This Tuesday, November 26, one lucky winner will perhaps win the “mega-jackpot” of 208 million euros at EuroMillions. Such an amount leads to a radical life change. The FDJ offers to support the winners.
How do you react after winning 208 million euros? Indeed, once the euphoria has subsided, certain questions can legitimately surface. Earning such a sum requires good money management and sometimes even some supervision.
The FDJ, in this case, is committed to supporting the winners throughout this process. The teams guide them into the new life that awaits them, putting certain measures in place accordingly.
How to get your winnings?
When a person realizes that they have the winning numbers of a draw, whether EuroMillions or Loto, the first thing to do is to contact Française des jeux. From then on, the company takes care of certain checks before organizing the hand delivery of the amount won.
Once the checks have been made, the teams will organize his arrival with great fanfare, in order to give him his winnings, by check or by transfer according to his preference. “It takes about a week, it all depends on how long it will take for the winner to contact us,” the FDJ told us.
This meeting is a first exchange and a first individual support.
Collective workshops for 5 years
Contrary to what one might think, the FDJ does not offer psychological monitoring strictly speaking. However, it makes collective workshops available to each big winner (in other words those with winnings of more than one million euros) for a period of five years.
They result in around twenty dates per year, through which the winners are advised on several themes. “Each of them is organized with an expert in asset, notarial or even financial management,” as the company specifies.
The objective is to provide the best advice, without malicious guidance, on how to manage your money.
During these collective workshops, the winners can exchange ideas with each other and share their experience. A psychologist is also called upon to intervene for decryptions concerning their situation, however the FDJ emphasizes that these are not consultations, “everyone is free to call on a professional in this field if they wish. feels the need, but it is not included in our process.
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