02.03.06
Euro Lotto Fever!
The Euro Lottery has rolled over several weeks in a row, bringing tonights grand-prize jackpot to a record £125 million!! All i’ve heard anyone talking in the Spar downstairs is what they’re going to do when the win tonight. Surely with the amount of publicity that has been generated and the thousands of extra tickets that have been bought “just in case” by non-regular players means that there’s bound to be at least a couple of winners of the main prize tonight, meaning the actual amount won will “only” be a fraction of £125,000,000… not that I’d complain if I won, mind.
For arguments sake, let’s say only one person won the main prize. If you then stuck that in a bank account with, say, 4.5% interest p.a. then that’s an income of £5,625,500 a year (before tax) JUST on the interest! That’s ridiculous! And that interest rate isn’t particularly high, either! I don’t even know what I’d do with myself if I won. With most of my life still ahead of me (touch wood), I would think I could get bored of just sitting around basking in wealth. But then again, i’m sure I could get used to it…
Ferdinand said,
February 4, 2006 at 9:05 am
At least it’s a nice dream…
Ben said,
February 5, 2006 at 4:11 pm
And a dream is all it is really. I’ve never got those whole lottery thing, especially these big rollovers where your odds are less because more people buy tickets. Plus, things are so much more satisfying when they’re earnt. Not that I wouldn’t say no to a couple of grand.