Do you know anyone who won a big lottery jackpot? How did it work out for them?

[exitseven]

I knew a guy who won 100K but this was almost 40 years ago when that was a lot of money. My mother worked with his wife. This poor guy got pestered so much by people that wanted donations that he died of a heart attack.

[ChiTown33]

I bought a lottery ticket and gave it to my niece and her husband for Christmas, that turned out to be 10k winner. I don't know if you consider that a "big" jackpot. Also my state for a few years. Always did a million dollar raffle where they sold a 100k tickets and the grand prize was a million. Not that 100k isn't still long odds but name me another lottery where you have that good of odds of winning a million. So I always bought 1 ticket (20 bucks) and I won one of the lesser prizes of 1k.

Sorry to hear about that guy.

[zeitgeist057]

One of those a year is a much better bet than 20 Lotto tix, which are closer to a 1 in 10 million chance. One in 100K is great.

[ChiTown33]

@zeitgeist057 yeah, I never buy more than 1 ticket. I used to be a poker player so I'm well aware of the odds.😆 buying more than one ticket really doesn't increase your odds. I always say "I'm not buying the ticket just the dream". And the dream is worth a few measly bucks to me.
I would always pool money with the raffle. So I never paid the full 20 bucks.

[Sparkie460]

I don't know anyone who won big. The biggest I've ever won was $2700. That was 28 years ago.

[Jamie05rhs]

@Sparkie460. That's a nice chunk of money!

[Sparkie460]

@Jamie05rhs it came at a good time because our only car at the time broke down. That money was used for the repair

[Jamie05rhs]

@Sparkie460 Aw man. That sucks!
Well, at least you had the money when you needed it.

[Sparkie460]

Sometimes I wonder if the winning was a jinx.

[Sparkie460]

Thanks for the mho

[TrueConfection]

I know a woman who won $1M on a scratch ticket. Her husband is a business owner and makes a descent amount of money, so it's hard to say what came from which pot. They built a large showy house. It's a pretty house, but it's in a quaint neighborhood and the style doesn't match the area at all. They bought luxury cars and a $250k RV. They take big trips several times a year and they are surrounded by fake people.

[exitseven]

People that are small business owners usually have better outcomes. 70% of big jackpot winners end up broke within 5 years.

[TrueConfection]

Thanks for the MHO ❤

[Jammaa]

I don't know anyone who won anything close to that much in this time. He was a lucky guy at the moment, but that really sucks how it all ended

[Avicenna]

I used to know someone who won a lottery in Germany around 1962 (he's now deceased). He seemed to have used the money well (bought a house, started a business).

[Daniela1982]

Most blow their money and then have to declare bankruptcy.

[exitseven]

@Daniela1982 Yes, I think I heard that 70% of big jackpot winners are broke again within 5 years.

[jamesgoldman]

My uncles are friends with the lotto lout Michael Carroll, guy won £9.6million and blew the lot in about a decade

Now he doesn't see his kids and live in a one bedroom flat earning a modest income between work and the occasional media interview

[AviatorTom]

I've known several people who have won small amounts in the lottery, most of them on scratch-off tickets, but no one winning a large amount.

Best I've ever done is winning a free ticket for the next lottery. I rarely play the lottery.

[Daniela1982]

I think I won $20 once but that was it. I don't waste my money on it anymore.

[exitseven]

I won 50 bucks one time.

[rachel776]

there's a lady in the grocery store i go to whose brother won $2 million

[Andres77]

We had a plan that we would not even tell our own kids. Keep it secret, keep it safe

[lightbulb27]

No that be a new set of problems they likely aren't ready for.

[jahaims]

Uncle on my wife's side won around 800k. He retired out of the military then was a prison guard for like 40 years so he didn't need it. Bought a car then gave the rest of it to his kids more or less.

[msc545]

I knew somebody who won $100,000 in the lottery and spent $90,000 of it on more scratch off tickets. On those tickets she won about $600.

[Daniela1982]

Sounds like a gambling addiction.

[msc545]

Possibly but that sort of misses the point.

[Jamie05rhs]

Oh, wow. That's really sad. I'm sorry.

[Fuentes]

Lol damn he was to soft to win that