Are Lotto Winners Really Lucky?
June 29th, 2009
If you happen to be a lotto winner your life is never going to be the same again. Not only your life, but the lives of friends and relatives will also change — and the change may not always be pleasant. Startling things have happened to people who have overnight attained the status of being a lotto winner.
No matter how you have won the lotto, whether you drew the winning numbers yourself or used the windows lotto pro software, the fact is that you will be richer by tens of millions of pounds or euros, and things will start to change almost overnight.
Mark Gardiner Lotto Winner
Winning a record prize of £ 11 million, Mark Gardiner believed that all his problems were a thing of the past. However, though his current problems vanished, he got new ones he was not trained for or capable of handling. With his friend and business partner Paul Maddison, Mark won the jackpot. Together the two of them won a record £ 22 million; Mark’s share was £ 11 million. Shunning the limelight, Paul retreated into the background while Mark decided to have some fun.
Before it dawned on him, Mark blew half of his winnings. Though he bought expensive cars and houses, gave to friends and relatives, married and then divorced, his problems never seemed to end. His family disowned him as though he had committed a crime. Finally, Mark regained his bearings, grew wiser, and remarried his first wife, the childhood sweetheart he had divorced when he was penniless.
However, not every story is as heart breaking as the one mentioned above. There have been many people who have made good on their fortune while remaining grounded. Ianthe Fullagar, just a student, won an astonishing £ 7,055,142. After the traditional screaming in disbelief she settled down and called her boyfriend and family and shared the news with them. Ianthe intends to share her new found wealth with those near and dear to her and to continue to pursue her law studies. A new car was the only new thing she planned to buy.
One generous (and anonymous) winner, without batting an eye, donated all his $3 million winnings to his church. The church has decided to not only expand its facilities to accommodate a growing congregation, but to donate some of the money to charities as well.
The point is as a lotto winner you are in an enviable position to do a lot of good to benefit yourself and to benefit those around you. Your community also stands to benefit — if you maintain a cool head and spend the money wisely.
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