Another advantage of winning the money is financial help and security. Lisa Tuckly a single mum with 3 children, who is on a benefit of £27 pays her bills, then, spends the rest on lottery tickets or scratch cards. The most she has ever won is £25, she quoted that when she found out she was shaking with happiness. The money helped her a lot. She could buy things that she wasn’t able to before. Although not everyone may be a big jackpot winner even the small wins count Lisa Tuckly being an example.
This brings me to charity. Charities gain a lot from the lottery money goes to various charities. And many jackpot winners donate to charity as well. Although many don’t, some feel a more hand on approach is the way to help, Lee Ryan explained how he’d like to help charity, he would like to go to Africa and help more hand on, more involved that way he knows his money is helping people. But you can help people in other ways.
Lee Ryan set his friend up in the car business. You can help yourself as well invest your money to get more money out. Two friends from a national newspaper were both laid off work a couple weeks later they both won on the national lottery £2m and £14m One of which was interested in buying shares of his local football club. Money can enable you to invest in that business you’ve always wanted to make a success in.
However many couples may find their relationships will get worst. Carol Cartmon won £50,000 on a scratch card, due to relationship problems she ended up loosing £13,000 of this and her partner. People may become depressed and lonely because of money, jealousy and greed can have a major effect on someone.
When you win a large amount of money you no longer worry about how much you have. But you loose a reality of money. Loose a sense of reality itself because your living the highlife, making the most of it and yes some may say that’s what you should do but there are consequences if you are to over extravagant. People may become jealous. You may be more vulnerable to crimes such as robbery, and your past brought out into the open.
Although having full financial security means that you don’t have to worry about budgeting because you know the moneys there, it only lasts for a period of time, and eventually money will run dry. This in time can lead to debt which in turn itself can cause publicity to rise.
That brings me to another disadvantage bad press. When lee Ryan’s past was brought up about illegally selling cares he was taken to court and charged he believed that because he had won the lottery he was given an unfair trial and that if he hadn’t of won he may not have been charged and sent to prison luckily it wasn’t for a long time where he couldn’t enjoy his money.
This relates to my final point although people may win the money a large percentage don’t know what to do with it all one couple from a national news paper won the lottery and didn’t spend a penny of it for a year, this may lead to stress and pressure to spend it just for the sake of it. Harassment may come from normal bystanders, people sending letters for many etc...
In conclusion I believe that money can make you happy if you know what to spend it on and plan out how it will be used for the time you have it, how it will benefit you as a person and bring you happiness; and not to keep other people happy who judge you like the press. Whether it is a small amount that will last a month or a large amount that will last many years.
