If there’s such a thing as ‘Lotto Fever’, then Britain has got it bad.
Symptoms – feverish excitement in the face of ridiculous odds, crazy delusions of the possibility of actually winning and bizarre fantasies about weird ways of spending the cash.
British people everywhere are terminal with it.
It’s getting to Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket-levels of hysteria with more than 200 tickets a second being sold for the mega draw tonight.
People couldn’t handle it…
£50.4m lottery tonight is making me nervous as fuck
— Koren (@korenowen) January 6, 2016
Others were determined to win…
https://twitter.com/JoeyRossall/status/684680263075524608
One guy was still mulling over whether to have a go…
https://twitter.com/alansmith46/status/684693334095474688
People were looking for any advantage they possibly could…
@itvthismorning am I going mad or did you state 33 was the most popular and overdue lotto number??
— Caroline Watson (@_carolineeliza) January 6, 2016
Even the realists couldn’t resist a ticket…even in the face of dizzying odds
The chances of winning tonight's £50m lottery are 45 million to 1. And yet I'm still fantasising over what I'd do with my winnings
— Marguerite Kaye (@MargueriteKaye) January 6, 2016
Still, that’s a shoe-in compared to the odds of dropping the US mega lottery…
https://twitter.com/hayley_specs/status/684706696590159872
Students were prepared to sacrifice their education at the alter of the Lotto gods…
https://twitter.com/katelewisx/status/684685121555922944
Megan was playing the numbers game…
https://twitter.com/Megan_SheWrote/status/684685030413746176
This guy was so excited he was struggling to find six numbers between 1 and 59…
I feel to play lotto today…can someone give me numbers
— 24November🎂🎉🎈🎁 (@Keletso_Mampi_) January 6, 2016
This guy had the best tip for actually winning the thing…
As the saying goes, you don't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket.
— Elroy De Kock (@ellasinversace) January 6, 2016
But everyone was dreaming about how they would spend their winnings…
50 million lottery jackpot tonight? If I won it would be a trip to disney world and some new boobs #lotto
— Claire Russell (@tinkrussell) January 6, 2016
If I win lotto's 50mil I'm going to burn home night club and buy winky disco 💃🏻
— Tom Brown (@TommmBrownnn) January 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/ashlienicolee/status/684687241982160896
When I win the Lotto I'll study Archaeology, learn piano and lock myself in a wine cellar. Not all at the same time https://t.co/VBhc3Fbe5B
— Conor Riordan (@cmriordan) January 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/damien_utv/status/684676146491953153
But if anyone has to win the £50m, let it be Dean Kirchoff. Can you imagine the epic party he would throw…
#lottery
When I win the lotto today I am going to throw a heck of a party 🍻— Dean Kirchoff (@KirchoffDean) January 6, 2016
