Say you’d won the £115M Euro Millions, would you go public?
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hell no tell no one,
in these days of massive debts and finance no one would bat an eyelid at someone stepping up to a nice house and reasonably nice car
although personally it would be the dream car of a HSV Commodore VT which 90% of people would not be able to tell the difference between and my current omega
in these days of massive debts and finance no one would bat an eyelid at someone stepping up to a nice house and reasonably nice car
although personally it would be the dream car of a HSV Commodore VT which 90% of people would not be able to tell the difference between and my current omega
Going public would be a definite no for me.
Most interesting case of a lottery winner has to be that 17 year old Scottish girl who won a £1mil in 2013. She then tried to sue Camelot for letting her win before she was 18.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-girl-who-hit-jackpot-9801901
She's since had plastic surgery and seems to have become a 'social media socialite' worthy of Katie Price and is having a documentary made about her, so I suppose going public worked in that she's probably still getting richer off it one way or another.
Most interesting case of a lottery winner has to be that 17 year old Scottish girl who won a £1mil in 2013. She then tried to sue Camelot for letting her win before she was 18.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-girl-who-hit-jackpot-9801901
She's since had plastic surgery and seems to have become a 'social media socialite' worthy of Katie Price and is having a documentary made about her, so I suppose going public worked in that she's probably still getting richer off it one way or another.
No, no and hell no, not a bloody chance. The first person I'd tell would be my legal advisor. Do I have a legal advisor? No. But I would have one if I won a lot of money. First priority. A lawyer I didn't know and didn't want to know, who wasn't my friend and wasn't pretending to be, a lawyer who'd openly say to my face that they were doing this work because they liked it, were very good at it and I was paying them a lot of money for it and they didn't give a damn about me, only about my money and the legal work itself.
I'd tell my family after I had their trust funds sorted out by that utterly mercenary lawyer. I'd tell my employer and coworkers after I'd bought my island and I wouldn't tell them where it was. I'd buy my coworkers major leaving presents to celebrate my escape, wads of cash maybe (I'd have my lawyer advise me on the most effective way to do it) but I wouldn't be there to give their presents to them. Where can my employer send any paperwork? To my lawyer. Where can anyone send anything? To my lawyer. How can you get a message to me? Through my lawyer. Where am I? No. How do you contact me? No. The answer is no. Whatever the question is, the answer is no. Does the answer have to make sense? You guessed it, no. The only people who would be able to contact me would be my lawyer and my immediate family.
The money itself would mostly be in low risk low return investments, probably government bonds for several very stable governments. Most of it would be tied up for who cares how long, providing me with a substantial income from money even I can't touch, just in case I make an utter pigs ear of being rich (as most lottery winners do - I'm not so very special that I think it couldn't happen to me). I'd keep a small proportion as waste money for whatever silly idea crosses my mind at any given instant. Yes, yes, I want to spend £500K digging an underground play room (well, hiring other people to do it) to put a racing simulator rig in it. Or whatever.
Go public? You'd have to pay me a lot more than any lottery win to persuade me to go public about my lottery win. And then I'd think about it and the answer would be, no surprises here, no.
Go Public - not a chance.
After that, it's not the nice house and cars, it's the fun!
Fly a helicopter over London and scatter 100kg of cannabis seeds over public parks and house of commons. "It's not mine officer it was just growing there".
Hold a referendum that financial details of all MPs should be public..... Stop moaning Jacob, it's the will of the people.
Set up a foundation that focused on issues I really care about.
You can keep your fancy house.
After that, it's not the nice house and cars, it's the fun!
Fly a helicopter over London and scatter 100kg of cannabis seeds over public parks and house of commons. "It's not mine officer it was just growing there".
Hold a referendum that financial details of all MPs should be public..... Stop moaning Jacob, it's the will of the people.
Set up a foundation that focused on issues I really care about.
You can keep your fancy house.
In an absolutely shocking move to no-one, I wouldn't go public ever. From the initial £115M I'd keep £25M for me alone (I consider that more than adequate for my lifestyle choices) but the other £90M would be given away to friends/family/causes but any money given to Charities wouldn't go to anything big like RSPCA, Red Cross etc as any charity which pays it's directors £100K+ a year obvious isn't short of cash so I'd pick smaller local ones and it wouldn't be a straight up "cash" donation given but "cost covering" instead so for example I'd cover the food bills of a dogs home or cover the rent/mortgage of a shelter etc.
Plus I'd get fully qualified as a paramedic (enjoyed doing semi-medic stuff in the Military), get some training in heavy lift equipment and then volunteer for disaster relief teams because after winning £115M you'd never have a 9-5 job any more but I'd get bored without having "something" to do and because these teams are reactionary it'd be enough "work" to keep me going without being actual 9-5 work, plus I'd be helping out which would make me feel good.
Plus I'd get fully qualified as a paramedic (enjoyed doing semi-medic stuff in the Military), get some training in heavy lift equipment and then volunteer for disaster relief teams because after winning £115M you'd never have a 9-5 job any more but I'd get bored without having "something" to do and because these teams are reactionary it'd be enough "work" to keep me going without being actual 9-5 work, plus I'd be helping out which would make me feel good.
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Only my very close family would ever know.
I second the earlier comments of hiring the most evil lawyer known to man to protect my interests.
I second the earlier comments of hiring the most evil lawyer known to man to protect my interests.
if it was that bad surely she could just donate / get rid of the money. but guess it's not an option for whatever reason
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If I won that much money, I'd buy houses for myself and my family members, pay-off student loans, set-up trust funds for my kids, and then carry on working as normal because I love my job and would happily do it knowing my family could live comfortably for the rest of their lives......but there's no way I'd go public.
The problem would be even if you could keep a secret, could those you give money to keep your win a secret too? There would always be someone who would want more even if you gave them a million, and they could out you out of spite or to get some money out of the press who have a bounty on finding out who these big winners are even if they don't want the publicity. There's always wasters in the family who would just try to drain everything they could out of you no matter how generous you are.
That's certainly true, and I'm sure it's happened to some big prize lottery winners in the past, but I'm lucky that my parents and sibling are decent people who I'm sure wouldn't run to the press.
Most people are decent until money is involved.
Work my notice, then disappear on a world cruise for 6-12 months in great suite, give strict instructions that i am not allowed to drink or eat crap unless its a Saturday. Hire a fit early 30s personal trainer for the same duration, Oh learn to dance the Argentinian Tango with said personnel trainer to pass the time.
By that time some other chump will have won the lottery and done something stupid with his/her winnings to take all the flak.
By that time some other chump will have won the lottery and done something stupid with his/her winnings to take all the flak.
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Why would you work your notice?
How about have everyone, including yourself, receive the donations anonymously?
That way you are all in the same perceived boat with no idea where the money came from, plus you can spend some without it seeming out of the ordinary.
Out of courtesy to your employer. Not everyone hates their job or employer and would try to be considerate and give them time to find a replacement rather than leaving them in the lurch by just upping and leaving.