6/42 2 winners
Draw date 10/05/13
Jackpot Prize 60,181,596.00
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Two lucky Lotto bettors will split a P60.181-million prize after winning the Lotto 6/42 draw 10/05/13 Saturday night.
A farmer from Laguna won one-half of the P60-million jackpot in the Lotto 6/42 draw last October 5.
The winner has five children and will receive P30,090,798.00
The winner, a lotto bettor since 1995, plans to buy a house and lot, invest in farming, and send his grandchildren to school.
The other half of the Lotto 6/42 jackpot has yet to be claimed.
The Price of Happiness
Not everyone who wins a lotto jackpot lives happily ever after, and the headline-writers of many tabloid newspapers love nothing more than to focus on winners who have lost their fortunes or used it in a way that brought them misery instead of joy.
The four lottery lessons discussed in this article highlight the most common types of mistakes that are made by winners so that you can avoid them if you too are lucky enough win yourself a lottery jackpot in the future…
Lottery Lesson #1 – Don’t Brag
When you win a lottery jackpot you might be very tempted to share your good news with everyone you meet, but that probably isn’t a good idea. Although your closest friends might be happy for you, a lot more people will be jealous, and quite a few might start approaching you for cash handouts.
Some winners have been overly generous with their money and ended up with nothing left for themselves, at which point their new ‘friends’ have quickly disappeared. Your first lottery lesson is therefore to avoid bragging openly about your win so that you aren’t put in a potentially uncomfortable position in the first place.
Lottery Lesson #2 – Invest Wisely
Having a more money than you have ever had before won’t suddenly transform you into a business whizz, so don’t rush into investing in any kind of business that you haven’t already got plenty of experience in.
The number of lottery winners who have lost some or all of their fortunes because of failed business ventures is frightening, so do the sensible thing and always consult a professional financial advisor before signing away cash on speculative projects. Better to earn 5% a year from a savings account than lose 50% a year or more in a risky business venture.
Lottery Lesson #3 – Exercise Self-Control
The saddest stories of lottery winners going broke and ruining their lives tend to involve drugs, drinking to excess and similar over indulgences, so the third lottery lesson is to exercise some self-control.
By all means celebrate your win in style, but don’t lose sight of the fact that if you lose your health or relationships in the process, no amount of money in the bank will be enough to compensate for such a loss.
Lottery Lesson #4 – Value Your Friends
Some lottery jackpot winners are tempted to break all ties with their old friends so that they can jet off to a brand new life.
Although you might think that your new-found wealth means that you have less in common with your old friends than you did before your win, lottery winners who distance themselves from previously valued friends often regret having done so. Of course, there is nothing to stop you making new friends, but be sure to value your existing friends, because repairing broken friendships is a lot harder than not breaking them in the first place.
Although the majority of lottery winners enjoy their lives as millionaires or multi-millionaires, a relative handful aren’t so happy. The lottery lessons outlined here will help ensure that – if and when you do win yourself a lottery jackpot – you avoid making the kind of mistakes that could threaten your future happiness.
In other words, if you learn these lottery lessons you can look forward to the kind of life you have always wanted. Good luck!
Source: Lottery.co.uk
