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Teenager Won The Lottery at 17 and Now It’s Ruining Her Life

February 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

Many lottery winners squander their fortunes and eventually wind up unhappy and broke. Jane Park, who won the EuroMillions lottery in 2013 when she was 17 years old, is now blaming the lottery officials for ruining her life. The Washington Post reported: “Buying things for the sake of buying things got old. Instead of finding happiness via conspicuous consumption, Park uncovered an age-old maxim preached by holy men for thousands of years and ignored by enthusiastic lottery winners for almost as long: Money can’t buy happiness, and large amounts of it have a way of, well, complicating things.” Park blames the lotto bosses for “ruining her life.” “I thought it would make it 10 times better but it’s made it 10 times worse,” Park told the Sunday People. “I wish I had no money most days. I say to myself, ‘My life would be so much easier if I hadn’t won.’” After Park won the lottery, shopping became a huge problem for her. She went out and bought more than 50 designer handbags including a Louis Vuitton, a lot of shoes, and a purple Range Rover. Now she’s contemplating about suing lottery company for negligence. “People look at me and think, ‘I wish I had her lifestyle, I wish I had her money,’ she added. “But they don’t realize the extent of my stress. I have material things, but apart from that my life is empty. What is my purpose in life?”

Jane Park
Jane Park, who won the lottery as a teenager, is now blaming the lottery officials for ‘ruining her life.’ (Photo courtesy of BBC Scotland)

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