Buy ten million penny sweets.
I would make sure there was a mixture, so I wouldn't get bored. Ten million Blackjacks would be just crazy.
Pay Woppits TV license fee for life - malevolent benevolence 😉
By a wood.
Renovate the building that we bought in Greece a couple of years ago, so that it can be used as part of our house. That would take care of £25,000 probably. The rest we'd just use for travelling to and from and within Greece and stuff like that.
Pay off mortgage
Buy a house - a fixer, make a profit
Buy another house - a fixer, make a profit
Buy another......etc
Get to the point where I had a 'free' house - rent it out
Buy another......etc
Put some money into the three business Mrs STR and I currently have and expand.
Start a 4th business venture I have in mind.
Retire somewhere sunny
Pay for some less fortunate kids to go on holiday, before greed gets the better of me.
Buy a house in Cumbria, near Whitehaven/Cockermouth and get a job up there doing whatever.....handy working in the area's big industry already though 😉
TBH I'd live in some ex-council house safe in the knowledge I'd never need worry much about what job I'm in as long as I can pay the bills, and just enjoy riding one of the best landscapes England has to offer!
Saw the news tonight and the winner had gone public on his huge win. Oh dear, I fear it can only end badly for him!
hitman! to bump you lot off and steal your money...
kids to private day school I reckon.
I [sort of*] was given that amount and it went on school fees for two of my kids up to GCSE.
*BIL offered to pay - I wouldn't have got the money if I'd declined!
A decent chunk of a house, a reasonably nice but sensible car, and at least one new push bicycle. And about £30000 left over to spend on travel and trinkets