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I Won the Lottery... but...

by Rycliff

Copyright© 2025 by Rycliff

Fiction Story: The story of one man's experience after winning a large lottery Jackpot

Tags: Fiction   True Story   Rags To Riches  

It all started when I won the lottery. A 350-million-dollar- jackpot. After taxes, and with a lump sum payout, I had 210 million dollars. It should have been the happiest moment of my life. Instead, I curse that day, every single miserable day of my existence.

The first thing out the gate, my loving wife of nearly 20 years, immediately files for divorce. Between the shyster lawyers, on both sides and her, they hit me for 125 million dollars, plus she kept the house in the suburbs.

Next, my greedy children sued me for their share of their inheritance in advance of my death. They claimed I would certainly spend myself into the poorhouse, leaving them destitute as a result. They needed their money now before I could squander it all and then die homeless, thus avoiding that disaster. Somehow a jury agreed, and I was forced to divide my money again between my lawyers, their lawyers, and themselves, I was now down to 20 million dollars. How this was legal has yet to be explained clearly to me, but somehow it happened.

So I figured I must be in the clear now. But wait, not so fast. My business partner decided I must have somehow used the company’s funds to purchase the winning lottery ticket. I didn’t I paid with cash. How do you prove a negative? Simple. You hire another team of shyster lawyers and a pair of forensic CPA’s.

Of course, they find my partner has been embezzling money from the company to the tune of 5 million dollars for 15 years. What happens, you ask? He goes to prison for embezzlement, financial misconduct, and misappropriation of company funds. Oh, Sure, he declares bankruptcy and is never going to see daylight outside of a fenced yard, but I am left holding the bag on a company that is sinking.

I decide to shut the doors for good. This action hurts me and put 25 people out of a job. I try to make the transition easier by giving six months’ salary and extending medical benefits as well. I am down to 13 million dollars.

I decide the best alternative is just to move away. I choose to go to Billings Montana, or just outside near a beautiful mountain. I find a nice little spread; a nice size, log cabin. It has three bedrooms, two baths, modern amenities, and an updated kitchen—all on 25 acres of land with no neighbors in sight. I offer 25 percent over asking price to purchase it furnished. I am now down to 10 million dollars.

 
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