Would you give up work if you won the lottery?
If the winning numbers came up, would you continue with the day job?
A new report into lottery winners has found that almost one in five new millionaires continue with the day job.
The report from Oxford Economics, timed to coincide with the 3,000 new millionaire created by the National Lottery, found that 19% of £1m-plus winners continued with their job, while 31% took up unpaid voluntary work. However, 59% immediately gave up work.
The winners have also given the economy a boost, with 98% of their spending remaining in the UK. As a result, the report suggests that each winners keeps six person in a full-time job for a year, just through their spending.
So if you won the lottery, what would you do? And what would you do with the money?
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@Miura UK is one of few countries which does not tax winnings and is actually a very good place to have a large capital investment . If I won the lottery I'd keep working at what I do but would make sure that the next bunch of Chinese who copied my products were taught the error of their ways..... I would love to set up a manufacturing business in the UK employing mostly disabled and older employees. Too many have their talents wasted due to unimaginative business leaders and prejudice. Ten minutes wisdom from an engineer with 50 years experience is worth weeks of twenty somethings trying to re-invent the wheel.
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I agree with others, I wouldn't give up work entirely, but I would either go part time or get an honorary position somewhere. Like Felicity, I don't have to be employed to do my work however it can occasionally help to have access to facilities.
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There's absolutely no way I'd continue to work if I won but I don't think i'd be an idle lady that lunches either. Top of my list of things to do are return to university, take up a martial art and learn to play an instrument all of which would take up a significant portion of my time. I also think i'd feel bad working when I truly did not need to as that would be a job that could go to someone else who does need to.
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23 October 2012