By the way, I would prefer the winning amounts to be moderate in order to avoid situation like that. Better that the rest of the prize money is split into my parts and spread around so that there will be more winners
Then lottery games are not meant for someone like you because people usually winning big through it with just a $20 ticket.
So how do we make sure that people who win big actually benefit from the wins or don't get badly affected by the wins? I believe my response is directed at the negative consequences of winning big and how to avoid it, which is what this thread should be about in order to tally with the topic & the post and help solve the problem it provides.
I recognize this thread was about the negative consequences of winning big in any form of gambling and I am sorry for talking straight earlier but we can't actually solve every gambler problem if each gambler is still naive of concept of gambling and how much he will win when place his bet which what I believe happened to the victims mentioned by the OP cause if they know all this it wont be strange to them when they actually won.
Naive gambler need to educate themselves.
People should learn to detach themselves from material things so when they unexpectedly win/lose, they pretend as if nothing happened and move on. The less pressure could even help them know how to spend the money or manage the situation the right way. .
By nature, all human is connected to the material and to avoid a situation stated by the OP it depends on the individual maturity and health illnesses. However, gambling is not for people who cant control their emotions/buzz I don't why it hard for people to understand this.
You think the woman gambled (or took big betting risk)? I'm more concerned about people's betting safely/responsibly rather than taking big betting risk.
By the way, I have played lottery before and my risk was very little. Didn't really bother myself with the winners because I wasn't attached to bet... I guess it was because I bet with what I could afford to lose.
Every gambling involve in risk taking cause gambling is a game of chance, to answer your question the woman gambled but the best to way to be concern about people safety/responssibly in gambling is to educate them which is what some gambling site does to prevent addict.
I am occasional gambler.