£112 Million Jackpot for Euromillions Lottery - how to be a winner

Here I will lay out some groundbreaking advice on the lottery that you have probably never heard before.

You can buy a ticket from here https://www.euromillions.online/gb/ or in your local convenience store if you are in Europe. Everyday people dream big dreams of winning and how they will spend that money. A ticket to potential riches will cost £2.50

When you win big you will have some big decisions to make like where shall you go on holiday?

Shall I buy a Lamborghini or go for a classic car, or should I get something practical like a Range Rover?

Are you going to buy a big house in your hometown or another city, maybe even another country?

Do you ditch your other half, get cosmetic surgery, join an expensive gym and get a golddigger? Surely a prenup or not getting married will be fine?

You've been living it up for some months, some of your friends and family enjoy your new lifestyle, but eventually they start acting differently. They come up with excuses like they can't meet you in Monaco for lunch because they still have jobs and have taken all of their holidays for the year..... Time for some new friends, lets try hanging out with some Rich people. Rich people who are self made or inherited their wealth might think you are crude with your money, you got to their table by pure fluke, you could be anybody. Time to hang out with other lottery winners. Shit there aren't a lot of them lets go back to our old friends and family. Some of them don't want to know you anymore, they've seen all the photos on facebook of your fabulous new lifestyle and might be feeling pissed off you didn't keep in regular contact. F### them, money can buy me new friends. Now you can hang out with your new partner and some other hangers on.

You now feel more alone than you have ever felt, your real family and friends are gone and replaced with parasites who will be gone as soon as you have spent all your money. You have multiple houses, cars and vacations but you are not sharing them with the people that mattered to you before the money came.

So what do you think I am trying to get at? That money won't bring you happiness? Sure it can bring you temporary happiness, but you will get bored of things that came so easily.

What are the odds of winning the lottery anyway?

1 in 140 million https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroMillions

Here are some outcomes that are more likely to happen

1. Dying from an asteroid strike: 1 in 74,817,414

2. Getting killed by a terrorist act in the United States: 1 in 10,000,000

3. Getting murdered during a trip to the Grand Canyon: 1 in 8,156,000

4. Dying from chronic constipation: 1 in 2,215,900

5. Becoming a movie star: 1 in 1,505,000

6. Getting struck by lightning: 1 in 1,101,000

7. Dying from a hornet, wasp or bee sting: 1 in 79,842

Source http://time.com/4171474/powerball-lottery-more-likely-win/

Chances of being a billionaire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires 1826 / 7,400,000,000 = 1 in 4,052,573

So what does this mean to you? It's statistically easier to become a billionaire than winning the lottery. Would you prefer to be given a Lamborghini, or would you appreciate it more if you spent so many hours working hard for it to buy it yourself?

All of your dreams can be made real without winning the lottery, travel to that exotic location and do it on a budget, get fit right now rather than putting it off until next year, purchase a track day in a sports car. Save up and rent a luxury villa with some friends.

Struggling along with other people and getting rich slowly will help you appreciate the things you have and how you have got them. You will also be less inclined to dispose of them if it has taken so many hours / days / months to attain them, that includes people. The rich generally stay rich because they have experienced the hardships of getting to that position or have real friends and family who look out for them and advise them of potential pitfalls.

Do you want to be that kid with all the toys and no friends to play with? Lets get rich slowly, together, whilst enriching each other with shared knowledge and experience.

Steem on!

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