How Lucky are Lotto Winners?

Lotto Winner

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 for the best. 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 instantaneously.

Mark Gardiner Lotto Winner

Winning a record prize of £ 11 million, Mark Gardiner thought 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. Mark hit the jackpot with his friend and business partner Paul Maddison. Together they had record winngs of £ 22 million and Mark got his share of £ 11 million. Paul shunned the limelight and faded into the background while Mark decided to have some fun.

Before he could realize it, Mark blew half of his winnings. As Mark bought expensive cars and houses, gave to friends and relatives, married and then divorced, his problems never seemed to end. His family shunned him just as if he had committed a crime. Finally the “lucky winner” regained his bearings; now he is wiser and remarried to his first wife, a childhood sweetheart, whom he had divorced when he was penniless.

Gladly, however, not all stories are as heart breaking as the one mentioned above. There have been innumerable people who have made good on their fortune and remained grounded. Student Ianthe Fullagar won an astonishing £ 7,055,142. After the to-be-expected 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 her near ones and to continue to pursue her degree in law. The main new thing she planned to buy was a new car.

One generous anonymous winner, without batting an eye, donated all his $3 million winnings to his church. The church has decided to expand to accommodate the growing congregation and will also donate some of the money to charities.

The point is, as a lotto winner you now are in the enviable position to do a lot of good for yourself and for those around you. Your community will benefit too — if you maintain a cool head and spend the money wisely.

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