My life changed overnight when my parents won the lottery – it was embarrassing & we lived in fear of being kidnapped
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A YOUNG man has revealed the truth behind winning the lottery, and it's not all good news. Jayden Clark, who is originally from Australia shared his story on social media and what it's really like to win millions. He revealed their life was relatively normal before winning, he grew up with two siblings and his mum and dad, who lived paycheck to paycheck.
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"We had a home that I remember like at this stage, my parents were like fighting to keep and very much paycheck to paycheck lifestyle," he said. But his dad had been using the same lottery numbers for five years, and overnight they became multi-millionaires.
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Jayden was young when the family won, and was picked up from school by his mum to be greeted with a massive cheque. He added: "But at that age I had no understanding of money, and how much that really was going to change our life.". He said his parents became paranoid and were fearful the children would be kidnapped as a ransom for their lotto winnings.
The kids took two weeks off school after the win while their parents figured out how to live their new lives. While the money was an obvious bonus, Jayden said it made the family feel like they were living a double life and didn't fit in anywhere. It got so bad that Jayden ended up moving to LA adding: " I feel like I belong and like it was normal because there's so many crazy people here with crazy lives, and realities and journeys.".
