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“I ended up living in a motel”: The tragic fate of one of the Powerball winners
A man, due to a series of bad decisions, lost everything important in his life after winning a million-dollar prize in the Powerball lottery.
The Powerball lottery continues to deliver million-dollar prizes in the United States. (Photo Prensa Libre: EFE)
Powerball is one of the most popular lotteries in the United States and with the millions of dollars it offers in each draw, it changes the lives of the lucky people who manage to win one of its prizes.
However, there are also stories of people who, despite having won these million-dollar prizes, They ended up in an unfavourable position and gained no benefit from their victory.
A clear example of this phenomenon was a man who, according to a publication of The Sun, lost everything in her life after unexpectedly winning one of the prizes that Powerball lotteryl offers weekly.
This guy won a prize of US$250 thousandwhich ended up being approximately US$170 thousand after paying the corresponding taxes.
Although this figure was not a fortune, it was enough money to be able to live comfortably, so The man decided to move to another state to start a new stage.
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In order to start his new life, This guy sold his house to finance his move and when he arrived to this new state he started staying in a motel. while searching for his new home.
Unfortunately, the lottery winner was never able to find a home that met his needs and He ended up spending almost all of his prize money on his accommodation.
But the misfortunes in his life did not end, since only days after running out of money and continuing to live in a room, his mother passed away unexpectedly.
Faced with constant setbacks in his life, The man returned to the city where he grew up and began living in the house that belonged to his mother.
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The now not so lucky lottery winner, as a result of these events, He realized that the money he had earned with Powerball It wasn’t enough to transform his life.so he could have made better decisions and invested it wisely.
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