They can afford a mountain of gold ingots, a private island, the most beautiful Bugatti, a stay in a luxurious suite until the end of their days, a villa in the Seychelles… The lucky ones of EuroMillions like du Loto have the means to buy almost everything.
But in reality, they rarely have the madness of grandeur, remaining very modest in their investments.
When the loot falls on their heads, the big winners often make small dreams come true: becoming the owner of a lodge, acquiring a family car or taking the plane to escape for a week to the Canary Islands in "all inclusive".
It also happens that the first purchases are very surprising.
A motorhome and a restaurant at 12.50 euros
The beginner's vein.
In 2013, a couple from Seine-et-Marne, who played EuroMillions for the first time, pocketed a fabulous jackpot of 132 million euros.
First acquisition of these retirees: a safe to protect the receipt.
They also drew on their loot to buy a "higher standard" motorhome.
The two new Croesus have not changed their habits and continue to opt for "a small restaurant at noon" offering a tempting formula at 12.50 euros.
“You know, we eat well at that price.
Afterwards, if we do too much excess, we will gain weight.
The secret is to be yourself ”, confided the gentleman a few years ago.
Full of races and gas
One of the first purchases of a winner of 26 million euros: the full tank of gasoline. / LP / Jean-Baptiste Quentin
In 2013, a cleaning lady from Pas-de-Calais collected a jackpot of 26 million euros at EuroMillions.
Luck finally smiled on this forty-year-old Ch'ti who had known the galley and benefited from the help of the Red Cross.
To celebrate the good news and spend her unexpected first dollars, she rushed to the supermarket to fill her shopping cart.
She also refueled, just to hear the famous click in the tank ready to overflow.
Until then, she had only rarely heard this little noise at the pump, having to calculate her fuel bill to the nearest cent.
A donkey for Madame
In 2002, Jacques, an ambulance driver who had just won a Loto prize pool of 2.2 million euros, offered his sweetheart a strange animal… stubborn.
“She dreamed of a white donkey, she got it.
It must be said that she already had the donkey, ”explained this lover of good words from the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Every Monday, the couple went to a restaurant with an attractive offer: a prime rib ordered, the second at half price.
He was drinking champagne all the same.
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Jacques allowed himself a few follies.
Initially, he wanted to buy a Jaguar but, rejected by the seller of the brand who took him for a joke with his tracksuit, he opted for a convertible BMW convertible in color… "Ferrari red".
He had also been tempted by a signet ring struck with a horse, the same, he swore, as Elvis Presley.
A scooter and roller shutters
In 2014, a sixty-year-old won 9 million euros in the Loto.
With this gain, this new rich man who does not have a driving license had offered himself a brand new scooter, "not a big thing", just a 50 cm3.
"There, for once, I paid directly, I did not need to call Cetelem to request a loan," he congratulated himself.
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He also took possession of a "beautiful hut of 300 m2" with four shutters and a "big bar all in oak at 7000 euros and wheelbarrows".
An excellent negotiator, he had succeeded in lowering the price by 80,000 euros.
For this former foreman, a penny is a penny.
He continued to offer his services to acquaintances who needed to change the parquet in the living room or til the bathroom.
But it was not free: 10 euros an hour.
“When I tell you that I haven't changed!
Hammered the king of resourcefulness.
