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Originally Posted by Rochard
A few years ago we had neighbors. Years prior their young son was badly hurt and won a large settlement, which sat in an account until he was 18. He went from working fast food and going to and from work on a skateboard to owning a top end BMW over night. It was horrible - the kid couldn't drive and every week he would have an accident; The car spent more time in the shop than on the road.
He burned through his money and within two years he had blown through half a million dollars and had nothing to show for it.
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I'll see your boring irrelevant story, and raise it this boring irrelevant story:
My 19 year old friend won £1.25m (~$2m) around 9 years ago on our national lottery. He was wise with his cash, now owns his own home, business, and has a great wife and kids.