As the dark nights draw in, the coats get thicker, and the woolly hats appear (following six months in the wardrobe), I find myself dreaming of warmer climates. Of shedding my coat, my gloves, my 100 denier tights. Of donning a swimsuit, slathering myself in suncream, and lying next to the pool with a good book.
(This is definitely a dream – I *never* get to read a book on holiday anymore… Children don’t let you lie by the pool all day!)
I love autumn and winter, but since becoming a mum I’ve found the colder, wetter seasons so much more difficult to endure than the warmer, brighter seasons.
Wouldn’t it be nice to chase the sun? To never have to put the heating on? To never have to turn to CBeebies again because it’s just started torrentially raining for the tenth time today and you forgot to get more PVA glue at the shops for crafts…?!
To travel the world with your family in tow?! So many adventures. So many experiences. So many things to see.
Oh, just imagine the memories! And (with my Photographer cap on) the photos!
There are lots of things I’d like to do if I won the Lotto. A large chunk of it would go to help people in need, but I would also set up a travel fund for our family. A pot that we could dip into whenever we needed to get away. Or the children were chomping at the bit for the next adventure.
I’d take them to Australia to see family. I’d take Nick and I to New York, as I’m desperate to go and eat ALL the food. We’d go to Borneo and see the orangutans.
So when I was approached by the folk at Lottoland to have a play around on their website, I thought why not? I might be able to start contributing to that travel fund…
Lottoland is a website that is fronted by Chris Tarrant (the chap who used to present Who wants to be a Millionaire?) and is quite an interesting concept; as well as online scratch cards and games, you can do ‘Lotto Betting’ on lotteries all over the world – giving you more chances to win big jackpots you wouldn’t normally have access to.
Confused? Well, it’s quite simple really – Lotto Betting is pretty much what it says on the tin. Instead of playing the Lotto or Euromillons as you would normally with a trip to your newsagent for a slip of paper, you bet on the outcome of the Lotto or Lottery. You get a line of numbers in the same way, and the prizes are still high, but it’s just a slightly different way of placing the bet.
I spent a good half an hour procrastinating on the Lottoland website – exploring the various games and looking through the worldwide lotteries with interest. And you can do the same, as I have £50 credit to giveaway!
Just use the Rafflecopter below. T&Cs apply (see widget for full T&Cs). You must be over 18 years to enter. UK Entrants only please. A winner will be chosen at random and notified within 14 days. You will then have 30 days to claim your prize. No cash alternatives, prize is as stated. Giveaway ends on 20th November 2016 at 00:00.
Good luck!
What would you do if you won the Lotto?
Hannah
*Post written in collaboration with Lottoland.*
I’d move to the countryside and buy a pony!
I’d buy all of my family houses so we could live near each other and have a lovely holiday in a nice new car 🙂
I would buy a cottage by the sea 🙂 x
Buy a holiday home somewhere warm for regular holidays
Take very early retirement and spend lots of time abroad
Buy a farm
First thing would be pay my credit card and take a holiday
I would buy a cottage in the Lake District and spend the rest of my days fishing the lakes.
buy a house
Buy a bungalow in the Country for me and hubby and new houses for the kids
I’d take my family on holiday
I would build a grand deisgns house and more importantly hire a cleaner!
buy a house somehwere warm and move
I would build a wheelchair accessible bungalow and would have no neighbours. Im dreaming now x
I would buy a house in a hot country and build a sanctuary for cats and dogs in my home town.
My husband would retire and we would bring forward our plans to move and go around the world
I would buy a luxury yacht.
I would take my children on lots of amazing holidays x
I would buy an apartment in San Francisco! I might change that to Amsterdam though if Trump wins….
I would love a villa in spain and a mini cooper
I’d pay off my credit card and then pay for me and my whole family to emigrate to somewhere pretty in the wilderness of Canada.
Go on holiday to America
nice big house with a garden for my kids to run around in x
Pay off any outstanding bills and plan lots of luxury holodays
I would move abroad and buy a house over there
i would pay off my student loan
A small farm in Devon x
take my grandaughter on holiday x
I would buy a house and make sure I could financially secure the future of our families 🙂
Pay off my mortgage and go on holiday
Pay off my debts, my families debts, my partners debts then book a holiday to disneyland for me, my partner and the kids 🙂
First class airline tickets for my English family to go visit my Aussie family x
I would treat my friends to a holiday
Embark on the grand tour of Europe – by train of course
I would travel to lots of different cities
I’d buy woodland so it can’t be sold off and a house with a private beach.
Quit work and travel the world
I would buy a house and then pass my driving test
I’d invest in some ethical business ventures.
New car, new house & then book our first holiday in 16 years.
Travel and see some of the world, then buy a house in the countryside and set up an animal sanctuary.
If I won, I’d probably get our flat redone to be suitable for my husband and i, as we are both disabled x
I would buy a house 🙂
Buy a comfy little house and live comfortably for the rest of my life xx
First thing – have a big holiday! Then treat friends and family to a big party.
go on a cruise
Pay off all my debts, buy a house and take my family away on holiday somewhere hot.
Pay off debt and buy a house
I’d buy a house then go travelling! 🙂
I would Buy a huge big house
travel the world
pay off mortgage 🙂
I would go travelling
id by a villa and move away from the cold with the kids
buy a house and stop renting.
I’d let it sink in for a week or so before doing anything apart from paying my families mortgages off of course!
Buy a really lovely bigger house that needed no work & had more than one bathroom!
I would buy my dream home
I would buy a bigger house and car, we are far too big a family for both at the moment
Buy a house, car and lots of animals.
Buy a house, luxury yacht and racehorse.
I’d treat my friends and family, pay off their mortgages then I’d travel the world for a couple of years
Buy a smallholding with some animals.
a gorgeous gothic castle 😀
I would buy a snooker table
I wouldn’t be too lavish. I’d buy myself a house but nothing too flashy and then I’d invest the rest of the money.
I’d love to buy a holiday villa somewhere hot 🙂
Have another baby, and hire a cleaner!
Buy my mum a house
Buy a holiday home
Buy a beautiful house, beautiful car and then do some charity work 🙂
Pay off all my debts and buy a massive house.
I’d buy my very own house 🙂
Buying all the baby bits I need!! And go on holiday 🙂
Buy a ski chalet
Buy a red Ferrari
I’d buy a house for me and my other half up in the Scottish borders!
If I won I’d buy a lovely big house and take all my family on a fabulous holiday
i would buy a house
If I won I’d buy a home in London, travel to Chile and purchase a Range Rover Sport
Probably become a perpetual student!
I would buy myself a really nice house and treat all the people around me that I care about
travel xxx
Faint!
take my family on holiday
I would set up a smallholding and embark on my own version of “The Good Life” 🙂
Buy my first home!
Buy a fleet of houses for friends and family
I would help both my sons to buy houses
I would buy my mum a new house and take her to New York.
I would travel the world
i would buy my own home for my family
Buy our own house as we rent at the minute
go on a lovely family holiday x
Help my children buy homes
I would make sure my family would be OK and I would pay my mortgage and make sure my little girl had enough money to go to Uni if she wanted
I’d put in in the savings account and live off of interests . Now too glamorous but neither am I
Take my family on a fantastic all inclusive holiday
I would make sure my family were all settled in nice houses so no more mortgages or rent for any of them x
Build an ice rink
I would buy a new house for my family
start my own business
I’d buy my family an expensive house in St Ives in Cornwall, with enough money to live in luxury for the rest of their lives. They’ve always wanted to retire there, so now they could realise the dream. Happy days 🙂
Keep sailing to New York on Cunards QM2 like i have for many years.
Buy a house and go on a LONG holiday!
buy a house and go on holiday
id buy a house
Spend a bit and then but the rest in a savings account and live off the interest.
Give some to family, then buy a house and car.
buy a house big enough for everyone to have their own space
If I won I would use the money to set up my own travel business…and buy a house!
omg after screaming hysterically for two months I would probably invest…in a year long cruise!!!!then prob buy a house 🙂
buy a house and take the kids on a theme park holiday extravaganza
I’d go on a fabulous holiday
id built my own cat and dog sanctuary xx
I would make sure my family are sorted and then put a deposit down for a house. And then a huge tour round the american theme parks!
I would retire!
Go on the holiday of a lifetime!
I would buy a house, take the family to Disney and buy a Shelby Mustang GT500 1967
I’d buy a home for a family member
I would buy a lovely country house in the Lake District and treat my family to some nice presents x
I would buy a house somewhere warm and sunny.
I would buy a house 🙂
Buy a house and take my children to Disney World
I’d travel to New Zealand & Australia, exploring and then relaxing
I would buy a house for myself, and one for my parents. And a car.
i would buy houses for my family in a cul de sac , so we could all be close but independant
I would buy a new house and learn to drive and get a car
i’d buy a nightclub
I’d buy a house, nice car and go on a long holiday, then put some aside to set my kids up and keep them out of debt as they start their adult lives!
Holiday, house and car
i’d buy a house with some land
Buy a house, new car & fly round the world!
I would buy tickets to go and see the reformed Guns N Roses in concert and follow them around.
start my own events business and buy a house
Buy a house and take all my friends and family on holiday
I’d pay off my debts, pay off my dads morgage/buy them a new house (they’re not happy where they are). I’d set money aside to help my sisters when they are old enough, i’d buy my brother and his family a house, I’d buy our own house, get driving lessons and a car, set aside the majority of what’s left for my daughters when they are older then with what’s left I would set up my business and (hopefully) become successful and make my own fortunes 😀
First and foremost driving lessons.
I would travel the world and then buy a dab new house :o)
I would buy a three bedroom house with a lovely garden xx
After recovering from the shock I would open a sanctuary for small animals like hamsters 🙂 x
give to the poor
i’d buy a house on the pembrokeshire coast to live in and enjoy the views.
Id move to the countryside and adopt lots of senior dogs so that they could enjoy their last years xx
I would buy a house in France because my daughters illness is better in the warmth. I would look after my family and friends and set up savings for my daughter.
I’d buy an apartment in Switzerland and live happily ever after.
I would really be able to treat my 2 boys to a better lifestyle, give up my mundane job and working part time at samaritans, being there more for my children and being able to give something back
I would invest in a house x
I’d put it to an animal charity.
buy a house
Buy a house