Oh, how we long to win the lottery.
Since the EuroMillions jackpot is set to be a staggering €190 million this weekend — which you can pick up a ticket for using Jackpot.com — we've been thinking about all the wonderful things we could do with that cash to make our lives, and the lives of our nearest and dearest, a lot more interesting.
All that money seems like more than you'd know what to do with, but we've got a few ideas.
This is the dream...
1. Consider going back to university
You can afford any degree you like now, so study something that's always fascinated you.
2. Make sound investments
You are eligible to be on Dragon's Den now, after all.
3. Throw the biggest party your neighbourhood has ever seen
Who says money can't buy you love?
4. Go on a shopping spree to end all shopping sprees
Take every movie shopping montage you've ever seen and do your damnedest to top 'em.
5. Only pay for things by 'making it rain'
Like so.
6. Shower your family in expensive gifts
Looks like Christmas is coming early this year.
7. Buy a HUGE house
You can't win the lotto and not move yourself — or at least your parents — into a mansion. We're already eyeing up Strawberry Hill in Dalkey, that's currently going for a cool €5,750,000.
8. Turn it into your ideal playground
Once you've got your own personal castle, you need to properly fit it out: a swimming pool, sauna, outdoor jacuzzi, gym, tennis court, a recording studio, home cinema, a rooftop bar, a nightclub, and a butler. You know, the essentials.
Feck it, put a McDonald's in there while you're at it.
9. Get yourself a ridiculously OTT car
You'd certainly turn a few heads driving down Camden Street in a Lamborghini Veneno that costs more than €4 million.
10. Buy a yacht
Nothing says "I'M ABSOLUTELY LOADED" like having your own boat.
11. Buy an island
No man is an island — but a rich man can buy one. We'd recommend North Saddle Caye as the isle of choice for a new millionaire, being four acres of paradise right off the coast of Belize.
At just under €6 million, it's a real steal!
12. Buy a round the world flight ticket
Stick a pin in the world's most beautiful and exciting locations — the Maldives, Seychelles, Bali, New Zealand, Jamaica, Hawaii, Antarctica, the Amazon Rainforest, to name but a few — and start ticking them off ASAP.
13. Seek out the biggest thrills imaginable
Running with the bulls in Pamplona, base jumping in Kuala Lumpur, swimming with sharks in Costa Rica — you can do anything you want now, so go big!
14. Form a pile of money and dive into it
You just know that every millionaire ever had to try this at least once.
15. Buy Bray Wanderers
Just cos you can.
16. Take up some rich person hobbies
Once you've packed in the dayjob you'll need to find something to keep you occupied!
Horse riding, golf, sailing, polo, flying, fencing, rowing, skiing — these are all suitably cliché activities for new money.
17. Buy a racehorse
Horses and rich people go hand in hand, so get yourself a lovely pony and give it a hilarious name.
18. Buy a flat in Dublin
At a paltry €850,000, this Sandymount penthouse shouldn't make much of a dent in your winnings.
Make sure to get involved at Jackpot.com before tonight's draw. You can't win if you're not in!
