curse of the lotto!!

I would have to agree with almost everyone else on here in that it's more them being irresponsible than horrible luck. People believe that even though they spent $3 million on a home and they won $5 million that $2 million isn't going to last them a lifetime with that home's taxes. Plus, they splurge on all the unnecessary materialistic items would could only dream of. If they were more responsible with their finances...say investing by using one of the best Advisors in the world, they would prosper.

I watched this documentary. It was very depressing. The one about the guy losing his wife was really sad. I don't think a curse comes with winning the lottery. Money just changes people. As for the people who get in trouble because everyone begs them for money a firm no would have saved them a lot of trouble. If I was a millionare I wouldn't want a lot of people to know about it.

If I won, there aren't many people that I would tell. I wouldn't sock it all away but I wouldn't squander it on meaningless things. I would try to do some good with it and help people but that would be done anonymously. The bad luck that can come after a big win is usually poor financial planning like gold plating your toilet seats or buying a different car for each day of the week.

People are not responsible when they win the Lottery. They need to think things through before spending money. they should also ask questions and hire an accountant to help them with the taxes and so forth. They also need to spend responsibly. If you plan on quitting your job, you must plan for the future.

I have a theory, would you like to hear it? Okay, the people that play the lottery are being exploited. The lottery exploits the poor and gives them a hope that if they could just win they would quit their job and everything would be super duper. They are unschooled on finances because anybody who knows numbers would never play the lottery. The odds are against you from the start, if you do win, there are taxes, nut job relatives and the fact that you are now popular and you have a lot of money. Celebrities or high profile people can afford security and don't mind paying for it. Those who fall into a jackpot don't even think about the consequences of winning, just that they want to win. If I ever played the lottery and won I would then buy a million dollars worth of tickets for the next lottery, the odds would be in my favor to win again, and I would keep doing it until I got bored, but since I'd rather not give my money away I don't.

That's because documentaries about people who win the lottery and are very happy with the results don't put bums on seats, I'm afraid. Nor do documentaries about people who win but don't want the publicity, and nondisclosure of your details is almost always an option in these things. Given the number of lotteries running worldwide, I think you could safely say at average of at least one person wins the jackpot every day, somewhere. They can't all be miserable.