At last! I've won the Lottery!

@ajk111 (2495)
June 24, 2011 3:17pm CST
I won the lottery last wednesday! Yeah! it will not change me and i will keep my job as i keep my feet grounded. I will do the lottery again this saturday and hopefully this time i will get 4 numbers instead of 3. what impact would winning the lotto have on you? would you change?
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
24 Jun 11
very fine. What was lottery amount that should compel you to leave your job? if u really calculate in majority cases people would have lost more than what they have gained in lotteries. In a few cases people get huge amounts. You got three numbers correct. happy. This time try 5105. happy lottery.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
24 Jun 11
also get 1154. One should get you four correct. happy!
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
25 Jun 11
hello ajk - I am sure u would have lost nearly 500 to 1000 pounds earlier in lottery. It is better to give up lottery. I remember I once had four dollars win. I invested all and I lost fully. Now total loss 1 $. it is ok. have a good day.
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@ajk111 (2495)
24 Jun 11
i won £10. i think £100,000 or above would make me leave my job.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 11
hi ajk if I won the lottery big time I would first put all mosey in the bank then I would buy a two bedroom condo and move my stuff and my adult sons stuff from storage in this condo. then I would buy him a computer programming business and let him run it; the money we had left would keep going back into the new business until it really took off. I wold buy the condo out right so no payment but taxes on it each year.'wishful thinking but its lots of fun too.
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@ajk111 (2495)
24 Jun 11
you remind me of my mother. she is desperate to fianance me but she does not have the money. people like you and my mother are a dieing breed. i hope we both win big in the next week! lol!
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@GemmaR (8517)
25 Jun 11
This made me smile, as I have got three numbers about five times in the past but never managed to get any more than that as yet. I like to think that winning the lottery wouldn't change me as a person, but at the same time I fail to see how it wouldn't change me, as I would be able to everything that I have ever wanted to do, so I suppose that it would change me in a way. I know what I want to do if I win the lottery, and that is to a set up a business that benefits people who are struggling in life and gifting them with items that would make their lives just that little bit easier.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
tht is a good response!
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
24 Jun 11
I've come to realize that I'm a workaholic. So winning the lottery wouldn't change my employment status. I may take a few more holidays, and get my hours reduced, but I would still be working. I may also get into more businesses, to feed my constant need to be doing something. That, and I'd buy a nicer car I think!
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@ajk111 (2495)
24 Jun 11
a nicer car would be a lovely luxury!
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
25 Jun 11
If I won the big prize I would definitely quit my job,that's the first thing I would do,but I would also try to keep my feet on the ground and not change my behavior.Many people who become rich forget about their former friends because they consider they have another status,and I think that's a sign of hypocrisy,so I wouldn't want to be like them.I would be the same person with the same hobbies and preferences.
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
25 Jun 11
I also heard of such cases,but that happens because after winning they spend recklessly;if they had something in their brain they wouldn't go broke.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
if i won that much i want what you want!
• United States
25 Jun 11
By the time you paid taxes you probably wouldn't be rich anymore after spending on a new house and all that stuff. I do see where winners are on TV... I knew someone that won $100,000 and they were broke in a year.
• United States
25 Jun 11
I wouldn't win anything because I don't play. I don't waste my money that is hard earned on a chance to win anything. 3 numbers didn't get you much did it? I have friends that do lotto and they get 3 numbers and just get a few dollars. Good luck to ya... for me, it would be wasting money until I finally got a win... and then I might not win back enough to cover what I lost trying to win. I don't have money to flush down the toilet... Have a nice weekend!
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
you have a point!
25 Jun 11
It would depend on the size of the win. If it was many millions I would ensure that all my family were set up for life. I would then build myself a house, retire and just enjoy life. If it was a few thousand I would pay off some of my debts and treat myself to a luxury holiday somewhere nice and warm.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
reat answer! i want to take the family on safari!
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
25 Jun 11
You are lucky that lady luck is smiling on you. I am a gambler too but have never won big. I invested a lot of money in the hope that I can be an instant millionaire but luck is just not with me. Should I ever win the lottery I will not change but remain down to earth. Why the need to change when the money we won did not come from our own sweat? Many people think that this easy money won from lottery will finish easily and I don't want to be seen rich today but goes back to a square one when all the lottery money is gone. I will capitalize the winning by investing to get maximum return so I don't have to worry where my next meal come from.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
that sounds a good financial investment.
@Archie0 (5652)
25 Jun 11
What was that lottery all about? and how much you won? if you want to share with us. Well i have never won a lottery till today i really want to win something big and fulfill all my dreams. Ofcourse i will not change at most maximum times, but who knows what life has for you?
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
i love life! i won £10!
• Philippines
25 Jun 11
If ever I won the lottery, I will be donating a portion of it to the charity, start my own business and expand it. I will help my parents and grandparents, as well as my siblings. As for my friends? Hmmm.. I think they are well enough. Hahaha! I won't be spending it to parties or whatever. That will just be a waste of it. I'll invest a portion of it to different firms or businesses and will save the rest for myself. Save it to the bank, but not all of it. Happy mylotting!
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
brilliant answer!
@naija4real (1291)
25 Jun 11
It depends on the amount of money ( I mean exact figure ) that I won. Is it in the hundred, thousand, million, or better still trillion! I will quit my job if the amount of money that I won is very big and good enough for me to start my own business. I am not the type of person that like to spend all my lives working for other person. I like to be my own boss. I have read a lot of motivational books by great american writer such as Brian Tracy etc These books have inspired me and they made me to believe that it is better you be your own boss than to work all your life and be answering yes sir all the time. I am tired of the "yes sir " syndrome. I want to open and run my own business. It is not good to work for someone for too long. It will kill your future.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
i think i completely agree with you.
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
25 Jun 11
Wow congratulations!! I am never good at lotteries. Have never won even the last prize in it LOL anyway no worries. Wow if I win a lottery I guess that would be awesome. I would give half of them to my parents and with the other half, pay up for my education I guess. And no I wouldn't change. But that is something that will be known after I win one hehe.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
i hope you have better luck now!
• Philippines
25 Jun 11
Congratulations to you ajk111.I also play lottery before but unfortunately I can't win so I stop it.That would be a very nice feeling you have right now.Soon if I get a job I will join in every lottery so I can win also.If ever I can win a big time prized I'll save half of it and I will spent the rest. I will build my own house and do business for living.That if I will win.LOLL.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
that is a great way to spend the money!
@ssebek (4)
• Poland
25 Jun 11
It is really hard to tell how would it be. I hope I wouldn't change myself and I would try to achieve that. But sometimes, some situations are such new to us that we don't know how shall we behave and how would we behave at all.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
i agree.
@elmiko (6630)
• United States
25 Jun 11
i really don't know if i would change as i have never won the lottery. i doubt it would have too much of an effect on me as i wouldn't allow it to get to my head. the only thing i know that would change is the amount of stuff i have. i would also be sure to donate more to charity.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
that is a good outlook.
@anex08 (868)
• Philippines
25 Jun 11
I don't think so, well its true that we need money to survive but it should not be our purpose. There is greater things more that money can acquire but if I am given a chance to have it why not? although we will just have to remember that money is just a part of us that gives happiness, it is not all. we can find our own by knowing more and knowing that there is greater force more than us and more than money, I hope you aim to change for the better.. Good luck and God bless
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
you are so right!
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@Guit08 (597)
• United States
25 Jun 11
Congrats! How much did ya win? just wondering... haha Well, I don't play the lottery, but if I did I would buy a new car, help family members who could use some, donate, and save most of it!! I would try to keep a lot in the bank so I wouldn't be tempted to start acting different than I normally do
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
that is a good stratgy!
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• China
25 Jun 11
At first, congratulate your winning, Honestly speaking, I never have a luck to win the lottery. One reason may be that I buy lotteries occasionally. In my opinion, you should not pin your future on the lottery. The luck is not a thing forever, working is the real essence of life and never forget that lotteries is just an entertainment in our spare time.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
that is a good point.
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• Philippines
25 Jun 11
To some extent, I would say yes. Of course, winning the lottery should have some upside swing with your lifestyle. But of course too, I will not make drastic changes with my life. I'll be giving to charity and invest part of my earnings in the lottery. This will be a chance to alleviate our family's status in life. With the money also I will have to think of some business ideas suitable for me. And best of all, I would enjoy my good fortune, but not to the extent that I'll be a foolish spender. Life will change definitely but I'll keep it as a secret or will be cautious and discrete about it.
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
i love your outlook and plans!
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@nurseclare (2209)
• Philippines
25 Jun 11
Ofcourse I won't. My boyfriend won twice in lottery but he never changed. Down to earth type of person is all i need. And why should i change if I won lottery. It's just a luck and for sure I will share my money to my family and to less fortunate creatures. :)
@ajk111 (2495)
25 Jun 11
love it!