What would you do if you won the Lottery? I’m sure you have thought about it if you’re honest...
I knew someone who had a win a few years ago now and it caused great
excitement...great excitement indeed!
I was there when the lady from the lottery office rang at 8am on the dot
the following morning, after the six numbers were crossed off the evening
before, to check the winning ticket number. No sleep the night before of
course...and yes she confirmed it was a winning ticket!
Amazing...life changing. He went from being a cleaner with his own very
small business to have a billboard the size of a house on the main highway
saying ‘ Local Cleaner mops up and wins Lotto!’
The funny, or not so funny, part on the local TV news the announcer stated
the following evening "A local toilet cleaner has won the lotto"...a toilet
cleaner!! The winner didn’t care...what’s that saying call me anything but not
late for dinner!
Anyway after the initial two week wait...you have to wait two weeks not
sure why... he hired a stretch limo and with Dad in tow and some friends were
chauffeured to the head office in Brisbane to collect the large cheque.
Something I will never forget as I was lucky enough to be there as well.
After a holiday at Hamilton Island with a friend working out just what to
do it was all a bit daunting for him as it’s said that 95% of winners lose the
money just as quickly as they won it. It can tend to go to their heads I guess.
After all it is a shock to go from nothing to having money. I know just the week
before this friend of mine was at the check out at Woolworths and never had
enough money for the amount of groceries; so had to give some back.
How quickly fortunes can change indeed.
When he went to the bank and told them it was a wonderful feeling. I
remember I was there when the bank manager said “You had better have some
spending money. Now how much do you want on your card for spending?” We agreed
$40,000 sounded a good amount. So from having a few hundred the week before it
suddenly grew to $40,000. Even that took some getting used to for him. Can you
even imagine what it was like to see that much money on the paper print
out!!
He still did house cleaning for a year or so more but this time instead of
an old van he had a top of the range Jeep Grand with a personal registration
plate. His Father had a new car bought also as well as a new house each one for
the son one for Dad.
The Father loved his new car and the disc player...you could hear him
arriving with The Seekers belting out from the sound system!
The house was beautiful. His friend suggested an alteration to this
existing beach house and together we spray painted on the land where the
swimming pool would go. Of course it kept getting bigger and bigger eventually
the 100,000 litre pool with waterfall and spa was built with a covered grass hut
all set in a jungle themed garden!! It looked amazing when completed...plus a
side gate to walk to the beach which was just moments away.
So with investment properties this winner was certain not to be one of
those of 95% of losers as mentioned earlier.
Can lightening strike twice in the same place? Anything is possible....
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