+115 @Upper-Tomorrow-5963 I went to college with a guy who won $2.2m lottery.    He took the lump sum, walked away with $972k. Paid off his college right then and there, and invested the rest.  He does have a job, but entered the workforce with some good investment accounts 

+95 @carrbucks My wife received a $1.7 million inheritance. It was life changing in that we were able to pay $680k cash for a horse property... that we sold for $1.2 million, 4.5 years later... we then paid cash for our current home and cash for mountain lake cabin. We have no debt and a retirement income of over $125k a year

+62 @jdakidd13 I don’t know if I would quit work after winning $400k lol

+46 @pablomoney This is pretty crazy. My aunt/uncle won $3.2 million in the early 80’s and then in like 1985, my neighbor across the street won $3.5 million. These were state lotteries and was back when you got paid out annually over 20 years. Then in early 2000’s, my neighbors daughter two doors down won a $1 million scratch off and like a year or two later won another 500k in a scratch off. That one didn’t end well because she had a crazy addiction to it and ended up penniless. The rumor was that she was spending $300-400 a day on scratch off tickets. Just the other day, a buddy from high school (we are all 50+ now) won a $1 million scratch off. So that’s four people I knew very well. But? I think all of these people played A LOT.

+34 @Rory-liz-bath Had a client win 1 mill on the lotto, blew it all , then the bitch won again 1 mill, blew the second lotto win and has the nerve to ask me to cut her a break on my prices for service cause she was poor again , as if !

+31 @spy_tater I know someone who won 10 grand. Went to Schenectady to cash it in. Came back on an Adirondack Trailways bus , broke telling stories of crack and hookers.

+28 @observethebadgerking I know an elderly couple who won £18 million being part of a syndicate with their daughters. Think they allowed their daughters to take the majority of the share. Nice enough couple, but do like to brag about their win.

+22 @Mediumasiansticker 400k is not quit your job money wtf

+18 @lvl_60 A cousin, whom i barely talk to, had won 1m euros. Spent it on 2 houses and a bmw i8 which he trashed. Lived above his class for about a year. Now he is delivering parcels.

+17 @theFooMart I know someone who won around $1 million. She's older and lived in her house for a long time so that was mostly paid off already. Her husband passed away and life insurance paid off the rest of the house. A million dollars isn't a lot, but when you have a paid off house, and you're already retired, it's enough to be very comfortable.

+15 @QualifiedApathetic I know someone who won $10k on a scratch-off. That's it. She's probably spent more than that on lottery tickets in her lifetime.

+14 @Forcasualtalking A friends parents won 3.3m. They were already what I’d describe as rich- big house in the country, both officially retired at 45, the mom started a part time flower arranging business for fun now.

+13 @prosperosniece My husband’s former boss won on a power ball ticket where they had all the numbers except the power ball ($1 million prize). She had bought though as part of an office pool so she shared the prize, still ended up with $30,000.

+12 @mister_barfly75 Not personally, but my ex worked with a couple who won £36 million on the Euromillions. They quit their jobs and she never heard from them again, although their names did pop up in the local paper from time to time because of their ongoing battles trying to get planning permission for some good awful self-designed mansion they were trying to get built in a local conservation area.

+11 @brinerbear A uncle of mine won a million on the big spin from a scratcher ticket. He used the money to fix up a house but he never retired just because he won.

+10 @microdamage I worked as a bank teller in college. A woman would come in every February to deposit a check for $330,000. She won the lottery years before and took the annuity.