What's your biggest win / prize you have won?

I know a guy who won £7.5m on the lottery back in 2005, he drove trucks with me, working nights, lived in a modest house, drove a Mondeo.

He still works nights driving trucks, still drives a Mondeo (albeit a new one) still lives in the same house!

His nearest and dearest are all now set up for life (I wasn’t near or dear enough alas :o) his one extravagance is he goes on a 28 night cruise on the Queen Mary II annually.

I’ve never won sod all worth mentioning but if I did, I hope I’d follow his example.
 
Won just over £2500 about 4 years ago on a string of bets. Stopped while my streak was intact. That last bet was epically stressful considering I’d never bet that much on anything.

£50 free bet on Man City to win the EPL (£300)
Used my £300 to bet on Lewis Hamilton to win British Grand Prix (£1000)
Used that £1000 to bet on Germany to win the World Cup (£2500)

Used the money to buy a NAS and 40TB of storage from OcUK :)
 
won 2x PS4s from bonus ball raffles.
Won £384 from a £2 spin on skyvegas slots.
Won 2 years worth of eve online subscription from an in game lottery.

Not a massive gambler. £5 a week on a couple of accas or on some slots if there is no interesting football.

I do feel pretty lucky with my wins but never had anything massive or life changing.
 
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Scania said:
I know a guy who won £7.5m on the lottery back in 2005, he drove trucks with me, working nights, lived in a modest house, drove a Mondeo.

He still works nights driving trucks, still drives a Mondeo (albeit a new one) still lives in the same house!

His nearest and dearest are all now set up for life (I wasn’t near or dear enough alas :o) his one extravagance is he goes on a 28 night cruise on the Queen Mary II annually.

I’ve never won sod all worth mentioning but if I did, I hope I’d follow his example.
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surprised to hear he still drives trucks and drives a mondeo, i get being abit cautious as there is a lot of stories of people wasting that kind of money and ending up back to square one, fair play to the guy i guess if that is what he wants to do with his life
 
BoyceyLDN said:
surprised to hear he still drives trucks and drives a mondeo, i get being abit cautious as there is a lot of stories of people wasting that kind of money and ending up back to square one, fair play to the guy i guess if that is what he wants to do with his life
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If you have a lot of expensive stuff you suddenly have a lot of worries. Unless you are so super rich that you can afford to replace everything, or can have your own private security force.

But have a really expensive car, etc, just means you're a big target.

I can certainly understand giving it away to nearest and dearest. Keeping enough to live comfortably but normally. I wouldn't choose to work a 9-5 job tho, I'd immerse myself in ... most likely ... gardening & bottany. I'd much, much rather put the money to use in travelling (with purpose, not touristy crap), learning, etc, than owning a fancy car or a mansion - stuff that doesn't matter, ties you down, and becomes a worry.
 
FoxEye said:
If you have a lot of expensive stuff you suddenly have a lot of worries. Unless you are so super rich that you can afford to replace everything, or can have your own private security force.

But have a really expensive car, etc, just means you're a big target.

I can certainly understand giving it away to nearest and dearest. Keeping enough to live comfortably but normally. I wouldn't choose to work a 9-5 job tho, I'd immerse myself in ... most likely ... gardening & bottany. I'd much, much rather put the money to use in travelling (with purpose, not touristy crap), learning, etc, than owning a fancy car or a mansion - stuff that doesn't matter, ties you down, and becomes a worry.
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I agree but don't have to own a supercar could have an audi / mercades etc for example even maybe a porsche depending on what area you live in without having to worry. I agree i'd much rather spend my money travelling too.
 
Won a free digital radio because Virgin Radio (now Absolute Radio) played the song I picked out.
Stereophonics - Traffic, was the song.
 
£250 from a £1 stake on a fruit machine.

Although I'm waiting to hear back from some Nigerian Prince who's got 16 million for me....
 
Got I think £25 free in an email (could have been £50) on a gambling website. Turned that into around £1200, stopped while I'm ahead and haven't gambled since.
 
about £14k on blackjack when the sign up bonuses were beatable

a few years back my mate sat down in an online poker tournament with $215 and left 12 hrs later with $171,710 :)
 
In 1993 I won a Master System II from The Beano which changed my life, literally.

A couple of years ago I won a GTX 980TI from Day[9] which made me a very happy boy.
 
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