"Winning the lottery has ruined my life. I wish I had never won."

Ever wonder what you'd do if you suddenly came into a lot of money? How many times do you play the lottery and start to daydream about how you would spend the money? Whenever the temptation becomes too great, I play the lottery. I used to play it a lot more, especially when I walked into a store and saw a scratch ticket that was loose in the rack. "Someone's castaway could be my big win!" I'd think for an instant and buy it as my eyes widen with the possibilities of my guardian angel finally getting the message I need help and she got there in time to help me out. Oh, what I would do with all that money! So far, I never had the problem of really having to decide for real.

I asked my husband one time when we played the lottery for one of the big prizes what he'd do with the money. His response was one of the biggest reasons of why I love him so much. He said, "First I'd pay off the house and the bills. I'd buy a new bike. (Harley motorcycle) Then I'd put some away for later, but the rest, well, who needs that kind of money? I'd give the rest away to charity."

It's easy to think you wouldn't be greedy when you don't have money. It's a lot harder when you actually have it. I'd like to think that we would live up to our ideals when we really had the chance to, but there are no guarantees values are so deeply rooted inside of any of us that we would always do the right thing.

Here's a story of a young woman who had to decide what to do with lottery money she won when she was a teenager. It's a lesson for all of us.

Teen Lottery Winner Says She's Broke

"Winning the lottery has ruined my life. I wish I had never won."


(Aug. 31) - A young woman who won over $3 million in the lottery when she was just 16says she blew it all on wild shopping sprees, breast implants and cocaine.
Rogers, from Cumbria in northwest England, was a shop assistant when she hit the jackpot in 2003. Now 22 and the mother of two young children, she says she has about $32,000 left.
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Teen Lottery Winner Says She's Broke