boo boo you're right. he was just 23 years old when he wanted jackpot worth $5000000.00. i felt like i was on top of the world and that you know that this money would just never run out is almost like i was living the life of the rock stars just go party and within 2 years both 2 junior maybe 2 naff $1000000.00 was gone and bad businesses. and the rest also went down the drain over the next 2 years due to substance abuse a habit initially funded by the lottery when i was i was heavily addicted and. and. i had to resort to sawing drugs right back up you know $45600.00 a day he eventually ended up in prison where he spent 2 and a half years for dealing drugs ironically this is what saved him he had to get clean. that's where i've been that's some of the stuff that has helped me get to

where i am today. daniel is far from an isolated case one 3rd of winners ultimately end up losing everything it's a phenomenon known as the curse of the modern. 'd daniel's father jed and his sister naomi watched helplessly as he fell from riches to rags. i almost cried like don't look at makes it right i have rights unless i. do. daniel is now back on the straight and narrow but at the age of 40 this former millionaire is penniless and had to return to live with his parents in this relatively modest house. there are these.

guys of it if. a man who believed he was on top of the world while spending up to a $1000.00 a day on drugs now works as a car mechanic daniel is still recovering the lottery almost broke him and his entire family. was just after the watery when. you kind of see my eyes you can tell us quickly they're all dark around the edges and from not sleeping much. and been the worst thing ever to have only took him down arrow. all of those we basically lost him we tried so many different times to you know get him to stop doing what he was doing her trying to minute by you know knox leave me alone sleep me alone. as soon as the check was cashed jed and naomi saw fake friends crooked investors and other scammers descending on daniel like vultures to get the claws into a deep and. it was kind of irreversible well when he hit rock bottom that was the

call it cut and he came to us and asked if we could come home we gave the rules no more this no more of that. and we always looked at him conditionally and. daniel's $5000000.00 when a century ruined 15 years of his life he's never bought a lottery ticket since for all winners managing millions of dollars without any preparation can be a struggle. one of them decided to launch a campaign against these easy money traps. timothy scholtz is one of the youngest powerball winners ever in the u.s.

. prior to hitting the jackpot he worked at a gas station like this one. tim was $21.00 and broke when he won a check for $14000000.00. so my father woke me up. i was sleeping and banged on the door and he basically said to him somebody won the powerball see he knew that i played once was it and i looked at the numbers in the newspaper because the surreal is like is this it felt like a dream and then we literally started hugging each other like 2 you know grown people in it but your kids in a candy store where it felt like. the young gas station attendant from rural iowa sold himself his own winning ticket he became rich and famous overnight . and so i couldn't go anywhere i couldn't go to the grocery store without people reckon. you know people ask me for my autograph 2 decades later he's back to being

anonymous as a girl or a good one powerball ticket was. he still plays the lottery every week hoping to win again. just holding that stick it is like i mean i know the power that comes with this if you happen to win out of the emotional thrill is still there but his fortune has plummeted from 14 down to just $5000000.00 a big fan of cinema tim put some of his winnings toward organizing festivals and producing his own animated films all of which. he decided to go online to prevent other moderate winners from making the same mistakes he did his you tube channel provides winners with a product form to share their stories whether positive or negative. says the 1st lottery winner i'm actually going to be interviewing in person so this is going

to be funny. today he's meeting denise who lives in an upscale suburban neighborhood in mantega california. i didn't hear you say how are you to have a good. this is a beautiful home thank you spotted denise in a real estate lottery winner show in which she won $785000.00. ready for this wow. she now lives in this beautiful villa with 2 of her 8 children before the big when she was working 3 jobs and had just lost her home to live their lives there my grandson lives here his mother lives there and his sister would see that i guess that it's hotel motel holiday if it. really for all my daughters because. it pays their. men are assholes

they could always come home that's why the loving mother didn't spend her cash on luxury cruises or a big car she invested everything in this house to give her family a home and set herself up for retirement she wants to send out a message on tim's channel sit down where all this focus is. if you do win the lottery you need to learn how to resist temptation people want to live their life why don't you travel why don't you have. a committee and you know that's all get it into it and leave. your dentures. tim received hundreds of letters from strangers asking for money. working winners also need to learn how to say no even to friends and family it's one of the most important lessons i had to learn because it's really tough especially what struck it all that i love if i gave everyone what they wanted i would have been broke a long time ago. to how leagues in nebraska have so far managed to avoid these

traps that more naive winners fall victim to they were quick to learn how to manage their $62000000.00 driving their beefy pickup truck with golf cart in tow the couple are headed out to their latest major investment. and our away from their mansion they've bought 400 hectares of land forests and ponds right in the middle of nebraska farming country. the herrick's are effectively the new lords of otoh county. the i although it is as such more davids a state. and when asked if she likes the farm erica says. to gird

it's too dirty. david has gotten into farming. ready. to rent some of the land out to local farmers and cash in on a percentage of their profits. the rest is for him a $300.00 hectare private estate for hunting and fishing a dream come true for david even if not so much for erica. that's pretty serious. this all the land altogether was 2 and a half $1000000.00 so you know you can't go wrong owning land to take care of and that's the biggest thing but the last erica doesn't really see the point of this huge investment despite being multi-millionaires they still try to remember the value of money you got to always be aware of what you're spending because it goes

quick while big or small your budget is you got a budget and their monthly budget is about $25.00 grand a month so who's the big spender. he buys big big cars trucks so my little $20.00 purchase is versus his. $30000.00 car america is more cautious but the couple could easily move like royalty the interest alone generated from their fortune turns them $500000.00 a year oh boy it is toys dave i could chill out at home all day but this isn't that kind of family. for us at our age for being young and retired. and you still have to do something you can't just i'm tired cetera all. right with everything. david enjoys his newly families your time before the lottery he barely had time to

see his family between his 2 jobs but since winning he's been able to realize a childhood dream and become a volunteer firefighter it's a commitment that also enables him to keep his feet on the ground. it's nice to have people record being recognized like that for more than just the lottery. but because of the lottery was one quick moment. but i'm still the same person i got to be i got to be true to myself still and i try to do that you're my service to the community but dave can now take the wheel of the kind of truck some boy's dream of. he'll be taking it out around gretna for the national holiday every 4th of july locals pay tribute to their firefighters who watch over the city voluntarily.

he always got other calls your purpose always got up some get you out of that. 3040 or 40 years ago it like it changed well. since winning he's donated almost $150000.00 to local charities he's become grutness big benefactor. and it's part of his lottery winners recipe for success being appreciated for who you are not what you have. over in buffalo jack is less selfless with what he spends he prefers to make the most of his money in the moment. then charity and. the life of a young and rich. retiree. ladies on most nights you'll find him partying with friends on their girlfriends. that i'll never live in the us late for a chair service law. thanks to his laundry winnings jack can revel in all

day parties like this while other americans continue to dream of hitting the jackpot. or not too well. what about a sherman economy instead. of. a change in thinking is changing the economy to create something new. economics magazine sure. 30 minutes w. . get.

his wrist bands on. the e.c.u. team. oh oh oh. nothing. good to subsist. on but love and respect. don't move on emigrants. going all the police will stop that. is the solution to their flight could be fatal but going back is not an option. imo. and rabbiting are stuck in the spanish border area. there waiting for a chance that will probably never come shattered dreams starch turn or 18th on t.w.

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