"The Curse Of The Lottery"

I was watching a program called "Curse Of The Lottery" which is about people who have won the lottery. Some have won a few million while others have won over a hundred million dollars!

Some of the stories were good and some of them were so sad! You would think that with winning all of that money a person's problems would be solved but that didn't happen in all of the cases.

First I think that it is a requirement that you appear on television to accept your lottery winnings. (Although I do seem to remember that some people had their lawyers appear.) Once you appear on television then everyone will know that you won the lottery.

Another thing is that a lot of that lottery money will be taken in taxes regardless of whether or not you take your lottery winnings in one big check or if you opt to receive payment installments.

Even though the name of the show was "The Curse Of The Lottery" a few of the people that were featured in the show did go on to lead a relatively productive life. One woman even said that she kept her same phone number.

The rest of the stories were quite sad! One man who won the lottery killed himself! Another became so deep in debt that he spent all of his lottery money in a few years. Actually this man traded his lottery winnings for quick cash from one of those places that do that kind of thing.

It's really just too hard for me to say that winning the lottery is an entirely bad thing because money can solve a lot of problems. Unfortunately it can also bring in a new set of problems as well!

This hasn't stopped me though from buying lottery tickets!