UK Couple plans to spend lottery jackpot on new knees

Comment #11

brees2012 — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:27:15 GMT

Congrats to your winners ....

In my opinion .....A knee replacement major surgery.

It takes up to one year to heal and a lot of changes and pain.

Have before / after therapy . Best of Luck

Comment #10

db101 — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:00:54 GMT

I don't know Aussie slang. What is a right auld knees-up

Comment #9

dannyct — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 02:22:56 GMT

One could say, they are going to have a right auld knees-up

Comment #8

music* — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 23:09:52 GMT

sully16, What about investing for the future? Delay the travel and pay for it later from the earnings from their investments.

New knees are a priority.

Comment #7

KY Floyd — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:12:00 GMT

Can they do that on only 1 Mil?

Why not? It's $1.3 million, so let's say they buy a house that costs $250k. Maybe they're buying her knee replacements, but they'll probably just be paying a modest share of the actual cost. Google says the full cost in the US would be $99,000, and it should be cheaper in almost every other country. Still, let's call it another 50k. Quitting your job is free, so they'll have $1 million left, and instead of paying rent every month they'll have an asset that pre... [ More ]

Comment #6

sully16 — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:58:33 GMT

Congrats to the lucky couple, get some new knees and travel the world.

Comment #5

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:14:10 GMT

Congrats on the win!

He's out of work now. She's gonna quit her job. They're gonna move and buy a house. She's gonna get her knees replaced.

Can they do that on only 1 Mil?

I don't think they thought about all the expenses and all they have is not really a lot of money to cover it all.

It just seems that they will run out of money very shortly.

Comment #4

db101 — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:25:19 GMT

Congrats to her and best wishes for the knee surgery.

Comment #3

Bleudog101 — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:42:17 GMT

Hey neighbor...PM me so I know where you are so maybe we can play lottery together. If not, that's OK.( Simpsonville, KY)

Anyway, they have Universal Health Care in UK, but the wait for elective surgery can be long from what I understand. Perhaps they will go to Spain like many Americans do for their surgeries and still save a boat load of cash.

Comment #2

hearsetrax — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:03:43 GMT

sounds like a brilliant idea, I hope she has a speedy recovery

Comment #1

Hit2nite — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:26:35 GMT

Why not?! Hahahahahhaha ... surgery is expensive

UK Couple plans to spend lottery jackpot on new knees

Lottery Post — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:20:05 GMT

A couple who won 1 million (US$1.3 million) in the United Kingdom's National Lottery plan to spend their winnings on a pair of replacement knees.

Malcolm and Bev Dixon, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, initially believed they had scooped 1,000 after matching five numbers and the bonus ball in last Wednesday's Lotto draw.

After becoming millionaires, the grandparents said the first thing they intended to buy was a new pair of knees for Mrs. Dixon, a 50-year-old pub landlady.

This win c... [ More ]