Lottery winners are rare lucky ones, most of whom have had hard times in life. Many fortune lovers actually for a long time fought for survival, and therefore the long-awaited win that will solve all their financial problems is incredible happiness and the ultimate dream. But lotteries also have their own dark side. Many winners end up worse off than they were before they got their fabulous riches, getting stuck in debt, getting divorced, getting involved in dangerous adventures and, worst of all, sometimes even dying because of the coveted check. As they say, than more money, those more problems. This collection is an edifying example and a warning about how an easy win can lead to catastrophic consequences.
25. Marie Holmes
Mother of four Mary Holmes was working at Wal-Mart when "random" numbers on a lottery ticket gave her a $188 million win. The incredible amount became the 5th largest win in US lottery history. Soon, the American woman's life was ruined by a series of wrong financial decisions and courts - her boyfriend had to be pulled out of prison every now and then, and $21 million was officially spent on legal costs and bail alone. All this had a hard impact on emotional state girl and almost completely emptied her pockets. And then Mary found out that the numbers on her ticket were not random. The ticket turned out to not be hers at all. In fact, the woman’s mother won the lottery, but she secretly gave her daughter a winning slip to help Mary in her difficult fate.
24. Curtis Sharp
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Curtis Sharp's finest hour came in 1982, when he won $5 million. The man spent all his money in literally 5 years, spending about a million dollars a year on his family, cars, real estate and women. Today, Mr. Sharp is a minister in a church in Antioch, Tennessee, and the humble American advises other lottery winners to take a break, go somewhere for a while to clear their minds, and only then start spending their millions.
23. Michael Carrol
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19 year old Michael Carroll to his at a young age had already become a petty criminal and even wore a police bracelet on his ankle (tracking system). The guy also managed to collect $14 million from several lottery winnings, which raised suspicions among law enforcement agencies about fraud. Michael earned the nickname Lotto Lout (lottery lout or hillbilly) and became famous for buying himself an expensive mansion and other luxury items, terrorizing his neighbors, and throwing money around like trash. Soon the unemployed young man went broke and moved to live with his mother. Today, Michael barely earns $300 a week (not much in the US) at a candy factory and admits that past image life would certainly bring him to the grave in the near future.
22. Billy Bob Harrell Jr.
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In 1997, Billy Bob Harrell Jr. thought his ordeal was finally over. The man won 30 million dollars and was going to live happily ever after. He quit his job, took his entire family on vacation to Hawaii, bought houses for family and friends, and donated a ton of money to his church and other charities. Unfortunately, Billy attracted attention bad people and made a bad deal with a lottery company that issues lump sums. From this collaboration, Mr. Harrell ended up getting less than he invested. After divorcing his wife, Billy went downhill and eventually shot himself. Before he died, he told his financial advisor that winning the lottery was the worst thing that had ever happened to him.
21. Tondra Lynn Dickerson
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20. Andrew Jack Whittaker
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Andrew Whittaker won an incredible amount - as much as 315 million dollars, despite the fact that at the time of his luck he already had 17 million of his own funds. Even after giving a lot of money to charity, the man could not avoid problems. He was robbed several times, and in the end it completely depleted the “lucky” guy’s bank account. During this time, several members of Whittaker's family died, including his mother, granddaughter and her boyfriend. 4 years after winning, the man was completely ruined and absolutely miserable.
19. Steve Granger
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Steve Granger won $900,000, but after taxes he only had $600,000 left. The man saved most of it for retirement for himself and his wife, but the couple was constantly persecuted and bullied because of the money. At parties, people would sarcastically say, “Here come the lottery people.” Crowds of strangers offered Steve to invest his money in gold mining or other dubious business, and someone in the middle of the street was constantly trying to at least touch Mr. Granger in order to get some luck from him to win. The family was not given any peace. We can only hope that over time this glory has passed, and the Grangers are still forgotten.
18. Roger and Laura Griffiths
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After winning £1.8 million (approximately $2.3 million), Roger and Laura Griffiths got too carried away with the windfall. Griffiths bought new house and decided to fulfill their dream of becoming business owners. But after Laura accused Roger of cheating, the man left her, saying that they were broke and even mired in large debts.
17. Jeffrey Dampier
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After an incredible $20 million lottery win, Jeffrey started his own business and founded a gourmet popcorn company. He also gave gifts to his relatives, including his sister-in-law Victoria Jackson, with whom Jeffrey had an affair. In 2005, Victoria and her boyfriend tied up and robbed Dampierre. But that wasn't enough - during the raid, Miss Jackson's boyfriend pointed a gun at her and said, "Kill him or I'll kill you." Victoria had to kill Geoffrey with a shot to the back of the head...
16. Callie Rogers
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At the tender age of 16, Callie broke big jackpot, winning £1,875,000 (approximately $2,847,000) in the lottery. At first, the girl said that she would not waste money left and right, and would simply buy a normal car and a new house. However, when emotions subsided and prudence faded, Callie spent a lot of money on cocaine and plastic surgery. Now she has barely a few thousand pounds left, the girl is raising 3 children and is studying to become a nurse.
15. Willie Hurt
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In 1991, Willie Hart was loving husband and father of 3 who won $3.1 million. But after incredible luck in the lottery, his life got completely out of control - the man got addicted to cocaine and killed a man. Mr Hart's lawyer told the press that his client was left penniless and going through divorce proceedings.
14. Evelyn Adams
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Evelyn Adams was incredibly lucky when she won the lottery twice in 1985 and 1986, earning a total of about $5.4 million. But the woman did not know how to say “no” to her inner demons and other people, and so in the end she was completely ruined. 20 years later, the American woman lives in a trailer, having spent all her winnings on parties, alcohol and casinos.
13. Thomas and Denise Rossi
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Denis Rossi won $1.3 million in the lottery, but was in no hurry to share her joy with everyone, but rather kept what happened a secret. A few days later, she filed for divorce from her husband, with whom she had been married for 25 years. The woman later explained that she simply did not want to share her winnings with Thomas. However, the judge decided that Denis should give all 1.3 million to her husband because she hid the money and behaved like a malicious fraudster.
12. Willie Seeley
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11. Ronnie Music Jr.
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Ronnie hit the big jackpot by winning $3 million in the lottery. However, he failed to manage this amount wisely. The man invested in the methamphetamine trade, which ultimately led to his arrest, and now Ronnie faces life imprisonment.
In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare won $30 million, and since then the man has been surrounded by people who have done nothing but take advantage of his wealth. Abraham gave a lot of money to charity and simply selflessly helped people. A woman named Doris “Dee Dee” Moore suggested that he write a book about how others are trying to make money at the expense of the lucky one, and Abraham agreed to creative collaboration. As a result, Doris became Shakespeare's financial advisor and gained control of all his property and money. When Abraham realized what had happened, he threatened to kill the scammer, but she beat him to it... Dee Dee shot the angry “client” several times in the chest. Ms. Moore was eventually arrested and is now serving a life sentence.
9. Joseph and Ibi Roncaioli
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Dr. Joseph Roncioli and his wife Ibi were already living well when they won $5 million in the lottery. The neighbors always considered them a happy elderly couple. However, the old men's supposedly impeccable lifestyle changed when Joseph learned that Ibi gave 5 million to her secret son and spent the rest, which they had saved together all their lives. Joseph was so devastated that he killed his wife with a poisoned needle. The man claimed he gave Ibi injections because of her poor health, but prosecutors did not believe his lies and Mr Roncioli received a seven-year prison sentence.
8. Alex and Ronda Toth
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Alex and Rhonda Toth were struggling to make ends meet when they won the lottery in 1990. Alex received disability benefits and Rhonda worked as a nurse. They could barely feed themselves and could not buy even the cheapest car for $200, and they simply needed personal transport. One day, Alex wanted to buy a lottery ticket, and Rhonda believed that they could not afford such unreasonable expenses. The man bought that ticket anyway, leaving only $24 in the family budget. In the end, the couple won $13 million, but the blessing of fabulous wealth somehow turned into a terrible curse. Children who abandoned them immediately appeared in their lives, greedy for the easy money of their once poor parents. One of the relatives even tried to kill Alex and Rhonda. Ten years after their win, the Toths were once again in the news due to serious allegations of tax evasion. Between them, Alex and Rhonda owed the state $2 million and could have gone to prison for 24 years. The couple was broke and moved to live with their children. Before Alex could be sentenced for tax fraud, he died due to his long-standing health problems at the age of 60.
7. Urooj Khan
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Yuruy immigrated to the United States from India in 1989 and opened his own dry cleaner in Chicago. A few years later, he bought a winning lottery ticket and could have received $1 million, but chose a lump sum payment, which left only $424,000 of the six-figure sum after taxes. Alas, Yuruy never saw his money, because he died a day after he was given a check for the coveted winnings. A fierce struggle began over the sudden inheritance - the daughter and stepdaughter refused to divide the deceased’s money among themselves and were even planning to sue. The authorities believe that the man was poisoned with cyanide, but for 4 years the police have not jailed anyone, and the investigation into this case is still considered open.
6. Janite Lee
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In 1993, Janita Lee won $18 million and chose a lump sum payment. The woman did a rather extraordinary thing with the money, distributing the bulk to charitable organizations. Ms. Lee also made large contributions to the US Democratic Party, which allowed her to dine with Bill Clinton himself and Vice President Al Gore. Janita's name appears in reading room Washington University School of Law. However, within 8 years the woman had spent all her savings, and by 2001 she had only $700 in her bank account, and a debt of 2.3 million. Naturally, Janita had to declare bankruptcy.
5. Jane Park
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At 17, Jane won £1 million ($1,303,600) and the first thing she did was buy herself a fancy Louis Vuitton bag. The waste did not end there, and as a result, the girl became depressed, lost the meaning of life and accused representatives of the lottery company of ruining her life. However, the corporation argues that payments on winnings were made over the long term so that Park could manage her money wisely, which means that she herself is to blame for the unreasonable waste.
4. Amanda Clayton
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Despite winning $737,000, Amanda Clayton continued to use food vouchers and free health insurance for the poor. When Miss Clayton was convicted of fraud, she was given a suspended sentence (9 months). In 2012, Amanda was found dead - the girl died from a drug overdose.
3. William Post
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When William Post won $16 million, he thought his life would finally get better. But in fact, with the advent of money, his problems only began. After 3 months of unsuccessful investments and spending on expensive things, William not only squandered all his winnings, but also owed almost $500,000. But this is not the most unpleasant thing... Mr. Post's brother hired a killer to get rid of his suddenly rich relative and his sixth wife. But the attempt failed, and William's brother went to prison. Subsequently, Mr. Post admitted more than once that he was much happier before winning the jackpot, and in 2006 the American died of respiratory arrest at the age of 66.
2. David Lee Edwards
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David Lee Edwards, an ex-con from Kentucky, won $27 million in Powerball prize money and decided he needed help from financial advisors to help him manage the incredible sum. However, instead of taking advantage of the advice of experts, the man and his wife spent all the money on luxury goods and drugs. Due to drug addiction, the couple contracted hepatitis, and 12 years later, at 58, David died in a hospice. The man's financial advisor claims that if Mr. Edwards had listened to him, he could have earned $85,000 a month through smart investments.
1. Don Cruz
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Don Cruz won the American TV show HGTV Dream Home Sweepstakes, and was one of the few winners who tried to live in the prize house. The man became a shining example why it shouldn't have been done. Mr. Cruz's family had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes and eventually even put the ill-fated house up for auction to pay off all the debts in which the “lucky” ones were mired because of the prize mansion.
Everything in life is luck.
Donald Trump
Of course, the secrets to winning the lottery are known: persistence, patience, a positive attitude towards the process and, of course, luck. But is it possible to influence your luck? About 20 years ago, Professor Richard Wiseman set out to find the elusive factor of luck by exploring beliefs and experiences different people. The results show absolutely A New Look on the principles of luck and luck.
Luck Factor
Since 1994, Richard Wiseman, a professor of social understanding of psychology at the University of Herdfordshire in England, has interviewed volunteers, conducted questionnaires and tests. The result of these studies was a book by a team of authors led by Richard - “The Luck Factor”. The work became a global bestseller, even despite the expected conclusion: our luck is in our hands.
Richard Wiseman demonstrated that success and failure depend on people's measurable habits. The professor identified four simple behavioral methods for attracting good luck.
Method No. 1
Make the most of every chance
Through research, Richard Wiseman discovered that life is full of random opportunities. In addition, they have a high ability to create such opportunities for personal self-realization. This is due to some extent to the lack of fear of life changes and new ideas. They usually say about such people: “He was in the right place at the right time.”
In the book, the professor describes an incident told by one of the study participants. Wendy, 40, housewife: considers herself lucky in many aspects of her life. But Wendy is especially lucky in competitions and prize draws. On average, a woman wins about three prizes a week. Many of them are insignificant, but some, for example, holidays abroad, are very useful. You'd think Wendy's would have magical abilities. But the answer lies on the surface: she participates in a large number of different competitions and competitions and simply loves to win.
This method is also applicable in lotteries.
Tips from Stoloto
To win the lottery, you need to play - this is a simple truth. But to improve your chances, you can purchase several lottery tickets at once. After all, the chances of winning increase in proportion to the number of tickets or bets made.
- Another useful one for lottery luck a function in the online supermarket Stoloto - multi-circulation - allows you to place bets on several circulations in advance. What if one or several at once turn out to be victorious? This is how one of the largest Russian super prizes was won state lotteries. Valery T. from Omsk placed a multi-draw bet in Gosloto “6 out of 45”. The lucky winner completed three playing fields 6 numbers each for 9 draws ahead. As a result, one of them, 735, brought Valery 184.5 million rubles!
Method No. 2
Listen to your intuition
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Richard Wiseman conducted a survey among successful and unlucky people (the division into two categories was based on the personal beliefs of the respondents). There was only one question: “Do you use your intuition in different areas life - in your career, in relationships, in business? Nearly 90% of the lucky ones said they trusted their intuition when it came to personal relationships, and almost 80% said their sixth sense played an important role in their career choices. For the unlucky ones, these figures were 20% lower.
“When I asked people who considered themselves lucky, what was fundamental in making this or that decision? Successful people most often simply knew which decision would be right. This is the ability to listen to your own intuition,” Richard Wiseman summarizes in the book.
Advice from Stoloto
- It happens: an inner voice tells you that today you need to try your luck. Such an intuitive, sometimes, wins. Natalya Kireeva won the Russian lotto 1 million rubles and explained her luck this way: “Everything happened spontaneously. A long time ago I saw a program on TV about lottery winners. And for some reason I remembered her when I walked past the lottery kiosk. She came up to him, then left again, as if something was pulling her. I took this attraction as a sign and bought a ticket. Then on Sunday I woke up two minutes before the start of the Russian Lotto program. Also a sign! Right up until the drawing itself, I was sure that I would win, even if it was a small amount. But, of course, I didn’t expect a million rubles!”
Method No. 3
Focus on luck
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Successful people live in a constant sense of positive expectations, betting on a positive outcome. Losers tend to have negative expectations and almost always think that everything in their life is going wrong. On a subconscious level, they are not even ready to face luck.
Different levels of expectations give us dramatic differences between successful and unlucky people. The first believe: “I always try to get what I want in life, even if the chances of success are very small.” Second: “My luck is zero.” Why is there such a gap between these people? Richard Wiseman explains this by saying that our expectations play a key role in life, so one group of people can easily achieve their dreams and aspirations, while another group rarely succeeds.
This concept is confirmed by an example from the book. Many study participants admitted that they had never even tried to play the lottery or take part in a competition because they were always convinced that their failure would prevent them from winning.
Advice from Stoloto
- everyone has a lottery. It is a mistake to underestimate your chances of winning. If you have a goal to win, then this is already half the success. And don't forget about useful techniques, which can improve your chances of winning: use expanded bets and participate in distribution draws.
Method No. 4
Turn failures into success
Lucky people believe that negative events can be useful, and do not worry about troubles for long. In this way, they soften the emotional impact of bad luck.
Here's what Marvin, one of the study participants, says about this: “I just know that in the end everything will be okay. I know that I will win the lottery. Yes, I may not win the £10 million jackpot, but I'm sure there will be more to come. This is my advantage over people who don’t believe in their luck.”
Advice from Stoloto
- Be confident in your success. If you give up, nothing will happen. Natalya R., the winner of the 86th drawing of the Housing Lottery, won a million rubles thanks to her husband’s confidence: “All week my husband kept repeating like a habit: “I want five hundred thousand, I want five hundred thousand.” And closer to the point, as they say, he became even bolder: “I want a million!” When checking the results of the draw, the very first ticket turned out to be a winner. And not just a winning one, but a million-dollar one! So don't be afraid to dream."
Everything in life is luck. You just need to be able to turn circumstances to your advantage and not ignore luck.
In Great Britain married couple I was almost left without a gigantic amount of money won in the lottery. The tradition of buying a lottery ticket every weekend became such a habit that the family even periodically forgot to check winning numbers. A responsible salesperson helped them.
In the UK, a married couple celebrates winning the jackpot in national lottery. They got more than 20 million pounds (one billion six hundred forty-three million nine hundred eighteen thousand rubles and zero kopecks). However, if not fluke and someone else's responsibility, they could be left without winning, writes Metro.
Donna, 48, and David Stickley, 58, from Berkshire, forgot to check the ticket they bought on May 12. As Donna said, buying lottery tickets became a long-standing habit - they went for them every Friday before going to the pub.
As a result, when it turned out that the ticket was winning, the couple did not know about it. But during her next shopping trip, Donna was approached by a salesperson who asked her to call the national lottery company (Camelot) because the store could not give out prizes larger than £500.
David said that his wife called him at work, but could only breathe excitedly into the phone, so at first he even thought that something had happened.
She said the store told her to contact Camelot because we had won some money. She said: "I checked on the internet and I think we may have won £2 million, but maybe I'm wrong."
David told his wife to check everything thoroughly again, as he was sure that “things like this don’t happen to people like them.” After checking everything again, Donna sent her husband a screenshot, which clearly indicated that the couple had won, but not two million, but 21 million pounds.
“I didn’t know what to do, it was the middle of my work shift,” says David, “I told my wife to hide the ticket in a safe place for now and go shopping to take my mind off the thought of winning. And when I return from work, we will decide what to do next.
David and Donna said that they would use their winnings to help their parents, as they promised to take care of them. They want to celebrate their good fortune by “doing something they will never forget.”
If you think a British couple is fabulously lucky, you haven't heard the story of Canada's Dayne Bishop. In her life there was black line, there was no money, no health, but then she. It turns out that this happens.
David and Donna were lucky with a responsible seller, but another British player got an inattentive seller, which led to problems. He told the guy that he won a large sum, and when the “lucky one” told everyone about it and planned the purchases, .
Many people dream of winning the lottery, but only a lucky few succeed. What’s interesting is that having hit the million-dollar jackpot, these people often go crazy and start spending money left and right, ending up broke. Here are 15 stories of lottery winners who were too dumb to become millionaires.
15. Lisa Arcand
If ordinary person If you ask him what he would do with winning a million dollars, he would most likely answer that he would buy an expensive house and a cool car, and perhaps also travel the world. This is exactly what this woman did when she won a million dollars in the lottery in 2004. She bought a whole bunch of new furniture and a huge house so that she would have somewhere to put this furniture; identified my son as a darling private school; I spent some of the money on expensive resorts. The only problem is that after taxes, a million dollars remains an amount on which it is impossible to live for the rest of your life, especially if you spent most of the money without leaving the cash register. Realizing this, the woman spent the rest of her funds on a restaurant in order to generate income. But the restaurant went bankrupt - and by 2007, Lisa Arcand became bankrupt. When asked what it was like to become a lottery winner, she says that her experience was very bad.
14. Denise Rossi
It is believed that marriage is a sacred union between people who have sworn love and fidelity to each other, and although the divorce rate is high, strong married couples exist and live together happily ever after. But sometimes seemingly happy couples suddenly divorce: this happened to Denise Rossi when she asked for a divorce from her husband after 25 years of marriage in 1996, just after discovering that she had won $1.3 million in the lottery. She filled out a petition for divorce and insisted that all formalities be settled as quickly as possible so that she would not have to share the winnings with her ex-husband. However, he found out about the winning ticket and sued the woman. The case was considered for several years - and in 1999 the court concluded that Rossi had grossly violated the law on income declaration, as a result of which all her winnings were awarded to her ex-husband.
13. Marva Wilson
Since childhood, we have lived with the belief that our friends will support us in any situation and will go through thick and thin for us - and most often this is what happens, but sometimes people whom we considered friends meanly betray us. Marva Wilson also had to experience this bitter truth. In 2012, she won $2 million in the lottery, took the money and deposited it in a bank account. And then she gave unlimited access to this account to her “friend” Freya Pearson - who somehow managed to convince her to do this. Using someone else's bank account, Pearson did not deny herself anything - she paid for housing, went on vacation, bought cars and gambled. In total, she spent more than $640 thousand. As a result, Marva Wilson went broke just two years after her winnings (she herself, apparently, also spent a lot).
12. Willie Hurt
They say that money makes a person's life better, but sometimes the opposite is true - as in the case of Willie Hurt. In 1989, he won $3.1 million in the lottery, but instead of living happily with his wife and children on this money, he managed to ruin everything and lose his millions in just two years. After receiving the winnings, Hurt divorced, losing custody of his children; Moreover, he was arrested for attempted murder. The man spent most of his money on lawsuits related to his divorce and arrest, and the rest on drugs (it’s amazing how he survived, because he had a lot of money for drugs and, accordingly, drugs).
11. Callie Rogers
The average teenager wants to hang out and have fun, and it would be strange to expect them to be responsible with money. This was proven by 16-year-old Callie Rogers, who won £1,875,000 ($2.9 million) in 2003. There’s not even anything to tell: the girl spent part of the money on plastic surgery, and spent the rest on parties and drugs. Now she is married, she has children, but not a trace remains of her former millions. Callie sadly admits that she was too young to manage money wisely, and even says that 16-year-olds shouldn't be allowed to participate in lottery drawings.
10. Suzanne Mullins
Most often, lottery winners decide to take all their winnings at once, but some choose a different route and ask to be given the money in parts so as not to spend it all at once. This method may be smarter, but even it does not save everyone - and the case of Suzanne Mullins serves as an excellent example. In 1993, this woman won $4.2 million and decided that she would receive annual payments of $50,000 for 20 years. And she received them regularly, but she still didn’t have enough money. So Mullins applied for a loan from a company that lends money to lottery winners. In 2000, Virginia law changed to allow Mullins to keep the rest of her winnings in full; but what she forgot to do before she started spending this money was to close the debts of the company that had been lending her money for 7 years. As a result, she was taken to court and forced to pay everything (while still owing $150,000).
This couple from the UK really made a name for themselves! When they saw the winning lottery numbers on TV, they realized they had just hit the $5 million jackpot. But despite the fact that these people actually won millions, they managed to lose them without seeing a penny. As it turned out, for some reason they did not apply for their winnings immediately, and when they finally decided to do so, they could not find their lucky lottery ticket. And then they went to the lottery company to explain the situation. They were able to confirm that the winning ticket was indeed purchased by them. But it turned out that they did not meet the 30-day deadline that is given to report the loss of tickets, and therefore they will not be able to receive the winnings.
8. Evelyn Adams
Anyone who plays the lottery knows that the chances of winning are slim: you are more likely to be struck by lightning than to win a million. But just as sometimes lightning strikes the same person twice, there have been cases in lottery history where the same person has become a winner several times. Evelyn Adams was lucky enough to win the lottery twice, with a difference of just a year - in 2005 and 2006 - and total amount the winnings amounted to about $5.4 million. But already in 2007, Evelyn lost all her money. She made several unsuccessful investments, spent too much money on gifts for relatives, but the main problem was that she was too fond of gambling (which only benefited the casino owners in Atlantic City).
7. Louis Eisenberg
Louis Eisenberg is another man who won the lottery and lost everything despite agreeing to receive his winnings in installments. One of the reasons for this was that he practically handed them out left and right. Eisenberg won $5 million in 1981 and decided that he would receive $120,000 every year for 20 years. Of course, he spent money on himself - he bought a house in Florida, went on vacation to Hawaii and Europe, and was not averse to visiting the casino. But besides this, he also gave money to everyone who, in his opinion, desperately needed it. It is for this reason that nothing was left of his millions and, as a result, he had to live on social benefits. Nobody says that you shouldn’t help people in need, but that’s not a reason to give everything you have.
6. Gerald Muswagon
This native of Canada won $10 million in 1998, but managed to screw it all up. He bought cars and expensive gifts for friends and family, but spent most of his money on an expensive house designed specifically to host extravagant parties. The dude loved to have fun. These parties very quickly drained his bank account, to the point where he had to look for work with minimum payment just to feed his family (by the way, he had six children). The loss of all this money led the man to severe depression and in 2005 he took his own life.
5. Sharon Tirabassi
Another resident of Canada is Sharon Tirabassi, who won $10.5 million in the lottery in 2004, but in 2008 she no longer had it. After winning, Tirabassi lived in a big way: she bought herself insanely expensive things - a house for half a million, cars for 200 thousand, and so on. She also sponsored friends and relatives for trips to the Caribbean, Las Vegas, or wherever else they wanted to go on vacation. It is not surprising that with such regular spending, very soon her money was left with zilch. But at least she was proactive about her children's future by opening a secure closed-end trust fund for each of them.
Englishman Michael Carroll was so lucky that he won $14.4 million in the lottery, having just been released from prison and while on probation. probationary period. Before luck struck him in 2002, the 19-year-old worked as a garbage man. 19 years old is still a teenager, and we remember that teenagers do not know how to handle money responsibly. Carroll managed to spend his winnings with great speed and on a large scale: he bought a house, organized endless drinking parties in it, bought expensive jewelry and, of course, drugs... and a lot of money was spent on “dancers.” In general, he managed to spend everything in less than 10 years, and then went to work at the factory.
3. Janite Lee
As we have already said, charity is not bad, you just need to know when to stop. But Janite Lee, who won her $18 million in 1993, had no limits on anything. Neither in passion for gambling(she spent at least 300 thousand a year on this hobby), nor in her generosity. Surprisingly, it is true: most of her winnings went to charity. Over the course of eight years, Lee gave away millions of dollars to various charities, which was, of course, very generous and generous of her. But besides this, she also sponsored political campaigns- and this was an even more stupid waste of money than losing in a casino. In 2001, she was declared bankrupt.
2. Billy Bob Harrell - Jr.
Billy was a Texas preacher and in 1997, his prayers apparently were answered when he won an incredible $31 million jackpot. Harrell bought a ranch, and then six more houses for good measure, and several new cars, and, of course, made a significant donation to his church. But the bulk of the money went to his “friends” who urgently needed money - and Harrell had such a characteristic that he could never refuse someone in need. As a result, by 1999, his money ran out and his wife left him. Instead, depression came - and the man committed suicide.
1. David Lee Edwards
David Lee Edwards rightfully takes first place on this list - he surpassed everyone in the speed and scale of his spending. Edwards, a former criminal, was one of four lucky people to win a $280 million jackpot in 2001. After paying taxes, he received 27 million, and after just a year he managed to spend almost half of his winnings. During this year, a man bought a house for 600 thousand, a whole fleet of sports cars, a wild amount of antique medieval weapons (there were 200 swords alone), wrist watch for 78 thousand, a personal jet for 1.9 million and a fiber optic production company for 4.5 million. This could have been slowed down, but Edwards continued and mindlessly threw money around for another four years. It’s sad, but he also spent it on drugs. As a result, everything he bought over five years had to be sold off to buy drugs and pay off his debts. By the time he died - and this happened in 2006 - he no longer had any money left.
A man who has repeatedly become a winner in various lotteries told how he succeeds. It all started when he became a regular buyer of Stoloto lottery tickets.
— I never believed in lottery winnings, I always believed that any lottery is a scam, and even more so, I never allowed myself to think that I could win even a penny. Me even on the bus lucky tickets never came across the same numbers. Recently released on new job, and was stunned by the fact that everyone: managers, couriers, secretaries, accountants and, it seems, even bosses are participating in lottery draws. I also like lottery sectarians. They chip in, calculate the probabilities, check the draws, and all the time discuss who is playing how much and which Stoloto lottery.
It turned out that six months ago my predecessor, whose position I came to (I hope this is a good sign for me), won more than 10 million! As soon as I received the winnings, I immediately quit my job, bought two apartments, became a rentier, and now lives where there is no winter.
With its crazy, almost unreal, as it seems to me, story he instilled in my colleagues, and now in me, the hope that it is possible in one moment, without making any effort, to radically change your life. Just buy a ticket for 100 rubles, wake up and realize that from now on you no longer need to get up at 8 am, drink tea from a bag, collect buckwheat with a cutlet in a plastic container, then spend an hour, and sometimes an hour and a half, jostling in the subway, running to the hated work, and in the end still be 10 minutes late, receiving a fine and having to write an explanatory note to some guy. Gods, while I was writing, it became unpleasant for me own life. Am I really living like this? It's all me? What if he really gets lucky with a lottery ticket?
Well, here we go: At first I listened to the conversations, then I tried it hesitantly, and now I, together with my colleagues, regularly participate in lottery draws, one might say, I have become a pro. Maybe open courses and make some money from it? Trainings are popular now))) Just kidding, kidding. So there you go!
Where to buy lotteries?
We buy lottery tickets through mobile app"Stoloto" or on the official website. This is the largest lottery store, or as they call themselves - an online supermarket, there are all the lotteries that exist in Russia: “Gosloto”, “Sportloto”, “Russian Lotto”, etc. .
According to the law, it seems like all lotteries in Russia are conducted under state control. I think it’s worth noting that to purchase any lottery you need to register and provide a phone number. This is a legal requirement.
Of course, you can buy lotteries at different retail outlets, there are a lot of them, but it’s still more convenient on the internet. Although everyone has their own problems. It's nice for anyone to go to a lottery kiosk, even to grandma's. There are always crowds of people there too. I saw it myself a couple of times.
You can pay for tickets by bank card
, it is possible to pay for the ticket with Yandex.Money, QIWI Wallet, bonuses and promotional codes. Plus, winnings are transferred to the Stoloto wallet; you can also buy tickets using this wallet.
Once, however, there was a problem with the Stoloto application, I couldn’t pay for the ticket for about 20 minutes, fortunately I made it to the required circulation, but the sediment remained. Technical support works efficiently, they respond quickly and to the point.
What lotteries should I buy at Stoloto?
According to my observations, the highest probability of winning is in the Gosloto and Rapido lotteries. Of course everyone has famous lotteries"Russian Lotto" and " Housing lottery“, but draws take place once a week, and the probability of winnings is still less, since there is no opportunity to make detailed bets and thus increase the probability. On the other hand, of course you can buy more tickets. By the way, it might make sense to think about this.
Lotteries from Gosloto: “4 out of 20”, “5 out of 36”, “6 out of 45”, “7 out of 49”. These are lotteries with multi-million dollar super prizes, and it is very likely to win a good amount of money in them. The whole essence of these lotteries is already contained in the name. Draws for these lotteries take place in live Online. The broadcast is broadcast from the Stoloto lottery center, located in Moscow, somewhere in Volgogradka. They say you can come there and see this entire kitchen for yourself.
My recommended lottery "Rapido" is a fast lottery, a drawing that takes place every 15 minutes. The probability of winning is high, but here is the cost minimum rate– 150 rub. The lottery has an increased prize fund- 67% from each ticket sold.
There are many more lotteries on the Stoloto website, but I haven’t studied them thoroughly, Therefore, the post will only talk about verified ones.
How to participate in Stoloto lottery draws to win
Rapido
A standard ticket costs 150 rubles.(the price went up just recently).
IN lottery ticket 2 fields. In one field you can choose 8 numbers out of 20, in the second - from 1 to 4. If you select all 4 numbers in the second field, the cost of the ticket will already be 600 rubles, but this will significantly increase the chances of winning.
It is also possible to set a multiplier, i.e. if a ticket costs 300 rubles, and you put a multiplier of 2, then, accordingly, your winnings will double. The maximum multiplier is 100, a ticket with 4 numbers in the second field and the maximum multiplier will cost 60,000 rubles.
The minimum winnings in the lottery are 300 rubles, provided that you guessed 5 numbers in the first field and 1 in the second.
I have won this lottery many times. Here's from the last one (screenshot of the win).
Gosloto
Depending on the lottery, you can also place detailed bets here. Of course, this increases the cost of the ticket significantly, but the likelihood of winning the lottery also increases. My colleagues and I chip in and do high bid. Each of us writes one or more numbers, depending on the lottery and the number of participants. Three times already we have won more than 100,000 rubles (+/- 20,000 each), of course, this is not a jackpot, but good money! So I advise you to make detailed bets.
How to get your winnings in Stoloto
The most popular way— you can claim your winnings at retail point. Pickup points depend on the amount. At Russian Post branches and Rostelecom offices you can receive winnings of up to 1,000 rubles, up to 10,000 rubles. - in Euroset communication shops, and bookmakers Baltbet and lottery network Balt-Loto pays winnings up to 100,000 rubles. Without identification documents, no one, of course, will give the money, so you need to present them, as well as the winning code received via SMS and information about the electronic lottery ticket (with unique key and ticket number).
Winnings can be transferred to your personal account. This is quite easy to do. To transfer funds won in the lottery to a personal account, a package of documents is required, as for receipt at a retail outlet. Copies of documents are sent along with the application and bank details by mail.
You can also come to lottery center and collect your winnings there. I have been wanting to go there for a long time, I hope that very soon I will have the opportunity to go and collect my money.
Important information about taxes on lottery winnings
Lottery winnings are taxed. The tax is 13%, and for those who are not tax residents in the Russian Federation - 30%, but this is a tiny amount compared to the large winnings. From the official site:
From January 1, 2018, if the winning amount is equal to or exceeds 15,000 rubles, then tax is withheld when winnings are paid out. If the winnings amount is less than 15,000 rubles, then you need to independently contact the tax authority at your place of residence no later than April 30 of the year following the expired tax period and submit a tax return.
I recently read about a winner who didn’t pay tax., he had already spent all the money (although there was a lot of it), and now the tax authorities are confiscating his property. So don’t be greedy, if you win, then pay taxes, although according to the new law, if the winning amount is equal to or exceeds 15,000 rubles, then the tax on such an amount is withheld upon payment (the tax on smaller amounts must be paid independently). Just for the greedy and forgetful.
What did I win in the STOLOTO lottery?
To summarize: after two months of regular participation in lottery draws"Stoloto":
spent: 17,000 rub.,
won: 62,000 rub.
There were a lot of emotions and adrenaline!
I also noticed that I have become luckier in life, the main thing is to believe that you can be lucky too. I would not recommend completely relying on lotteries, much less spending the last one in the hope of hitting the jackpot. Everything is good in moderation!
