Winning a million-dollar prize is the dream of many. Many use the prize money to improve their lives, others save it to last until retirement and others dedicate themselves to enjoying themselves without thinking that the money will run out one day if they do not manage it well. And this is just what happened to a retiree who, after winning a prize of 750,000 pounds (almost 900,000 euros) in the lottery, squandered his entire fortune in a few years and now has to live off his pension. The worst of all is that his son tells him that he hasn’t given him a single cent.
The story of this man, which has been echoed by the British media ‘The Sun’, was explained by the son himself through the Reddit platform. In a publication that accumulated hundreds of views and comments, the son explained resignedly how his father, Not only had he spent the entire fortune, but he had not shared it with him, even going so far as to take him out of his will.
The son regrets the situation, not only because his father now has to live off his pension instead of being able to enjoy a good life thanks to the prize, but because of the family situation he is going through. He claims that while he has been excluded from the willhis inheritance will be divided between his younger sister and the daughter of his father’s partner.
This is not the only lottery prize that has ended with a divided family
The history of this family It is not an isolated event. Although, as has been said, winning a prize in the lottery is in most cases a reason for joy, sometimes this can be cut short by family arguments over the prize.
Also in the United Kingdom, a woman accused her family of being greedy after winning a lottery prize. In this case, after sharing part of the 16 million euros she won in a raffle, this single mother explained that,Some members of his family were not happy and ended up breaking up the relationship.
He explained in the same medium that “I would have gladly helped many of them get property, but the way some thought I owed them support was crazy.” In this case, and although the award helped him achieve a better life, it left him a bittersweet taste due to fighting with some of his very close relatives such as his father, his brother or his now ex-partner.