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pc7

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i'm not sure if this is the right place but it is called shooting the breeze, but sitting here pondering a lotto win tomorrow and if I did win circa 16 Million!! wow! what would be the first thing I'd do? thank god the office is empty as i'm smiling like a goon, picturing bounty like beaches, not ringing work to say I won't be back! going to the banks to pay off the family mortgages and seeing the bank managers salavating at the thoughts of "advising" us of what to do with the money! mhh nice thought for a friday lunch time :)
 
Definitely quit my job. I might after a few months decide to take on a part-time job to fill some of my time but I'd plan to never work fulltime again.
 
I think an office-block size motor boat would be on the cards. Saw them for sale in Antibes earlier in the year for a mere €5m (and these were second hand).

The other €11m would go towards running it over the next few years.:)

By the way, can anyone explain why some people will only play the lotto when it reaches €10m or more. Are these people offended at the notion of winning only, say, €3m for their €1.50 stake?
 
Is there always only one winner or do they share lump sums sometimes?

I wonder if it's worth playing? I've never played before, and have no idea how to.:(
 
no sometimes people will share it, on the radio this morning they said you've more chance of dying than winning and that 2 million people will buy a ticket, but hay you have to be in to win! Sn@kebite have you really never played? if so just go into a shop that does it and say you want a quick pick with lotto plus for 4 euro. :)
 
Logically its not worth it. You've more chance of dying this saturday.

That won't stop me getting a €4 quickpick though. :D
 
Staples said:
I think an office-block size motor boat would be on the cards. Saw them for sale in Antibes earlier in the year for a mere €5m (and these were second hand).

The other €11m would go towards running it over the next few years.:)

By the way, can anyone explain why some people will only play the lotto when it reaches €10m or more. Are these people offended at the notion of winning only, say, €3m for their €1.50 stake?
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Personally, I don't do the Lotto much but I have a punt when it rolls over a few times. Doing 2 lines every draw would work out over €400 per year and I consider that a waste given the odds but I'll gladly take an occasional punt for the big ones, not that I'm against the idea of winning the smaller jackpots but if I'm only going to do it occasionally it may as well be the big ones.

P.S. If you win I think you should blow it all on one of THESE. A snip at $16.5m!
 
pc7 said:
no sometimes people will share it, on the radio this morning they said you've more chance of dying than winning and that 2 million people will buy a ticket,
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You have a 1 in 1 chance of dying but only a 1 in 8,145,060 chance of winning the Lotto jackpot.

According to Metro (?) this morning you can guarantee a win by spending €12M on tickets but then you have to hope that (a) you win the jackpot outright to make it worthwhile and (b) the Lotto don't notice your strategy. :)
 
ClubMan said:
According to Metro (?) this morning you can guarantee a win by spending €12M on tickets but then you have to hope that (a) you win the jackpot outright to make it worthwhile and (b) the Lotto don't notice your strategy. :)
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Surely that's not right (not that I'd ever question the logic or veracity of our esteemed Metro 'newspaper' of course ;) ).

If I buy €12m worth of tickets, in order to guarantee a win no-one else should buy a ticket. Even one other €1.50 ticket bought by someone other than me reduces my chances of winning below a 'guarantee'.

Edited to add: Ah, I understand. You would be guaranteed to win 'something', just not enough to recoup your 'investment'. D'oh.
 
ClubMan said:
You have a 1 in 1 chance of dying but only a 1 in 8,145,060 chance of winning the Lotto jackpot.
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Actually, the odds are half that again as you have to play a min of 2 lines. 1-in-8m is the odds of any particular combination coming up, but playing 2 lines reduces your odds by half.

ClubMan said:
According to Metro (?) this morning you can guarantee a win by spending €12M on tickets but then you have to hope that (a) you win the jackpot outright to make it worthwhile and (b) the Lotto don't notice your strategy. :)
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A syndicate did that in the early days when the highest number was 36 and buying up all the combinations cost a lot less but with two other winning tickets were lucky to make a modest profit.
 
I just bought a quick pick. The cheapest you can get is €4!

Still bought it though. If I win I'm heading off to South of France, buying a little farm ( with swimming pool, courtyard and privacy, natch), and am going to write a book. Or paint. Or both. Probably very badly indeed. And I'm going to tell some people what I really think. I've been discreet for far too long.
 
Vanilla said:
I just bought a quick pick. The cheapest you can get is €4!

Still bought it though. If I win I'm heading off to South of France, buying a little farm ( with swimming pool, courtyard and privacy, natch), and am going to write a book. Or paint. Or both. Probably very badly indeed.
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I might end up a drug addict with every STD in the book but I'd be willing to take the risk. :D
Vanilla said:
And I'm going to tell some people what I really think. I've been discreet for far too long.
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Ah go on.
 
he he he purple reckon i'd lose a liver if i won - money doesn't make you happy??? well i'd gladly be rich and miserable :)
 
I think the lotto should do 16 x €1mill draws for this kind of draw - spread it around & make alot of people more happy.

Anyways I think ye all all wasting your time buying for tomorrow nights lotto - given that i already have the winning ticket! :)
 
I'd spend/invest the bulk of my winnings on the usual toys/pleasures.

But I'd allocate a small fortune to procure a vast clowder of cats and would release them all simultaneously (preferably during a storm) on to the streets of the cities and towns of this country and laugh maniacally as my ferocious feral felines disgust and repulse cat haters everywhere...

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha....
 
pc7 said:
he he he purple reckon i'd lose a liver if i won - money doesn't make you happy??? well i'd gladly be rich and miserable :)
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Money is the sixth sense which enables you to enjoy the other five.

-- W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM


It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

-- ALBERT CAMUS


Money doesn't buy happiness, but that's not the reason so many people are poor.

-- LAURENCE J. PETERS


Money isn't everything as long as you have enough.

-- MALCOLM FORBES
 
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