Lottery tickets, Scratch cards, those raffle tickets to win cars, Microsoft point sweepstakes etc.

[Greedy Jambo]

Has anyone on here won anything of note?

I'm highly suspicious of the lot of them. 

[Dawnrazor]

Just now, Greedy Jambo said:

Has anyone on here won anything of note?

I'm highly suspicious of the lot of them. 

Had 5 numbers on the National Lottery the year it started, won £1250.

[Greedy Jambo]

33 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said:

Had 5 numbers on the National Lottery the year it started, won £1250.

That's decent for the lottery, i suppose, but 5 numbers.. you'd be wanting more. 

Have you continued to play it and won ****all? Prices have gone way up since then. 

[Dawnrazor]

1 minute ago, Greedy Jambo said:

That's decent for the lottery, i suppose, but 5 numbers.. you'd be wanting more. 

Have you continued to play it and won ****all? Prices have gone way up since then. 

It was one of the weeks when loads of folk had five numbers. I had my eye on a new gun with the winnings, the cheque came through the post, I gave it to my wife and told her to put it in the bank and get herself something nice, I was thinking of a nice bottle of perfume or a jumper, that sort of thing, I was dreaming on my new Browning 425 or a Berretta 686, she came home with a ****in microwave, fridge and other assorted shite for the house, I had enough left for a second hand Lanber, ****in raging didn't cover it, the ****in cow🤬🤬🤬

[If carlsberg did rivals...]

I used to buy the odd scratch card until I went onto camelot website one boring day and read that the cards I would buy had an initial print run of 60 million cards! There were 8 jackpot cards in that amount! I buy a lucky dip sometimes when it's a roll down draw.

[Greedy Jambo]

5 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said:

It was one of the weeks when loads of folk had five numbers. I had my eye on a new gun with the winnings, the cheque came through the post, I gave it to my wife and told her to put it in the bank and get herself something nice, I was thinking of a nice bottle of perfume or a jumper, that sort of thing, I was dreaming on my new Browning 425 or a Berretta 686, she came home with a ****in microwave, fridge and other assorted shite for the house, I had enough left for a second hand Lanber, ****in raging didn't cover it, the ****in cow🤬🤬🤬

 

Haha. 

Well that's the way to keep your wife happy i suppose, you've done nothing wrong there, and you can sleep easy.

While secretely Ja deteste ma femme. 

[Hansel]

I'm part of a 10 person lottery syndicate that won £200,000

£20 grand each 

 

Spoiler

I joined the syndicate after they won the cash though 

 

[Dawnrazor]

1 minute ago, Hansel said:

I'm part of a 10 person lottery syndicate that won £200,000

£20 grand each 

 

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I joined the syndicate after they won the cash though 

 

🤣🤣🤣

[Greedy Jambo]

3 minutes ago, Hansel said:

I'm part of a 10 person lottery syndicate that won £200,000

£20 grand each 

 

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I joined the syndicate after they won the cash though 

 

 

Lol. How much have the 10 of you spent on lottery tickets over the years?

[henrysmithsgloves]

29 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said:

It was one of the weeks when loads of folk had five numbers. I had my eye on a new gun with the winnings, the cheque came through the post, I gave it to my wife and told her to put it in the bank and get herself something nice, I was thinking of a nice bottle of perfume or a jumper, that sort of thing, I was dreaming on my new Browning 425 or a Berretta 686, she came home with a ****in microwave, fridge and other assorted shite for the house, I had enough left for a second hand Lanber, ****in raging didn't cover it, the ****in cow🤬🤬🤬

😲 And I thought my Mrs was a bit butch carrying in heavy shopping bags😲😲

[henrysmithsgloves]

1 hour ago, Greedy Jambo said:

Has anyone on here won anything of note?

I'm highly suspicious of the lot of them. 

Better odds flinging shite at the moon and hitting it🤔

[Hansel]

1 minute ago, Greedy Jambo said:

 

Lol. How much have the 10 of you spent on lottery tickets over the years?

I've been in it for about 10 years now and pay £10 a month. Probably over 12 grand between us all over that time 😆 

[Doctor FinnBarr]

Does "like, share and comment" on FB count? Certain a poster on here attended champions league final in Moscow (Liverpool v Chelsea) thanks to Mastercard.

Another mate won a top spec VW Golf with the same like, share comment then won a bloody Lambo with X amount cash to cover insurance for the first year. He took the cash option for that one as the Orkney roads ain't suited for a Lambo.

[henrysmithsgloves]

48 minutes ago, Doctor FinnBarr said:

Does "like, share and comment" on FB count? Certain a poster on here attended champions league final in Moscow (Liverpool v Chelsea) thanks to Mastercard.

Another mate won a top spec VW Golf with the same like, share comment then won a bloody Lambo with X amount cash to cover insurance for the first year. He took the cash option for that one as the Orkney roads ain't suited for a Lambo.

Traded the lambo for a wind buggy

[Byyy The Light]

It’s a tax on hope

[Lovecraft]

2 hours ago, Byyy The Light said:

It’s a tax on hope

[Sydney]

About 25 years ago (maybe more) we were on our way up to Dundee to visit some family and have a night out and I won 25 quid on a scratch card in Auchtermuchty.  The wifie in the shop said "ooh, we've never had a big winner before"!  25 quid actually paid for a decent amount of beer back then.

[Samuel Camazzola]

14 hours ago, Greedy Jambo said:

Has anyone on here won anything of note?

I'm highly suspicious of the lot of them. 

My neighbour won a motorhome worth in excess of £70k.

 

Someone else I know won a car and a motorhome within a year. 

 

Not sure how many tickets they bought but think they were around £12 each. 

[feedtheroman2]

Knew a guy from school who did actually win £1 million on a scratchcard a few years ago.

[Dennis Reynolds]

I know a lass who's grandad won a decent wedge on the lottery. Spent most of it traveling abroad every year and a steady stream of high class escorts. Only found out about the latter after he had passed and his house was full of business cards.

[Der Kaiser]

15 minutes ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

I know a lass who's grandad won a decent wedge on the lottery. Spent most of it traveling abroad every year and a steady stream of high class escorts. Only found out about the latter after he had passed and his house was full of business cards.

 

I don't know him but I think he's my idol.....

[Spellczech]

4 hours ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

I know a lass who's grandad won a decent wedge on the lottery. Spent most of it traveling abroad every year and a steady stream of high class escorts. Only found out about the latter after he had passed and his house was full of business cards.

At least he didn't waste it.

[Morgan]

4 hours ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

I know a lass who's grandad won a decent wedge on the lottery. Spent most of it traveling abroad every year and a steady stream of high class escorts. Only found out about the latter after he had passed and his house was full of business cards.

I suppose he just squandered the rest?

[SectionDJambo]

I stayed in the lottery syndicate at work when I retired, just in case they won it and filled me with regret.

The only other lottery I take part in is the Postcode Lottery, for the similar reason of not wanting to see my neighbours skipping around outside with their big cheques that I could have also had. I’ve had a few wee money prizes, and a couple of other bonus prizes of household items, from them. 

[Harry Potter]

28 minutes ago, SectionDJambo said:

I stayed in the lottery syndicate at work when I retired, just in case they won it and filled me with regret.

The only other lottery I take part in is the Postcode Lottery, for the similar reason of not wanting to see my neighbours skipping around outside with their big cheques that I could have also had. I’ve had a few wee money prizes, and a couple of other bonus prizes of household items, from them. 

Won the postcode lottery 3 times,  3x 10 poonds, 😅.

[periodictabledancer]

5 hours ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

I know a lass who's grandad won a decent wedge on the lottery. Spent most of it traveling abroad every year and a steady stream of high class escorts. Only found out about the latter after he had passed and his house was full of business cards.

Absolute legend. 

[SectionDJambo]

19 minutes ago, Harry Potter said:

Won the postcode lottery 3 times,  3x 10 poonds, 😅.

You get the message that they have news about your ticket. You know it's going to be a tenner, but maybe one day it will be a big surprise.

[Statts1976uk]

Friend of miners father won £4.75m on the lottery in the late 90s and another friend from my RAF days won an Aston Martin from BoTB.

 

He kept it for a couple of years until he got married and had kids.

[maroondevo52]

A guy I used to golf with won the lottery in 1995, haven't seen him since. 12 of us used to go golfing to a different course every month and the day this guy won I think was the day the most winners in a single draw happened.

He won about £120,000. I was told he bought a new car and put a deposit down on a house, like I said, never seen him again.

[Ribble]

5 numbers on the lottery, same as Dawnrazor I got about £1200 which back in 1998 paid off my PC from Tiny Computers just before the 0% interest ran out and just about had enough for a few nights out left over

 

Worst thing was that for some reason I was in that Saturday and watched the draw live, I had the first 5 numbers out, gutted that the 6th didn't come in then hope returns as the bonus ball is about to drop then gutted a second time

[Dirty Deeds]

26 minutes ago, Ribble said:

5 numbers on the lottery, same as Dawnrazor I got about £1200 which back in 1998 paid off my PC from Tiny Computers just before the 0% interest ran out and just about had enough for a few nights out left over

 

Worst thing was that for some reason I was in that Saturday and watched the draw live, I had the first 5 numbers out, gutted that the 6th didn't come in then hope returns as the bonus ball is about to drop then gutted a second time

I feel for you, I had the first 3 numbers on the first ever draw and it felt like I was about to have a heart attack 

[cannonfoda]

On 02/04/2024 at 19:46, Dawnrazor said:

Had 5 numbers on the National Lottery the year it started, won £1250.

We had similar... 5 number and won £890 the other number was 1 away!

[Dawnrazor]

48 minutes ago, cannonfoda said:

We had similar... 5 number and won £890 the other number was 1 away!

My last number was 36, the last number drawn was 39 (it may have been the other way around) for a few seconds I thought I had 6 numbers😭

[Cruyff]

I won £300 quid on a scratch card... Once. 

 

I've won 400 quid betting on the Irish lotto 3 times. 

 

The most I've ever won was 1,300 odd on a 20 team ACCA and only bet 50p. 

 

However, I've probably only broken even since I started betting. I've also failed to cash out for some big money and the other team has scored in the last minutes. That's an absolute gutter btw. Always, always cash out people if you get the chance. 

[cannonfoda]

Knew someone at the gas board down granton that won £30k+ on the horses... They def spent more than that chasing it again. 

[cotter]

Guy I worked with won a Porsche on one of the raffles😳. I have dabbled since then and managed a sonos speaker and a 6ft Santa for the garden, not quite the super cars, but better than nothing. Spent more than I won though 

[Greedy Jambo]

54 minutes ago, cotter said:

Guy I worked with won a Porsche on one of the raffles😳. I have dabbled since then and managed a sonos speaker and a 6ft Santa for the garden, not quite the super cars, but better than nothing. Spent more than I won though 

😂 a six foot santa! score.