What would you do if you won the lottery? Don’t pretend you haven’t thought about – we all have haven’t we? It’s the sort of question Belle asks me a lot. She always wants to know specifics though.
‘What’s the first thing you’d do?’ she might ask.
‘Well.’ I say, ‘I’d probably buy a house.’
‘No, I mean the first thing, what would you actually do? Where would you put the ticket? Could I order some Dance Moms dancewear?’
She also asks me things like ‘what would you do if a burglar came in right now – would you attack him?’ She is pretty demanding.
Anyway, what you do if you won the lottery? Would you invest it wisely, and keep up your day job? Travel the world like a rock star? I’d always thought I’d give up work, but I don’t think I could give up my blog. Instead, I think I’d spend loads of money making it EPIC. I’d have a cool Slummy single mummy office, full of funky stuff, and a team of staff, and brilliant designers, and make it the most amazing blog in the whole world, read by everyone.
Then ITV would get in touch, wanting me to take over This Morning from Holly Willoughby, and it would go from there really. Oh, and I’d probably buy some new shoes.
This is what my fantasy lottery Slummy single mummy headquarters would look like:
Today, I have a really interesting competition for you, which could potentially make you a millionaire! How cool would that be?! If nothing else, it will be a lot of fun, and who knows, you could end up with a win, even if it’s a small one.
Up for grabs today is the chance to win £100 credit at Lottoland to spend on lotto betting. Lotto betting is essentially getting the chance to play lotteries all around the world. Obviously, the rules mean that you can’t just enter them normally, so instead you bet on the outcome of the lottery. If that sounds a bit odd, it isn’t really – you basically get a line of numbers in the same way, and the prizes are the same, it’s just a different way of placing the bet. It means you have lots more chances to win big jackpots that you otherwise wouldn’t have access to.
How to enter
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Oh sometimes I spend an entire bath thinking about this. Love your taste in interiors. I would buy a lovely house in the country with lots of land, decorate it like your Pinterest board and keep doing the job I love.
i would buy my own house and make it my own :)
I would buy a nice farm house in the countryside and a couple of ponies too!
firstly, id take my whole family away somewhere beautiful for a couple of weeks, then i’d have a new house, car, shopping spree etc
Employ a full time Dr who could help me daily with the chronic illnesses I have
I would retire from work and buy my a bungalow .
If I won the lottery I would book an amazing all inclusive holiday to the Bahamas.
Go and find a nice cottage near a river where I would spend the rest of my days fishing.
I would love to firstly pay off the mortgage and then put aside some money for the family for the future – then if there is anything left I would treat everyone to a nice holiday xx
Buy a new house with a bigger garden.
If I won the lottery, the first thing I would do is buy a house. At the moment we live in a small flat in a inner london borough. To give my son his own big room and a garden to play in would be amazing!
buy a house!
A win on th lottery can range from £10 upwards. Therefore it would depend on winnings. I suppose like most people I’d like a nice, comfortable, secure Home. Some Quality of Life for myself and loved ones.Though I’d like to be a Philanthropist and be able to provide things that would Benefit the Community. Though I would want and Expect the Community to Appreciate and Respect what is provided. Remembering that it is only through some Good Luck and Caring, Sharing Empathy that has allowed the provision of gifts for the Community to Share, Respect, Enjoy, Care for etc. I would like to be able to bring the Community closer together, bond and look out for each other etc.
Move to brighton
I would pay off my credit card (eek), buy a house and go on an adventure round the world!
I would buy a house locally.
Oh I would pay off all my debt and then bask in the glow of never having to worry about them ever again sigh if only!!!!!
buy a house/garage / and make sure my family are looked after
Buy a reliable car for a start! Then a nice house with a garden for my kids to play in x
i would open a mansion just for unwanted staffies x
go on holiday to the bahamas
I’d pay the mortgage off, sell the current house and buy a farm :)
take the family to disneyworld
I’d definitely move house – somewhere older and with a bit more character.
I would give my mum money so she could renovate her farmhouse more.
I would buy a house,put some money into my 2 children’s trust funds & take my children on a foreign holiday for the first time & donate some to money to numerous charities
Id buy a nice house and nice car for me and my 3 children. Maybe even buy a caravan at butlins as my children love it there and we would hopefully have the money to go anytime we wanted
Go on a cruise and buy a new house
I’d pay off my husband’s student loans, get a house, and help family and friends.
I’d buy a house, pay off my student debt and look after my family x
I think I will travel as I have a looooong list of places which I would like to visit in my life :)
I’d go on a world cruise.
I would buy a house and an apartment in NYC.
Hubby and I have had long convos about this, he wants to build a big farm house out in the middle of nowhere and while he was busy with that I’d take our 4 year old son to Hamleys toy shop and on the way home stop off at an animal shelter and bring home several dogs and cats
pay the mortgage off- go on a nice holiday and stop worrying about money
Go on a great holiday !
I’d buy a house with a nice view and a cottage garden.
I’d use it to pay for the wedding I want.
After letting my self go, I gained a lot of weight, when I turned 21 I turned my life around and I lost 12 stone!! I am only 23 now and I have a mummy tummy even though I don’t have children! It makes me so depressed you don’t even know :( I’ve worked so hard to lose weight and don’t feel good still. If I won the lottery the first thing I’d do is have surgery (a tummy tuck) then I’d buy myself a small house in the country and donate the rest of the money to charities world wide but only charities that will update me with post cards and stuff on who I’m helping that would be the best feeling in the world.!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for the chance!!!!!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE lottoland and my birthday is coming up in 2 weeks this would be the best gift EVER! :D Courtney xxxxxx
Buy a house.
The very first thing I’d do is crack open the bubbly! Then I’d take my daughters on a shopping spree and plan a really good holiday before doing all the sensible things (house, car etc!)
Well a nice home would be nice x
The very first is to go on a long holiday to reflect on what I will spend the rest on
An epic train journey across the USA by train
i would buy a new car and a new flat!
i’d buy a big house by the sea and move my whole family in.
Pay off my mortgage
If it was a big win I would take very early retirement and get an apartment in the South of France
I would give up work.
I’d buy a challe on the French Alps and go skiing every winter!!
This is the best question and one I think of lots! I would buy a load of land and build a street full of houses for my family and take great pleasure in designing and decorating my own! (i wouldn’t interfere in other people’s) have a fabulous holiday and probably invest in property for the future! Also buy another little miniature schnauzer, a partner in crime for our dog now!
I’d pay off my credit card, take my daughter away for the weekend shopping then buy my own house
I would buy a villa abroad
I would buy a private island and then set about spending the rest of the money on clearing up the oceans that are full of litter.
Look after my family financially, move to the sea-side, buy a decent car and give a load to various charities x
I would book a disneyland florida month long holiday and do all the theme parks :D
I would buy a farmhouse with lots of land surrounding it
The first thing I would do would be to find a house back home and buy it so that we could get on the property ladder
I would go on a round the world cruise, buy a four bed house and convert it to my own specs, give my family enough to live on and buy my parents a home in Benidorm like they wanted, but my dad lost his pension and now they can’t!
Gosh, I am not sure what I’d do! First thing would probably be to go out and book a safari trip to Africa – something I’ve always wanted to do, followed by a nice new car. I would look into the possibilities of buying a villa abroad somewhere nice, heading back to Australia for a while to tour the West coast and just generally buy lots of lovely things for my family and friends – this would include giving one of my best friends a deposit for her first house.
I’d buy a new house & go on holiday. Treat the family & donate some to charity x
Just a little bit would do to keep the family comfy for a change!
buy houses for 2 sons
I would make sure all my family had a share and then buy a run down house in the country and do it up to make my own
I would spend a year travelling around the world
I would buy areas of woodland to protect them for people to enjoy, support some of my favourite charities and get my eyes lasered :)
I would buy a house in the sun and look after lots of rescue animals
A nice long holiday
I’d get a cottage by the sea
Quit my job
I’d buy a house and go on holiday :)
Buy loads of sea angling equipment, a camper van and head out for months on end fishing around the UK.
Have a long holiday, whilst slowly deciding what to do next
I would start a cat sanctuary
I’d buy a house in Canada as my best mate moved there a few years ago and i’d go and live by him and start a new life :D
I would go on a 5* safari with my family and then buy a holiday home in mauritius.
Buy a flat! Been trying for a year and a half, but you know…London.
I would buy my own house and a small hold so that I could grow my own food.
Buy our own house and not have to rent anymore.
Make it last.
take time off from working and decide what is my passion
I would pay off my mum’s mortgage and pay for the whole family to go on holiday
I would buy my mum a house, and I would learn to drive and buy a nice car
Home school my kids and travel round the world
move away from the god awful town
I would travel the world and just visit all the incredible places I would love to go!
I’d buy our dream house, cut back to 3 days at work, and go on lots of lovely holidays!
I’d help out all my family
A boring answer but I;m buy a house! And treat all my family :)
I’d go on a long exotic holiday while I decided what to spend the rest of the money on.
I would buy a farm and have lots of animals :)
I’d retire and have more babies!
Start my own business x
I would take a very long holiday and buy a house in Spain to live out the rest of my life in the sun!
Disappear to The Maldives!
Pay off my debts, buy a house and a car!
I would buy my own house – currently renting in an expensive area! Would be lovely to own my own home.
Its depends how much I would win in lottery , if couple thousands ,I would just enjoy life little bit more :)
If million or couple millions, I would buy everything what I wanted for me and my family ,starting from house finally :D ,would pay of my depts and would help few of my best friends :) Definitely would love help more people :)
I c would buy my own house.
Would share it with the closest family!
I would buy a nice house out in the middle of no where! Buy a nice car and ofcourse go on holiday :)
pay off debts, buy a home and invest for a wee income, then clear debts for friends and family and give them a what was left…..a bit of financial security all round :)
I would buy my mum the little cottage with a pond and ducks she has always dreamed of, and start my own recording label and small studio for recording music
I would definitely buy a full wheelchair accessible motorhome!
Hmm…Book some holidays! then think about houses.
I would buy a large country home with a few acres of land so i can a a couple of horses, and plenty of pets
a new house and car
I’d put some in an account for my son and I’d finally take driving lessons & buy a car! I’d also take a cheeky trip to New York and have a shopping spree! :)
I’d book a trip to Australia to see my cousins
I’d buy my adult children a house each, take everyone on holiday and take my grandchildren on a shopping spree
id buy a lovely family home in cornwall
i would buy my own house
If I won the lottery I would buy a house nothing posh just a normal home.
I would also give my kids a really good education.
I would buy a house on the coast to retire to
live my life out with no worries
If I won the lottery I’d buy a house for starters, I’d pay off my parents mortgage so they didn’t have to worry and I’d jet off the Disney world in Florida with the boyfriend!
Buy a new car, go on holiday for the first time in 16 years & buy a house. Everything else would just sort itself out from there.
finish my star wars collection!
I would start a charity foundation where I could use the money to actually do some good in the world.
I would of course pay off my debt then buy a house, way better way to get a house than having a mortgage
A lovely house and a new car!
pack in the job, move into a very big house and have a long holiday
Pay off all my debts, get a house, a nice holiday and save the rest.
Buy a house :D
If it was a biggie I’d put down a deposit on a diamond-encrusted, designer-label, battery-operated sheepskin liberty-bodice.
Give half away to charity then buy a villa in spain!
I’d buy a house and go on holiday
I would buy a house, help my friends and family, and set up a business and not have to worry about childcare ( I’m a single mummy)
I would travel the world and buy lots of lovely things
We’d build our own house, buy new cars and take a nice family holiday. If we won a good amount we’d also give some to close family members.
HOLIDAY
I would buy a villa on the Algarve
Buy a house and go on holiday.
Buy a house and write a book
I’d buy a house with a big garden and learn how to keep bees.
I would buy a beach house in the Maldives
I would buy a beach house in the Maldives and a pink BMW
I would buy a huge house in the country with a swimming pool and tennis court, then I would go on a trip around the world with my family.
I would make sure my family were secure for the future, pay all their mortgages off, setting the younger ones up with uni etc and most of all, we’d have plenty of quality time together with our loved ones <3
Id love to open a doggy pamper parlour
Probably die with shock
Wow, well first I would pay off my student loan then go on a world cruise with my partner. My after that get married and buy a house.
I would buy a plot of land and build my dream home xxx
Pay off my mortgage buy family members homes. Donate for a food fund for my local hospice. Buy flats and let them below market rents. Buy a holiday beach hut. Have a fund to pay for medicines unavailable on the NHS. Try botox
Haven’t really spent much time thinking about it, not!
I would build a house the way I want it
travel the world xx
I’d buy a flat or small house for each of my 4 grown up children.
Have a good booze up, leave my partner and retire. I would make sure my family were ok though
first of all i would set my 2 girls up with savings accounts to set them up for the future, then i would pay off my house, sort my parents and mother in law out, if i would a major amount, i always wanted to start my own homeless charity and build a halfway house for the homeless.
Buy my first house, and a holiday home!
buy my daughter a new car , and buy my other driving lessons then go on holiday then decide after what to do with the rest probably invest some
emigrate x
Buy a house for me and my little boy somewhere hot with a better lifestyle for kids x
Buy a house and make it as energy efficient as possible so we could stop paying money to other people
Buy a house, have a big family holiday with all my little nephews and niece and pay off my parents mortgage.
I’d pay off mine and my families mortgages then design and build my own place.
i would buy our first house
I would use it to relocate my family to the coast. Even a smaller win would help!
Definitely buy a house in the countryside, and make sure family have everything they need.
I would design and build my own home, travel the world and attend lots of major sporting events!
I would first faint with joy! Then I’d pay off everything, save some then go travelling
I would pay off my student loans and my mortgage
If I won the lottery I would travel and pay off debts
I would definitely buy a house!
I’d pay off my mortgage and if there was enough, I’d pay off my family and friends’ mortgages as well. I’d also use it to take holidays with family members that we don’t get to see very often.
I would retire and move to a far a away island! Away from all this referendum rubbish!
I would share with my family then buy my very first house and take a cruise around the world.
If it was a big win I would buy a house that was mine, all mine, bliss I would use the money to free up time do some proper travel. Oh, I would get some lessons on playing different instruments.
I’d buy a home away from this horrible busy place!
Pay for my husband to do the masters degree he really wants to do.
Take a couple of world cruises.
visit new york
I would buy my own house :)
Id go on holiday and take all my family!
Sort all of my family out with a house (if i had enough)
I’d share the money out with dad and my brothers. I say it’s much more fun to celebrate together. I’d buy a nice Audi too.
I’d take us off for a week somewhere nice to we could digest the news in peace and create a plan of action.
Would go on lots of holidays and get a house and car
I would treat the family to a day out
After I finish laughing hysterically and jumping for joy, I’d first set about paying off family debts and completely refurbishing the family home. I’d also give a share to my nearest and dearest friends.
I’d make sure all my children have got a home with no mortgage
I’d pay off the house and get one each for my kids as well.
I would cut down my hours to one day a week and then donate the wages to a animal charity id volenteer at a animal place with the rest of my time and buy a house
The first thing I’d do is buy a house
I would buy a house away from neighbours!
I would definitely open an animal rescue I’d I won the lottery, one my biggest dreams :)
Travel! Travel, travel, travel and ponder what to do with the money. Re-evaluate and see what’s important and use the rest of the money for whatever that is. Set up a small charity here or abroad, build something for the community maybe, or create a space for people. So many opportunities!
Give it away to my children!
I’d buy a camper van and spend weekends traveling to different parts of the country with my family, dog and two cats
Buy a bungalow with a big sunny garden
i would take my kids to cala d’or in Spain x
I would buy the house we live in now
I would organise my wedding and have it in Florida. Having the win would mean that we could fly our friends and family out to have the perfect day after 8 years together!!
Pay off all of our family debts and then buy a little B and B in the Lakes to run
l would buy a house
Depending how much – if it was the mega euromillions, I would buy a small island in the caribean :-)
Retire and move to the country
Help my son to buy a house
Move to france and open a dog rescue centre with lots of toys and space and pools ect for them to play in xx
Pay off my daughter and son mortgages, buy a house near our daughter and see whats left if any to go on a holiday, if only!!
Buy a nice Bungalow so I don’t have awful stairs to contend with and it would have to have nice views with a lovely garden to sit in…it would make my life so much easier and I’m sure my health would improve
First things first, get a brand spankin new car!! xx
Go on holiday! <3
Hand my notice in at work and travel the world
If I won the lottery I would Brexit Great Britain
Move to Australia.
Pay off the mortgage and go on a holiday.
Move to Canada to be with friends and family …
I’d go to Australia on holiday, then buy a house for each of my 2 children and my sister.
I’d go back to Uni and study history. Help out my friends and family by paying off their bills and fund front-line services for victims of domestic violence. I’d also have a big party and a holiday in Iceland :)
the first thing i would do would be buy a car that works lol then i would but a 5 bedroom house so the kids (i have 4) could have a room each and ww3 peace talks could resume!
I’d help my sister out with some bills, and give some to family. I’d then spend a little on myself and seek investment advice.
Heave a sigh of relief
Buy a new car and decorate the house, then split the rest between the children
I would stop caring how expensive school holiday time holidays cost and take a six week tour around the USA next year!
I would travel the world like a butterfly!
If I won the lottery I’d buy my own house and car, make sure all the family had there morgages paid off and take us all to Disneyland.x
Buy a new house and buy my Nan a new bungalow so she can live closer to us x
I’d escape this madness and go and live on a small island in the middle of nowhere!
hire a cleaner lol
I’d blow it all on cake
buy a house in the sun
Treat all my family to a great holiday
i’d buy a family home in pembrokeshire
Share it with my children so that they could pay off their mortgages and buy a new car and go on a world cruise!
I’d use it to get married and have a nice party with family and friends. I would also buy a bigger place so I can adopt lots of animals from the RSPCA and give them amazing lives like they deserve.
I would buy a big house and go on loads of holidays
I would build my own dream house, with indoor pool obviously, and then would invest in villa’s abroad and some lovely places at the coast so we could go on holidays to our own places and make even more money off renting them out too.
I would buy a house.
give to my favourite charities and family
a house in the country side with an art studio in the garden would be a definite must :)
I would buy myself a house and pay off my mums and dads mortgage :)
FIrst things first id be jetting off to Barbados next week to celebrate in style :) :)
I would buy my mother a house and make sure she was financially looked after, buy my own house and put my children in private school
Pay off my mortgage and quite my job! lol
Buy a tropical island and spend my days sunbathing !
pay off all my debts and buy my dad a car
I would build a robot army of giant minion robots and take over the whole world LOL !
I would buy a big country house with a farm, aswell as secure the kids future with some savings put away
Give up work and travel the world
I’d buy my own house
This would be super useful!
Buy a house
Support my local childrens hospice
Buy a house, but first we would get passports and go on holiday! Haven’t had a holiday for nearly 10 years!
I would buy a country home with land. Our house is too small with 4 GSD dogs! Fantastic prize, thank you x
Buy a house
buy a bigger house! theres 7 of us in a 3 bed, just an extra bedroom or two would be nice :)
Id move to cornwall
Take my mum on a round-the-world cruise!
pay off my mortgage – quit my job – and buy a nightclub
have a big party
If I won the lottery I would pay off my debts, buy a house near the sea, have intense course in driving lessons, buy a car, travel as many countries as I can and pay for sarrogacy so I can finally have a much wanted child and if that doesn’t work adopt!
Buy a lovely new house to live in!!
Buy a house, a very big house in the country!
I would retire, and share the money between the family.
I’d buy us a property outright so that we wouldn’t have to rely on social housing anymore and I’d also give some money to my in-laws so that my Father-in-Law could comfortably retire. I’d also give some money to my Sister-in-Law and her boyfriend so they could get their own home. Then I’d give some to Invest in M.E. who raise money for M.E. research (which is an illness I suffer from.)
I’d also invest some. :)
never waste money on it again!
I would but a new house for my family with an annex for visitors to stay x
Finish work and go on holiday. That first, then i would let myself think about what to do next :)sa
Id make sure my family and friends were financially secure buy a lovely house and have an interior designers work their magic donate to a few local charities especially the local dogs home as 5 years ago I got my wonderful beagle from there and he has changed my life so much for the better, I suffer with bi polar and since his been in my life things are so much brighter and better,and while my house is being decorated I’d go on a cruise a real fancy one oh it’s so good to dream it’s the dreams that keep us going
I would go on a world cruise
I would share with my family (and friends if it was a biggie!) and pay off my debts!!!….. then PARTY!!!
Everything and anything I wanted to!
If I won the lottery I would travel the world and buy a house by the sea.
Buy a house!
the norm pay all bills ,give some to my family and my children give donations to animal charities buy a house in a field surrounded by cows not roads or miserable people so all my animals can run free and safe and ivest maybe too
It would help go towards my wedding
Move out into the countryside and set up our own cattery and cat rescue :)
I’d buy houses for the whole family, go on lot’s of lovely holidays and give some to charity :)
I’d move house and pay off debts then go on a nice holiday.
I would become a property developer.
I’d travel around the world!
A house and a holiday. I’d love to make charity donations too :)
I’d buy a house in a nice area for me and my daughters and a car, I’d put money in savings for my daughters futures, give some money to the rest of my family and have a much needed family holiday in the sun abroad x
I would buy a flat on the French riviera and probably spend most of the year there!!!
Thanks for a brilliant prize that allows you to dream :-) xx
Buy us a modest house, put money away for the kids education and invest in a business
I’d buy my dad a house
The first thing I would do is pay off my mortgage and then buy the hubby our boys myself our passports so we could finally go abroad. They hard part would be picking where to go lol.
Fix and redecorate our house :)
Buy a huge house where I can disappear for hours & no one would find me…
Buy a big house :)