How the lottery ruins lives

[trenton]

I'm feeling kind of mad about recent news concerning my cousin and her boyfriend. My cousin's boyfriend won the Kentucky Power ball lottery for 167 million dollars. I tried to warn them about what usually happens to lottery winners. They often ruin their lives by doing a lot of really stupid things.

I sent my cousin a message expressing my concerns, warning them of the serious danger they were in. They had posted their winnings on Facebook and now everybody was going to go after them. I didn't want their money. I wanted them to live the best life possible, but instead they did something really stupid.

I wanted them to hire a financial advisor immediately, and to avoid drugs or alcohol. The top priority should be to secure the winnings rather than blow through it foolishly. They needed to ensure their judgment was sound before making any major risks, but they could not be stopped.

My cousin and her boyfriend went to Florida. They went to a bar and started getting drunk. They ended up getting in a fight and attacked a police officer. Furthermore it was found that there was a parole violation and now my cousin's boyfriend is likely going to prison. It is all over the news now.

My hope is that the boyfriend split the money with his mom. Maybe there is hope that going to prison will straighten him out so he cant do anything else stupid. He will probably lose a lot of money in the process, but if he gets his act together and manages to save about 10 million dollars, I hope he can recover and make it out of this.

https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-lottery-florida-arrest-winner-powerball-police-b6925a595a351c3455a769b3ba19c7a1

It looks like there really was nothing I could have done to prevent this. The red flags were all over the place and I knew it was going to get bad. This is going to complicate the wedding plans, which is another way in which the lottery ruins relationships in addition to all the other relationship problems.

Do you have any idea on how the lottery should be handled in order to prevent these kinds of disaster? Those who win the lottery are usually not very conscious individuals. 

[Inliytened1]

@trenton he has money now to hire a top lawyer.  He will probably get off with a slap on the wrist.  But it sounds like he needs a financial advisor and life coach to help him navigate his finances and life in general.  I hope he gets one..otherwise this might end badly for him like you said.  

 

[integral]

4 hours ago, trenton said:

Do you have any idea on how the lottery should be handled in order to prevent these kinds of disaster? Those who win the lottery are usually not very conscious individuals. 

Ideally, they keep your money locked away and then only give you 10000 a month to play with. But this would hurt the companies, profits and addiction factor so never gonna happen.

They could advertise it like “win 10,000 a month for the rest of your life”

[integral]

@trenton there’s nothing that you can do. The guy kicked a police officer, they are mentally at stage red. In six years he’s gonna be bankrupt or dead

Edited May 4 by integral

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

I volunteer to manage his money, alright, and completely free of charge as well. Unreal

[Twentyfirst]

Aye shit happens. He will probably lose it all and actually end up in debt. But after that he can create real wealth from the lessons he learned here. Try to get a couple million which he will hopefully forgot he gave to you, buy gold, and give it back to him in a decade

[Hayato]

On 5/4/2025 at 3:01 AM, Inliytened1 said:

@trenton he has money now to hire a top lawyer.  He will probably get off with a slap on the wrist.  But it sounds like he needs a financial advisor and life coach to help him navigate his finances and life in general.  I hope he gets one..otherwise this might end badly for him like you said.  

Great advice!

There is nothing new under the sun.

It would be a very good idea to study the biographies of lottery winners see what they did wrong and avoid that, see what they did right and do that.

Also he should beat his addictions if he has any.