I agree with you Ms. I once knew 2 lotto winners, and they were careless and foolhardy before thwy won- and even more so after!

Winning any big amount of money does not make one smart....hire a 'lawyer' and a 'money-management' person/s when you come into this type of predicament!

M

You would think what could possibly go wrong when winning the lotto that you dream of most your life? These are only a few cases out of many happy winners. No one really knows unless being in the situation. Life changes can be overwhelming even when something is desired and received can be. Becareful what you wish. Money does not cure the person's issue with themselves. It goes to show that a person's inner problems can't be solved with money, even a million. I for one would think smart about the future and take care of helping a few in the family. Giving it all away to family and friends isn't wise. Of course I'd give to my brother in school right now. I'd pay for his schooling. I'd give him money to help start his life. Giving everything to people isn't always the best thing for them. I'd do things for myself, invest in the future. We can all say we would do better but honestly, the lotto sometimes goes to the wrong people. Thats life.

How about the winners use some common sense? It is said that 'a fool and his money are soon parted', and I believe it after reading this.

But seriously, I think that those winners were irresponsible people with or without the money. The money just made them seem worse because they were in the public spotlight. They would probably have ended up where they did with or without that money. Sad? Nope. Stupid? Well, they also say that 'you just can't fix stupid'! :)

I would spend my time teaching people how to spell and use full stops.

lottery=money=power=ego=mistakes =financial loss=stress=anger=relation problems=sadness=lots more problems.to avoid all this just control your ego and thank god for every thing and dont tell anybody and if some one dont like you cos you not sorted them out they are not your friends or relatives and hanger around people who are rich as you

Well it depends how people react.

If i won the lottery, M sure i wil never be in above list.The first thing i am gona do is to do some charity, there are alot more people who need it more than me.

so wil feed the poor, wil help the needy.

Ofcourse wil buy lil better house.Some fixd deposit for my sons university.Wil take my parents on a holiday.N wil invest some money in business to make a safer future.

M sure i wont end up being a looser.

ya can't catch a fish if yer line's not in the water...i'll take my $1 chances...

i have never won anything in my life things like the lottery dont come to people like me and my wife it goes to people who have lots of money in the first place that is why if i did ever win it ha ha ha very funny i would spend it very wisely i would help me friends real friends that is and put money in a bank for my son so he had a good start in life i would live where iam still living and i would tell noone so that by the time the year was up at least i would still have some left thats the way to do it but like i said it doesnt come to people like us only to people who dont need it but not to people who do

Stupid Suckers .You deserve all the grief you got .

Winning the lottery can be the turning point in ones life....obviously these people are...

"ONE FRUIT LOOP SHY OF A FULL BOWL"

Three words come to mind when winning the lottery....

INVEST INVEST INVEST

Best Wishes

"The Paisan from PSL"

i can not for the life of myself understand how people with so much money can not make it work for them or they can think of doing is buying drugs and giving the money to people who at any other time wouldnt give them to time of day or give them any help it they needed it what a load of twits i have naver known a bunch of such daff people in my life it is people like that that dont need to win the lotto as they dont deservie to have the money

if u have much money give out to those guys ,

Ross, the idea that "if you can't be happy w/o it you can't be happy with it" are words that I have said to my children many times.

Dave, you left out a word in your quotation. Love. The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. You were on the right track.

Money doesn't make sense. Sounds like they needed and lawer and CPA.

HEY, I think the guy who got a great party, wedding, vacation

and a new house did fine.

So he decided he liked his old

job at McDonalds. What's wrong with that?

ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHERE ALREADY LOSSERS TO BEGEN WITH. NOW YOU GIVE ME $ 1 MILLION AND SEE HOW HAPPY I GET. I DONT HAVE ANY FRIENDS. MY KIDS ARE MAD AT ME ALREADY. I WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP DOING WHAT I AM DOING NOW BUT BE MORE HAPPY ABOUT IT.

Money is like life. I you waiste it it will be over soon. After winning the lotto, if you continue to live life the same way and use the money wisely, don't tell toom many people, you will live a better life and the money will last longer.

their are many more out there that have

won and lived a very nice life. Sorry folks,

but you are the ones that "nessed up"

and in a big way. Did not have to be this

way.

I have worked since I was 14 years o;d , I really do wish I was lucky enough to win a couple of cool millions, but I dont see that happening in the near future. If the nnewly made millionaires wish to give some away , please send it this way , I will see if I can handle it.!

It isn't the Lotto that caused this,

It is the people to whom the money came.

Just curious, how many people have won big money from the lotto and are not losers like these people?

This is just a miniscule number of people compared to the number of winners.

Have a well thought out written plan before you win and stick to it then maybe you will not have as many heart aches as these people.

Maybe these people deserve the loss of this money. They are obviously to idiotic and foolish to handle the money. what they did with it was obviously wrong and thats why they lossed it.Let it be a lessoned learned. There is to much greed in this modern day though.

This helps explain why liberalism is so dehumanizing. Showering people with money is never the answer. People treat money based on the effort needed to get it, and when no effort is spent at all (such as in lottery winnings, welfare payments and other similar social programs) people just don't respect it. When sweat is spent obtaining money, the respect is there. Throwing money at people like this is dehumanizing in that the recepiants find them selves in worse shape than before.

Creating growth oppertunities is the answer instead.

Winning the lottery is the opportunity of a lifetime. I have everything i want. Winning the lottery, would be the iceing on the cake. I'll take my chances with the lottery money. I'd like to see how many people i can make smile with that money.

i think it would be great to win a lottery i am so tired of living pay day to pay day on 7.15 an hour now i am unemployed and its not fun not to be able to pay bills or make sure i have food for my kids and with christmas almost here and no money to buy any gifts well you know i would be thrilled to have won a lottery! have a good day

It is true that most people have no clue what it takes to have money like this. My dh and I play the lottery and our plan is x amount of millions put into CD's, x amount to each family member or friend, paying off all bills, remodeling our condo or buying a new house if we would win enough. We would also buy new cars, maybe take a nice vacation, but the bulk of the money would be rolled over into safe investments to live on. No idiotic schemes, no relatives with their hands out over and over, they would be given a one time gift and told this is all we can ever give you so use it well, period. We would also set up trusts where the people could only siphon so much off per month or whatever to save on tax debt. I think the best thing for people with their heads in the stars about winning is, DON'T PLAY! If you have your hopes set on winning, throw your money away at a casino instead.

l have stopped buying lottery tickets because l supect that a dispproptionate amount will be given to the Olympic Games at the expence of "good" causes, l now bet on the Irish lottery at my local betting shop(£2 per week and have won £74 twice so far (two numbers) which is more than l ever got buying Nat. lottery tickets,

We can't base the facts of winning big on a group of losers like these. Not all of them are losers but you get the drift of what I am saying If you are heading on a down hill life and have no sence of value to start with money just speeds up the process. If you've spent your life boozing it up or drugging yourself you just do more of it with money. Don't get me wrong not everyone does this, it just is easier to go that way with money.For those who lose Friends after winning there is a parallel here with alcohol. Money and Alcohol don't make you a mean or self centered person they just have a way of bringing it out of some people. Some people with or without money are destined to a sad life.They hurt those around them until no one wants to be around them anymore.If people would treat those around them good and keep doing this as they spend their days here on earth then the riches that we are all wanting would already be here and not worrying about winning the lottery. Money can be good

Dear Folks,

Try this: Give out 1 million dollar lottery winning as a maximum win to more people.

Teach elementary school children how to manage a dollar.

Remember the biblical tale of The Ten Talents--let's see who can prosper and not behave like a child with thier winnings!

Rowdy Boots

That only proves one thing,"You can't fight ignorance"

If a person has a plan, just in case something wonderful happens; like winning the lottery, they should, before spending a cent of it. sit down, go over their plan, and there is always plan B.

Act like a bank robber should, don't go around spending money you would never think about before. Don't buy anything BIG or different,than you would normally do. Once you have these things, you want MORE, and MORE, until finially there is no normalicy in your life. You are showing the world that you have acquired all this,

"STUFF" that they will never have, and that's all.

If you have Family, you know they will come running, even though they haven't phoned you in months. Give them a piece,

whatever you feel they are worthy of, put it in their name, so they pay the taxes on it.

Then after everyone has been taken care of

tell them; " Get Lost". Do something sweet for your Momma ,and start enjoying

the rest of your LIFE! GOD BLESS.

why? because monry can't buy u love or happen.

A good percentage of the individuals that win lottery cash find out one thing: Having large amounts of cash only make you more of what you already are.

Now lets hear some success stories.

Thank you

Where are the good stories? I bet they out weigh the bad ones

I think that people have no idea how much a million dollars is.

It's like a million has no limit. It won't buy all of the things that a winner thinks.

I agree 1oo% that finding a financial advisor should be required of winners.

Stupid is as stupid does!!

It is very simple. One can't cure stupid!

You never hear about the winners every damn week! The good stories. You always hear about the same damn ones. Give me a shot at it. I am confident the marbles would roll straight. I bet you it wouldnt be hard to dig up a hundred good news stories rather than focusing on these poor bastards.

Good story. You left off a big one though.

David Edwards of Kentucky, won 42 million gross, 27 million net, playing the Power Ball lottery.

He purchased a million dollar home in Florida, a private jet, a dozen exotic sports cars, a house full of jewelry and bundles and bundles of crack cocaine and other drugs.

In the end, the house was sold in foreclosure and he and his new wife ended up living in a storage unit. That is until they were kicked out of their also and all their belongings were sold off to pay the storage bill.

David is having major medical problems and he and his wife were in and out of court numerous times on drug charges.

He had stated in a news conference, to announce his win, that he was going to invest the majority amount of his winnings and live a simple life. Four short years after winning, he is virtually penniless but his wish of a simple life.

Be careful what you wish for.

money cannot buy you morals. My sister

did the same thing with her Disability ck. out of the woodwork came the slime. Now she is selling off her T.V and stuff to buy drugs.

Unfortunately, money does not instantly invest one with the character qualities necessary to use it wisely. Words like integrity, honesty, self discipline, thrift, compassion, forgiveness, and service are not merely words. They are spritual principles that must be practiced as a way of life if one is to find any serenity and peace. This is true regardless of how much money one has. Indeed, If I don't learn and internalize these principles, money just becomes a huge headache.

you show only ten of the hundreds whom have won ther are many more who are doing good with their winnings, these people were idiots to start with... the money just made them rich IDIOTS, enough said!!!!!

I would like to see what I would REALLY do with it. Although were pretty well and trully Blessed in the ways that matter.

Why is it that the ones who can't handle it get to win? Those who have money troubles after winning, often had them before. The lottery only magnifies the problems, not causes them.

I would love to win the lottery. My wife and I have talked how much fun it would be to then go into hiding, and do things for people when they would least expect it. Then leave before they found out where it came from.

What a blast and the stories one could tell.

Apparently, you only like to report the bad! I'll bet there are 20 happy endings to this lousy 10.