Some lotto winner’s stories are happy, some are sad or even tragic. Today we’d like to tell you a story of a lucky lotto millionaire, who decided to share her experience of winning the jackpot. Back in 1995, Elaine Thompson won £2 704 666. Read her story to see how it’s like to become a millionaire.
People use to think that winning a lottery means the end of their problems and brings nothing but joy and luck. Hardly anyone can understand how difficult and exhausting the first days after receiving the message about the winning are. Recalling the time she won, Elaine Thompson from Newcastle agreed, that she cried with joy at first, laughed and finally panicked when she found out about the winning. The jackpot she claimed gave her a pass to the lotto millionaire’s club, whose members number is now approximately 4,000. She knew it’s going to be hard to handle such a great amount of money. This is why she decided to become a volunteer and support freshly-made millionaires during those hard and tricky first days after winning the lotto. According to Elaine they all ask the same questions: “why can’t I sleep since I won? Why do I feel sick? Why do I start crying without a reason and suddenly start to laugh in the next minute?”.
The vast majority of lotto players dreams of the moment, when luck smiles upon them. Their most common dreams are a new house, luxurious vacation, a sports car or qutting their job. When they actually win the lottery, they find out it’s a great responsibility, and a revolutionary changes are coming to their lifes. And it’s not as easy as it would seem.
Elaine Thompson and her husband, Derek, were a typical couple having a kid and a dog. Derek was an accountant, while Elaine worked at the Basingstoke hospital in its payment department. It took her half a year to realize what has actually happened in her life. We’ll recall a quite funny story as an example. When Elaine went to a shopping mall and found some cotton jumpers she really liked. One month after claiming a winning worth nearly 3 million pounds, she was standing there, unable to decide which colour she should pick. It took her quite a while to think; “For God’s sake, Elaine, you’ve won nearl 3 million in the UK National Lottery. Buy all the colours you like, you don’t have to count your money anymore and give up on anything you like!”. Elaine explained that she wasn’t able to realize that instead of just buying one jumper for 29 pounds, she could even buy ten, as she could easily afford it.
The lucky couple immediately decided to quit their job, but it doesn’t mean they’ve stopped working. They’ve bought a holiday complex, but sold it to buy their favourite restaurant in the town, located by the sea. This made them the employer of staff, counting 52 people. The restaurant is serving typical British food: fish and chips, being an ice cream parlour at the same time. Elaine and Derek were working 18 hours a day, but the job was a pleasure.
The British lotto millionaires still live in a normal four-bedroom house in Newcastle. The 59 year old winner wanted to have a house she could clean in a day. She didn’t want to hire a housekeeper. She says the best part of winning was that her kids could go to the university without the need to take up a student loan and have their own properties.
Such lotto millionaire stories are truly motivating and inspirational. It may not be easy to acknowledge the fact of winning, but claiming a huge prize surely changes ones life and brings some great possibiliies. It’s great to see that winning the jackpot turns the winner’s fate and they can really make a good use of their fortune. That’s the kind of story we’d be happy to share.
If you’d like to join the lotto millionaires – simply choose a lottery you’d like to play, pick your lucky lotto numbers and get your lotto tickets online! It’s possible that you’re going to become the hero of another lotto millionaire story!
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