Euromillions

[vernonk]

Lovely im sure to be in the Welsh family who've won £61 million on the Euromillions draw, but when they bought the ticket I'm sure they'd have been happy with a £1 million or even £100K or even £100. No family actually needs £61 million. So why don't Euromillions instead make 61 different people millionaires instead. Surely that way more people would buy tickets? Now, I realise that would entail 61 people picking the same set of numbers. Or does it....is there another way of ensuring giant jackpots are widely distributed, instead of all going to one winner?

[Tilly2]

Thanks for BA, Veronk.

I'd be happy with £1 million. Enough but not too much.

[jourdain2]

Me, too, Tilly. :o)

[ToraToraTora]

you miss the point of lotteries, if you did not have large jackpots then they'd die off.

[ToraToraTora]

you can't get a decent yacht for 61m anyway, it's not a lot by rich standards.

[ivor4781]

on the other hand if there's one 61 million pound winner, say he buys a new jag car, he can only buy on but if there's sixty one 1 million pound winners they can all buy one therefore jag sales up and keeping people in work
(other made in britain cars are available)

[andy-hughes]

It's interesting that people say 'no-one needs £61 million ...' which is true in and of itself, but it would be wonderful to have it!

I could spend that money with no difficulty at all if I won it, and I would not waste a moment thinking that I should have had less either!