It seems the winners aren’t overspending on homes. Will watch the season.

I don't have cable or Netflix. Can I watch this through Amazon Prime? Anyone know

Season 5, Episode 1 (09/21, 09/22)
My Lottery Dream Stable
Life is too short to put your passions on hold, so when Jorge, Jackie and their daughter, Jillian, won a staggering $5 million on a Florida scratcher, they could finally buy the horse ranch that they had only dreamed about. David Bromstad meets up with them in Loxahatchee, Florida, to help find the perfect house, land and stables.

Season 5, Episode 2 (09/28, 09/29)
Little Sister, Big House
When a work colleague wanted to take a chance on some lottery scratchers, Ashley was happy to join in. And it paid off big time! One million dollars later, Ashley can move out of her rental in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and buy her first home with her share of the winnings. David Bromstad helps her choose between a renovator's dream and a brand-new build.

Season 5, Episode 3 (10/05, 10/06)
Tallahassee Dream Team
Shane buys scratchers almost every day, and luckily for him and his partner, Crystal, his habit paid off to the tune of $1 million! Now they're able to buy their first house in Tallahassee, Florida. Crystal wants a beautiful home that's move-in ready, and Shane wants a huge yard for their two dogs. David Bromstad is helping them find a property that makes everybody happy.

Season 5, Episode 4 (10/12, 10/13)
Texas Beach House
After becoming a millionaire on a Vegas slot machine, Rick immediately bought his own dream home. Now David Bromstad joins him in Galveston, Texas, to help him spend his extra cash on a Texas Beach House for the whole family.

Season 5, Episode 5 (10/19, 10/20)
The Long Island Dream
After winning $3 million on a scratcher, a NYC couple can afford to buy a home back in their old neighborhood of Northport, Long Island. David Bromstad shows them some astounding properties right on Long Island Sound, but in the end they must decide if they want to purchase a waterfront property or get more value for their money away from the coast.

so you hit the lottery and you want one of these. careful what you wish for.  you end up spending all your time dealing with maintenance issues and upkeep. you will have service people and strangers in your dwelling 7 days a week. you will be constantly writing checks for this and that. you have to maintain the grounds and making sure the security systems are up to snuff. you will have rooms in the dream house that you will never go into. you will have relatives and friends looking to stay over and be waited on hand and foot. you will have to have pool parties and entertain weekly. if you do not do all of this there is no need to have a dream house.  you would be better off with a luxury condo in a secure high rise building and a small cottage on a lake to escape to. i have never known  anyone who dreams about having one of these albatrosses beforehand. after someone hits the lottery the idea gets implanted into their brain that they want one and they end up regretting it.

The Robinson's who won a third of the billion dollar PB jackpot shared plans to stay in their modest home in Munford TN.

“Not only are we private, we’re common people,” John Robinson said. “We’re just like y’all. These big fancy houses are nice, but you gotta clean ‘em.” 

Fast forward six months from winning. The Robinson's bought a 10-bedroom home on a 320-acre lot with a private lake. The property cost them $6.2 million, a private home theater and eight bathrooms. Quite the contrary from their press conference. 

I get things change once the money hits your accounts. You see all those 000's. Don't know what you are going to do until it really happens. 

  when the money hits your accounts! You just don't know.

 I confess that I fell asleep before the special show aired. I can count on it being repeated before the new year begins.

 These current MM & PB jackpots will almost fulfill any player's dreams. Good Luck LP members!

Obviously You have never watched this show!

The people on this show do not buy these BIG Huge homes like you're talking about, they buy nice comfortable places they can take care of themselves and enjoy, they do not SPEND all the money they won on these homes they're really modest with there money. 

They do not need service people nor strangers to take care of them, as usual you are speaking from behind closed doors or perhaps under your rock?

Try watching the show before commenting on something you know nothing about!

Raven62,  Thank You for putting this thread together. I will mark my Calendar. 

 We can look forward to brand new shows sometime next year.

I checked HGTV My Lottery Dream Home. There are shows on Friday 9/28/2018 starting at 4 pm and running until 10 pm. 

 Please check your own schedule.

 I saw the All New My Lottery Dream Home advertised also for 9 pm. Friday 9/28/2018 

Yes very modest homes for the most part.

Raven62,  I checked www.MyLotteryDreamHome-shows-schedule.com  There are no shows scheduled for any of those you put on Saturdays.

 I will place the schedule on the Discussion Forum.

that is fine advice. but what is so interesting about people buying a home which would be an upgrade from what they have no doubt but lacking in all those extravagant extras. i  guarantee you i would never watch this lame show. the show how the lottery changed my life was more interesting. it included some housing upgrades but mainly dealt with other issues in relation to their lottery hit. a show about people moving from a 300k house to a 700k house is about as interesting as watching paint dry. you are the one that needs to <snip>. i never alluded they spend all their money on these ridiculous homes. a tv show with the title "my lottery dream home" indicates to me that these homes are more than modest. not that i will ever know because under no circumstances would i watch it.

best dream home is the you build yourself

I wouldn't be surprised that the Robinsons found out they couldn't remain "common people".  Once people find out you're a big winner, they'll be at your door all the time or bumping into you at the store and hitting you up for money. And your neighbors won't treat you the same.  And you might not feel safe or welcome anymore. Note that they bought a big property with a private lake - this is more likely to get away from the beggars and the envy and to get some privacy and quiet. The house was probably already on the land and it's the huge private land they were after in the first place.  I really can't see how anyone winning that much money, or even a quarter of that money could just carry on as if nothing's changed.  Maybe the winner doesn't change much but those around them do, and not always for the best.

With lottery (jackpot) winners fighting to remain anonymous, it's a wonder that there are still people willing to appear on that show.

The most common advice is to lay low, blend in and don't tell a lot of people.

Being on this show is like yelling "I WON A LOTTERY JACKPOT" from the mountain tops! 

Season 5 Episode 2 HGTV 09/28 2100 --> 2130 & 09/29 0000 --> 0030

Thanks for the disrespect of the accuracy of the information posted.

       For a site that dreams of hitting big this is the most depressing <snip> Ive ever read here. For starters the term dream house can mean anything and I doubt most people here will want something that is a huge as what you're describing. If anything the norm for us lottery post users is that we want to try and mask the fact that we won it big time and having some super huge mansion that is the center of attention would surely go against that so IM not even quite sure why you went into such a huge rant. 

The tv show, The Beverly Hillbillies, comes to mind. Ask William "Bud" Post from Western Pennsylvania how his mansion worked out for himself. RIP Buddy.

 A one-story Condominium will do me just fine. There might be a monthly fee but I will be able to afford it. HOA fees. 

 No lawns, no gardening except for plants inside and outside, no sweeping up outside, no neighbor's pets messing with your plants and garden. 

There’s a reason why l don’t watch shows like these:

• It’s the come on over, point the camera at my bathroom fixtures, you looking at $5K right there, see those chandeliers way up there?- The wife picked those out, that friends was a cool $15K a piece.Come with me, watch your step- notice how dark it is, well wait, just shout out “ lights”.. saw how they suddenly came on? neat huh! I say No Thank you.
• I would rather watch aquarium fish going in circles....but hey, that’s just me.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

 Are you making an example of David Lee Edwards? How he invited the news crews in and showed off his belongings. May he RIP.

I may have to watch this show one more time. I only saw 2 episodes and thought they were buying too much house based on their winnings and the homes were ugly...even as fixer uppers.

So much for staying anonymous. 

Cool will check this out

Thanks for post ..love that Show...Let  me dream a dream of my dream home..

The last sentence reminds me of the couple on this show in CA.  They bought a humongous house on a mountaintop, then bought the ranch below them.  All I could think about is some thugs going up there and robbing them, nobody else appeared to live close-by.  Not too wise even bragging like they did on this show.

Professional thieves watch TV as well. These shows make their jobs easier. Technically, they don't need flashlights, they know exactly on which wall, in which room that Picasso is hanging.

Btw- Mr Edwards, according to his daughter, left her with no money to her name.

Wow don't remind me of Reality 

my sister told me about the show. For me i wouldnt be able to choose between 3 homes. I would need more. lol

Bleudog101,  I believe that you are talking about Rick and Lori Knudsen. Before they won big Rick experienced something wild. His bills at four or five stores all came back with no change. All were even money. $2 here and $4 there and so forth.

 As to thugs, I hope they are armed and have security systems. No news is good news. 

 At the bottom of their mountain, they own a restaurant and employ the locals. 

most  lottery winners are on the older side and do not need a dream house. those are for the under 30 families who rarely play the lottery. usually a lottery winner who upgades will overdo it to some extent. everyone will eventually find out that you are a lottery winner and is unmaskable. a paltry million dollar house should be good enough for anyone. this may be the worst show in the history of television from the sounds of it.

Yes,you can .on Fridays night also on Demand.??

As for me personally, I don't care for the show.

For the few shows that I watched, the winners didn't rush out and buy themselves expensive mansions.  From a price standpoint, some of the houses that were for sale were priced about the same as some homes close to where I live. 

The objection I had while I was watching the show is that the winners appearing on it are showing the world exactly where they live, exactly what their new home and they themselves look like.  To me, that's the direct opposite of the advice winners get to remain anonymous and keep a low profile after a big win.  G5

Tonight, Friday night 9/28/2018 You will have a chance of winning big in Megamillions. You can decide whether or not to be on this show. Good Luck to all!

That is some exceedingly decent money for both the PB & MM jackpots. Btw- if a camera crew wanted to check out my place, they better be wearing sandals, cause we will be walking white shores, in the Seychelles. Take as much pictures as you like, it's my vacation abode. That's the extent of it,l mean should a camera crew ever visit my residence & they catch the wife with her avocado face makeup on, oh Lordy, l will never hear the end of it..

 Here is a green laugh for your wife's avocado face makeup! Just imagine all the memories you will create as a lottery winner.

 Good Luck to all LP Members.

Yes but you may have to pay a fee if you watch it through Amazon Prime.

I tuned in to the show this evening. The nail salon had HGTV on their mounted TV. The homes were nice; less than $500k, nothing extravagant. I thought it was odd all the couples won "1,000,000 dollars".

Darn episode 2 will air while UK is playing South Carolina and I believe the second showing will compete with SNL. What time does "My Lottery Dream Mobile Home" air?

Me either because I'm not impressed by people showing off their lottery winnings. I'd rather watch the millionaire golfers, baseball, football, and basketball players. And the future UK basketball millionaires

You must have missed the couple who won $20 million and purchased their new home in the Hamptons, NY.

 Seeing how the lottery does not discriminate and is an equal opportunity game the couple is Black Americans. A lovely American couple with a large extended family.

GiveFive,

Excellent points.

I watched a couple of shows last night, plus part of a 3rd one, for the first time, out of curiosity.  Not sure what I was expecting but decided it wasn't my cup of tea.  The three I saw were nothing too out of the ordinary house-wise, due to the small jackpots.  My house is nicer but then we were lucky to buy in the recovering Florida market after moving from a high cost of living area with cash from the sale of our house in that overrated housing market.  But good for the winners to be able to upgrade to their dream homes and glad to see they didn't go crazy. They were happy winners with both feet on the ground.

Maybe it's just me but I was annoyed by the host guy calling the $1m winners millionaires.  It's not a million dollars! Any time I see a jackpot advertised, I do a quick calculation in my head as to what it really is.  The down-and-out California couple who were living with his mother said their price range was $400k-$800k.  So the host guy showed them a house just beyond their max, which at first I thought was obnoxious but maybe he did that to bring them back to reality.  I think they settled on a place in the 400s.  The most interesting part of the shows I watched was how incredibly cheap housing is in some areas of the country.

I agree when you write, "how incredibly cheap housing is in some areas of the country." This is wonderful news for the new families starting out on their own journey through life. They will have new neighbors who are in the same boat as they are. 

Was watching Fixer Upper earlier today and noticed that HGTV has been advertising the heck out of Lottery Dream Homes with David Bromstad dressed up in black, gold and wearing black and gold glasses with rhinestones.  It was actually rather funny.  That is soooo him.

I decided to spend a little time and revisit their win and a thread here in LP* which had links to the property they bought.  Many of the links were broken, but I found a few that might interest anyone reading this.

*Robinson's buy 6.2 Million $ home on 320 acrea in TN

The address is: 345 Dink Rd Somerville,TN (Bing Maps view, you might have to click "Aerial" at top right to get satellite overhead imagery)

Here is a video of the property: Deep Point Real Estate

The Google Earth ruler shows the "lake" to be about 34 acres and looks to be fed by a small creek, but not sure if that's a "watershed" creek or spring fed. (the main difference between a pond and a lake is not the size, but the depth and according to the Google Earth elevation, the body of water doesn't seem to be all that deep. I have noticed that the deeper a body of water is inland, the bluer or darker the color is and this one is a light green.)

I personally think it's a lovely property and AFAIC, the only thing "wrong" with it is it's not in Texas.

I thought they were a little "rash" in coming out so soon and in such a public manner, but that was "thar bidness", not mine. I hope they're enjoying their wealth and home.

Thanx for those links, I looked at that house again too.  320 acres, holy cow, that is quite a beautiful property, a little to rustic for my taste but I could still live there lol!

Y/W I'm not esp. fond of the "log mansion" look, not something I would have built, but it's still a nice looking house.

I watched a video last night "10 Reasons to NOT Move to Tennessee".  The guy who made the video was really stretching to find ten reasons. (one of them was an aversion to sideburns)

It looked as though the Robinsons had built a barn or stable NW of their house.  There are some clearings, just right to pasture a few horses and most of the acreage was in timber, perfect for riding trails or just for quiet walks among the trees.

I was employed with Merrill Lynch at the time they won. My colleague got the call from their Financial Advisor. Considering their balances, the call was a BIG DEAL to accommodate the Robinsons. I worked in Wealth Management so I seen a wide array of brokerage accounts.

That was interesting!

Check your inbox for my P.M. when I win!  I will have some questions for you! (just don't hold your breath waiting  )

When someone shops for a modern beach house, let me know which episode. Those farm style homes in the middle of no where are too dull. Explains why I also never got through an episode of that show with Chip and Joanna Gaines. I could not tell the before from the after design. Most artists and designers dislike those 2 characters. Poor design is poor design. Lol

they're not enjoying it at all. they wake up every morning wondering what they are going to do today. you stay home 24-7 and you go nuts. these people were nuts to begin with and all they do is sit around and watch the clock tick by or take a walk in their wooded hiking paths. that gets old quick.

working in wealth management is a license to steal money from clients. you impose a 0.25% fee increase just to bleed more money out of them every so often knowing they will not care or even notice. they don't monitor the investments you make with their money. no one regulates it either. you are not honest people by any stretch.

And you know this how?   You don't know them, don't pretend you do.  You're just some asshat on the Internet projecting your own character faults (lack of patience, short attention span, not to mention "nuts") onto others.

And what, pray tell, do YOU do for a living?   Why should we trust the opinion of someone who probably has a job flipping burgers?  I'd wager that if you ever win a significant amt. of money it will be gone in no more than a couple of years.

You're a miserable human being, but I'm sure those around you remind you of that fairly often.

i have studied this formerly dysfunctional family from the time they won and declared they weren't quitting their jobs. that raised red flags for me to try and discredit them for their choices. they carried their ticket unsigned and went on the today show. rock stupid people who struck it rich.  they don't seem to employed at least. i give them credit for changing their mind on that ridiculous decision. i still maintain they do not have the intelligence to handle all that money. information garnered by their words and actions. but they have it and probably won't squander it but still believe they do not have a clue on what to do with it.

virtually every rich person made their money by using other people's money. opm for short. these wealth management firms (name sounds appealing) cackle when someone comes in with a large sum to invest with them. they are a cut above a used car salesman but their intent is to pig stick you death with fees and trusting them is foolhardy. most of their marks are aged and uninformed. some even forget they invested with these sharks.

i have studied this formerly dysfunctional family from the time they won and declared they weren't quitting their jobs. that raised red flags for me to try and discredit them for their choices

Studied?  I bet I have "studied" (actually "researched") them more in the last few hours since I read your first post than you did in the not-quite two yrs. since they claimed.

So, them saying they weren't going to quit their jobs is a sore point with you? I didn't bother going back and reading about all the winners since I've been a member of this forum, but there have been several who have said that very same thing.  There has even been at least one thread in here about "Would you keep your job if you won the lottery?"  It was interesting, and while I didn't want to search for it (but you're welcome to do so) ,there were all kinds of answers. Maybe Mr. Robinson didn't have but a year or two to be vested in his pension plan or perhaps he just really enjoyed his job.  I do recall my fellow Texan rcbbuckeye saying he would quit, if for nothing than to give some deserving person his spot.  It's not germane to my own situation, but if I was a vital part of a family business (MY family), I believe I'd stay on until I could be replaced and I seem to recall others saying something similar in their non-family jobs, that they loved their employers and wouldn't want to leave 'em in the lurch.  I think one wag said "In a heartbeat!  I'd call in rich the next morning!"  Funny, more power to him! I've had jobs like that and some I wouldn't even deign to call...ever! 

formerly dysfunctional  Again, you know this how?  "formerly"?  Did winning the lottery cure them, because it seems to me that a lottery in in the hands of some past winners MADE them dysfunctional.  Billy Bob Harrell, Dave Edwards, just to name two off the top of my head and I know there are more, just don't want to go look 'em up.  (I'll ask my pal, music*, he can rattle 'em off, betcha)

Personally, I think they were in shock - quite possible, because I've been put into a daze by surprising news, although mine was just about the saddest you can imagine, the polar opposite of finding out I had won the lottery.  I could barely function for the rest of my shift and it was still constantly on my mind for days afterwards.  I'd think their mental state, as well as mine, could actually have been a mild form of PTSD.

Plus, why do you feel the need to "discredit them for their choices"? The key words are THEIR CHOICES, not YOUR CHOICES.

they carried their ticket unsigned and went on the today show

I Googled that, using all sorts of search terms, but didn't see "they carried their ticket unsigned" anywhere.  They went on The Today Show on the advice of their lawyer.*  I did read that Mr. Robinson said his brother handled investments and advised him to get a lawyer and a financial adviser.  That last was good advice, he most likely knew it wouldn't be a good idea for HIM to be the financial adviser.  As far as I can tell, they found this "lottery lawyer" who had handled two previous winners, helping guide those winners through the process.  As you can see on his own website, he offers up advice on what to do first and mentions that a winner needs to sign the ticket among the first things to do, but also to find out some particular information about their "jurisdiction"  From the website:

This ticket is not officially yours until you sign the back of it. However, the way it is signed could be pivotal. Every state has different laws and claiming procedures, which is why you should call me immediately, and I will advise you on the best way to sign the ticket depending on your jurisdiction.

Now, I cannot say for sure, but I'm betting that the lawyer was like many of his peers, desperate to get his name and face out there while the time was ripe, not only making money off the Robinsons, but seeing a fantastic opportunity to help drive future lottery winners his way...free advertising that might be worth a few million bucks to him in the future. (or more, I don't have a clue as to what he charges for his services, but I doubt he gave the Robinsons a discount for them allowing him to use them for the massive, not to mention free gratis,  national publicity he got that morning.)

rock stupid people who struck it rich

I don't know why you'd say that;  after watching The Today Show segment, as well as the press conference when they claimed, they seemed fairly intelligent and just because someone speaks in a slow Southern accent doesn't make THEM slow or stupid.  As I pointed out, they went on the show on the advice of their lawyer.  I personally wouldn't have done that, but I didn't have some "shyster"-  if you'll permit ME to level a snap judgement-  whispering in my ear "Trust me, I know what's best for you. I'm THE Lottery Lawyer, after all!"  I wouldn't argue against their judgement being a bit cloudy, but I certainly hope to find out how I will handle a similar situation!  I don't think I'll be using that S.O.B., though, even though his basic advice to go ahead and bite the bullet since they weren't going to be anonymous anyway has * some * merit. Not much, but some.

I'd say you have more than a touch of wealth envy, jealousy even. 

i still maintain they do not have the intelligence to handle all that money. information garnered by their words and actions. but they have it and probably won't squander it but still believe they do not have a clue on what to do with it.

I think I have satisfactorily addressed their level of intelligence, but neither of us knows their IQs, so...I dunno; looks like they started doing what they wanted to do with it, at least after reality slapped them in the face. (as it would do anyone who won hundreds of millions of dollars).  They got a nice property and a lovely home, although myself and others have stated we wouldn't have chosen something like that. (but it wasn't OUR CHOICE, remember?) What did they spend on their new home?  Something less than 2% of their huge fortune?  I think they didn't spend too much if one looks at it that way.  Maybe their worst mistake was falling in love with the property and thinking "To heck with dickering them down a hundred grand, this is perfect for us."  I would maintain they "HAD a clue".

I think your attack on MsBee was out of line and that's what annoyed me the most. I don't know her, she might have been lyin' through her teeth,  but I don't think so, it would take a pretty pathetic person to lie about something such as her distant peripheral association with the Robinsons just to make herself sound important to strangers reading this thread.  Sounds to me as though she has a pretty good job and an honest one, despite your nasty assertions to the contrary.   I don't even want to repeat the inane second post of yours, not even to savagely rebut it.   I'm getting tired of doing that in here. "You can buy 'em books and buy 'em even more books, but all they do is chew the covers off 'em."

So, what would YOU have done, what would you DO with all that cash?  There's a running joke in here about "The First State Bank of Serta", but you'd need about 20 king-sized mattresses to hold that much stuffing, maybe more.  Seriously, how would you invest it all?  There's a 50 million dollar limit on CDARS, think the same on ICS accounts.  Apparently you don't hold much esteem for an investment firm such as Merrill Lynch, but if I win, that's where I'm parkin' a lot of my money, maybe spread it around among several other reputable investment firms. At one time, I had a "little bit less" -snicker-  with ML than the $300 million+ the Robinsons had after buying their home and their daughter a horse and I did all right with the distributions and I don't recall the fees being out of line.  (that 300 mill. might have to be adjusted, particularly if they bought her Justify, the last Triple Crown Winner)  They said they were going to give to their church and help out others, but who knows what they did with the rest of it?  Not me, and I'm sure you don't know, either.

So true! once reality sets in all previous intentions go out the window.

After winning that much money, trying to hold on to the way things were is a bigger pipe dream

than winning was to start with.  A couple months after a big win you will see how much it changed 

the people around you, even if you stay the same.   

RL