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Many people think that winning alotterycan positively change your life.
However, research shows quite the opposite.
So, winning a lottery may not be the solution to all of our problems.
For some people, winning the lottery can ruin their lives.
At least thats what happened to this woman.
Manylottery winnersarent that much happier or well-off after coming into so much money unexpectedly.
There are many stories in the media of miserable lottery winners.
Jack Whittaker, the winner of $315 million in Virginia in 2002claimstheres a curse of the Powerball win.
Whittaker went broke soon after his win and even lost his daughter to cancer and granddaughter to overdose.
Several publications quoted him saying, I wish we had torn the ticket up.
Its just upheaval that theyre not ready for, hetoldTIME.
People [take their own lives].
People run through their money.
Easy comes, easy goes.
They go through divorce or people [pass away].
Whittaker had almost all of these things happen to him.
He alsosaidthat he faced constant requests from many, leaving him unable to trust anyone.
Another lottery winner Sandra Hayes said the same thing happened to her.
That caused a lot of emotional pain.
Richard Lustig, who won several lottery prizes, was quite smart with his winnings.
He even wrote a bookLearn How to Increase Your Chances of Winning the Lottery, sharing his method.
They just go through it like crazy, hetoldTIME.
They think theres no tomorrow.
Well, there is a tomorrow and eventually, it will run out.
A2020 studyin Sweden asked lottery winners about their emotional well-being five and 22 years after winning.
She took the advice of financial planners and is now living off the interest of her winnings.
Check out the results:
