Many dream of winning a huge amount of money, and even have already compiled an endless list of expensive purchases and desires. However, in reality, not everyone can properly dispose of the money won. And why win a lot of money, if then it’s very stupid to lower it, and, which is not unlikely, also get bogged down in debt. Here are a few such examples, when people, in the most mediocre way, lowered all their winnings, practically becoming beggars.
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Sharon Tirabassi. The woman won $10,000,000. Enough money for 9 years.
A single mother, Sharon Tirabassi, before winning the lottery, she worked as a bus driver and lived in a modest rented house. When she received $10,569,000, her life changed dramatically. She bought a fancy house, a few fancy cars, wore only designer clothes, traveled in style. And also arranged grandiose parties and did not skimp on gifts. Apparently the woman forgot that money tends to end. Now she is a bus driver again who lives in a small rented house.
However, there is one moment in which the mother of six children acted wisely. She deposited a sum of money into each bank account. True, they will be able to get it only after reaching 26 years.
More than 1,000,000 for taxes.
Tonda Dickerson in the past - a cafe waitress, having won a fabulous amount of money, decided not to share it with her employees. Apparently, for her stinginess, she was punished. With the amount received, she decided to found her own corporation. Surprisingly, for some reason she wrote off 51% of the shares to her relatives. After a while, for such a generous gesture, she had to pay a tax - in the amount of 1,119,347.90 dollars.
Drowned in debt.
Susan Mullins won the lottery in 1993 and received $4,200,000. She decided that she would not demand the entire amount at once, but would divide the payments into several parts over several years. However, the desire for a luxurious and instant life turned out to be stronger. She began to get into debt, in the hope that she would pay them off from the winnings, but she spent the money stubbornly and persistently. By the time the $4,200,000 in her bank account had dried up, another bank sued her for $154,000,000.
A verbal agreement led to the court.
A builder named Americano Lopez agreed with his comrades that he would share the money with them if he won. He did not expect, but he really won. Of course, Lopez did not want to share, and as an excuse he said that he was undergoing surgery. However, the builder's comrades were no less cunning than he. They found out that Lopez was not sick at all, and they brought him to court for deceit. The judge was also of the opinion that one should share with comrades. What amount, his comrades managed to sue - is not reported.
Won and died at the hands of her own husband.
Ibi Roncaioli won $5,000,000 in the lottery in 1991. Where to spend them - the woman did not consult with anyone, even with her husband Joseph Roncaioli. (This is a fatal mistake).
After a while, the husband learned that Ibi had transferred $2,000,000 to the account of her illegitimate child, whom he had never heard of. Joseph became so angry with his wife that he poisoned her with a large amount of painkillers, for which he was sentenced to prison.
Lost everything in slot machines.
Evelyn Adams in the 80s was considered the luckiest person of the century. Contrary to all theories of probability, she won huge sums of money twice in two years. Her total winnings amounted to $5,400,000. However, she did not gain anything worthwhile with them. She spent all her money on slot machines in Atlantic City. Former millionaire Evelyn Adam now lives in a trailer.
From a scavenger to riches... And back to a scavenger.
Briton Mike Carroll worked as a scavenger before winning $15,000,000 in 2002. Having received, as it seemed to him, complete power over his life, he began to drown in cocaine, expensive cars and prostitutes. The money was enough for 5 years. Now he's a scavenger again.
Prayed for money and forgot to pray for brains.
Pentecostal preacher Billy Harrpel worked at a hardware store. For a long time he prayed that God would send him at least some amount of money. And finally, in 1997, he won $31,000,000. Deciding that all the difficulties are behind him, he began to buy expensive mansions and cars. Relatives also decided that they could count on a certain amount. In general, after a while the bankrupt preacher divorced his wife and committed suicide.
3,000,000 for drugs.
In 1989, Willie Hurt from Michigan won $3,100,000 in the lottery. The truth is that already 2 years later Hurt was under investigation for attempted murder, he was also in drug addiction and was, inexplicably, absolutely poor. Even his own children turned away from him.
Died before trial. She was alone in prison.
Alex and Rhoda Toth from Florida, won $13,000,000 in 1990. Having organized their own business, and after not coping with it, after 15 years, they declared themselves bankrupt. To all this, they were charged with "tax evasion". Without waiting for the court's decision, Alex died. Roda had to serve time alone.
10,000,000 for parties.
Canadian Gerald Masvengon won $10,000,000 in the lottery in 1998, which he successfully spent on parties that lasted for 7 years. When he realized in 2005 that he was poor again, he hanged himself in his parents' garage.
Happy to be poor.
William Post won $16,200,000 in 1988. But instead of comfort and pleasure, they brought him a series of misfortunes. First, the ex-wife showed up, who considered that she was entitled to part of the winnings and filed a lawsuit. Then, relatives who appeared out of nowhere began to ask for financial support. And finally, the brother of the newly-made millionaire, wishing to take away the entire amount of the winnings from him, hired a killer.
After a while, absolutely poor, and in addition with a million debt, Post felt himself the most happy man, since all the "bloodsuckers" lagged behind him.
I gave all the winnings to my husband through the court and..
Denise Rossi won $1,300,000 in the lottery. Since they had a strained relationship with her husband, she decided not to share her winnings with him and divorced. Naturally, she did not indicate anything in the divorce papers about winning. The quick-witted husband suspected some strangeness in Denise's behavior, but did not do anything. Two years after the divorce, when Thomas collected the necessary evidence, he filed a lawsuit against ex-wife, suing her for the entire amount of the winnings.
Probably, there is no such person who has never experienced luck by playing the lottery in his life. Having bought a ticket for a hundred rubles, everyone becomes a potential millionaire. But luck is a capricious thing, and not everyone has had a chance to win, but to win big prizes- lot of units.
Lotteries are played all over the world. In Russia, only 1-2% of the population participate in lotteries, for comparison: the share of players in France is 70% of the total population of the country, the USA - 63%. Such a small percentage of players in Russia is explained by the distrust of Russians in lotteries. But among these percentages there are also winners who hit large jackpots.
Most of the lucky ones try to remain anonymous and do not tell anyone about their winnings. And this, of course, is correct, because big money attracts many ill-wishers, as well as new and old friends, newly-made relatives. Below are the 7 biggest lottery wins in Russia.
Seventh place. A chidhood dream
On May 29, 2015, a 37-year-old resident of the Kaliningrad region won 126 million rubles in the 6 out of 45 lottery. The winner was fond of lotteries as a child, since when he and his grandfather bought the first tickets for him, he dreamed of becoming famous winner lotteries. According to him, grandfather was very fond of lotteries, and when the drawing of prizes on TV began, everyone in the house fell silent.
The lucky one promised to use his winnings to build a playground for all the children in the area and, of course, for himself - a big house.
Sixth place. The shock of victory
184 million rubles, won in the draw of 735 on February 10, 2014 of the 6 out of 45 lottery, changed the life of one employee of a construction company from Omsk. I spent 800 rubles. He did not leave the house for three days, so he was affected by the shock of winning. The dream of the winner and the father of three children was to buy a big house by the sea in warm regions.
Fifth place. Anonymous Winner
August 2014 and the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery brought a prize of 202 million rubles to a 45-year-old resident Nizhny Novgorod, who was shocked by the victory for a month. The victory cost him 700 rubles. In his interviews, he asked to remain anonymous, because at first he did not want to tell anyone about the win. All we know about him is that he is married and has two children.
Fourth place. One hundred rubles ticket
300 million rubles - such a win was waiting for a resident of Novosibirsk in the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery on May 30, 2017. His happy ticket cost only 100 rubles on the Stoloto website. Remarkably, the prize of more than 300 million rubles in this lottery was drawn for the first time.
Third place. Doctor not believing in his luck
On February 27, 2016, in the State Lottery 6 out of 45, the doctor from Novosibirsk was lucky, and he won a little more than 358 million rubles. The bet cost him 1800 rubles. For three weeks the winner was going to Moscow to win, all this time it seemed to him a dream. According to the doctor himself, he checked the ticket six times and could not believe his luck, only by calling the call center of the lottery organizer, he was able to verify the victory. The winner himself is not new to lotteries, he has been playing for about 2 years using his winning formula. In an interview with Stoloto, the Novosibirsk man said that he would spend part of the money on charity, as well as on developing his business and on real estate in Moscow.
Second place. Excitement around victory
On May 21, 2017, 364 million rubles were drawn in the 6 out of 45 lottery. The winner was a resident of Sochi, who spent 700 rubles on a bet in mobile application. The newly made millionaire is a worker of culture. Due to the huge excitement that arose around the win, it was customary for the family council to go together for money, but they did not have enough money for tickets, so the winner for a long time did not take the win. According to her, she wanted to contribute a third of the money to the electoral fund of the political party Communist Party.
More recently, it was considered the last big lottery win in Russia. But 2017 is rich in records.
First place. Modest retired millionaire
The biggest lottery win in Russia belongs to a resident Voronezh region, which won a fabulous amount of 506 million rubles in the lottery " Russian loto". Such a large amount was drawn on November 5, 2017 in a draw of 1204, and today is the largest lottery win in the history of Russia.
The organizers of the lottery searched for the 63-year-old winner for 2 weeks, as the lucky woman could not believe in her luck. “Russian Lotto” for the family is the best gift for the holidays,” notes the new millionaire. The Voronezh pensioner said that she would spend this money on helping her children and grandchildren, and also donate part of the money to charity.
Money can not buy happiness
Big lottery wins in Russia and abroad did not bring only happiness to everyone, there are those for whom the win turned out differently.
In 2001, unemployed spouses from Ufa became winners in the Bingo Show lottery and won 29 million rubles. However, the win did not bring happiness. Spouses for 5 years spent the entire prize. But the main misfortune was the death of one of the winners due to alcohol abuse. According to one version, everything was facilitated by new relatives and friends who appeared out of nowhere, who asked for money for their needs and soldered the spouses.
6 out of 45 lottery winner Leningrad region Albert Begrakyan, who won 100 million rubles, after 2 years was left with debts to the state. Albert invested in real estate expensive cars, land for the construction of a hotel, but ended up with a debt of 4 and a half million rubles to the state.
In 2006, an incident happened to one resident of the United States, Abraham Shakespeare, worthy of any crime drama. He had no time to win $ 30 million, as he had a lot of relatives. But the scammers are not left out. Shakespeare was approached by a lady who promised to help him manage his money properly. And she ordered: she transferred all the money to her account, and soon Shakespeare himself was found dead with two bullets in his chest.
Jack Whittaker was a prosperous businessman, family man, and philanthropist until he hit the big jackpot in 2002. Whittaker became addicted to alcohol, gambling, and abandoned his family. Within a few years, his entire fortune was spent, and the business collapsed.
Jackpots in world lotteries
But even the largest lottery winnings in Russia cannot be compared with the main prizes in the lotteries of the world. Big fans of lotteries are residents of the USA, because the largest jackpots are played on American lotteries, such as Powerball and Mega Millions. So, the largest lottery winnings in the world belong to:
1. On August 24, 2017, an American won over $758 million in the Powerball lottery. This is the most big win this lottery and the lotteries of the world, which fell on one ticket. Interesting feature lotteries in that the prize can be received in installments over 29 years or taken immediately, but then the amount won will be significantly less (about 2 times).
2. On January 16, 2016, three Americans shared an all-time Powerball lottery win of $1.5 billion. The chance of winning was only 1 in 290 million.
3. In May 2014, a resident of the US state of Florida won the jackpot of the same Powerball lottery, which was 590 million US dollars.
How to win the lottery?
The question of how to win the lottery arises for all players. No certain way victory. Each winner has his own secret of success, but not everyone is ready to share it. Most argue that this is just luck and luck, others follow certain rules:
- They play with an expanded bet, i.e. choose more numbers than is possible in the normal rate. Of course, the expanded rate provides for more investments, but the chance of winning increases.
- They participate regularly in lotteries and use the same combination all the time. They are waiting for the selected combination to bring the long-awaited prize.
- They play with friends, the so-called lottery syndicate. In this case, a group of people buys as much as possible more tickets one lottery, and if they win, they divide everything in half.
- Various mathematical formulas are used.
There are those who believe in happy Days, numbers, clothes, talismans. They buy tickets, choose numbers that are significant for themselves on the ticket, use various conspiracies to win.
The statistics of large lottery wins in Russia suggests that every year the number of their participants is growing, and so are the winnings. The probability of hitting the jackpot is negligible and depends on the specific lottery. For example, the opportunity to win in the Gosloto 5 out of 36 lottery is approximately 1 to 367 thousand, in the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery - 1 to 8 million, in the Russian Lotto - 1 to 7 million.
If this article inspired someone to buy a ticket, remember that the winning percentage is very small, play for fun, maybe you'll get lucky.
A resident of Krasnodar won more than 31 million rubles in the lottery. And last year, a lucky man from the Voronezh region won 506 million rubles, which was the biggest jackpot in the history of Russia.
Here's what we know. This is a resident of the Voronezh region. He bought his ticket in one of the local retail outlets sales. Just imagine how it could be: he came, bought a ticket for the 1204th edition, - the message says.
Psychologists are already advising the newly-made millionaire to be careful.
Huge surprise win serious challenge for the human psyche. A resident of the Voronezh region, who hit the jackpot of 506 million rubles, is better off lying low, experts say.
In their opinion, there will be a lot of people who want to share the triumph with the winner, and most importantly, the amount won.
He will have to fight off all sorts of relatives, petitioners, acquaintances, friends and just those who want to get their share of the pie. And this, of course, requires some kind of psychological stability, and maybe even for some period of time it will be necessary to somehow lie down on the bottom, disappear so that people do not torture him with requests, phone calls and so on, psychologists say.
How the fate of the newly-made millionaire will turn out is unknown, but many previous “lucky ones” quickly found themselves broke after winning.
In 2001, a Ufa family became the winner of the "Bingo Show" draw - it received 29 million rubles. The winners from Ufa chose alcohol as the main item of their expenses. They also constantly gave large sums in debt, helped friends repay loans. As a result, the winnings evaporated in just five years. The "lucky ones" themselves admitted that big money did not bring them happiness.
In 2009, 36-year-old Albert Begrakyan, a resident of the Leningrad Region, won 100 million rubles at Gosloto. He quickly spent all the money: he bought several apartments in the center of St. Petersburg, a Lexus car, a land plot in Krasnodar Territory. The winner shared 12 million with his relatives. The entire amount was not only completely spent in two years, but the "lucky one" still owed the state 4.5 million rubles, since he did not pay the tax in full for his big win. Therefore, now part of Albert's property has been arrested, and he himself has been banned from traveling abroad.
Could not resist the crazy spending and many foreign lottery winners. In 1988, Pennsylvania resident William Post won $16.2 million in the lottery and squandered the entire amount in a few months buying cars and speedboats. After that, he admitted to reporters that he likes being bankrupt much more than a lottery multimillionaire.
In 1993, an immigrant from South Korea Janit Lee, who moved to the US, won $18 million, and eight years later, after giving away most of her money political parties, public organizations And educational programs also declared itself bankrupt.
"There is no limit to human greed"
West Virginia businessman Andrew Whittaker won $315 million on Christmas Day 2002. After taxes, he received $114 million. However, just four years later, he was effectively penniless. His generosity, claims from applicants for his money, as well as alcoholism are to blame for this. But even this is not the main thing: his daughter, who also had a test of money, was found dead in her father's house. The cause of death was a drug overdose. This happened just two years after the win, and in 2009, another daughter of the winner was found dead.
Since I won the lottery, I realized that there is no limit to human greed, the winner himself said years later. - Now I know: if a person has something, then there will definitely be someone who wants to take it away. It is a pity that I did not tear up this ticket then.
Wherever I went, these people were everywhere, - Andrew recalled. “For example, I go to a basketball game, and during the game, one hundred people after another come up to me to ask for money, trying to pity me because they are poor or have sick relatives.”
Never give anyone money just like that, - Andrew shared his experience. Because the more you give, the more they want to get from you. Give money once - and everyone around you will consider you a rag and pounce on you like a flock of jackals.
Breaking Bad
Billy Bob Harrell Jr. from Texas hit the $31 million jackpot in 1997. With the winnings, he bought houses and cars for all his relatives, and made charitable donations. But in the following months, the shopping process turned into bad habit. Billy bought another house, after - an even larger house, two more cars. The lucky man was left without money in less than two years. lottery win caused Billy financial stress. And in the end, the man committed suicide.
American 55-year-old businessman Jack Whittaker won $315 million. He was offered to take the jackpot with the entire amount that would have been paid to him over the years, or an amount three times less, but with the ability to spend it immediately. Jack chose the second option. He spent almost 10% of the money on the construction of churches, opened his own charitable foundation, which helped poor families. The man even thanked the woman from whom he bought winning ticket: gave her a mansion, a car and gave out 50 thousand dollars.
Then he got carried away gambling, and once a large casino filed a lawsuit against him, because he owed a large amount. He began to apply to the bottle, left the family. Many wanted to cash in on him, so Jack was constantly accused of sexual harassment then in attempted murder.
As a result, his business failed, the fund closed, he spent or gave away all the money he won, and his beloved granddaughter was found dead.
Three lottery stories March 19th, 2018
The text below is taken from the Zen channel "Don't Boil the Pot" (original article " Who wins the lottery in Russia"). I don't know if the truth is told there or not, but in general it doesn't matter. Another nuance of the article is more interesting:
Lottery organizers usually do not face their target audience directly. Well, that is - there is a turnover, billions are spinning, but how and from whom they are collected - history is silent about this. Meanwhile most of participants Russian lottery- these are poor pensioners and others like them. So the ad image: a happy family who buys a ticket for 100 rubles and wins an apartment - is extremely far from reality. And behind this discrepancy there are many things: the motives for the purchase, the size of the winnings, the frequency of the draws. All these parameters, as presented by Stoloto, are not particularly interesting for people with above-average incomes. That's why the number of players does not increase
There is another version, more cynical. Lottery players are well aware of the audience that is with them now. And just squeeze it to the maximum. At least those who are poor are more receptive and greedy for those stale goodies that Gosloto offers
My colleague Lisa works as a copywriter for the state lottery. Tells terrible things - people win huge money.
Grandmother
A hunched old woman from a village in the Urals came to the Moscow office of the state lottery to win. She is entitled to almost two million rubles, but she does not believe that she will receive anything. She came to the office with a small cart, to which an old bag was tied with ropes. In the bag, the most valuable and expensive thing that was in her crumbling hut is an old icon of tsarist times, which she inherited from her grandmother. And also pies from the oven, which she carried for several days. The pies, of course, were stale, but no one in the office refused to try them.
The postman, an elderly woman, advised her grandmother to buy the winning ticket. My grandmother has a pension of nine thousand, she has no relatives, and domestic problems the whole sea. But the main thing is that the roof is leaking so that the ceiling has already begun to rot. It's scary that it will fall. There won’t be enough money from the pension for repairs, and you can’t take a loan, because it’s too old - it will suddenly die. So I bought a ticket, although I never believed in the state, or in lotteries, or in luck. The postman warned - I will try only once, do not offer again.
The postman also told her that she had won. And she helped to get ready for Moscow.
Grandma doesn't know what to do with money. At first she did not believe that she had won, and now she does not want this money. She says that she would take quite a bit, just to repair the roof, and leave the rest here. Divide among yourselves, he says.
Grandma doesn't want to go back. In the village, everyone probably already knows that she became a millionaire - the postwoman disheveled. Grandma wanted her to have a new roof, and now she won't have peace.
Lisa:Our job is to tell the stories of those who won on the lottery website. writing people there are two people in the department, and those who take big winnings are five people a day. Many cry, do not believe that they have won, like this grandmother. To somehow calm them down, talk and give festive mood we're pouring champagne. In any case, it is necessary to talk with everyone, even if they do not want to be written about them. It happens that a person drinks, changes his mind and gives an interview. Most often, those who did not want to talk, but, after drinking, decided to speak more and longer than the others. They are the hardest to interrupt.
There are more elderly people. They realize that they are entitled to a large amount only when we convince them of this. And it seems to them that we are involved in this win, so many offer part of the money or some kind of gifts. Naturally, we cannot agree.
Max
I have two or three interviews a day. They need to be written down, comprehended, deciphered, and made into a story. Moreover, our editor has a jump on literary, she calls these texts "stories" and wants us to give them the appropriate form. So that there is dramaturgy, plot, plot, denouement, climax.
I write for a long time, because it is difficult for me at first to go through real story person, and then tell their own, fictional, version. So it turns out that I took two interviews in a day, wrote one text, and received edits on the day before yesterday's story. And I always have a lot of unfinished work and a feeling that there is still a lot of work in the queue. This feeling does not let go even on weekends. I'm always on edge.
Ryabinins
The Ryabinins were given a lucky ticket for the wedding. She is in her forties, he is nine years older. Her second marriage, his third. Have no children.
They signed modestly, without fanfare, and celebrated in the apartment with close friends, who at this age are not many at all. His colleague from work read a congratulation in verse, and then handed over an envelope with a small amount and a separate lottery sheet. Somehow she joked about the fact that there is not much money, but if the ticket turns out to be winning, then you can not share it with her. Laugh and forget. The next day, during cleaning, the ticket was shoved somewhere in a long box and no longer remembered about it.
The marriage did not work out. After a couple of months, the Ryabinins realized that their union, like the previous ones, turned out to be defective. They twitched for another month, and then quietly and peacefully decided to disperse. No scandals, no screams, no broken dishes. She left for a week on vacation, and during this time he promised to pack up and return to his place.
The ticket was found on a bookshelf where no one had ever looked. He lay at the very top, where they didn’t even wipe the dust. Why he looked there and what he was looking for, he did not know. And having found a donated piece of cardboard, he smiled and decided to check it out. I still didn’t want to leave, I needed an excuse for myself to buy time.
It turned out that the winning ticket. Four million rubles.
He decided to wait for her to decide what to do with the money. The amount for them is not large, especially if divided in half - they seem to have everything, they seem to need nothing.
Seeing him at home on his return, she was surprised. Outwardly, she remained indifferent to the win, but, after thinking a little, she said that this was probably a sign. That they shouldn't be separated. That they should try to fix things. He didn't mind.
The Ryabinins will put the winnings into a savings account and try to have a baby. And when they succeed, they will buy a spacious apartment and make the best nursery in the world.
Lisa:I want to quit. I seem to understand everything - one out of a million wins, and these people can actually be helped by this money. But it's unbearable. Every day I see people coming for huge sums. Their lives change overnight. Someone will be able to no longer work, but live for their own pleasure. Have fun, travel, study, do what you have wanted all your life. I can't help thinking how I would manage that kind of money. And we all live and work here. Staff turnover - people can not stand it. This is very nerve-wracking.
Everyone at work plays these lotteries. And me too. And nobody wins. Statistically, this is unlikely. But time after time, sometimes every day, we buy tickets: online, in a store, in kiosks, anywhere in general. We spend several thousand a month on them and only get poorer. And before our eyes every day ordinary people become millionaires.
MOSCOW, November 7 - RIA Novosti, Irina Khaletskaya. An unknown Russian hit the jackpot. A resident of Voronezh won 506 million rubles in the Stoloto lottery - record amount for the entire history of the draws of Russia. Journalists are looking for a lucky man, psychologists advise a man to "lay low": don't tell anyone about the win, don't rush to spend money and prepare for serious stress on the psyche. The warning is not accidental: billions of rubles are raffled off every year, and often this sudden drop in money radically changes the lives of the winners, and not always in better side. Who better never win the lottery and what happens to millionaires - in the material RIA Novosti.
The Ufimka family bought an apartment in elite house, where high-ranking officials and businessmen lived, and this was the only major acquisition of the family. Nadezhda did not count money: she could give large alms to a passer-by, she believed charlatans who pretended to be relatives, she distributed money to them.
But Nadezhda spent the bulk of her winnings on buying alcohol.
The winner and her husband practically did not leave the house, except to buy another portion of alcohol, they did not communicate with their neighbors. Five years later, Nadezhda died of a trophic ulcer. She was quietly buried in the city cemetery. According to various sources, Nadezhda's husband and two sons still live in an elite apartment.
Do not give money to an immature person
“The woman did not know what to do with such a sum, and as a result, the money ruined her,” explains psychotherapist Alexander Pyatnitsky. According to him, lottery participants are most often people who systematically buy tickets in the hope of getting into a fairy tale. However, in their minds, as a rule, it does not fit what to do with such huge sums: it all ends with buying a ticket and waiting for a better life.
"Money is a natural result of work and personal development, but not a way to be realized. When a large amount falls on us suddenly, the picture of the world remains still narrow, and it will no longer include education, investment, or any development. A person will buy what he wants - a car, a TV, things - and can no longer think of what to do next. "
“It was expected that a happy and joyful life would come with a win, but in general, nothing changes. Many become discouraged and simply drink too much,” the psychologist explains.
In addition, according to Pyatnitsky, money blocks a person’s desire to develop: it seems to him that they will last until the end of his days and there is nothing more to do. "Namely, the goal motivates a person, brings meaning to his life. The same often happens with businessmen. Many, having achieved what they wanted, do not know what to do next, and start drinking."
Infantile people are most often unable to form the boundaries of criticism, they cannot reject those who invade their personal space, Pyatnitsky is sure.
"But you can never become a mature person in no time, this is a long way. Therefore, if a million falls on mature person, then, most likely, he will be able to dispose of it without harm to development and personal peace of mind. If the person did not take place, then he will sink money into the void or destroy himself.
financial illiteracy
After the incident with Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova, there were no fewer people who wanted to hit the jackpot, but, fearing notoriety, many after big win hid their name from the press. In 2009, Albert Begrakyan from Kolpino, near St. Petersburg, won 100 million rubles. I bought a ticket at a kiosk near my house, I didn’t follow the drawing on TV, and when I checked the numbers on the Gosloto website, I didn’t believe in luck.
Only his wife knew about what had happened, but rumors about the "mysterious millionaire" in Kolpino spread so quickly that journalists soon found out the name of the winner. Relatives and acquaintances immediately appeared, asking the man to lend money. Albert says that he was never greedy and helped easily. Didn't take receipts. Lucky gave large sums for charity - he sent his relatives to Armenia, helped the school where his sister teaches, as well as the school where his children studied, donated a considerable amount to a nursing home on May 9. I bought an apartment for myself in St. Petersburg, made expensive repairs there, furnished it, spent money on cars of the latest models for myself and my father.
A 13% tax on the winnings had to be paid by the man to the state within a year. Albert recalls that he set aside the required amount in the bank at interest and wanted to save up.
The businessman had two stores that brought in a small income, and he planned to open a chain of stores. But, the ex-millionaire recalls, the economic crisis broke out, which confused all the cards:
"Confusion, no one knew what to do with the money. Then there was no question of earning more, it was important not to lose. I decided that real estate is stable."
The man managed to buy two more apartments in St. Petersburg, land in Taman, where he had just started building a hotel, and the money ran out. I sold one of the apartments - there was still not enough money. Albert began to ask the debtors to return the money to him at least in parts, but no one responded to the request. Then, according to Begrakyan, he had to spend part of the savings that he set aside to pay the tax.
“A criminal case was opened against me, the debt amounted to 4.5 million rubles. All my accounts were blocked, my property was arrested. The only thing that saved me was that one of the apartments had not yet been registered as a property, and I sold it,” says Albert .
To date, the man has debts in the amount of 6 million rubles. He built a cafe in St. Petersburg, kept a hotel in Taman and one apartment where he lives with his whole family. From the winning millions he had nothing left for a long time.
“I’m not complaining. Those to whom I borrowed money didn’t give it back to me. I’m glad for one thing: I invested about 70 million in an apartment and a hotel, and now they cost 150 million rubles. I think it was still a good investment,” the man laughs. He is still buying lottery tickets but have yet to win again.
Begrakyan does not deny that those 100 million turned his life upside down and taught him to look at doing business differently: “I think you shouldn’t overestimate your knowledge in economics at such a moment, it’s better to hire a financier or spend 20-30% on the essentials, and hide the rest from yourself.” in the bank for a year. During this time, you will need to get used to big money and learn how to conduct business correctly. "
Huge plans
Last few years state lotteries give gamblers the opportunity to break the record for winnings. The names of the winners are kept in the strictest confidence. It is known that at the end of 2016, a 47-year-old doctor from Novosibirsk, Nikolai, made a bet of 1,800 rubles and won almost 358 million. The man systematically chased luck for two years and developed his own algorithm for selecting numbers on the ticket. Before him, a resident of Sochi won almost 365 million rubles. Fearing for her safety, the woman decided not to go alone, but with her family, but so far she has not found funds for tickets to Moscow and has not taken her winnings.
Amounts in lotteries are much smaller and do not always find their recipient. Eugene from Chita won in new year holidays at the beginning of 2017, 5.8 million rubles, but the lottery house in last moment reported that the man became the winners due to a technical error.
First I called and they confirmed my winnings. After 15 minutes, they called me back and said that there was a draw, but the amount was not drawn. And I have a record telephone conversation and a screenshot where it says that I won," Evgeny shares and clarifies that he will sue the company.
“I played before, but I didn’t evaluate my chances. And when I found out that I was lucky, I planned in 15 minutes where I would spend the money: I really wanted to invest in the business. As a result, I didn’t see the money. to earn these millions, I will have to work for many years,” the man complains.
