16-year-olds shouldn't be eligible: lottery winner
Britain's youngest lottery winner says her £1.9 million windfall was a curse but now that she's blown nearly all the cash, she's finally happy.
Callie Rogers won the prize when she was 16 years old. She then gave up her job and spent most of her money on partying, cosmetic surgery, holidays, gifts and drugs.
The Daily Mail in Britain says Ms Rogers, who is now 26 and has three children, has just £2000 left in the bank, works as a carer and is studying to be a nurse.
But she has never felt happier.
In that wild decade after she hit the jackpot, Ms Rogers got breast implants, spent around £250,000 on cocaine, she felt lonely and vulnerable and attempted suicide three times.
"It feels like a lifetime ago. I was too young to win the lottery – I don’t think 16-year-olds should be eligible," she told the media.
"It was too much money for someone so young. Even if you say your life won’t change, it does – and often not for the better. It nearly broke me, but thankfully, I’m now stronger.
"I try to forget the ups and downs I’ve been through and just feel like a normal person."
In an interview with Closer magazine, Ms Rogers said: "I got up late and lived on takeaways. And so-called mates would come over until the early hours to party.
"Suddenly, I was a local celeb and people would come up to me in pubs as if they were my best friend and I felt pressure to buy them all drinks. I didn’t know who to trust.
"For so long, I drifted with no aims. Now I have a job and my family to care for."
