If you won the Euromillions jackpot, do you think you'd manage to stay anonymous?

I understand why though. Let's say you win a "regular" amount on the lottery - say £2m. That's a lovely sum to win, but not world-shattering if you're not on the poverty line. You can buy a good house, mortgage free if you want. A nice car. A couple of holidays. Maybe treat a few family members. But you're not going to live off those winnings for the rest of your life unless you're really frugal, already elderly, or get lucky with investments. You can take career breaks, but you'll probably still need to work. It shouldn't need to change your relationship with other people. Your family and friends can be happy for you, but it's not like you're going to turn them into millionaires. Now let's say you've won £200m. For most people, that's functionally unlimited wealth for the rest of your life. Invested even remotely competently, you'll be able to spend millions just on the interest you've earned **every year** without touching your original £200m. That's the kind of money that changes people's relationship to you. Because suddenly, you **could** solve all their money worries, pay off mortgages, pay for medical treatments, replace broken-down cars, support failing businesses... you **could** do all of those things, all the time, and everyone knows you could do it, and **any** reluctance on your part paints you as a miser and a tight-arse. And if you **do** give people money, there's a fear that it might skew your relationship with them. It also puts a barrier between you and people not in your position. The kinds of concerns that regular people have - about jobs, about finances, about having to make trade-offs between different kinds of choices - none of those things matter to you now. But they do matter to all the people in your life that you've known up to this point, and without those common touch points, people lose empathy for each other. I'm not saying I wouldn't tell anyone, because I don't think I'd want to live a lie. I'd want to be able to spend my money without trying to hide it from friends and family, and I'd want to be able to set them up financially without going behind people's backs. But I would also be scared of the money becoming a source of tension, rather than a source of freedom and joy.