More than one hundred of the world’s exotic automobiles will line up at Winton House near Salisbury on 14 August 2010 at the invitation of the Earl of Pembroke and the organiser Jay Broom. This second Supercar Day will be held in aid of a local children’s charity.

Several thousand spectators are expected and no doubt many of them will dream of someday owning such a beautiful piece of engineering of their own. It is also fairly likely that they will want a lottery win to furnish the funds.  

But what do lottery winners really do with their money?

What Would Do If You Won The Lottery?

Anthony Castro recently won $250 000 on the Idaho state lottery. He had moved to Boise after living in New York where he had been shot in the head at the age of nineteen. After the September 11 attacks he moved and lived in a homeless shelter for a while. He found a job, got married, had children and them divorced. He noted, “After so much turmoil in my life, and loss of my mother a year ago, this is truly a blessing for me. My dreams, everybody’s dreams, are coming true.” His use of the jackpot is not surprising: he donated some of the money to his church, built a trust fund for his children and placed the rest in investments.

Recent record European lottery winners, Nigel Page and Justine Laycock had another use for their money. Immediately they bought a four million pound house in a rural location and gave their four-bedroom house to Denise Kelso, the cleaner who had looked after it for several years. They also gave her a new car. Denise also now looks after their new mansion too.

In Newport, Gwent, Jennifer Southall started slowly. The cinema supervisor won £8 million in the British National Lottery. She said, “When I went to have my ticket checked, Camelot gave me a bottle of champagne to help me celebrate, but I just went home and ordered a pizza. I still haven’t opened the champagne – I have never tasted real champagne in my life.” She did go shopping the next day and she and her mother spent £1500.

Ms Southall is determined to enjoy her win, however. She has already given up her job and is about to exchange her council owned house for a large house with a swimming pool, take driving lessons, buy a “pretty red car,” get a holiday home and go on exotic holidays (some with her family).

Following the experiences of earlier winners, most new UK lottery draw winners take the advice given and are fairly conservative with their money. Most do allow themselves an extravagance however. Playing the British National Lottery gives you the chance to dream. If you are at Wilton House on 14 August you might allow yourself to do just that. After all, dreams do come true.