There are two lottery winners living close to me! One was a teacher at a local school who won 2.2m, the other a local man who had lived in the same 2-up, 2-down all his life. Because I don't know them, I have no idea what difference it has made to their lives really other than a bigger house and the teacher went part-time, then left but has been teaching p-t again. It's also rumoured someone I have met recently belongs to a 'lottery family' but I haven't asked her.
Someone at work won 250k a few years ago before I started there. I reckon that's prob all the lottery luck run out here. Or maybe we're a really lucky area and the place to live to win!
I'm part of a syndicate at work. There are about 30 of us and we pay two quid a week. Last year I paid in 104 quid and our winnings were 33 quid!!! Still I reckon I saved about a fiver a week by stopping smoking (2-3/day) and I no longer go out and about buying lattes so I'm not worried about it.