That Euromillions thingy

greg66_tri_v2.0

Once again, I find myself not having won the Euromillions jackpot (this is possibly related to the fact that I did not buy a ticket - I shall have to ponder this further).

Imagine the scene. You've bought a ticket. The results come up. You check your ticket. The numbers appear to swirl around on the paper. You check again. Your heart races and your mouth goes dry. You check a third time, then a fourth. Eventually, you don't need to check any further, because you're holding the winning ticket.

All seems rather good.

But consider this. You have in your hand a piece of paper worth £166m. If you lose it, you've lost £166m. If the cat eats it, you've lost £166m (and possibly a cat). Camelot won't accept a photocopy, photograph or scan. They want to see the real deal before they wheel out the cheque book.

What do you do? How do you safeguard the ticket? How quickly do you contact Camelot? Do you demand they send an armoured car to collect you, right there, and right then?

TBH, I'm not sure what I'd do next, or how I'd safeguard the ticket. I my ideal would be an immediate armed police escort to Camelot's HQ. But I doubt (short of promising to buy the local police station) that's really achievable.

jamesco

Drop it into a plastic baggie, tape it to your waist with a lot of gaffer tape, go to Camelot offices to claim your prize.

At least that's what I hope our office administrator does when we win our €160,000,000!

cornerblock

Fridge magnet. Duh!

FoldingJoe

Im sure I read somewhere there is a way to possibly claim without the ticket.

Although I could have made that up in my head.

Jay dubbleU

Worry

fnegroni

jamesco wrote:

Drop it into a plastic baggie, tape it to your waist with a lot of gaffer tape, go to Camelot offices to claim your prize.

+1

gtvlusso

It took an age for the person who won to claim the ticket.....I though we might have a case of neighbours phone the Police because there is a bad smell next door - Police break into house and find pensioner dead from heart failure with winning ticket in their cold, dead hand and the TV still on.......

Question is, do you;

a, cut off the hand and claim it was like that when you got there?
b, prize open the fingers and risk interrupting rigormortis?
c, leave it well alone because you have more ethics than Rupert Murdoch?

bails87

gtvlusso wrote:

It took an age for the person who won to claim the ticket.....I though we might have a case of neighbours phone the Police because there is a bad smell next door - Police break into house and find pensioner dead from heart failure with winning ticket in their cold, dead hand and the TV still on.......

Question is, do you;

a, cut off the hand and claim it was like that when you got there?
b, prize open the fingers and risk interrupting rigormortis?
c, leave it well alone because you have more ethics than Rupert Murdoch?

Smelly dead people don't need £166,000,000!

Just steal the ticket then pay for a nice funeral, give a few million to their kids, everyone's a winner.....

discurio

play online. they email you when you win. Though its a horrible feeling when after receiving the email saying "we have some exciting news about your ticket" to then logon to national lottery and find out its only £6.40

must apologise to the boss for prematurely telling him to kiss my ring!

dhope

discurio wrote:

play online. they email you when you win. Though its a horrible feeling when after receiving the email saying "we have some exciting news about your ticket" to then logon to national lottery and find out its only £6.40

must apologise to the boss for prematurely telling him to kiss my ring!

Problem is when you don't win then you have to put in a lot more work to find the person that did win, find their password, change their contact details and steal the win. Prising the winning ticket from the grasp of a dead elderly lady is much easier.

Clever Pun

discurio wrote:

play online. they email you when you win. Though its a horrible feeling when after receiving the email saying "we have some exciting news about your ticket" to then logon to national lottery and find out its only £6.40

must apologise to the boss for prematurely telling him to kiss my ring!

this.. when I get the email about exciting news I let myself think I've won more than a slap on the arse and then get all dissapointed

bails87

I play the reverse lottery*, I win every time!


*Write down the numbers you would have picked, but don't actually buy a ticket. Then sit down, watch the draw and when your numbers don't come up shout "Yay, I just won a pound".

schweiz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waking_Ned

tgotb

bails87 wrote:

I play the reverse lottery*, I win every time!


*Write down the numbers you would have picked, but don't actually buy a ticket. Then sit down, watch the draw and when your numbers don't come up shout "Yay, I just won a pound".

I used to do this, but started worrying about what would happen if my numbers did actually come up. For this reason I studiously avoid watching the draw, looking at the results in newsagent windows etc...

lastant

Clever Pun wrote:

discurio wrote:

play online. they email you when you win. Though its a horrible feeling when after receiving the email saying "we have some exciting news about your ticket" to then logon to national lottery and find out its only £6.40

must apologise to the boss for prematurely telling him to kiss my ring!

this.. when I get the email about exciting news I let myself think I've won more than a slap on the ars* and then get all dissapointed

I play online too, and have often wondered how many people have received e-mails telling them they've won £LOTS and deleted it with a casual, 'ha...you're not getting my money this time scammers'!

king_jeffers

I can't believe the couple who won are actually going public... Imagine the hassle you would get, all the long lost relatives/friends who would come out of the woodwork... Would prefer to keep it quiet/vanish... :P

bails87

King Jeffers wrote:

I can't believe the couple who won are actually going public... Imagine the hassle you would get, all the long lost relatives/friends who would come out of the woodwork... Would prefer to keep it quiet/vanish... :P

It's an easy way of getting your family tree figured out though

bails87

TGOTB wrote:

bails87 wrote:

I play the reverse lottery*, I win every time!


*Write down the numbers you would have picked, but don't actually buy a ticket. Then sit down, watch the draw and when your numbers don't come up shout "Yay, I just won a pound".

I used to do this, but started worrying about what would happen if my numbers did actually come up. For this reason I studiously avoid watching the draw, looking at the results in newsagent windows etc...

I may have been lying

I very occasionally get a 'lucky dip' ticket when it's a massive rollover, but other than that don't take any notice of it.

davmaggs

King Jeffers wrote:

I can't believe the couple who won are actually going public... Imagine the hassle you would get, all the long lost relatives/friends who would come out of the woodwork... Would prefer to keep it quiet/vanish... :P

They are insane. Not only will they get flooded with scroungers they might well become a target for nasty people who'll be more ruthless in requesting money.

The Rookie

Probably sold the story to Hello mag for another £1M.......

Simon

rolf_f

Clever Pun wrote:

this.. when I get the email about exciting news I let myself think I've won more than a slap on the ars* and then get all dissapointed

Sorry - who's doing the slapping? That's pretty important in terms of whether to be disappointed or not.

dhope

The Beginner wrote:

Probably sold the story to Hello mag for another £1M.......

Simon

If you won £166M then another £1M wouldn't be worth the hassle of going public. It's only a month's interest :roll:
I wouldn't get out of bed for less than 10

mudcow007

The Beginner wrote:

Probably sold the story to Hello mag for another £1M.......

Simon

thats the thing i cant understand about a lottery win an selling the story...where is the story in, a guy goes to Tesco buys a pint of milk an a lottery ticket an wins, but the paper seems to be able to make this into a 4 page spread

gtvlusso

mudcow007 wrote:

The Beginner wrote:

Probably sold the story to Hello mag for another £1M.......

Simon

thats the thing i cant understand about a lottery win an selling the story...where is the story in, a guy goes to Tesco buys a pint of milk an a lottery ticket an wins, but the paper seems to be able to make this into a 4 page spread

needs some phone hacking to make it worth reading......

The Rookie

VOICEMAIL hacking, no phones have been hacked (yes pet hate, sorry.....)

The Extra £1M would pay off the relatives allowing them to keep the whole £166M!

Simon

Twostage

Well I won on Tuesday only £10.40 though :? , well a share of £10.40. :? :?

FWIW anyone out there in an informal syndicate - you know, where you all chip in £2 and agree to share - beware. You need a syndicate agreement which you just download from the lotto site and all sign. If you don't have a written agreement then the person who buys the ticket is the only one who doesn't pay tax. Imagine there's ten of you in a syndicate, the ticket buyer gets £16.6M, everyone else gets about £10M and the tax man gets nearly £60M :evil: :evil: :evil: .

Sign it.

DonDaddyD

If I won the lottery and I mean any lottery for any amount from 5 figures onwards (£**,***). I wouldn't tell anyone. I mean not a soul, not one person, no one. Not even Ms DDD.

I would keep the ticket on my person at all times.

Head to Camelot and collect my winnings (I would opt to remain anonymous). Taking a day off work if necessary.

(Assuming I won £1mil or above) I would then contact my parents get their bank details and deposit a percentage into their accounts (as a surprise). With my brother I would open an account and make a stipulation that he couldn't access it until he was 25. At this point I would have told my parents and Ms DDD but ask them to maintain my confidentiality.

I would then split the rest with Ms DDD. Or split the money with Ms DDD and then use my half to give my parents and bro some of my winnings to elevate their lives.

Sewinman

Have you seen the state of them!? Dead within a year with the food they can buy now.

dilemna

davmaggs wrote:

King Jeffers wrote:

I can't believe the couple who won are actually going public... Imagine the hassle you would get, all the long lost relatives/friends who would come out of the woodwork... Would prefer to keep it quiet/vanish... :P

They are insane. Not only will they get flooded with scroungers they might well become a target for nasty people who'll be more ruthless in requesting money.

Yeah like bankers and "wealth fund managers".

dilemna

Sewinman wrote:

Have you seen the state of them!? Dead within a year with the food they can buy now.

Yeah just what I thought when I saw pics of them. All those pies they can now buy ......

The irony - "Death by a million or two pies."

I don't think anyone from an average modest background can imagine what having that amount of spare cash can be like. Truly mind blowing. £1-5 million maybe but £161 millwion!! They should put half of it in trust for good causes and then buy two top spec touring bikes and cycle around the world losing weight and benefitting people who have a raw deal and could do with a break.

Apparently they already settled their tax bill of 12p. Yep 12p payable on their original stake, not on their winnings.

Alinshearah

they could each of their chins a pound