Winning the Lottery

wembley94 · Post by **wembley94** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:38 pm

What's the most you've won.never more than a tenner for me

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:50 pm

Scratch card £100 Monopoly one.

WestMidsClaret · Post by **WestMidsClaret** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:51 pm

Absolutely **** all but then again I've only done it about 5 times!

Jel · Post by **Jel** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:52 pm

£140 twice.
I've got a mate who once got all 6 numbers and the bonus ball on 2 lines. He got £20

wembley94 · Post by **wembley94** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:55 pm

Just talking with my next door neighbour.and somebody just won 10k a month for 30 years

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:10 pm

wembley94 wrote:Just talking with my next door neighbour.and somebody just won 10k a month for 30 years

Somebody?

theroyaldyche · Post by **theroyaldyche** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:11 pm

wembley94 wrote:Just talking with my next door neighbour.and somebody just won 10k a month for 30 years

Yep. And that happened

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:12 pm

I think the most I've ever won at anything is about £450, then again I don't really gamble that much. I only put the lottery or euro millions on after a crap week

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:21 pm

Most I’ve won was £168 for 4 numbers, that was exceeded by my best man on my wedding night - all of a sudden drinks at the bar needed no cash for anyone as he noted he’d got 5 numbers and won £8500 - which was nice

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:24 pm

£140 I think.

Although I’ve had a couple of gos at that £10k a month for 30 years lately.

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:30 pm

20k about 3 years ago

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:31 pm

Gambling is a mug’s game.

TsarBomba · Post by **TsarBomba** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:31 pm

Most I’ve won is the odd £30 here and there.

Woman who lives opposite me won on a scratch card, and gets 40k per year for the rest of her life

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:32 pm

Rick_Muller wrote:Most I’ve won was £168 for 4 numbers, that was exceeded by my best man on my wedding night - all of a sudden drinks at the bar needed no cash for anyone as he noted he’d got 5 numbers and won £8500 - which was nice

We got the first 5 numbers out not long after it started and when jackpots were huge.

We got £181

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:38 pm

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:39 pm

The wife won £44,000 ..................................she had spent it by the time we met.....B*****d

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:41 pm

There was a great video of a family up Brunshaw who won the lottery...... young lad was going mental. Forgot how much they won..... must have been a lot, the young In was in tears and his dad was laughing his head off. Mum has gone out to the shops at the time.....

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:41 pm

They don't call it the fools' tax for nothing

beddie · Post by **beddie** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:44 pm

3 lots of £10 on the post code lottery.

JohnDearyMe · Post by **JohnDearyMe** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:46 pm

Rick_Muller wrote:Most I’ve won was £168 for 4 numbers, that was exceeded by my best man on my wedding night - all of a sudden drinks at the bar needed no cash for anyone as he noted he’d got 5 numbers and won £8500 - which was nice

Bet things got a lot hazier for most of the guests at that point! Sounds like a very generous chap

wembley94 · Post by **wembley94** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:47 pm

Leisure....More a question of are you lucky or not.rather than who won it ....theroyaldyche He read it on yellowbroad.so it must be true

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:03 pm

dandeclaret wrote:There was a great video of a family up Brunshaw who won the lottery...... young lad was going mental. Forgot how much they won..... must have been a lot, the young In was in tears and his dad was laughing his head off. Mum has gone out to the shops at the time.....

I hope its the same lad I know, his dad had taped it and was winding him up.... must be 25 years ago

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:07 pm

**** all. But I never do it. You do here a lot of winners saying they just put it on as a one off and bang!!! So when I fancy winning it, i’ll have a do.

get stuck in tracy · Post by **get stuck in tracy** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:09 pm

Rileybobs wrote:Gambling is a mug’s game.

50/50 chance of winning so well worth it!

get stuck in tracy · Post by **get stuck in tracy** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:11 pm

You either win it or you dont

simonclaret · Post by **simonclaret** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:30 pm

get stuck in tracy wrote:You either win it or you dont

Thanks for the clarification

tarkys_ears · Post by **tarkys_ears** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:35 pm

3 large for 5 numbers.

Gutted to have both the 6th number and the bonus on a 2nd line (altho it did win me a tenner on top). I thought what I won was extremely low but in fact it was more than any of the previous draws had been by about a grand.

The jackpot was over 3m and. The 5+1 was over £100k....

Nevermind, that 50 mil will be mine tonight

bfcfan1882 · Post by **bfcfan1882** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:47 pm

When did it go to £2 a draw? 6 years ago?

Think I’ve won (saved) £1,248 then

Though I never check the results, can still remember the numbers. I’d be sick.

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:02 pm

Got 25 quid cheque about 6 times on premium bonds.Keep hoping for the big one

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:25 pm

€25 is the best i have done , hey i keep trying

Better Call Saul · Post by **Better Call Saul** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:39 pm

About 7 years ago I won £1,635 for 5 correct numbers but also had number 48 for my bonus ball and number 49 was drawn out.
The pay out for 5 correct numbers and bonus ball 49 was £148,000

Damo · Post by **Damo** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:51 pm

Is 5 numbers not just £1750?
I know a guy who won that recently and he was fairly sure that is just the standard payout

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:15 am

Burnley1989 wrote: I hope its the same lad I know, his dad had taped it and was winding him up.... must be 25 years ago

The story.... Dad watches The Lottery Live and records it and buys a ticket with the 7 winning numbers after the show..calls son down to check the numbers..wife pretends to go shop as she couldnt contain herself....all being filmed by fatha the Lad couldnt believe it as he reeled all 6 numbers off!!! And pandemonium when he Got the Bonus ball as well. His Mutha walked back into her house on hearing her sons screams of joy.mum mum weve won weve won the Lottery!!!! Only for both Mutha and fatha to roll around the room P!ss!ng them selves Laughing..........and tell him theyd recorded it!!!!! He was only 8 or 9 he never did get over it. The videos out there somewhere.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:19 am

dandeclaret wrote:There was a great video of a family up Brunshaw who won the lottery...... young lad was going mental. Forgot how much they won..... must have been a lot, the young In was in tears and his dad was laughing his head off. Mum has gone out to the shops at the time.....

It was only about 15 million!!

tarkys_ears · Post by **tarkys_ears** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:22 am

It's hilarious reading about it being a "fools tax" etc by someone so proud of himself that by saving a couple of quid a week not playing it that he has somehow "got one over" on life!

Honestly, how cheap/miserable/poor/boring do you have to be to not be able to chuck a few quid a week at it?

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:13 pm

tim_noone wrote:The story.... Dad watches The Lottery Live and records it and buys a ticket with the 7 winning numbers after the show..calls son down to check the numbers..wife pretends to go shop as she couldnt contain herself....all being filmed by fatha the Lad couldnt believe it as he reeled all 6 numbers off!!! And pandemonium when he Got the Bonus ball as well. His Mutha walked back into her house on hearing her sons screams of joy.mum mum weve won weve won the Lottery!!!! Only for both Mutha and fatha to roll around the room P!ss!ng them selves Laughing..........and tell him theyd recorded it!!!!! He was only 8 or 9 he never did get over it. The videos out there somewhere.

That's the one, whilst he's reeling off what he's going to buy

Even funnier when Jmc tells the story

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:47 pm

Burnley1989 wrote:That's the one, whilst he's reeling off what he's going to buy

Even funnier when Jmc tells the story

Very very Funny video would have gone down well on you've been framed... 3 jmcs...my brother son and my nephew star of the vid!!

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:52 pm

I win £25 quid every 4 weeks or so. Without fail.

How do I do that ...

I don't do the Lottery ...

I used to do 3 lines religeously (same numbers every week) as soon as they upped it to 59 numbers from 49 and £2 a line I said b*****ks to that and haven't done the lottery since so I save 6 quid a week

So in the past 6 (or so) years since they altered it I have saved £1800+ which is like having your 3 numbers come up every 3 weeks

Funnily enough the masochist in me looks at the lottery lines in the paper on a Sunday, and the best I would have done in the past 6 years is about 3 numbers four times and 4 numbers once.

OK maybe one day our numbers might come up but its 1 in 45,057,474* so am not holding out any fears

* When it was a £1 a line it was 1 in 14,000,000 with 49 balls

I give direct to local charities instead where I know 100% of my money goes to them and not 60% into the pockets of Camelot .....

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:55 pm

Bosscat wrote:I win £25 quid every 4 weeks or so. Without fail.

How do I do that ...

I don't do the Lottery ...

I used to do 3 lines religeously (same numbers every week) as soon as they upped it to 59 numbers from 49 and £2 a line I said b*****ks to that and haven't done the lottery since so I save 6 quid a week

So in the past 6 (or so) years since they altered it I have saved £1800+ which is like having your 3 numbers come up every 3 weeks

Funnily enough the masochist in me looks at the lottery lines in the paper on a Sunday, and the best I would have done in the past 6 years is about 3 numbers four times and 4 numbers once.

OK maybe one day our numbers might come up but its 1 in 45,057,474* so am not holding out any fears

* When it was a £1 a line it was 1 in 14,000,000 with 49 balls

I give direct to local charities instead where I know 100% of my money goes to them and not 60% into the pockets of Camelot .....

May I draw your attention to post 35...

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:08 pm

tim_noone wrote:May I draw your attention to post 35...

Well it was by Tarkysears who's posts I tend to gloss over Tim

Plus I don't call anyone for doing the lottery ... good luck to them.
I prefer to give my money to charity direct ....

Claretski · Post by **Claretski** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:31 pm

I won £609.00 the other week for 4 numbers as it was a roll down week but as I hadn't put my glasses on I told my wife we had won £285000 which was the total prize fund for 4 numbers.

I was in the dog house shortly afterwards

Foshiznik · Post by **Foshiznik** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:39 pm

Bosscat wrote:I win £25 quid every 4 weeks or so. Without fail.

How do I do that ...

I don't do the Lottery ...

I used to do 3 lines religeously (same numbers every week) as soon as they upped it to 59 numbers from 49 and £2 a line I said b*****ks to that and haven't done the lottery since so I save 6 quid a week

So in the past 6 (or so) years since they altered it I have saved £1800+ which is like having your 3 numbers come up every 3 weeks

Funnily enough the masochist in me looks at the lottery lines in the paper on a Sunday, and the best I would have done in the past 6 years is about 3 numbers four times and 4 numbers once.

OK maybe one day our numbers might come up but its 1 in 45,057,474* so am not holding out any fears

* When it was a £1 a line it was 1 in 14,000,000 with 49 balls

I give direct to local charities instead where I know 100% of my money goes to them and not 60% into the pockets of Camelot .....

Well, I had a 1 in 3 chance of getting cancer and a 1 in 16,000,000,000 chance of the rare form i had. With those odds, the lottery odds are pretty good, hence i keep going (and will win this week!)

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 7:09 pm

£10 until tonight....

TheOriginalLongsider · Post by **TheOriginalLongsider** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 7:05 am

Someone I work with has a brother who won a million. Apparently he’s just wasting it and it will be worth zilch soon.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 7:11 am

I’m looking forward to BOYSIE winning it and buying BFC.