A homeless man asking for money at the door of small shops and supermarkets saw his dream come true when he became National Lottery winner and pocketed more than 2 million euros. His story was revealed in The Guardian, where he gave an interview in which he explained that he went from not having a roof over his head to becoming a millionaire.
Furthermore, it is said that when he had nothing and lived off the alms they gave him in the street, Laszlo Andraschek He thought about taking his own life on several occasions. A suicidal thought that he did not complete, aggravated by alcohol consumption from a very young age, which generated great dependence. One day he decided to take the little money he had gotten begging on the street and buy a National Lottery ticket. And he was lucky.
Two days later, in the draw, the numbers came out that made him the winner of 1.7 million pounds (2 million euros). He found out while he was riding his bike and then he thought “it’s over, I won’t have to think where or from whom to ask for more money to pay debts: my life was a continuous struggle to cover holes.”
He didn’t tell his family, but his wife found out.
He new millionaire He didn’t want to tell his wife that he had won first prize in the National Lottery. But she realized it when she saw him dancing into his house (owned by his wife). The first thing she thought was that he was drunk, but then he explained to her that he had a winning ticket, and that it was hidden between the pages of his meditation book.
And the life of this homeless man has been complicated. He has even lost a foot due to frostbite from sleeping on the street. “Everyone was to blame for what happened to me, everyone except myself”he assures in the interview. When he was mired in misery, he did not seek support from his family because he was ashamed.
In 1991 he was registered as homeless and went to live in an army barracks where they did not allow him to consume alcohol, so he decided to escape. Then he met his wife who had 3 children whom Andraschek became very fond of. But that wasn’t enough. It was not enough for her salary, which was 293 pounds. “The bills were piling up.”
Since he had no job, the homeless man awarded with the Lottery He helped as a volunteer in an alcoholics association.
Two million euros from the Lottery to pay debts and help
The two million euros that Andraschek won the National Lottery They helped him pay all the debts caused by the loans but also to realize that those who had helped him should be rewarded.
Thus, he decided to invest the money helping people who were in the same situation and “who were struggling to survive,” as he explained in the interview with The Guardian, leaving luxuries aside.
He created a foundation called ‘Allj Mellem’ which means ‘Support me’!, towards which he only has words of gratitude. “It is our duty to help people who have shared our experiences,” he confessed.