In October 1985, a convenience store employee in New Jersey (USA) won the lottery🇧🇷 In February of the following year, Evelyn Adams, who had significantly increased her weekly expenses with lottery bets, hit the jackpot again🇧🇷 Adding the two prizes matched that BRL 60 million, in corrected values. Back then in the 22 US states with lotteries, No one had previously been awarded twice🇧🇷 The odds of winning the first “Mega” were 1 in 3.2 million. The second, 1 in 5.2 million.
As a millionaire, Evelyn lost her privacy. Wherever she went, she was recognized. Cries for help were heard again and again.
“I never learned a single word of English: No”she explained, according to a report on the Unilad website.
One of Evelyn’s most disastrous decisions was buying the grocery store where she worked. Soon after, she sold the facility in a transaction in which she lost money.
With donations to friends and relatives, gifts, failed (and illplanned) business deals and lots of money lost in casinos that became an addiction, The American went to the canvas🇧🇷
The American dream has collapsed: Evelyn has lost everything and is currently living in a trailer park🇧🇷
Trailer similar to what is now Evelyn’s home Photo: Reproduction / Twitter
“Winning the lottery isn’t always what they say it is. I won the American Dream, but I also lost it. It was a very hard fall. That’s called rock bottom.”she complained.
“I wish I had the chance to do it again. I would be so much wiser now. I made mistakes. I regret some. I am a human.”finished.