Britain’s youngest Euromillions winner has revealed she is planning to sue Lotto claiming landing the jackpot ‘ruined her life’.
Jane Parks, who was 17 when she scooped £1 million, said she sometimes wishes she had never bought her winning ticket.
Now 21, she confessed she’s burdened with the ‘stress’ of being a millionairess.
And people should not be allowed to buy a ticket until they’re 18 years old.
‘At times it feels like winning the lottery has ruined my life,’ she told the Sunday People.
She is reported to be considering suing Camelot, who run the Euromillions.
What? Have we now entered the realms of Idiocracy? So she wins a million – not a huge amount by today’s standards – and blows it on trivia. Well, nothing new there. She now decides that this is so awful that others of her age shouldn’t be able to take a punt – because, of course, they are all as vapid as she is and cannot manage their own lives or do something with the money that enhances their lives; therefore they must be prevented from doing so because she says so. Because, of course, they are all as vacuous as she is.
And she is planning to sue. What does she want? Compo? More money? Yeah, that’ll work.
Hopefully, the courts will kick it out and award costs to Camelot. That should sort out her problems with having too much money.
we are well into the age of idiocracey and will be until the ordinary people have had enough.
I’ve just watched part of a “Building the Dream” episode on TV. It featured two 30-something teachers who embarked on a mammoth project – adjacent to a river (which flooded during the construction) – AND before they got full planning permission. So I’m not surprised at this level of stupidity amongst teenagers. We now have several generations of stupid parents, and no chance of the ejukayshun system doing anything to correct it…
I thought that you had to be eighteen to buy a lottery ticket. In any case, if you win a million it is up to you how it affects your life, if she screwed hers up she has no one to blame but herself.
Sixteen, apparently. But yes, personal responsibility comes into play here. Or not, as the case may be…
Perhaps she should have bought herself some college course instead of those ridiculous fake tits.
So she thought breast implants, two properties and a chihuahua fell into the category of a “purpose in life”? Oh, my sainted aunt!
No, what’s really happened is she’s blown all the money on boob jobs and trivial, but expensive, stuff – and that’s what she’s actually blaming Camelot for. Of course the lawsuit is for her to get more cash. She’s running out.
‘I’ve read about other lottery winners who’ve just blown it all and I can totally see how it can be done. I was stuck in front of a financial adviser who was using words like investment bonds. I had no clue what they meant,’ she added.
So because the poor ignorant dears can’t be bothered to google “investment bonds,” and perhaps set aside a few hours or days or even months to learn a few things about money management, all of the rules have to be changed for everyone?
If the young woman in question had not won a lottery, she’d probably be just as miserable today, only about other things. It’s a certainty she would be just as stupid.
Longrider says that a million is “not a huge amount by today’s standards”. So, let’s consider what Jane Parks could have brought with one million pounds. In most areas of Britain, 200K will buy you a nice flat or a moderate sized house in a good area. Another 200K put into a pension fund at age 17 and left to grow for 50 years guarantees financial security in old age. 100K spent on travelling the world and partying hard provides the ultimate gap year and amazing experiences that you will remember for the rest of your life. If she wanted to go to college or university, she could pay the fees without taking on any debt. After all that she’d have about a third of a million in the bank for future needs. She’d still have to work for a living, but your salary goes a lot further when you don’t have to pay rent, a mortgage or the interest on student loans. If Jane Parks had used this money more sensibly it would have been enough to set her up for life.
Oh, indeed. If I was to win a similar amount, I would carry on working, but with no mortgage to worry about, I would pick and choose rather more and take it easy when I felt inclined.