Beginners Luck - On A Massive Scale ! ! !

[Canary42]

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/teenager-won-36-million-lottery-100820643.html

[andy-hughes]

Wonderful!

[rowanwitch]

And she still wants to finish her degree, sounds like a nice girl. Hope it brings her nothing but happiness

[Sqad]

I don't know her social circumstances, but this is a "lifechanger" not for the better , I fear.

[piggynose]

obscene amount of money to win for one individual!

[Bazile]

^^^
I agree sqad

[Hazlinny]

Used to buy a 6.49 lottery ticket when on holiday in Vancouver - where did I go wrong? Hope she gets good advice re her winnings.

[Patsy33]

That amount would worry me to death! Let's hope she has good, sensible advice, and keeps her feet grounded. I hope it brings her happiness.

[Canary42]

I agree such a sum could be disastrous. But with current ordinary savings rates at a paltry 0.1% this would give a comfortable background income of $36,000 per annum (about one and a half times minimum UK wage).

Not enough to go crazy on, but enough to take a relaxed view regarding education/employment.

So perhaps that's the wisest option.

[gingejbee]

Anybody getting 0.1% on their savings needs to look elsewhere...pronto!

[Canary42]

I'm not really concerned about the actual figures, just presenting a sample way ahead.

[gingejbee]

"I'm not really concerned about the actual figures"...yes, quite obviously!