Irish winner in Euromillions 175 million..

buried

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I had an accident 6 months ago which resulted in a broken bone. On balance I would have preferred to win the Lotto.

Well I was in an accident when I was a kid I went flying out the windscreen of a car and a then went a good few feet down the road. As long as that don't happen again I'll take it as winning the lotto. In fact I already have

dxhound2005

buried wrote: »

Well I was in an accident when I was a kid I went flying out the windscreen of a car and a then went a good few feet down the road. As long as that don't happen again I'll take it as winning the lotto. In fact I already have

You have the best of both worlds. You are saving a fortune by not doing the Lotto. But when one of your relatives wins they will give you a load of cash.

buried

dxhound2005 wrote: »

You have the best of both worlds. You are saving a fortune by not doing the Lotto. But when one of your relatives wins they will give you a load of cash.

lol You never met my relatives D, gang a hoors

NIMAN

I see the winners of the €175m are moaning about their win, how they feel like they are in jail.

Signore Fancy Pants

NIMAN wrote: »

I see the winners of the €175m are moaning about their win, how they feel like they are in jail.

Not moaning about the win, moaning about the publicity and pressure to give interviews.

Also the fact that their identities were leaked by someone, no doubt a close friend or other family member.

Id be pissed too, although, I wouldnt be giving any interviews.

vargoo

Dale Doback wrote: »

Not moaning about the win, moaning about the publicity and pressure to give interviews.

Also the fact that their identities were leaked by someone, no doubt a close friend or other family member.

Id be pissed too, although, I wouldnt be giving any interviews.

Did you see the friends on the news the first day, it was killing them to talk.

No secrets in that village.

El_Bee

Dale Doback wrote: »

Not moaning about the win, moaning about the publicity and pressure to give interviews.

Also the fact that their identities were leaked by someone, no doubt a close friend or other family member.

Id be pissed too, although, I wouldnt be giving any interviews.

I was about to come here and ask if they came out publicly themselves, that's pretty scummy thing to do to, smacks of bitterness and jealousy to try to ruin their lives like that.

realdanbreen

Deleted User wrote: »

Not sure if anyone has pointed it out in this thread yet but I've linked the sources in After Hours before:

Chances of winning Euromillions = 140,000,000 to 1

Chances of being struck by lightning: 300,000 to 1.

Yet people still buy tickets for this racket. These, and many other relevant odds for other gambling products, should be publicised on ads for lottery products. The statistical realities of what the pushers of this escapism are selling should be on each of their products.

With those odds, it really is a tax on stupidity. I hope no atheist is hypocritical enough to buy a ticket/ believe they could possibly win. In terms of fanciful odds, to hope in such a win must be up there with those people who hope that a divine god exists.

Hi Ray D'Arcy.
If you had your way a fella wouldn't be able to have a pint or a flutter now and then. There's more to life than doing push ups and ating beans & nuts!

Wibbs

realdanbreen wrote: »

Hi Ray D'Arcy.
If you had your way a fella wouldn't be able to have a pint or a flutter now and then. There's more to life than doing push ups and ating beans & nuts!

Indeed. I wouldn't be a regular lotto ticket buyer, but I'll have a punt on a line when it goes over the oul 100 millions, for the craic like. And for some reason I'm apparently luckier than the average bear. Since the start of this year I've won over 250 quid on the few tickets I've bought(only got 4 quid IIRC on the last giant one). Not gold plated Ferrari money, but still. Actually the very first (Irish) lotto ticket I bought back in the 80's I won nearly 3000 punts. Down the years I'd say I've won close to ten grand on it. Granted I'd only buy maybe six or seven tickets a year, but I seem to win around 30-50% of the tickets I buy and easily recoup the couple of quid outlay. On the other hand I know folks who play on the regular who almost never win.

Hector Savage

Wibbs wrote: »

Indeed. I wouldn't be a regular lotto ticket buyer, but I'll have a punt on a line when it goes over the oul 100 millions, for the craic like. And for some reason I'm apparently luckier than the average bear. Since the start of this year I've won over 250 quid on the few tickets I've bought(only got 4 quid IIRC on the last giant one). Not gold plated Ferrari money, but still. Actually the very first (Irish) lotto ticket I bought back in the 80's I won nearly 3000 punts. Down the years I'd say I've won close to ten grand on it. Granted I'd only buy maybe six or seven tickets a year, but I seem to win around 30-50% of the tickets I buy and easily recoup the couple of quid outlay. On the other hand I know folks who play on the regular who almost never win.

Jesus, so you are easily ahead in money invested !
Very strange statistical anomaly Wibbs, you must have a good Aura!*





* I don't believe this shite

El_Bee

Would definitely struggle to tell family members even though ideally I'd want to declare a syndicate and share it evenly, because I know at least 2 of them wouldn't be able to keep quiet about it.

AlmightyCushion

El_Bee wrote: »

I was about to come here and ask if they came out publicly themselves, that's pretty scummy thing to do to, smacks of bitterness and jealousy to try to ruin their lives like that.

Might not be jealousy, the person is probably just a huge gossip. Shítty thing to do regardless.

Sheep Shagger

All eyes will be on Lottery HQ later in the week when the money will be ready (yep its 2019) and the syndicate will visit....one of the winners says it's like being in jail...

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/revealed-busy-dublin-city-centre-shop-sells-winning-10m-lotto-ticket-37850723.html

Wibbs

Hector Savage wrote: »

Jesus, so you are easily ahead in money invested !
Very strange statistical anomaly Wibbs, you must have a good Aura!*





* I don't believe this shite

Neither do I H, but feck knows what's going on. Though I remember reading somewhere that people who have won the big prize lotto once are more likely to win it again. Quick oul search gives me this. Mad or wha? All I can tell you is though I've never won jaysus I'm buying a DaVinci tomorrow money, when I do buy a ticket(one line quick pick with plus, though I have no idea what that means) I win something on the regular.

dxhound2005

Three months on and I haven't heard of any disaster happening to the winners. There is another big jackpot up for grabs on Friday 7 June, €130 million Megadraw.

Why anyone would take winning that amount as a secret to the grave is beyond me, but we are all different.

sbsquarepants

I have my reasons.

Shít, I've said too much:eek:

It's a lot of money to hide, but it's also an awfully big target to put on your back. If it was me, I think I'd give it a couple of months and then come clean to having won a smaller amount (obviously I'd tell me family and close friends the truth and throw them a small fortune, but in "public" id say I won a million or something.....then park my gold plated lambo a few doors down outside a neighbours gaf )

Long story short - it's a problem I'd gladly deal witrh!