There is something to dream of more than one.
26 million euros is the amount of the Loto jackpot won this Saturday, September 11.
An amount never reached since the creation of the lottery in 1976, won during an exceptional draw for the benefit of heritage.
What to do with such an influx of money?
Le Figaro
has looked in recent news for some examples of what can be afforded with such a sum.
A private island in the Bahamas
Turquoise water bordered by a fine sandy beach.
This is the delightful landscape of the private island of St Andrew's in the Bahamas, also known as Little Ragged Island.
Covering an area of nearly 3 square kilometers, it was auctioned on March 26.
The price of this little gem, the largest private island in the Caribbean, was estimated at $ 19.5 million, or € 16.3 million.
It finally sold 7.84 million according to the site Concierge Auctions, in charge of the auction.
But rest assured, the agency will soon offer a new island for sale, that of Grand Bahama, also in the Bahamas.
However, the starting price of the auction has not yet been communicated.
Snapchat CEO's apartment
What could be better than a pied-à-terre in Paris. This is in any case what would have offered the CEO of Snapchat, Evan Spiegel and his wife, the top model Miranda Kerr last January. The couple would have acquired a mansion in the 16th arrondissement of Paris at a price of $ 30.36 million, or 25 million euros, according to the revelations of the
New York Post.
With nearly 1000 square meters of living space and 1000 square meters of garden, a library, a music room, six bedrooms plus a "nurse's room" without forgetting the swimming pool, hammam and large wine cellar, it was reportedly sold by Irish billionaire Paul Coulson and his wife.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, neither the real estate agency in charge of the property nor the French lawyer who managed the file had confirmed the information but the SCI managed by the Irish billionaire was canceled at the end of 2020 , corresponding to the time of sale and accrediting the information from the
New York Post
.
This mansion is not the only exceptional building nestled in the heart of the 16th arrondissement.
There is also the district known as the Villa Montmorency which has a hundred houses whose prices can climb to 25 million euros.
There are therefore still beautiful homes to be acquired.
The mansion located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Capture Google Street View
A flight in space with Jeff Bezos
$ 28 million, or more than 23 million euros, is the amount that a mysterious wealthy person paid in June 2021 to fly with Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, on board the first space tourism flight. The man, who preferred to remain anonymous, was ultimately not part of the trip that took place on July 20, for schedule constraints. Whoever won the auction launched by Jeff Bezos' company, Blue Origin, should be on an upcoming flight. On July 20, Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, the octogenarian pilot Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old Dutchman, boarded the New Shepard capsule for a space escape that went off without a hitch. Two more launches are planned this year and thenext year giving hope that new tickets will go on sale.
The four passengers of the space flight led by Blue Origin: Mark and Jeff Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk.
Handout / BLUE ORIGIN / AFP
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600 bitcoins
It was a first in France.
More than 600 bitcoins, valued at over $ 30 million at the time, were auctioned off in March 2021 in a court case.
A sale which brought in 24 million euros to the State, as welcomed by the Minister of Public Accounts Olivier Dussopt.
The bitcoins had been seized by the state from cybercriminals.
Very fluctuating, the price of this cryptocurrency can sometimes reach peaks like in December 2020. Its price had exceeded 28,000 dollars for the first time since its creation eleven years earlier.
In December 2020, the price of bitcoin exceeded $ 28,000.
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A Greek basketball club
Fan of basketball and Hellenic culture, the lucky winner could afford the Greek basketball team Panathinaikos.
In June 2020, its president, Dimitris Giannakopoulos, announced the sale of the legendary Greek club for 25 million euros.
“My family has invested over 450 million euros in the team and we have brought in the best players and coaches.
I'm tired of being the only person to inject money into the club, ”
he justified himself, attacking the Euroleague, criticized for its management of the sharing of the financial windfall.
The Greek basketball team Panathinaikos during a Euroleague match against Basque club Saski Baskonia on April 13, 2016 in Spain. ANDER GILLENEA / AFP
Whether he plans to afford an island, a private mansion, a flight in space, bitcoins or a basketball team, the lucky winner will be able to be accompanied by the Française des Jeux in his choices. Aware of the risks, the FDJ has indeed set up an individual support at the time of the gain then collective for five years for all the gains from one million euros. One way to spare them the fate of this couple from Eure who found themselves threatened with eviction from their social housing despite their Loto victory. Fifteen years earlier, they had won 1.5 million euros but for lack of funding, their entire jackpot went up in smoke.
