The world's strangest ways to spend lottery winnings: Some people give it all away, some people try to destroy it 5
Winning the lottery is a stroke of luck with odds of 1 in millions.
Distribute all lottery winnings to people around you
Mrs. Frances and Mr. Patrick Connolly were an elderly retired couple living in a modest rented house in the countryside of Moira, County Down (UK), when they learned that they had won the lottery worth 11 million pounds (
Ms. Frances said the lucky money should not only be used to change their lives, but could also change the lives of many people.
`I find changing the lives of others much more fun than buying diamonds,` Ms. Frances shared.
Plastic surgery for sister
Ms. Sarah Cockings living in Whitley Bay, Tyne County (UK) won 3 million pounds (about 85 billion VND) in April 2005.
After winning the lottery, Sarah continued to go to college because her mother wanted a photo of her daughter on graduation day.
Spend money on exploration
In early May, Laura Hoyle and Kirk Stevens – a couple from Nottingham (UK) won a jackpot worth 10,000 pounds (more than 280 million VND) every month for 30 years.
The couple immediately quit their jobs when they heard they won the lottery and could live financially comfortably for the rest of their lives.
In 2014, Angela Maier – a woman from Germany destroyed about 400,000 euros (nearly 9 billion VND) of lottery winnings by tearing it into pieces, throwing the cash into the toilet and then flushing it.
The reason why she did this strange act made public opinion extremely difficult to understand.
However, the German court later ruled that Angela Maier still had to pay her husband’s debt and that destroying money in her toilet was illegal.
Become a professional pig farmer
In 2010, Susan Hardman – a British hairdresser – changed her life after winning 1.2 million pounds (about 34 billion VND) in the lottery.
However, Susan did not seek a wealthy lifestyle but gave up the city and her long-time job to return to her hometown to work as a farmer.
Source: The Sun
