What Would You Do With £170M
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Hire a good accountant and go on from there.
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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The odd thing is that most people, after splashing out on some luxury or other, would give the rest away. Which rather makes the whole point of having a Euro-millions a bit pointlesss IMV.
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100%JR wrote:I wouldn't tell anybody including my family or friends.I'd make sure my kids were OK but brothers/sister would never know.I have 40-odd cousins.They and all their offspring would soon come out of the woodwork and be my best "friend" .I'd move to a different area.Then nice house,preferably with land/woodland.Couple of Supercars(Lambo/Aston Martin/McClaren,couple of runaround cars(Range Rover,Bentley) couple of Superbikes,couple more bikes and a really nice custom VW T6.I'd buy three or four new rifles too.
I'd have a Holiday home in The Lake District,One in France and an Villa in Mallorca with bike(s) kept at each one.
I'd donate an annual sum to the two charities I support.I'd visit at least two new countries every year until I got bored.
£170m should see me through and if there was owt left when I pegged it I'd leave it to my kids.
I wouldn't even phone work to hand my notice in,I'd just never go again
what about buying a title? eg Lord Muck of Glendower
What would £170M look like in the new plastic tenners? A sight to behold or buy a load of gold or better still platinum ( 700kg of platinum )
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mercalia wrote:100%JR wrote:I wouldn't tell anybody including my family or friends.I'd make sure my kids were OK but brothers/sister would never know.I have 40-odd cousins.They and all their offspring would soon come out of the woodwork and be my best "friend" .I'd move to a different area.Then nice house,preferably with land/woodland.Couple of Supercars(Lambo/Aston Martin/McClaren,couple of runaround cars(Range Rover,Bentley) couple of Superbikes,couple more bikes and a really nice custom VW T6.I'd buy three or four new rifles too.
I'd have a Holiday home in The Lake District,One in France and an Villa in Mallorca with bike(s) kept at each one.
I'd donate an annual sum to the two charities I support.I'd visit at least two new countries every year until I got bored.
£170m should see me through and if there was owt left when I pegged it I'd leave it to my kids.
I wouldn't even phone work to hand my notice in,I'd just never go again
what about buying a title? eg Lord Muck of Glendower
What would £170M look like in the new plastic tenners? A sight to behold or buy a load of gold or better still platinum ( 700kg of platinum )
My daughter almost bought me a title.You buy a square in the Highlands and with it comes the title “Laird of ....” you buy anything from a foot square upwards starting at about £50
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Drring drring, the telephone rang
-Hello, who is that?
-Hello, Littlewoods here
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-Have I won the pools!?!?
-No, your wife has been caught shoplifting. Again
-Hello, who is that?
-Hello, Littlewoods here
..
-Have I won the pools!?!?
-No, your wife has been caught shoplifting. Again
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Don't want to be a party pooper but who *needs* that much money? It's an obscene amount.
They should spread the wealth. More lower-value prizes, greater odds of winning [something life-changing] for everyone.
It doesn't take £170 million to change someone's life.
They should spread the wealth. More lower-value prizes, greater odds of winning [something life-changing] for everyone.
It doesn't take £170 million to change someone's life.
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Darkman wrote:Don't want to be a party pooper but who *needs* that much money? It's an obscene amount.
They should spread the wealth. More lower-value prizes, greater odds of winning [something life-changing] for everyone.
It doesn't take £170 million to change someone's life.
Is sooner have £170m than £17m
On the grand scale of wealth £170m is not a lot.We think it is but a Billionaire will think it’s pocket money.
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100%JR wrote:Is sooner have £170m than £17m
On the grand scale of wealth £170m is not a lot.We think it is but a Billionaire will think it’s pocket money.
I wouldn't get out of bed for £170m.
I suspect given the winner has only just come forward they probs think the same.
Probably lying in bed wondering if they could be bothered ringing up and claiming it.
So much hassle, so little reward.
Wonder how much cash you need to hire a modern Guy Fawkes.
(Cash on completion obviously.)
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kwackers wrote:100%JR wrote:Is sooner have £170m than £17m
On the grand scale of wealth £170m is not a lot.We think it is but a Billionaire will think it’s pocket money.
I wouldn't get out of bed for £170m.
I suspect given the winner has only just come forward they probs think the same.
Probably lying in bed wondering if they could be bothered ringing up and claiming it.
So much hassle, so little reward.
Wonder how much cash you need to hire a modern Guy Fawkes.
(Cash on completion obviously.)
now if Harry and Sparkle got it I would be very very angry
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Oldjohnw wrote:Given that I have never purchased a lottery ticket I would rate my chance of winning as zero.
Ditto.
I wonder if the winnahs or those hoping to be realise how much degradation and increased poverty is caused by gambling, amongst those who become addicts and among those who are on the threshold of addiction, as they waste their inadequate cash on a vain hope that they can magically escape the dire conditions they live in?
Gambling is a sin! Or so the Christians might say. I agree. I would also make it a crime once more.
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Then it would go underground, or on the interweb
It does ruin peoples lives, they get addicted, what help should they be offered?
It does ruin peoples lives, they get addicted, what help should they be offered?
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For a laugh I would buy 100kg of black sunflower seed and dump the lot in the garden and see the feeding frenzy of squirrels pigeons, parakeets magpies and other birds.
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I'd do that in someone else's garden in the middle of sunset when they're gardening in all their spare time. It's a good idea.
Gambling is an addiction like anything else. Prohibition didn't work with alcohol in America and the laws relating to gambling in the UK prior to the relatively recent relaxation of the laws by Blair's government in a bid to make the UK a world leader in online gambling didn't stop gambling and gambling addiction.
Does illegality with drug dealing stop drug addiction? With the increase in use of beak for leisure shows prohibition doesn't work.
However the gambling legislation was completely wrong headed and allowed for gambling to become faster paced. Blair was cosied up to by betting companies and their lobbyists. Fixed odds machines, thousands of online betting games, offshore gambling companies, Gibraltar gambling companies to avoid tax, etc. Gambling aware like alcohol aware is the industry's pathetic veneer of dealing with problem gamblers. Truth is both "aware" umbrella groups give out of date information and don't help those with gambling problems.
Most children 11 to 16 have gambled a proportion of those develop problem gambling. Scratch cards are part of the problem even though those in that age group can't actually gamble legally. The industry needs to be controlled imho but not banned. There's so many people who gamble without having problems. Those minority who develop problems are addicts probably it could be drugs or alcohol.
As to amount won well rollovers do result in more people taking part it generates more money for all. Some might think that's positive considering charity gets a certain percentage of the stake.
Gambling is an addiction like anything else. Prohibition didn't work with alcohol in America and the laws relating to gambling in the UK prior to the relatively recent relaxation of the laws by Blair's government in a bid to make the UK a world leader in online gambling didn't stop gambling and gambling addiction.
Does illegality with drug dealing stop drug addiction? With the increase in use of beak for leisure shows prohibition doesn't work.
However the gambling legislation was completely wrong headed and allowed for gambling to become faster paced. Blair was cosied up to by betting companies and their lobbyists. Fixed odds machines, thousands of online betting games, offshore gambling companies, Gibraltar gambling companies to avoid tax, etc. Gambling aware like alcohol aware is the industry's pathetic veneer of dealing with problem gamblers. Truth is both "aware" umbrella groups give out of date information and don't help those with gambling problems.
Most children 11 to 16 have gambled a proportion of those develop problem gambling. Scratch cards are part of the problem even though those in that age group can't actually gamble legally. The industry needs to be controlled imho but not banned. There's so many people who gamble without having problems. Those minority who develop problems are addicts probably it could be drugs or alcohol.
As to amount won well rollovers do result in more people taking part it generates more money for all. Some might think that's positive considering charity gets a certain percentage of the stake.
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One more point. I remember at the time of the first big rollover win there was discussion about how much money was needed to live a millionaire lifestyle with private jet use, big house, fancy cars, holiday home and 4 star hotel use. Back then it was calculated that in order to not reduce the capital you'd need at least £10 million to live such a lifestyle. I wonder what it's like now!
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Depends how old one is and how many family members and friends one has..
Could I gather 170 fora members to form a syndicate for next week?
Could I gather 170 fora members to form a syndicate for next week?
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