A lady I worked with won $1,000,000 on a $20 scratch ticket.
Sometimes it causes tension within families.
Sometimes it leads to a lifetime of debt.
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People claiming to be veterans, or asking for them to pay for surgeries, and more.
They simply stopped opening their own mail.
I dont know if thats something I could handle, but dang.
Her husband and her both had worked at that company for about 25-30 years.
Within 3 years, she was completely broke.
Her family still hounds her for money constantly and refuses to believe she doesnt have any.
Despite not going broke, she claims to have felt meaningless with her wealth.
They are in even more debt now:Ex girlfriends aunt and uncle have won three times.
These guys won three times.
1$ million, $50k, $1.2 million.
All in the span of four or five years.
Bought a brand new Suburban, Mercedes and Dodge ram.
Remodel the house, finish the basement, do a lot of nice work.
Didnt pay off any debts, didnt pay off their house or cars.
They are currently in more debt than they were before the lottery.
People can be stupid.
He wasted all the money:I know a guy.
Hes an Indian and won a lottery with a prize money of $700,000.
He was a poor guy who did a day job.
We were all happy for the guy.
Lessons learnt: You wont value anything if you earn it for free.
So he gave me the ticket and had me cash it in for him.
He gave me $1000, not bad for a quick trip to the lottery office.
My life isnt much different now, Im broke till payday.
The money completely ruined his life:I met a guy who won over 5 million.
As I recall, he got a 10 year mandatory minimum sentence.
He said that winning the lottery ruined his life.
He travels a lot.
His house is basically a museum.
He seems to particularly enjoy traveling to nomadic regions.
I dont remember how much he won, but hes made it work.
He his still doing the same job as he was doing before, which was being our local postman.
Sometimes in the winter he will deliver the mail in his shiny new Audi Q7
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She took the lump sum and ended up with roughly $550,000 after taxes and fees.
She didnt get a new roof or siding on her house like she needed to.
About 10 months into it the cars were gone and replaced with a 5 year old Honda.
The roof and siding still needed repaired.
Thankfully she sold and the new owners really fixed the house up.
Its been wonderful for them.
He gave the money to charity:My dad won $15,000 and got back about $10K.
cost: about $6000.
the rest, he gave to charity.
They put a downpayment on a house:A couple I know won about $60,000 after taxes.
It couldnt have happened to people who deserve it more, imo.
Nothing special, and nothing audacious.
He used the money to help others:My friend Earl won 100K on a scratch off ticket.
He decided that he was going to try and help out the people that hed hurt in his past.
She retired early:A lady I worked with won $1,000,000 on a $20 scratch ticket.
The most common question I heard around the office was Who drops $20 on a scratcher?
Great deal for her.
He quit his job and then got a new one:An ex-coworker of mine won 24,000.
He immediately quit his job and came back for another one a week later.
He obviously didnt get his old job back.
Theres only a couple weeks left to collect the money…
I hope theyre just waiting till the last week to do so.
They saved their money for their futures:My parents won a million dollars a few weeks ago.
He spent the money on his family:My dad won 40,000 in the lottery.
He sent half to Jamaica and the other half was split among other different things.
The money went super fast and I really dont think anyone who got a piece bought anything meaningful.
Only the best scotch would do, a bottle a day…
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We took a trip to Hawaii:My family won $10,000 from the lottery.
We used it to go on a pretty awesome trip to Hawaii.
