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Lotto Curse
Failure to adjust accordingly after winning a lottery could ruin the life of a lottery winner and make it worse than it was before. Many lottery winners do not adjust accordingly after hitting the jackpot. In that regard, the lives of many of those who win lotteries end up being worse than they were before.
Is winning a lottery a curse or a blessing? While many of us consider it a blessing, a vast majority of those who have been there and seen it all regard it a curse. Ask Jackson Whittaker. After winning a whooping $315 million in a lottery 11 years ago, Whittaker adopted creative ways of using money. In addition to donating vast sums to charity, Whittaker also deemed it fit to advance generous handouts to friends and family. What remained was either stolen or squandered at strip clubs. At one point, a total of $545,000 according to Adams was stolen "from his car while it was parked outside a strip club." The stolen amount according to Adams was both in cash and cashier's checks. Prior to winning the lottery, Whittaker's life was largely happy. He had a caring family around him and his business was doing fine. His life according to Mesiti changed on the 25th day of Dec 2002 when after stopping to refuel his car, he decided to purchase a lottery ticket. In the words of Mesiti, "he says that if he could do it all over again, he would have just filled up his tank,...
Stories of lives of lottery winners being turned upside down after winning the lottery do not end with Whittaker's misfortune.
Billie Bob Harrell is, again, one of the many individuals whose lives changed for the worse after wining a lottery. According to Wright, before winning the $31 million, Harrell was a responsible individual who managed to keep his family together despite earning a meager salary as a shelf-stocker in one of America's most popular retail stores (186). Like Whittaker, Harrell also chose to be creative in the utilization of his winnings. In addition to buying a ranch, Harrell also chose to treat family members with new cars and houses (Wright 186). As the author further points out, Harrell's generosity also saw him help dozens of people who came to him for financial assistance. Like any other resource, money is likely to run out if it is not reinvested. With most of the money gone as a result of uncontrolled spending, Harrell one day "went upstairs into a bedroom, placed a shotgun against his chest, and pulled the trigger!" (Wright 187). His suicide came only twenty months after his winning.
Janet Lee and Evelyn Adams are two other individuals who were "unlucky" enough to win a lottery.…
Works Cited
Adams, Susan. "Why Winning Powerball Won't Make You Happy." Forbes, 28th Nov. 2012. Web. 9th April 2013 < http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/11/28/why-winning-powerball-wont-make-you-happy/
Davis, Kristin. "Rich! (Now What?)" Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine November 2000: 93-97. Print.
Mesiti, Pat. The $1 Million Reason to Change Your Mind. Melbourne: John Wiley and Sons, 2011. Print.
Mulvaney, Maureen G. The Women's Millionaire Club. St. Phoenix, AZ: Gratitude Publishing, 2011. Print.
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