Hitting the jackpot seems like a completely transformative experience, but not everyone goesaround splashing money on big mansions and fast cars later on. One woman from New Zealandrecently took a look back at her year living with a $3.000.000 fortune, and said it just allowedher to relax more and worry less.
Tina was a member of a 10-strong syndicate and collected a piece of a $30.000.000 windfall inSeptember 2017. This lucky woman was calm and collected at first because she always had afeeling they’re going to win, but it took her a while to enjoy the freedom $3.000.000 can bring.Tina used some of the money to go on an overseas trip to the US West Coast with anothersyndicate member. Apart from getting a new car, she didn’t make any big purchases, becausewinning $3.000.000 is all about having more time for her loved ones.
“I don’t go anywhere in a hurry. I’m not busting my hump working all the time. Sometime I getto the end of the day and think, ‘What the hell have I done’ – not a lot. But I’ve got family uphere and I see them a lot,” explained Tina.
Her fellow syndicate members didn’t go crazy after hitting the jackpot, either. They all keptworking, and used the money to help out their kids and local community. These ten womendonated their winnings to more than 120 family members, friends, charities, sports clubs andhospitals in the past 15 months.
“Overall it was a group of women from the same background – hard-working women withfamilies, who would have loved to throw in the towel at work but couldn’t. All absolutely Joeaverage people, and still are,” said Tina.