Top 5 Lottery Winners Share the Best and Worst Advice They’ve Ever Heard
Lottery Winners and Their Advice – The Good and the Ugly
We’ve forever reported about how lottery winners spend their fortune on things they don’t really need only to find themselves completely broke and penniless. But it always amazes me how this is taken so lightly, with a grain of salt as it is termed. People keep giving advice left, right and centre and lottery winners just take it from there. While some measure the benefit of the advice given, others just follow it to the letter. Sometimes they’re lucky, other times they’re super doomed. Here are the top 5 lottery winners and their best and worst advice for you to learn from!
Lottery Winner #1 – Mark Brudenell
This man won the lottery in 1997 for a whopping £916,915 and currently lives with his wife Cheryl in a five-bedroom family home. Yes, that’s right, a house big enough to fit an entire village. However, last year he said,
“We used a majority of our winnings to set up our business; however, we also bought ourselves a great home as well as some lovely cars – a Range Rover Sport and an Audi A5. Winning the lottery set us up for life and has given us options we would never have had.”
Lottery Winner #2 – Alex Snelius
Alex won the lottery in the year 2000 for a whopping $18 million, but he never thought that this fortune will turn out to be a curse on him. According to Alex,
“It’s a curse, it’s a curse, believe me it’s a curse. One thing I would eliminate: friends and relations, because they’re [the] worst enemy of all, the friends and relations.”
Lottery Winner #3 – Roy Gibney
Roy won the lottery in July 1998 for a min blowing £7,500,000. This man didn’t just spend everything; in fact, he invested in business and made wise choices. He said,
“When I won I enjoyed all the luxuries you would expect of a lottery winner – even featuring my winning lottery numbers on the bottom of my 50′ swimming pool which I built at my Grimsby home. Nowadays I don’t indulge myself quite as much as I used to but still enjoy the carefree life winning has given me. I spilt my time between my villa in Cyprus and Britain. I also feel it was important to give back and have supported many charities – whether it’s running charity fishing days or dressing up as Father Christmas for the local hospital.”
Lottery Winner #4 – Sharon Mather
Sharon won the EuroMillions lottery jackpot in June 2010 for a rib cracking £12,408,000 and cleared her family’s mortgages and bought properties for her and her partner’s parents! According to Sharon,
“Sharing the win has been the best experience. It was amazing to be able to take Nigel’s mum and dad away on their first holiday abroad in 20 years and we’ve been able to make family members mortgage free which is a fantastic feeling. It’s also been really important to us to give something back, and take an active interest in charities like Stockdales and Francis House that make a real difference.”
Lottery Winner #5 – Gareth Bull
Gareth won the EuroMillions jackpot for a solid £40,627,241 in January of 2012. After going on vacations and buying cars and houses, Gareth was quoted saying,
“Since winning we’ve been able to take our foot off the peddle a bit and relish life more. We’ve always worked hard as a couple and it’s fantastic to be able to spend time doing things with our boys. We also believe it’s important to give something back and are involved with various charities as well as taking an active part in our local community by doing voluntary work at our the Debdale Park Sports & Recreational Club, which we really enjoy!”
Why Only 1 Worst Advice From Lottery Winners?
Isn’t the world already so full of crap? The reason I only mentioned one is because there’s just one the fact that lottery can be a curse on your life if you fail to preserve your fortune how you’re initially supposed to. You see, before lottery players become lottery winners they have all sorts of dreams, sensible ones, but as soon as the Lady Luck blesses them, their thoughts go south. Why this happens is something I don’t really know, but it happens and we have to deal with it. As a sensible lottery player, take advice from successful lottery winners to be able to preserve your fortune for as long as you can. This way not only you, but also your family will be happy you won the lottery!
