What happens to people after they win long-term prizes and competitions?

A neighbour won $500 a week for life. He quit his job, divorced his wife, and moved into a small apartment across town where the rent was cheap and now he almost never leaves.

He has everything delivered to his house from Amazon, Living the Dream.

My older cousin won five grand a month for life. It ruined him.

He got all paranoid about people only wanting to be around him because he had money. We live in a

rural, fairly low-wage area, so that's a lot of money to some people. If you ever mentioned it to him,

he just stopped talking to you. He's pretty much a loner now with almost nothing to show for it.

That's kind of scary. Why doesn't he move? This is where his mother lives and he's not the

type to venture out into the world. One of my friends won a $5,000 a week for Life Prize in the New York

Lottery a few years back. It's actually only for 40 years, but that's plenty of time to save for retirement and live a long, happy life.

He's doing well because he isn't acting like a lotto winner.

It's as if it was the social security he was receiving previously.

He's disabled.

He still has his friends, too.

It pretty much went as best as possible.

I once won a year of free groceries.

They gave me $52 $100 gift cards to use any way I wanted.

I was single and ate and drank like a gosh darn king that year. Nobody went hungry when I was around.

I won free toilet paper for a family for life, which is $62 a month. I give them to a homeless shelter.

Do you give it to them because it's full of bums? Web developer here. I made a month. I give them to a homeless shelter. Do you give it to them because it's full of bums?

Web developer here. I made a website for a local pizza chain. The owner paid me, then asked for support.

I gave him a price, 75 bucks an hour, and he suggested free pizza for life instead. I took it.

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