Posted in Poker November 9th, 2008
What If YOU Win the Lotto?
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If you happen to be a lotto winner your life is never going to be the same again. Not only your life, but your friends’ and relatives’ lives will also change, and the change may not be very nice. Amazing 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 before you realize it.
Mark Gardiner won a record prize of £ 11 million and thought that all his problems were a thing of the past. However, though his present problems vanished, he got into new ones that he was neither trained for or capable of handling. Mark hit the jackpot with 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 comprehend it, Mark went through half of his winnings. Even as 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 just as if 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.
Happily, not every story is as heart breaking as the one mentioned above. There have been many people who have made good on their fortune and remained grounded. Student Ianthe Fullagar won an amazing £ 7,055,142. After the understandable screaming in disbelief she settled down and called her family, and her boyfriend, 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. The only new thing she planned to buy was a new car.
An anonymous winner donated all his $3 million winnings to his church without batting an eye. The church has taken a decision to expand to accommodate the growing congregation and will donate some of the money to charities.
The point is, as a lotto winner you now are in an enviable position to do a lot of good to yourself and to those around you. Your community stands to benefit as well — if you maintain a cool head and spend the money wisely.
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