We Won The Euro Lottery

@p1kef1sh (45681)
September 26, 2009 8:14am CST
I kid you not. Mr and Mrs P1ke are Euro winners! The Boss bought a Euro Lottery ticket for last night's draw and came into the bedroom this morning exclaiming that we had won! Of course I smiled indulgently and said "Yes Dear" and reminded myself to check the numbers myself. When I did, you could have blown me down with a feather. She was right. We have won! Now, whatever shall we spend our £5.20 on. Any ideas?
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Gabs
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 09
Lol P1ke please do not spend it all at once but well it is better then nothing, now let me see what could you spend it on hmmmmmmm, how about a nice scented Candle I know that is what I would buy myself xxx
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Gabs
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 09
Vanilla please and the Febreeze one I bought one from Sainsbury because they where on Offer and I have to say they are awesome but I will only buy them on offer because they are normally £6 and as good as they are I can not afford that lol
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
We went out to lunch Gabs and it bought us a drink each! A scented candle sounds good though. What scent - lavender, vanilla?
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
I saw some tonight in Waitrose for less than that Gabs. £3 something I think. The posh ones were £9 though! That's a lot of smell!
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greeneyedlady
@greeneyedlady (1439)
• Netherlands
26 Sep 09
I would invest the money on another lottery ticket! Haven't you ever heard the old saying...it takes money to make money, P1key?? OR you could invest two pennies and buy two plane tickets to get you "close" to somewhere you want to go! Otherwise, you might just spend all that do re mi on something Useless!!! Congratulations on your Huge Win!!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
We went out to lunch GEL and our winnings bought us a drink each! LOL. I am sure that another ticket will be purchased though! You never know. It might be £6 next time!
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greeneyedlady
@greeneyedlady (1439)
• Netherlands
26 Sep 09
It just may be £6 next time and then just think, you can buy yourselves 1¼ drink each!!! LOL
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APasserBy
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
26 Sep 09
buy a book from ebay UK I wouldn't buy from ebay UK but you live there so shipping costs won't be much I use mylot earning for selling or buying on ebay of course I spend more than mylot earning but it helps cut it down
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
That's what I use my myLot earnings for too. That and paying for my daughter to catch buses to London when she is home from the US.
bdugas
@bdugas (3578)
• United States
26 Sep 09
Main thing to remember is not to spend it all in one spot.
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
Why not. we did actually. The money bought us each one drink with our lunch today!
catdla1
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
26 Sep 09
LOL....you could call that penny airline and book the whole plane. With no luggage or food, of course. Oh heck, since you'll be the only ones on the flight, go ahead and spring for the check-in fee. During the flight, if the bored attendants offer assistance, to break their own boredom...charge them for the pleasure.
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
We could do 520 penny flights. I wonder where we would go?! LOL.
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catdla1
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
26 Sep 09
Pop in on your daughter to see if she's doing her homework? LOL Can you see the surprise on her face?
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
We've already discussed doing just that thing with the other £3,000,000 that we will win tonight! I can dream......
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RawBill AKA MrAusAdventure
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
28 Sep 09
Congratulations on you massive win, try not to spend it all at once! Perhaps you could treat yourselves to a lunch out at McDonalds
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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29 Sep 09
We did spend it on (drinks) lunch. But not at McDonald's. They'd have to pay me to eat there.
RawBill AKA MrAusAdventure
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
29 Sep 09
Yeah, they would have to pay me too, but it was the cheapest, nastiest place I could think of...LOL
sabir_kns
@sabir_kns (116)
• India
26 Sep 09
If ur Planning to Go on a vacation i would suggest you to Visit Our Country INDIA you may have an opportunity to see our culture & Historical Places Thankyou
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sabir_kns
@sabir_kns (116)
• India
26 Sep 09
Congratulation Sorry I forgot to Congratulate !!!!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
Thank you, I have been to your country before and hope to do so again. But on £5.20 it's not going to be this week!
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sanjuks_j
@sanjuks_j (193)
• India
27 Sep 09
yes!! and Himachal Pradesh is the best option to visit. btw i am getting msgs in my mobile and by mail of winning GBP in millions i am hard to spend so i am not going to collect that winning amount ... hehe.
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mssnow
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
26 Sep 09
Congrats to you both, I hope you spend it wisely. By the way in case your feelling generous, I need a new computer. lol Only 300 usd. You will prolly be getting alot of that now lol
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mssnow
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
28 Sep 09
hehe well yeah i read it wrong. i thought you won 3 million lol. well congrats anyway lol
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
Thank you. I suspect that we will only get those kinds of requests from people that didn't read the discussion properly! We got the grand sum of $8.33! LOL.
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dragon54u
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
26 Sep 09
I don't know what that will buy but you might go out to a nice tea room and enjoy some indulgent tea and biscuits. You could rent a movie and cuddle on the couch or send it to your daughter for extra spending money--she should be able to have a meal at a nice casual restaurant with that much and maybe even pay for half of a friend's meal!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
We took ourselves out for lunch where it bought us a drink each! Then home for a nap on the couch. It's a hard life. LOL.
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Sep 09
How about 520 of those one penny flights? Don't know what the exchange rate is, but if we were talking dollars, that would just about buy one meal at Taco Bell. Enjoy and don't forget the hot sauce!
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James72
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
28 Sep 09
Given the value of the US dollar at the moment, 5.20 Euros would be about 15c!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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28 Sep 09
The problem is that my nearest Taco Bell is in Boston - Mass! Now if only I could get a penny flight!
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Sep 09
I could send you a burrito but it would be pretty yucky by the time it got there!
Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
26 Sep 09
Congrats! You could buy some ice cream and have a date in your living room. I was thinking of millions, he he he he. then you would be going on a world tour perhaps and visit our corner of the world. I'll volunteer as your tourist guide. Happy mylotting and all the best.
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
If we were to win millions Jen I can assure you that we'd find a way to you! I might even send you a ticket so that you could visit me!
suzzy3
@suzzy3 (8342)
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28 Sep 09
You want to go steady with all that money,it will end in tears.Why don't you send it to me and I will manage it for you!!!!!!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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28 Sep 09
I would but the stamp would use up the total value of the cash! LOL.
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suzzy3
@suzzy3 (8342)
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28 Sep 09
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katerina
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
26 Sep 09
Well done to you both. Now exactly how much did this ticket cost in the first place and will there be taxes to pay. So the net profit would be??????
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
£1.50 and there are no taxes payable on winnings. So we went out to lunch and our winnings bought us a drink each!
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katerina
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
26 Sep 09
Yammas
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yewssg
@yewssg (4)
• China
27 Sep 09
Mentality is very important to buy lottery tickets.Wish you a good luck.
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kitty42
@kitty42 (3923)
• United States
26 Sep 09
Hello my friend That is great, congratulations see what all your kind words do for you, save it and keep for a rainy day lol, not sure how much this is in us dollars, but hey you sound excited therefore that makes me happy. Good for you my friend, smoochesss
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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26 Sep 09
Oh Kitty. It came to the princely sum of $8.33 US!!! But it is fun to win even a teeny amount.
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kitty42
@kitty42 (3923)
• United States
26 Sep 09
Hello my friend You are right, anything is better than nothing good for you I always like when I win as well, the most I have ever won was $975 I had 5 numbers on lotto one away from the big prize lol Thank you my friend.
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kitty42
@kitty42 (3923)
• United States
27 Sep 09
Hello Alice Not sure but I would have loved to get 6 numbers, you know what really sucked, that particular week someone hit the jackpot if not I would have had a bigger prize lol, oh well I was really happy anyway Thanks my friend
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danishcanadian
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
29 Sep 09
That's worth about $8.20 CAD, and that's ust about enough for two medium mocha lattes at Second Cup in Canada. So, why not come to Canada, go to Second Cup, and treat Mrs. P and yourself to a nice, hot, steamy, foamy,, creammy, chocolately, delicious, mocha latte from Second Cup!!!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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29 Sep 09
I would go there. But it's the £800 air fare for us to get to our nearest branch - St John's Newfoundland! LOL.
mzz663
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
28 Sep 09
Congrats! At least you got your drinks for lunch out of it! I figure something is always better than nothing!!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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28 Sep 09
Most definitely. We got our money back plus some. A whole year in a base rate savings account wouldn't have returned this amount of interest.
jdyrj777
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
27 Sep 09
If i ever won something like that i would for sure invest into somthing that for sure would bring me more money.
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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28 Sep 09
That's sensible but $8.33 (£5.20) isn't the hugest amount really. So we used it to buy a couple of drinks for lunch.
jdyrj777
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
28 Sep 09
Lol!!! Sorry im not familar with your money. At least like you said it could buy drinks for your lunch.
aerous
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
28 Sep 09
I want to congratulate you for that fortune you have, my friend. You are very lucky and wish more blessing to your doors...Is that 5.2 million..wow so big if that is exchange in our country my friend... Have a nice day!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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28 Sep 09
I wish that it were millions. But unfortunately it was a tiny sum. Thank you though.
aerous
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
30 Sep 09
Just thankful also because you won, right? Have a nice day!
andy77e
@andy77e (5156)
• United States
28 Sep 09
How much is a soda pop there?
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happy6162
@happy6162 (3001)
• United States
28 Sep 09
Congradulation! Well it is a start maybe next time it well be more. I haven't won the lottery in about 2 months. I won $35 US dollars once but that the biggest I have won. I keep hoping to hit the bit one someday and hoping it will be soon.
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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28 Sep 09
I did once win £42 (about $70) but nothing larger. Thank you though. We can live in hope.