My biggest ever lottery win !!

merlin

I won £13 million a while back but I've spent it all now. 

tony99

merlin said:

I won £13 million a while back but I've spent it all now. 

most of it in the classifieds on here

BigMonka

Someone at work was telling me that if you win the jackpot and want all the money in one go then you only get something like 60% of the amount; to get the full amount that you’ve won you apparently need to agree for it to be staged payments over 10+ years.
Not sure how true that is as I’ve never played so haven’t looked in to it.

tony99

BigMonka said:

Someone at work was telling me that if you win the jackpot and want all the money in one go then you only get something like 60% of the amount; to get the full amount that you’ve won you apparently need to agree for it to be staged payments over 10+ years.
Not sure how true that is as I’ve never played so haven’t looked in to it.

I've heard that too, bit of a rip if you win like

professorben

I once won £3.6 million on the lottery but I chose to remain anonymous......oh. 

Kilgore

A few years back I won $25 billion on the Zimbabwean state lottery. I bought myself a nice coffee. 

Emp_Fab

lysander said:

What pedals could you have bought with all the other tickets when you didn’t win ? 

Actually bugger all I reckon.  I almost never play the lottery.  It was just a random choice that day!

WindmillGuitars

tony99 said:

BigMonka said:

Someone at work was telling me that if you win the jackpot and want all the money in one go then you only get something like 60% of the amount; to get the full amount that you’ve won you apparently need to agree for it to be staged payments over 10+ years.
Not sure how true that is as I’ve never played so haven’t looked in to it.

I've heard that too, bit of a rip if you win like

@BigMonka You also get a 10% bonus if you chose to go public with your win

bloodandtears

Anchorboy said:

tony99 said:

BigMonka said:

Someone at work was telling me that if you win the jackpot and want all the money in one go then you only get something like 60% of the amount; to get the full amount that you’ve won you apparently need to agree for it to be staged payments over 10+ years.
Not sure how true that is as I’ve never played so haven’t looked in to it.

I've heard that too, bit of a rip if you win like

@BigMonka You also get a 10% bonus if you chose to go public with your win

This sort of thing definitely applies in the U.S.