Euromillions £154m

[Peter Mugridge]

No one could possibly have a use for £150m+, unless they give 3/4 to charity or invest it in a sports club!

Or use it to start a couple of businesses and thus create a useful chunk of employment.

I didn't win it, but had I done so I would have used the bulk of it to advance two business projects of mine; the New Giant Hovercraft and the Concorde Full Cabin Simulator. At the moment the former is doing rather better than the latter anyway...

 

[LE Greys]

Or use it to start a couple of businesses and thus create a useful chunk of employment.

I didn't win it, but had I done so I would have used the bulk of it to advance two business projects of mine; the New Giant Hovercraft and the Concorde Full Cabin Simulator. At the moment the former is doing rather better than the latter anyway...

Would there be enough to restore a Concorde to airworthy condition? That might even make a profit, partly from hiring to the RAF as a government VIP transport, a British Air Force 1.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

No, you'd need far more than that to get a Concorde flying again I'm afraid. Search the Concorde forum for all the reasons why; it'll take far too long to write it all out here.

 

[Kareem]

£154 million? I'm working towards that.

My list is endless, but most importantly with just £100 million I would get £80000 a month in interest on a conservative estimate of 2% per annum and paying 50% tax on that and I think I can live off that and never touch that capital again.

1) Get a mortgage for a house half-decent. (Why would I need a big house?)
2) Give a monthly donation to a charity who helped me years back.

And I still have £54 million to burn, which I would use to:

1) Buy AFC Bournemouth off the tit Mitchell (probably a couple of mil) and buy back the ground (5 million?). I know the twit will be getting massively more than what he paid for the club (zilch) but I will be happy in the knowledge that I have someone trustworthy in charge, me.
2) Give some of my closest friends half a mil each to help them along. (That'll cost another few mil.)

I will still have about £40 mil left to burn without having to touch the capital of £100 mil. Man, spending is hard. :cry:

Winners of the National Lottery are not subject to tax. The winner(s) will get the full £160m.

 

[LE Greys]

Should have mentioned it earlier, I got one number and a lucky star.

 

[jon0844]

That should be worth at least £1m...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Winners of the National Lottery are not subject to tax. The winner(s) will get the full £160m.

You could have worded this somewhat clearer. The actual amount won is not a taxable item, but the person who actually won the amount would be subject to the taxation system on all other matters excluding the lottery win.

To say "Winners of the National Lottery are not subject to tax" is factually incorect.

 

[jon0844]

I hope that was obvious! The tax was of course paid on every single ticket sold, so let's not feel sorry for the tax office either!

I suppose it's also worth adding that the interest earned would be subject to tax. I don't think I'd be complaining too much.

 

[T163R]

Buy tons of model buses from Creative Master Northcord from the London Transport Museum

 

[sprinterguy]

If I'd won it I would have resuscitated the Victorian idea of building a mountain railway up Ben Nevis.

I would also have gone travelling around Europe on an Interail pass for a good few months, perhaps even for a year.

 

[strange6]

Chris and Colin Weir seem to be a nice couple who have had a bit of hard luck. They also seem like responsible people so I'm very happy about their win and wish them the best!

 

[Minilad]

The winning couple must be mad going public with this. They are setting themselves up for a whole heap of trouble

 

[Striker]

Why do lottery winners have so little imagination though? If all you're going to do is keep the same car and not even move house then why bother playing in the first place?

 

[Cruithne3753]

Nice house somewhere instead of my pokey flat, a couple of new-build steam projects might get underway, start up a new transport system for Bristol that doesn't involve buses...

 

[N Levers]

The winning couple must be mad going public with this. They are setting themselves up for a whole heap of trouble

I agree. I would have trouble telling my other half... She'd tell her mother, who would tell all her work friends, who would tell the press... etc...
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Is it possible to legally sell a winning lottery ticket if you won.

If it was I would have sold it for £120 million to a friend on the conditions that they go public as it being theirs and keep the agreement confidental.

 

[90019]

Why do lottery winners have so little imagination though? If all you're going to do is keep the same car and not even move house then why bother playing in the first place?

Some people like things they have, and don't want to change them.

 

[Striker]

Some people like things they have, and don't want to change them.

Sure, I don't dispute that. But then why play the lottery?

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Sure, I don't dispute that. But then why play the lottery?

I guess it's the "thrill" of playing it, as nobody expects that they will win! Then again, they may like their life, but will be able to not worry about money. They will be able to support their children and families and charities.

 

[Striker]

As much as it's the honourable thing to be, winning £160 million and being content with your life to not want to change anything just shows a complete lack of imagination. :roll:

 

[EM2]

I kinda missed this thread before the draw but after new house(s), cars, clothes and helping family, it would be to fund new homes for Maidstone United and Slough Town and restore Redsands Fort: http://www.project-redsand.com/

 

[ralphchadkirk]

As much as it's the honourable thing to be, winning £160 million and being content with your life to not want to change anything just shows a complete lack of imagination. :roll:

I don't think so. They evidently don't want to end up like Michael Antonucci or Keith Gough.

 

[N Levers]

Would £160 million be enough to Fund the Thames Estaury Airport?

 

[Pumbaa]

Would £160 million be enough to Fund the Thames Estaury Airport?

I hope not - Boris and his airport scheme can b*gger off.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

It'll be more like £40bn to £70bn depending on which media source you read.

 

[Striker]

I don't think so. They evidently don't want to end up like Michael Antonucci or Keith Gough.

Why is the alternative to being dull total and complete wasteage? Why is not possible for them to show a bit of imagination AND keep their feet on the ground?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I do not wish to sound bored, but is this thread now just developing into a repeat over and over again with the same views being stated constantly. I do not think that the forum members are so unintelligent that they need such constant reminders of the one and the same matter.

The lottery has been won and the money has gone to the winner. What they choose to use the money for is their own personal affair. I thought that the matter of how the press in this country is now viewed by the general public would convince everyone that the press always have their own agenda which the British public are free to ignore.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Why is the alternative to being dull total and complete wasteage? Why is not possible for them to show a bit of imagination AND keep their feet on the ground?

What would you do if you won the £161 million?

 

[Striker]

I do not wish to sound bored, but is this thread now just developing into a repeat over and over again with the same views being stated constantly. I do not think that the forum members are so unintelligent that they need such constant reminders of the one and the same matter.

If you're bored then don't read this thread any more, but there's not really any need to waste two minutes of your life making the above post.

What would you do if you won the £161 million?

Give me a few days to think about it and I'll get back to you.

 

[newbie babs]

I don`t drive, don`t want a different house, don`t go on holidays so for me, after my kids and friends sharing it. it would be trains journeys I want to do, watch England play in the rugby world cup, follow F1, and Tour DE France and then....... have to think of that

 

[Striker]

I don't drive, don't want a different house, don't go on holidays so for me, after my kids and friends sharing it. it would be trains journeys I want to do, watch England play in the rugby world cup, follow F1, and Tour DE France and then....... have to think of that

OK, so you don't drive. Why not learn then? You don't go on holidays. For most people who don't go, it's a question of money, so why would you not go if you had the money?

Why not use your imagination? You could do an awful lot with 161 million big ones.