cover story for lotto win

lotsobear

Following on from a pub talk/debate at the weekend we came to the conclusion that it would be very hard for the average PAYE worker to enjoy and spend a big lotto win (€10m) and still keep it secret. Buying new house, holidays and upgrading from average car to something nice without raising eyebrows would be nearly impossible. All we came up with was inheritance from wealthy uncle or aunt abroad or prizebonds.....

smelly sock

lotsobear wrote: »

Following on from a pub talk/debate at the weekend we came to the conclusion that it would be very hard for the average PAYE worker to enjoy and spend a big lotto win (€10m) and still keep it secret. Buying new house, holidays and upgrading from average car to something nice without raising eyebrows would be nearly impossible. All we came up with was inheritance from wealthy uncle or aunt abroad or prizebonds.....

Try "its none of your fooking business".

Spanish Eyes

Say you are emigrating, this country is driving you nuts and you want a better life somewhere else where you are not taxed out of existence and cannot afford to buy or rent anywhere now.

Sorted. Spend it abroad, no one will know you and the world is your oyster.

You can pay for your family to join you when the heat has died down too. Win win.

Outlaw Pete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TpvGTxWRL0

WoollyRedHat

Buy houses abroad and don't take photos and put them on Instagram.

Don't buy a Ferrari and leave it in your front driveway.

freshpopcorn

Start hanging around with a few unsavory characters. Dress the part.
Leave a few bags contain white powder or pills around for somebody to see.
Perhaps a fake gun.
People will mind their own business.

Jim Bob Scratcher

lotsobear wrote: »

Following on from a pub talk/debate at the weekend we came to the conclusion that it would be very hard for the average PAYE worker to enjoy and spend a big lotto win (€10m) and still keep it secret. Buying new house, holidays and upgrading from average car to something nice without raising eyebrows would be nearly impossible. All we came up with was inheritance from wealthy uncle or aunt abroad or prizebonds.....

Just don't do any of these things right away.

lotsobear

Not everyone wants to move abroad permanently, the ironic thing is most towns and small city's in Ireland have business people who are worth millions and can spend it on whatever they want but a big lotto win attracts different attention... Possibly some unwanted!

Drumpot

Wait, why do you need a cover story if you are going to say you have come into money from an uncle? Why not just say you came into some money from the lotto?! I don’t get the benefit of using a dead relative if they are going to know you have money. Sure you could say you won the 500k lotto plus..

Liamalone

Just say that you found a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, sorted.

freshpopcorn

To answer your question seriously.
Well first of all it would depended on were you lived and the ticket was bought.
If you bought a ticket in a rural shop and was a local theirs a good chance that they'd remember you.
In the country side you can build/buy a fairly good house on an fair enough salary. However you can finish it off to a high enough standard.
Regarding the car. I'd just say I left it go a few years to save up for something good.(I'm talking about large mid luxury car now not something worth €100,000).
You also don't have to tell everybody about every purchase/holiday you make.

Arrival

Cryptocurrencies. People have made massive money from them and you could say you got in early enough to realise some big profits and you used those to create further wealth. Just say you kept it quiet because you didn't think it would go the way it has. Simple as that.

AllGunsBlazing

If I ever win big on the lottery I'll say that a rich uncle left me a huge inheritance as a cover story.

If ever a rich uncle leaves me a huge inheritance I'll say that I won big on the lottery.

Sorted.

bazz26

Part time drug mule.

Keplar240B

Your not going to win the lottery, no one is, statistically speaking . It's a scam, a tax on people that cannot do maths, A Form of social control,
designed to keep the proles entertained and passive.

bilbot79

Keplar240B wrote: »

Your not going to win the lottery, no one is, statistically speaking . It's a scam, a tax on people that cannot do maths, A Form of social control,
designed to keep the proles entertained and passive.

Someone wins it

Crypto is a good one. Problem with the lottery is that people feel more entitled to a piece of it cause they feel you didn't earn it.

As for the "tax on the stupid" argument, it's made by idiots who think they're smart.

Donald Trump

Tell nobody nuttin'

Blow it all on coke and hookers

Problem sorted


No pun intended for blow with respect to either coke or hookers

blanch152

Drumpot wrote: »

Wait, why do you need a cover story if you are going to say you have come into money from an uncle? Why not just say you came into some money from the lotto?! I don’t get the benefit of using a dead relative if they are going to know you have money. Sure you could say you won the 500k lotto plus..

Agreed that the best approach is to say you won a lower Lotto amount such as the Lotto plus one. That way, people will expect you to have a bit of money, but not so much that they will harass you for money.

seamus

I'm not sure why anyone needs a cover story tbh. We wouldn't go broadcasting it, but immediate family would know about it.

Outside of that, nobody is going to ask how we can afford a new house or car, etc. We wouldn't be flash anyway, most expensive car I might buy would be a Volvo.

"How do afford a house when you don't go to work" can be responded to with a wink and nose tap and "That's my business".

Ciaran_B

Tell people you've become a farmer and you've just got your first SFP in. Money for nothing for those boys.

Berserker

Keplar240B wrote: »

Your not going to win the lottery, no one is, statistically speaking . It's a scam, a tax on people that cannot do maths, A Form of social control,
designed to keep the proles entertained and passive.

It's not a scam, someone wins the money. Also, how is the lotto a tax on people who cannot do Mathematics?

LirW

Insurance payout is another good one.
There are two lads here that got ridiculous insurance payouts for work-related accidents.
Nosey people are usually happy with the vague details "accident, insurance, big payout".

razorblunt

Say you won enough to cover the mortgage and buy a nice few things for the family.
The difference in not having to pay a monthly mortgage is huge so could explain the trips and gaff abroad or what not.

Say the new car is a lease.

Also, the aim is not to "spend" it, invest wisely and live off the income earned, having splashed some cash first. But they advise you of all that anyway (I know 2 different lads who won it)

razorblunt

Keplar240B wrote: »

Your not going to win the lottery, no one is, statistically speaking . It's a scam, a tax on people that cannot do maths, A Form of social control,
designed to keep the proles entertained and passive.

Leave some of the tinfoil for wrapping your lunch.

The J Stands for Jay

razorblunt wrote: »

Leave some of the tinfoil for wrapping your lunch.

Haven't you heard? It's dangerous to use tinfoil on food.

badtoro

Why do you owe anyone an explanation? Nosey cnuts.

Bought something last year, a particularly nosey cnut couldn't hide his eyes popping out of his head "..... where'dyougetthemoney!....."

He's still wondering.

Henry Ford III

I think keeping it quiet would be difficult if not impossible. You've to bank the cash after all and bankers talk.

Expanding your lifestyle and remaining under the radar has to be difficult also.

If I won big I'd help family and some selected friends (although CAT is an issue) and whilst I'd like to help charities I'd find it tricky to identify the really good ones, and I don't really trust them not to waste the money.

I'd move house for sure, but would sooner have a truly lovely home with say 4 bedrooms than a palace. I might buy a villa in the sun. Maybe a flat in London also. Then cars, motorbikes...............

Ken.

If I won the lotto I'd wait till the lotto plus 1 or 2 was won and say that that was me. New house,new car few holidays. Sorry money gone moochers.

Steve F

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TpvGTxWRL0

Absolutely adore this film.And Casino too

Boscoirl

I only buy the lotto when I am away for work so when I win nobody in town would expect it. Probably wouldn’t even tell the wife.

Id build a garage in the outskirts of town or build a bat cave and keep my Ferrari there and drive a banger

Gamer Bhoy 89

I'd do my own thing and if anyone wants to have a gossip among their friends about how I'm all of a sudden buying expensive stuff then woo-hoo, I'm more important than their own lives. Keep going.

valoren

I like the inheritance angle. Just say you're Uncle 'Randall Stephens' from California worked with Apple from the late 80's, that he had stock options and wound up a multi-millionaire. You've been left some money in a will and that you're shocked as he was a simple living kind of fella and nobody knew he was loaded. Important to just say you only got some, as it would explain the sudden spending splurge. If you say you got all his money, people will know you still have more.

volchitsa

bilbot79 wrote: »

Someone wins it

People get hit by lightening too, but we don't spend much time working out what we would do if someone in our family got hit. But it's a lot more likely, statistically speaking, than a big win. I think I remember reading that the same person is more likely to be hit twice by lightening than to become a lottery millionaire :P

ohnonotgmail

The real question is what to do about the begging letters. I suppose i would keep sending them.

volchitsa

volchitsa wrote: »

People get hit by lightening too, but we don't spend much time working out what we would do if someone in our family got hit. But it's a lot more likely, statistically speaking, than a big win. I think I remember reading that the same person is more likely to be hit twice by lightening than to become a lottery millionaire :P

And yet I know two people who have won big.. A friend from school's brother won 500k and our milkman's daughter won 6m allowing him to retire.

The fact is that the odds are a bit bigger than Ireland's population, or at they used to be. When I did the lotto, I figured that I had a chance of being that one person in the country who'd win.

But I was really paying for the couple of hours of daydreaming that came with it. It's escapism, I could afford it, and I was happy to pay it. Booksmart retards can't comprehend that and their minds stop at the odds because that's as deep as their logical process can go. They harp on about this "tax on the stupid" while not realising they sound stupider than a plank of wood.

Everyone knows it's ridiculous odds. You're not teaching anyone anything. You're just broadcasting you have no clue about likely anything.

Try_harder

Pretend I run a meth lab

Boscoirl

Nigerian Prince

inforfun

The big **** i leave on my mangers desk with a little flag on it saying "i stop being a paye worker" might give it away that i won big in the lottery.

As that would be without a doubt the absolute first thing i would "buy", freedom from working for someone else.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

volchitsa wrote: »

People get hit by lightening too, but we don't spend much time working out what we would do if someone in our family got hit. But it's a lot more likely, statistically speaking, than a big win. I think I remember reading that the same person is more likely to be hit twice by lightening than to become a lottery millionaire :P

Strange how there have been 10 lottery millionaires in the country this year already and hardly a mention of all those hit by lightning.

Louth has, to date, 76 lottery millionaires and again no reporting of repeated lighting strikes.

Ken.

Luciano Embarrassed Shellfish wrote: »

Strange how there have been 10 lottery millionaires in the country this year already and hardly a mention of all those hit by lightning.

Louth has, to date, 76 lottery millionaires and again no reporting of repeated lighting strikes.

Like Jimmy Carr said on an episode of QI. Your chances of winning the lotto are 50/50. either you win it or you don't.

cintec

Trip to Vegas with the missus post about winning big and getting upgraded to a nice suite or just say you won lotto plus 250,000 or 500,000 but obviously wait for it to be won or be vague with the date.

KeithTS

I wouldn't worry about the beggars.
Let them know you have money and keep a security guy at home.
When the scroungers come knocking, security man puts a bag over their, kidnaps them and brings them to a far away forest.

You and your other millionaire friends then hunt said scroungers for sport, if they escape they'll have a new found appreciation for their current circumstances and won't come asking for money again, and if they don't escape, they won't come asking for money again.

fxotoole

Steve F wrote: »

Absolutely adore this film.And Casino too

Go home and get ya shinebox

the_pen_turner

put the money in a foreign bank . wait a while and then pretend to win 2.5mil on the lotto or euromillions. splash out with it , give some to a few charities and family, set yourself up with house car etc, set up a good business so that you can pretend the rest of the money came from that

K.Flyer

Keplar240B wrote: »

Your not going to win the lottery, no one is, statistically speaking . It's a scam, a tax on people that cannot do maths, A Form of social control,
designed to keep the proles entertained and passive.

I personally know someone who won the jackpot.
He was a sound person and it didn't change him.
Yes he bought the new cars, cleared all his debts, did huge work to his home, helped out his family, threw a party and wisely invested the rest, including a substantial amount in long term savings accounts for each of his young children.
He said after all of that, the best thing was never having to worry about the size of the electric bill, the gas bill or the phone bill again.
Fair play to him, all from a two line quick pick.

First ever Million Pound Irish lotto win was a young girl in Galway on a single line quick pick.

Generally people win small amounts but someone eventually wins the jackpot.

freshpopcorn

K.Flyer wrote: »

I personally know someone who won the jackpot.
He was a sound person and it didn't change him.
Yes he bought the new cars, cleared all his debts, did huge work to his home, helped out his family, threw a party and wisely invested the rest, including a substantial amount in long term savings accounts for each of his young children.
He said after all of that, the best thing was never having to worry about the size of the electric bill, the gas bill or the phone bill again.
Fair play to him, all from a two line quick pick.

.

I remember seeing a program about lottery winners. There was a guy on it and he had the attitude of you were like the man you described you shouldn't play the lotto in the first place.

K.Flyer

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I remember seeing a program about lottery winners. There was a guy on it and he had the attitude of you were like the man you described you shouldn't play the lotto in the first place.

Not really sure what you are trying to say.

freshpopcorn

K.Flyer wrote: »

Not really sure what you are trying to say.

He basically said if you weren't going to be flash with the money. IE buy cars with £100,000's, swimming pools, gold jewearly,etc you shouldn't play the lotto.

deco nate

A cousin of mine won it a long time ago when a million would make you "rich" . Can you imagine the buzz of reading out your numbers and finding out you won?!


Found out the next day that he shared the winnings with (can't remember how many people) but it was crazy how many people had the same numbers.

Ended up with 67,or 76 grand. So long ago I can't remember. Paid for his house and a nice car.
Nice to live without big bills, fair play to them all

K.Flyer

freshpopcorn wrote: »

He basically said if you weren't going to be flash with the money. IE buy cars with £100,000's, swimming pools, gold jewearly,etc you shouldn't play the lotto.

But different people will have different plans if they ever win. Some will go all out flash, others won't. Some will be more careful and think long long term security for their families, others may just pack up and travel the world or help out their favorite charitable cause.
Whatever people have in mind to do with the winnings, if they get that lucky, is up to them.

I know if I won a big Euro-millions it would be a bit of all of the above. Say nothing, move house, then work it out from there.