How The Lottery Can Change Your Life

Winning the lottery is something we've all thought about, whether or not we're avid ticket holders or just casual ticket players. We've all fantasised about what we would spend it on, how our lives would change, and pondered as to whether we, ourselves would change in the process. Yearning for "more" is what motivates us, being better is what drives us, and hoping is what makes us human. We think about our future. We hope and we dream.

We dream of being able to walk away from our dead-end job and starting afresh. We wish we had more time to spend with our loved ones, more time for our hobbies and pursuing our dreams. That is what the lottery means to us - hope for a better future and time to enjoy them. There are those who don't simply wish, they "do". However, most people are not fortunate enough to just drop everything in pursuit of our deepest desires. Most of us need a break. In this article we follow three fortuitous jackpot winners who seized that break and used the opportunity to follow their individual dreams, be it big or small.

Mark Brudenell

Mark Brudenell worked as a chemical tanker driver and his wife, Cheryl, as the manager of a local bakery. Then in February 1997, the couple won the lottery worth £916,915. This would change their lives forever as four years down the line, Mark and Cheryl invested in their own double glazing business. The perks of not having to answer to a boss goes without saying and the business has become a resounding success thirteen years later, currently employing ten people.

“We used a majority of our winnings to set up our business, however, we also bought ourselves a great home as well as some lovely cars - a Range Rover Sport and an Audi A5. Winning the lottery set us up for life and has given us options we would never have had,” said the 50-year-old.

Eloise Heard

Eloise Heard, now 22, became the richest ever teenager in the United Kingdome when she won £1,346,840 in December 2011 at the tender age of just 19. At the time, she was living in Colchester and working in Co-op. She celebrated her win by treating her boyfriend, David to a pub dinner. These days, she has wisely decided to invest a portion of her earnings in her future as the owner of a mobile beauty business and also aided David, now her husband, in setting up an online toy company.

She said: “When I won I was able to treat my family which was an amazing feeling. We’re both working hard to get our businesses going but knowing we have financial security at such a young age is phenomenal!”

Alex Dyer

Alex (59) and her husband, the late John, managed the Knaresborough Working Men's Club in North Yorkshire when she discovered that she was the lucky winner of a massive £5,957,937 cash injection in December 2003. These days, Alex lives in Spain following the sad passing of her husband. She gave away nearly half of her winnings to friends, family and various charities.

She said: “I absolutely love my home in Spain, it’s a bit like the ‘Good Life’ only with less rain thankfully. We grow our own food and as a horse lover it’s amazing to have my own horse so I can go riding on the beach whenever I want.”

Play the lottery online today and change  your life forever.