Homeless People That Won The Lottery And Became Rich
Hey, Millionaire!
Have you ever been through a financial hardship and just wished you won the lottery?
Winning such a massive amount of money can change anyone's life, allowing you to fulfill
all your dreams and projects, but most importantly, recover peace of mind.
However, these lucky lottery winners were blessed with great luck that helped them escape
the most extreme poverty.
In this video, we will show you nine homeless people who won the lottery and became rich.
But enough talking, let's dive into it!
#9: Michael Engfors Getting divorced can't be an easy experience,
especially if your divorce comes with a long period of poverty and misery.
At 61, Michael Engfors had been homeless for six years after losing his business and his
wife, leaving him devastated.
However, not even poverty and his fall into ruin could stop the spirit of this dreamer
of a man.
According to an employee of a nearby gas station named Gabby Garcia, Michael was a regular
lottery player, even if he didn't win more than $2.
Although some people thought he had higher priorities to be spending his money gambling,
Michael proved them all wrong, beating all odds and winning an incredible 500,000 dollars,
thanks to the purchase of one lucky $10 ticket.
How would you feel if, after a rough financial patch, you woke up with $500,000 in your bank
account?
While some people would dream of having money to buy a house or renovate their car, Michael
had only one goal in mind: to find his daughter, whom he hadn't seen in more than 20 years.
Fortunately, he managed to find her, giving his years of suffering a happy ending!
#8: Emily Reyes One story among the luckiest lottery winners
stands out above the rest because it happened in the most unlikely place: the infamous Route
66.
After finding herself in one of the states with the highest rate of homelessness, mired
in a deep addiction to alcohol and drugs, Emily struck a deep chord after landing in
prison for stealing to support her habits.
An experience that would lead her to make a meaningful change in her life after being
released from Amarillo prison.
She checked into a homeless women's shelter that allowed her to stay sober and reintegrate
into society.
However, it wasn't until the day she decided to buy a lottery ticket to get through her
six months of sobriety that her life changed completely.
Because on that piece of paper was the ticket that would win her 200,000 dollars.
Even if she could have used that money to help herself, Emily decided to share her winnings
with another woman at the shelter, making her stroke of luck save another life; after,
for the first time in her life, the odds turned in her favor.
#7: Lucky Former Construction Worker In 2012, in Greenville, South Carolina, a
homeless man won $200,000 in a scratch-off lottery game.
The winner, who did not want to be identified, said he planned to use the money to support
himself and his family.
He stated he yelled, jumped up and down, and smiled when he scratched off the $10 ticket
that had made him rich.
"This will finally put me where I need to be."
- The man said.
This lucky winner used to work in construction, but when things became rough, he moved into
a rescue mission and struggled for years to get back on his feet until fortune struck
his way.
#6: Grant Freeman Since gambling is not legal in Nevada, Grant
Freeman decided to move to Las Vegas to give free rein to his desire to gamble money until
he found that mythical prize that would help him become a millionaire.
Unfortunately, as is often the case with many gamblers who develop an unhealthy addiction,
Grant ended up losing all his money and was forced to live on the streets.
Despite this, he never gave up, convinced that his luck would change one day forever.
After spending his days begging for handouts from tourists and putting every penny he earned
into slot machines, his gambling addiction left him even more broke, leading him to hitchhike
forty miles to Nipton, California.
The mythical place where the magic would happen!
Once in the city, he bought two Mega Millions lottery tickets, which contained all the luck
he had lost in previous years.
With only a few pennies, he won $8 on one of them and an incredible $180,000 on the
other one.
After this big victory, Grant claims to have learned a valuable lesson about gambling after
his addiction nearly ended his life.
However, his neighbors still occasionally see him buying a lottery ticket or two.
If you think these stories have been impressive, then you need to stay until the end because
the following stories are about to get crazier!
#5: Victor Herrera As one of the most beautiful places in the
United States, Miami is a dream place for many tourists and residents.
However, it is hard to believe that a divorced man ended up kicked out of his home in this
paradisiacal place during one of the hottest summers.
Despite this terrible situation, Victor Herrera managed to move in with his son at his sister's
house, where they both settled.
Sadly, the small apartment had no air conditioning to cope with the brutal Miami summers.
One night too hot to make it bearable to sleep, Victor went down to the store to buy a bag
of ice but ended up detouring to buy a lottery ticket.
Little did Victor know that that short trip to the store would win him an incredible $250,000,
which he used to buy a new house.
To this day, we have our doubts about whether Victor has decided to buy an air conditioner.
Because maybe another night, forced to go out and buy more ice, fate will make him the
winner of another grand prize.
#4: Eric from Rahat's Magic Despite not officially winning the lottery,
we can't deny that Eric has had one of the greatest strokes of luck a human being could
ever experience in life.
Eric was a homeless man who became highly popular after appearing on the hit YouTube
channel Magic of Rahat belonging to Rahat Hossain, an American vlogger, prankster, and
magician.
In a completely selfless gesture, Rahat gifted Eric with a lottery ticket while secretly
handing one of the store employees the modest sum of $1000 so that Eric could experience
what it feels like to win the lottery for the first time in his life.
Upon learning that he had won the prize, Eric burst into tears and offered to share his
winnings with Rahat.
That gesture touched the entire YouTube community, leading Rahat's followers to raise a staggering
$66,000, which they used to buy Eric a house.
Unfortunately, shortly after that, Eric tried to take advantage of the situation, accusing
Rahat of stealing his money, so he started blackmailing him into giving him more unless
he wanted him to keep talking.
As if this wasn't enough, the entire YouTube community turned against Rahat, leading him
to go through a severe depression that led him to abandon his channel.
A big blow to Eric's luck was also a big blow to Rahat's mental health.
Thanks to a YouTube documentary and a video dedicated to debunking the lies, Rahat regained
his reputation and is working on his channel again.
If you think the end of this story was completely unexpected, keep watching because the following
three powerful stories will leave you fascinated.
#3: Laszlo Andraschek Unlike many other winners, this man managed
to win the largest sum of money and become a multimillionaire.
In 2013, Laszlo Andraschek was in extreme debt, despite overcoming his addiction to
alcohol.
After seven years of living on the streets, Laszlo decided to leave it all up to luck,
entrusting what little money he had left to spend his last coins on a lottery ticket from
a train station on his way to Budapest.
And fortune smiled back at him!
After the lottery announced the winning numbers, Laszlo became the winner of 636 million Hungarian
guilders, the equivalent of 2.5 million U.S. dollars.
A figure that allowed him to change his life and leave the tough streets behind.
Instead of using the money to buy a large country estate or become the owner of a fancy
car, Laszlo and his wife didn't forget the one place that took them in, so they donated
most of it to the homeless shelter where he and his wife had been staying for the past
few years.
After paying off all their debts, money was no longer an issue in their lives, thanks
to chance and the belief that someday, the law of attraction would give them everything
they had been praying for.
#2: Crystal Nelson In July 2017, Crystal lived in a friend's
truck when he became the winner of the not at all modest sum of $50,000.
However, he was convinced that that money wouldn't be enough to help him turn his life
around-a negative thought for a person who had been homeless for five months until finding
the winning numbers.
Instead of spending a lot of money on unnecessary things, Crystal decided to use part of the
money to buy a new car, using the remaining amount to help his brother pay for his house
so that he would never have to go through the ordeal of homelessness.
A gesture completely born out of selfless love, which earned him something more important
than money.
The affection of his loved ones, who supported him during his hardest moment.
And finally, for the number one spot!
#1: Dennis Mahurin Unlike other winners who had been living on
the streets for a few months or years, Dennis Mahurin was homeless for far too long.
After spending about 25 years living on the streets since 1978, Mahurin decided to use
her money to improve her living conditions, visit his son and even get dental work done.
Although her winnings were not that big, $50,000 helped her change her life and help others
along the way.
What is even more touching about this case is that she never forgot the people who had
helped her all those years.
Instead of spending all her money on expensive things, she decided to give $100 to everyone
on the streets she lived with.
She even joked that she would save some money for new people who came over to be her new
friends after discovering that she had won the lottery.
A clear example that teaches us that there is no better person to express gratitude than
the one who has gone through the most extreme situations.
However, that's not always the case, like we learned with the DUMBEST lottery
winners in history who collectively lost Billions of dollars
after hitting riches.