How Becoming a Lottery Millionaire Changes Your Life

Callie Rogers from Cockermouth in Cumbria, England, made lottery history in 2003. Aged just 16, the teenager won a £1.875 million jackpot but coping with her win wasn’t an easy task. Now her windfall has gone but says she is happier than ever.

Becoming a lottery millionaire is never something easy to deal with. It changes your life and Callie admits that she had to “grow up overnight.”

Checkout girl

At the time of her win, she was working as a checkout girl in a supermarket, earning just £3.60 an hour. The lottery winner was living with her foster parents but that all changed thanks to her big win. Callie was able to buy her first home but dealing with the way others reacted to her success wasn’t easy.

Trusting people became more difficult for her. Some of her friends encouraged her to spend more money than she wanted to. Around £500,000 was spent on gifts for them. Spending included £300,000 on clothes and another £18,000 on cosmetic surgery.

Stress

“Not knowing who liked me for me, and having all the stress of all the money, I just wanted to go back to having a normal life,” said the lottery winner.

Years later, that’s just what has happened to Callie. The lottery jackpot has been spent but the days when she was depressed are thankfully over.

Callie now has three children, one of whom suffers from cerebral palsy. Helping him “makes the lottery feel like just a small thing in my life,” she says.

The lottery winner did receive help from Camelot, who currently run the National Lottery, However, one of their spokespersons said that Callie “didn’t take up the independent financial and legal advice offered by us.”

Doing that is so important if a big lottery win comes along. Experts can give invaluable help over a number of years. Players won’t be used to dealing with such large sums of money and the help received can help you deal with your new-found wealth.

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