Well i dont know the woman in questions past history, may have had a good job, good family, lost it all through no fault of her own, husband left etc, who knows, you nor me knows the full story i just know it was someone who could do with some luck who got it. My point is its a shame its usually the least deserving who end up winning it, be it homeowners with lots of money already, criminals who blow it all on drugs etc, it happens far too often i think. It just grates on me when people who already have somewhat perfect lives win it, and then say they wont move house, they wont give up work etc, im like "well why did you buy the ticket then?" those people have always annoyed me. Only people who admit it'll actually change their lives should be allowed to play.

I usually play every week, i'd take £2.5million! LOL! I like the new plus five thing as it essentially means theres a draw every day, it also means your ticket doesnt instantly turn into rubbish if you dont win, as it might win tomorrow, as it were. But an interesting point is that if the Euro Millions was done on more of a raffle-like basis, then 161 families couldve been made alot richer and alot happier this weekend instead of just 1 (who didnt need it).

But no i dont get why people only play when the jackpot is big, if anything its better to win the "smaller" ones. You cant hide from the press if you win the massive one even if you wanted to, win £2million on a wednesday and nobody cares.

If I won, I think I'd probably try cocaine. It's very popular, apparently, but too expensive for my current income.

Ditch those grapes. They're on the turn ;-)

My writing is always tongue in cheek and if anybody takes it overly seriously it says more about them than it does about me. Anybody who would still go to work if they won the lottery should be thrown off a bridge, frankly, leave a job open for someone who needs it. I can understand Dutchie's point about remaining annonymous but i believe the couple said they felt it would be very difficult to keep it hidden and i can understand that. The likes of Sky News will get hold of who you are. We all know how it works, someone in Camelot hands over the info to a journalist with 5k in a brown envelope, sits on an editors desk for weeks until you do something interesting (ie buy a massive house) then they put you in the paper. Anybody who thinks that request to remain annonymous could ever realistically work if you win that amount of money is very niave to say the least.

If anything its better to win second prize, or win the normal lotto this week because nobody would care.

Edited by jamie745 on 17/07/2011 at 16:30

Surely you'd be too busy driving that MX-5 around at very high speed :P

Those two scotch lottery winners can now afford to go privately to have gastric bands fitted!

This reminds me of the tale about the last Scottish couple to win the lottery. The wife asks her husband what to do with all the begging letters; "Aye. Keep sending them out." he replies...

You do seem to look down your nose at almost everybody dont you unthrottled. If the prize was £1million i'd still buy a ticket, but the problem there is you'd turn it into a raffle, rather than a lottery. The prize is so big that for the sake of £1 you might as well have a go, nobody expects to win, of course they dont, you're better off with Bingo or Horse Racing if you want something you might have a chance at winning at.

Those guys WERE a little porky weren't they? Have to admit my first thought when they 'went public' was that clearly they weren't exactly hard up to start with. I'd not turn it down myself, but hell it would change me.

Well done FP, I was wondering who would be first to spot that one!!!

(Dad's Army 1969)

As Avant said, I have been away towing a torture box, so my brain is still scrambled. Have Jamie and Bobin left the forum then?

If I win the lottery I promise to present every regular forum participant with a cheque for enough money for a really decent drink.

Cheers Concrete

......And whatever happened to Jamie?

<< Totally agree with you, people should be filtered according to some requirements to avoid situations like this.>>

How does this thread come back to life every few years ?? :-)

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