Posted on 02/15/2017 10:02:41 AM PST by TBP
Poor little rich girl.
The youngest person ever to win the lottery in Britain wants to sue the jackpot honchos who made her wealthy because the dough ruined her life, according to a report.
Jane Park, 21 who won $1.25 million playing Euromillions at age 17 says she was too young to cope with the sudden flood of wealth, according to the UK Mirror.
At times it feels like winning the lottery has ruined my life. I thought it would make it 10 times better but its made it 10 times worse, she moaned to the paper.
I wish I had no money most days. I say to myself, My life would be so much easier if I hadnt won, she said.
Shes sick of shopping, misses hustling for a paycheck and has struggled to find a boyfriend who isnt using her for the dough, she said.
Before Park won the lottery in 2013, she worked as an administrative assistant for $10 an hour and lived in a modest apartment with her mother in Edinburgh, she said.
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UK and most other countries do not tax government-run lotteries.
Don’t know how old the story is, but she would obviously be broke now.
Cars and property in the UK would be quite a bit pricier in the UK than here.
$1.25 mil ain’t that much, even without taxes, if the possessor isn’t disciplined.
interesting that they don’t tax lottery winnings. I thought socialists never saw a pile of money they didn’t want to tax.
But either way, like you said. It’s all gone, if she is spending like that.
Search is everyone’s friend
I don't get it - HOW can you redeem your ticket with a different name??
Oh, never mind - You don’t buy a ticket under your name, you buy it under a number. DUH! Wasn’t thinking.
It’d be a burden but I’ll take it off her hands.
Money can’t buy happiness but it sure can make the down payment.
Camelot (the National Lottery operator in the UK) pays 12% tax on receipts. 50% goes to the prize fund, 28% to designated charitable causes.
She spent the money on way too much makeup and er... other things.
Bill Gates sure looks like he’s depressed and suffering from all his wealth.
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