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I just won the UK National lottery! wooooooo!
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Air Zombie Meat
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To be fair, the op didn't contain the email at first until he fixed it.
If the failed image upload was deliberate, I point a wry smile in your direction.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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I said wow.
The odds of winning are about 0.000001%, probably even less. Twice in a row? Damn.
GraveRobberX
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They were attending a party at Mrs. Nod's celebrating her Thirty Second Jubilee at Eset Manor
GraveRobberX
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just been corrected that it wasnt in a row, but more like 5 years apart
the funny thing is how he kept buying tickets after winning it once, lol
Oh, alright. Well, the odds of winning twice in 5 years (or once in a lifetime, for that matter) are incredibly small anyway.
True Story:
A Norwegian family has won the Lottery three times.
- First the father won 4.1 million norwegian kroner.
- then the daughter won 8.2 million norwegian kroner.
- then the youngest brother won 12.2 million norwegian kroner.
the kick here, is that one of the family members has been pregnant everytime they one. It´s the daughter who has been pregnant evertime. So now they believe that her pregnancy is somekind of lucky charrm..
A Norwegian family has won the Lottery three times.
- First the father won 4.1 million norwegian kroner.
- then the daughter won 8.2 million norwegian kroner.
- then the youngest brother won 12.2 million norwegian kroner.
the kick here, is that one of the family members has been pregnant everytime they one. It´s the daughter who has been pregnant evertime. So now they believe that her pregnancy is somekind of lucky charrm..
SpinningBirdKick
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Kindly share your Particulars, OP.
SolarPowered
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He should also start up his own club with hookers and blackjack.
Also, invite all of GAF for a celebratory party where we all wear top hats
GAF mods to the rescue.
for a price...
Mysterious Stranger
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Buy a boat and move away from the UK.
Canis lupus
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Rofl god damn I was happy for OP too .... sucks.
No, no. He intended for us to celebrate with him by joining him in the Skype call to claim his winnings.
In that case, I accept free cash in any form OP.
So if this was a real situation..
After taxes and after accepting a lump sum, you would probably be at around 2 to 2.5 million US dollars. Give or take.
So lets give you 2.5 million.
First off get a couple of financial advisors. Not just one in case one of them is a corrupt ass hole, best to spread the money out a bit.
Buy an affordable house in a safe neighborhood away from any sort of ghetto. A place that even if the economy crumbles, and the world goes to shit, you own a nice spot of some value. You get 500K for this particular investment.
So now you have 2 million left. I would put 500K of that into some sort of accessible account for daily spending use. You can buy a car with it, go to Starbucks..... You look at this money as your fun money. If you are going to buy a boat, or open your dream cafe, this 500K is reserved for that.
So now you have 1.5 million left, that money should be distributed between your two financial advisors equally. At least half of it should go into very safe investments where you are guaranteed 5% interest a year. At 750K, you will get a nice salary off of that money yearly. The other 750K, let your advisors spread that out among safe mutual funds, risky stock investments, and safe stock investments. You go this route and you should never really run out of money unless you start buying bull shit like million dollar yachts and a rare car collection.
After taxes and after accepting a lump sum, you would probably be at around 2 to 2.5 million US dollars. Give or take.
So lets give you 2.5 million.
First off get a couple of financial advisors. Not just one in case one of them is a corrupt ass hole, best to spread the money out a bit.
Buy an affordable house in a safe neighborhood away from any sort of ghetto. A place that even if the economy crumbles, and the world goes to shit, you own a nice spot of some value. You get 500K for this particular investment.
So now you have 2 million left. I would put 500K of that into some sort of accessible account for daily spending use. You can buy a car with it, go to Starbucks..... You look at this money as your fun money. If you are going to buy a boat, or open your dream cafe, this 500K is reserved for that.
So now you have 1.5 million left, that money should be distributed between your two financial advisors equally. At least half of it should go into very safe investments where you are guaranteed 5% interest a year. At 750K, you will get a nice salary off of that money yearly. The other 750K, let your advisors spread that out among safe mutual funds, risky stock investments, and safe stock investments. You go this route and you should never really run out of money unless you start buying bull shit like million dollar yachts and a rare car collection.
Osiris
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UK Lottery winnings are tax free.
The the tax on the total prize pool is paid by the lottery operator before the prize fund is allocated, even with the big £50,000,000+ Euro Lottery prizes, so the jackpot they pay is the jackpot you get to keep.
You have to be careful with gifts given away from the prize though, as should you die within seven years of giving a large amount away (200k-300k+ or so, can't remember the threshold offhand), your estate potentially becomes liable for tax on this gift as it then falls under the inheritance tax rules, this can be avoided by having the person the gift is given to write a letter accepting responsibility for any tax that becomes due from such circumstances.
Nuts eh?
There was no email in the original OP; he edited it in
That explains a lot.
A Human Becoming
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If joe thought this was still real after seeing this quote lol
Foxy Fox 39
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Well Op, I could use 6500 dollars. Thanks!
I'll draw you a nice picture so you'll get you money's worth.
That offer goes to anyone, not just the possibly scammed OP.
I'll draw you a nice picture so you'll get you money's worth.
That offer goes to anyone, not just the possibly scammed OP.
ElectricBlue187
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Have I mentioned I've always admired you?
ScreenSplitter
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Buy some real friends and stop posting on GAF?
Air Zombie Meat
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