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Every month there are draws in the Federal Lottery, the most famous being the Mega-sena, and others such as Lotofácil, Lotomania, etc. They work like this: in exchange for a few reais, you are part of a draw for which you can receive millions of reais.
Every end of the year there are other games with greater attractiveness, such as the Mega-sena of the turn. So, many expect this lucky break that can reward them with the determined numbers.
In this sense, there are people who play all their lives hoping that one day they will be chosen, but it never happens. They rely on good luck passively while believing that there is no other way to get wealth. However, what happens to those people who are unexpectedly touched by luck?
the brain and the lottery
Before waiting for the lottery to draw us so that we can be happy, live carefree and feel that our lives are resolved, we have to reflect a little on how our brain acts when faced with the most trivial things.
For example, isn’t it true that we have a closet full of clothes, but we always wear them? Why do we always wish we had a better car than what we already have? A bigger house? Don’t we already have enough in some areas of our lives?
The paradox is that if we received a million reais, we would want more after a few days, even if we didn’t need all that amount. As human beings, our gaze is always full of desire. A desire that in part is closely linked to consumption, derived from the artificial needs that the society around us generates, and of which we are a part.
We look for that initial cheer we feel when we finally get to possess what we didn’t have; either because it is better or simply because it is a symbol that we belong to a higher social class or group.
An overwhelming happiness, but momentary, that makes us feel happy that we finally got what we wanted so much.
And the reason for this lies in the brain’s reward centers. The stimulus would be the lottery that, added to learned behaviors and beliefs, becomes something desirable. However, once you get what was desirable, what does the brain need to feel the same thing again ? Re-win the lottery or earn more money.
a poisoned stroke of luck
We see people who have won the lottery always smiling in advertisements. They can travel and enjoy their whims without even checking their bank balance. They show themselves to be carefree and happy.
These are our expectations, and what makes deep down many gifted people tend to imitate the model or feel bad because, behind the number, they are not experiencing this famous and intense feeling mentioned above.
José Manuel Calvo Vaz, a municipal employee in a town in Ourense, won more than nine million euros in 2003 in a lottery in Spain. After setting up several failed businesses, wasting his money on luxury cars he didn’t need and surrounding himself with people who took advantage, in his shadow, of the luxury that his money represented, he ended up committing suicide.
Roger Griffits won $2.3 million in the UK National Lottery in 2005. His wife and he, after this lucky break, quit their jobs and dedicated themselves to a life of luxury.
They thought the money would last forever, but as soon as it was gone, the marriage ended too. Everything that was acquired was sold to make up for the large amount of debt they had incurred. These days Roger lives in a small cottage in West Yorkshire.
We all hope for this lucky break. However, many people have ended up ruined or trapped in an addiction that, if they hadn’t won the lottery, they wouldn’t have succumbed.
We come face to face with so much money overnight that it means a real radical change in our lives, and not necessarily for the better, as the ads say. The reality is often quite different.
Money, in large quantities, hardly brings happiness. What usually causes happiness is to intelligently take advantage of all the lucky breaks that, in one way or another, to a greater or lesser extent, we all experience.
Otherwise, this apparent blessing of fortune can turn into a poisoned embrace of which we’ll end up being prisoners.
