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Why single mum was 'cursed' by $3.3m lotto win

A former shelf-stacker who became Britain’s youngest ever lotto winner at 16-years-old wants the rules to change to stop anyone under 18 taking part.

Callie Rogers was just a teenager when she scooped the $3.3 million jackpot back in 2003 and quickly splashed the cash on luxury holidays, boob jobs, expensive clothes and “gifts” to friends and family, leaving her penniless.

Players within the UK can purchase lotto tickets or scratch-it cards from the age of 16.

After blowing her fortune, the now 32-year-old mum-of-three has admitted the huge sum of money left her depressed.

Pictured is UK's youngest Lottery Winner Callie Rogers, who was 16 years old when she won $AU3.3 million on UK's National Lottery.
Lottery Winner Callie Rogers was 16-years-old when she won $3.3 million. Source: Getty Images

She described the win to the Daily Mirror as a “curse” and said it was far too much money for someone so young.

Ms Rogers is leaning on her experience to back the UK government’s proposals to raise the National Lottery age limit from 16 to 18, in line with Australia’s.

"You are only 16, with all that responsibility. At that age, you can get the best advice ever, but you are not in a position to listen,” she told the Mirror.

“I was too young.”

Now 32, Callie Rogers is backing the UK government's push to increase the national gambling age from 16 to 18. Source: Callie Rogers / Facebook
Now 32, Callie Rogers is backing the UK government's push to increase the national gambling age from 16 to 18. Source: Callie Rogers / Facebook

Despite her modest carer’s salary of $21,300 the former lotto winner said she’s now happier with her life.

A spokesman for UK’s national lottery group Camelot reportedly claimed they offered Ms Rogers independent financial and legal advice, but she didn’t take up the support.

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