The winner is going to lose all the money in 3 years due to drug addiction and other poor spending habits.
[QUOTE=Rooster Assassin;25538771]If I won any lottery like that, I'd remain anonymous. I don't know why, But it just doesn't sound safe announcing that kind of thing.[/QUOTE]
What commonly happens is that these people gain a shitload of "friends" who double as panhandlers. The people who won, feel happy because people love them so much; then when the funds run dry, the friends look for greener pastures.
If I won I'd remain anonymous too, it does sound a bit risky suddenly announcing you, a normal person in a normal place have suddenly got absolutely tons of money on you.
I'd also try not to spend much on really expensive things and just use it to live life without money problems.
[QUOTE=BoBt3hBuNnY;25540633]Well there's tax... But it seemed like the 113mill is what the guy got after tax.
Unless there isn't a tax on it in Britain. Is there??[/QUOTE]
All prizes for the EuroMillions are tax free, except for in Switzerland.
[QUOTE=BoBt3hBuNnY;25540633]Well there's tax... But it seemed like the 113mill is what the guy got after tax.
Unless there isn't a tax on it in Britain. Is there??[/QUOTE]
Lottery winnings are not taxed in Britain, it says so in the article. However a percentage of the money the National Lottery receives from tickets is given away as charitable donations.
One day i bought a dollar ticket, scratched and got a dollar, finally on my 9th ticket i won nothing.
Most I ever won was $9.
Before claiming your lottery prize, disconnect your phone, Change your email, and have a house set up ready to move into Because you're going to get hammered if you don't... People calling you threatening suicide if you don't give them some money, and ALL your family members constantly hitting you up for some cash, and by some I mean all that you have.. Better hope your cell phone isn't listed
Still... All problems I would love to have
[QUOTE=Bubz;25540238]Put the money in the bank and you are set for free money your whole life.[/QUOTE]
The smarter and more lucrative path is to invest your money instead of just collecting interest at the bank.
And I don't think anyone else is taking a share as they waited for this one person to claim as it is.
I tell nobody that I play the lottery, in fact I tell them I despise the idea. Little do they know that one day I may win the Powerball and get over 100 million. I'd tell nobody, I'd act no different, I would just LEAVE.
[QUOTE=thedude13alt;25540434]They will spend it on tea[/QUOTE]
And dental work.
If I ever win the lottery, the first thing I would do with it, is help out my online friends. From all over the world.
Cars? Useless luxuries? Fuck that. I will fucking invert on getting rid of all the smoke produced by Buses, in my city. With newer eco-friendly vehicles. For fucks sake, what was the last time I breathed clean air?
[QUOTE=Tyler_Durden;25572428]I tell nobody that I play the lottery, in fact I tell them I despise the idea. Little do they know that one day I may win the Powerball and get over 100 million. I'd tell nobody, I'd act no different, I would just LEAVE.[/QUOTE]
That's a fucking excellent idea.
I'd remain anonymous, I wouldn't want "friends for money".
If I won that money I'd buy a small old mountain house in Switzerland and live off of the interest.
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[QUOTE=AnemoneS2;25572725]If I ever win the lottery, the first thing I would do with it, is help out my online friends. From all over the world.
Cars? Useless luxuries? Fuck that. I will fucking invert on getting rid of all the smoke produced by Buses, in my city. With newer eco-friendly vehicles. For fucks sake, what was the last time I breathed clean air?[/QUOTE]
A lost cause, I say. Just move as far away from everyone who's ever lived as is possible.
Unlike other people in this thread, I won't lie to try and make myself seem like a nicer person.
If I win the lottery, I will do what [B]everyone[/B] who wins it does, get a nice house, and loads of nice cars because I'm a petrolhead.
More dosh then I could ever get.
[QUOTE=AnemoneS2;25572725]If I ever win the lottery, the first thing I would do with it, is help out my online friends. From all over the world.
Cars? Useless luxuries? Fuck that. I will fucking invert on getting rid of all the smoke produced by Buses, in my city. With newer eco-friendly vehicles. For fucks sake, what was the last time I breathed clean air?[/QUOTE]
suuure you would.
As if anyone would like to ride around in horrid eco-boxes. Also " For fucks sake, what was the last time I breathed clean air?" if you want to breathe clean air, go live in a treehouse in a huge forest or something, don't force people who like having decent cars and aren't affected by the pollution to move somewhere else.
I would buy an SAS uniform, get a Cockney accent and throw a tiny bit of my newly-found money saying, "MONEY MONEY MONEY," "DOSH HERE, SOMEONE TAKE IT," "IT'S RAINING MONEY,"
lUCKY
[QUOTE=Tyler_Durden;25572428]I tell nobody that I play the lottery, in fact I tell them I despise the idea. Little do they know that one day I may win the Powerball and get over 100 million. I'd tell nobody, I'd act no different, I would just LEAVE.[/QUOTE]
same.
won about $200 a few days ago. that's about it. :(