Winning the Lottery

Winning or earning a substantial amount of money shouldn't only be used in luxury or having a high lifestyle. In the downfall of our long lasting recession that has lasted quite a while, really ought to be thought about considerably. I would choose to share it, as much as possible. So, for the lottery to even exist could be life changing to many people if anyone ever won. ever won. So, should we play the lottery? Should you be able to make a difference? Also, is the lottery really a dream come true? This is my take on what I could do and what should be done if I or someone should win the lottery.
First of all, should we play the lottery? Money literally does grow on trees, but not exactly the way we wish it to. My mother used to obsess about the lottery spending tons of money on tickets. So, when I was real little I used to tell my mother all the time that when I grow up, I'm going to win the lottery and I'm going to buy a ton of homes like Jennifer Anniston. If she could do it, then so could I. As I grew older and watched my mother spend so much money on the lottery it somewhat changed what I thought about the lottery. I felt so terrible all the time because she would go into depression from spending all her money and couldn't figure out how to pay the bills. I've asked her “what are you going to buy if you ever win?” When asked, she could never think of one thing, but of course pay off her bills. I always told her; “if you didn't spend as much money as you did playing it, you could.” It really opened her eyes about the whole concept of playing. If “you” buy the tickets, they “ gain” tons of money, so it made her think what the lottery most likely means.
Secondly, if by chance I did win the lottery. Shouldn't I be able to make a difference? People to me take advantage of winning the lottery. If I did I most definitely would make a difference. I wish most people who win the lottery would think about others or just take a look around them and see what could be done but can't be done. Every night around one in the morning I am still up and I watch this little documentary about a few kids dying at St. Judes. About 50% of them die from irreversible cancer, tumors, and just about everything unimaginable a person could live with. It seems about 90% literally have to get worse before they get not even half way better. It's so depressing because they show most of the kids stories who at the end eventually lose the battle of their deadly disease. All anyone can do outside or inside that hospital is try as much as possible to make their lives as normal as they can. Knowing there is literally no cure for them children is just horrifying. St. Judes is a nonprofit organization and it relies on others to help save those kids and help find that one little injection or pill that will stop their sickness for good. The more money they get the faster it'll be for them to absolutely change the world. Winning the lottery could be that injection or that little milligram of a pill. But for me I haven't really read much about the generosity of those lucky people who has won the lottery.
Lastly, is the lottery really a dream come true? According to a recent study by Guido W. Imbens, Donald B. Rubin, and Bruce Sacerdote:
“Winning $15,000 a year for twenty years would not have a major effect on your life. However, if you instead won $80,000 a year for 20 years, it would affect your labor force participation, automobile expenditures, the value of the home you own, and your savings.” ( Bureau of labor statistics)www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1999/07/precis.htm Reading all the statistics makes the idea of winning the lottery a whole new thought. It affects someone so much it seemed unrealistic in some cases. The deaths the lottery does cause is just mind blowing. The thought of all them winners neglecting the way the lottery could be used and doing nothing but making their lives more worse than it was, was just astonishing. The hatred people showed towards them and how the hatred literally turned fatal a lot of the times is just not worth it.
Winning or earning a substantial amount of money shouldn't only be used in luxury or having a high lifestyle. Considering the selfishness of all the people these days is just unbearable to think about. I've wondered for so long how; when someone gets lucky enough to win so much money and not use it as a gift from God, it honestly seems like god is giving us a chance to become hero. The people who does end up winning a HUGE amount end up becoming to financially happy but emotional destroyed because of the greediness that came over them. The articles meaning is that most people never finish spending all the money in their lifetime and it's going to be donated anyway, so why not do so now.
Should we really play the lottery; should we make a difference; or is it even really a dream come true: all these issues are really never supported or brought to peoples attention, and to me it definitely is something that should be brought up to awareness just like cancer is. Playing the lottery doesn't have to be just about yourself, in which it can be controversial.