I don't often bother playing the lottery, sometimes when it's a big rollover jackpot which probably makes it even harder to win - I don't know the probability stats - but I see it as a bit of fun. What I would do depends on how much I won obviously. If it was a modest £1m I'd buy a property, something with character in the city I am just now (Edinburgh) which would probably eat half of it up! I'd for sure give a chunk to my sister and nephew, treat my friends and put another chunk away for retirement. Boring, I know, but it means being able to relax knowing I'm taken care of in old age. If I won a massive amount, ie £50m this is when I'd ...  Read the complete review

It's not often that I do the lottery, in fairness, but the thought of winning it is a great one. I don't know what I'd do if I did win, to be honest, because (like most other people of course) I've never had that sort of money. I've never had more than about £500 in my bank, actually, so I bet the bank manager would be happy to see there was actually cash in there for once! But when I start to think about what I would actually do with the money, well, it'd end up spent right away probably. 1. The first thing that I would do is pay off my mother's debts. It would be a big weight lifted off her shoulders and would allow her to have a little more money to ...  Read the complete review

IT'S (PROBABLY NOT) FOR YOU! I wouldn't regard myself as a lottery 'player' as such, but I am in a syndicate of about 12 people, called The Skyport (Heathrow) Exchange Lottery Syndicate. However, 15 years down the line, I'm not sure if a single one of us still works for BT! We've had occasional small wins, the highest being £50 if I recall, but split 12 ways all they have served to do is make next month's 'subs' cheaper. Realistically, we all know that we have next to no chance of winning the big one, 'el Gordo' as the Spanish call it. Over the years, at £10/month each, I have paid about £1500 into the fund after deducting ...  Read the complete review

We've all wondered what we'd do if those six numbers came up, and I'm certainly not an exception to the rule. Money is tight and I work hard and am trying to keep a lot of things together at the moment, but I don't feel hard done by in the main. However, a lottery win would change things. Let's straight away point out that my musings on this topic are completely removed from those I share with my boyfriend should we win the Euromillions - that would lead to a world's worth of ludicrous sports cars and an entirely different lifestyle. However, whilst I have long acknowledged that a standard, "small" win on our domestic lottery isn't really that ...  Read the complete review

A few months ago I started playing the lottery for the first time ever. I had been daydreaming a lot about what I could do with the money and how much it would entirely change my life plans. Eventually I decided that I'm never going to win if I don't play and so I started buying tickets. Looking at the amounts you can win I opted for the euromillions because not only are the winnings large but you also get entered into a millionaires raffle so that gives you two opportunities to win. So far all I have won is a measly £2.70 and I've spent at least 10 times that amount playing but as the lottery tag lines tells us 'you have to be in it to win it'. So here is ...  Read the complete review