Winning a massive lottery prize comes with many temptations and new decisions in your life like whether you should keep or quit your job. Many lottery winners throughout South Africa have gone through this decision and all of their stories are different. Some winners chose to keep their jobs and carry on working and others chose to quit them and live a rich life full of luxury. Should lottery winners quit their jobs?
Here are three stories of lotto winners and what they decided to do with their winnings.
Winner won’t quit his job after winning a R232 million Jackpot
The winner of the R232 million jackpot decided to keep his job and carry on working. The 50-year-old Cape Town general worker had no plans to live a rich life and rather chose to live a normal life and spend money on his children’s education. After the man received counselling, he stated that he was in no hurry to spend his winnings. He added that his only intent was to spoil himself with a family home. This was the country’s biggest lotto jackpot winner and he chose to live a normal life.
Domestic worker wins R70 million Jackpot
Quitting her job was an easy decision to make for a domestic worker that won the R70 million Powerball Plus jackpot. The woman has been working for 30 years but after hearing the news she quit her job to do everything she ever dreamed of. She wants a five-bedroom house in a leafy suburb and will be paying for her daughter to become the first person in her family to have a degree.
R6 million lotto winner from Johannesburg doesn’t plan on quitting his job
A lottery winner from Johannesburg won a jackpot of R6 million in October 2019. The man has no plans to quit his job and only told his wife and kids about his windfall. When interviewed about what he plans to do with his winnings the man said that he would not be resigning from his job. He would not be changing his lifestyle. The man said that he will be settling his debts and live a debt-free life and ensuring his children receive the best education. The man will also donate some of his winnings to a local homeless shelter in his community. Whether you won lottery jackpot or not, it all comes down to how you feel about your work. If you are enjoying what you do and can save up even more money, why should you quit?
