Are lottery prizes getting too big?

24/06/2011 09:53:30

Money As a Lotto Max Canada winner steps forward to claim her $25 million prize, she worries that she will never get back to ‘real-life’. We think that winning the lottery would be the best thing to happen, but sometimes the trauma of a big win can have serious effects. Tonight, a £105 million (€121 million) Euromillions nine-times rollover jackpot goes up for grabs, so we ask the question, are lottery prizes getting too big?

Is the amount players are winning in lottery jackpots more than anyone needs, or actually can handle? Or is it all bully to the winner? After all, lottery sales are never so high as when there’s a big rollover up for grabs, but is a £13 million jackpot not just as good as £105 million?

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Many might scorn at the dilemma, but Richmond resident Vivian Leung who won $25 million on the Lotto Max was quite happy with her life, and hopes she can adjust to the big win. You can only hope that should your luck come in on tonight’s £105 million Euromillions jackpot that you’ll be sensible and the cash will be a blessing not a curse.

Of course for every story of lottery winners struggling to adjust, there’s another happy ever after and one thing is for sure, big lottery jackpots are here to stay and they are only likely to get bigger too. If you wouldn’t complain at £105 million in the bank then don’t forget your lottery tickets for tonight’s Euromillions draw, or the Lotto Max like Ms Leung, which is an estimated $10 million!