with lots of goodies for them. :D
 
i wouldn't tell anyone about the amount and keep it quite for a few weeks and say i one some money on the lottery. can you imagine the beggers you would get if you did from friends and family.
 
If I won the entire £117m then a lot of my friends and all my family would also become millionaires over night. You could make 50 other people millionaires, for example, and still have more money than you know what to do with.
 
That's my sentiment as well. £5m is fantastic - £1m on things, and £4m in banks or investments.

£10m or more I swear it'd be at the back of my mind all the time. It wouldn't be comfortable living like that.
 
Greenlizard0 said:
That's my sentiment as well. £5m is fantastic - £1m on things, and £4m in banks or investments.

£10m or more I swear it'd be at the back of my mind all the time. It wouldn't be comfortable living like that.
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How would it be in the back of your mind? You just leave it to the professionals and then you never have to worry about money ever again.
 
Lucky you than me. It's a lum sum that's suddenly arrived, there's not even a sense of 'earning' it which would make it feel very different. It'd be weird for sure.
 
I'd tell my immediate family, build some houses out of sight on some land (with epic fibre internet) and stuff the rest in the bank while I chill at home with my daughter.

Anyone that says it wouldn't change you is lying. Out at a restaurant? What does that £3000 wine taste like? I can't see how anyone with that much money wouldn't try it at least once. The wine is an example, but the point stands.

You'd have the money to do almost anything within reason, and a lot less reasons not to do it :D
 
Probably tell immediate family after everything is confirmed, money in the bank - all done and dusted.

Give Something like 10M to my parents / sister.
Give Something like 5M each to my 2 best mates, or give them a house.. i wonder how some people would react to you giving them a large sum of money, some people can be very prowd.

I'd probably build a house for about 10M, get involved with the build - real Grand Design stuff then fill the land with quad bikes, pond, Quad garage with every tool you would need...

Yeaaaaaa, invest the rest to give a massive income based on interest.
 
I would have a house built to my exact specification ... including 12 secret passage ways (which I wouldn't know where they are, or how to access them). Then I would spend my days searching the house for them all, who says I will get bored not working.

I am definitely having the bookcase one, and I think this will lead me to the ball pond.
 
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