| When we think of celebrities, we think of movie stars | | | | and wish it was them, just like when they see |
| like Brad Pitt, or rock stars like P Diddy, or even | | | | someone like Brad Pitt on TV and wish they had his |
| business moguls like Donald Trump. But we can also | | | | life. It's all about living vicariously through the people that |
| include lottery winners in that group. Lottery winners? | | | | they want to be like. |
| Why? Because the definition of a celebrity is "a | | | | Some lottery winners don't like the media attention and |
| famous or well-known person." When someone wins | | | | try to reveal as little information about themselves at |
| a lotto jackpot, especially if it is a big lotto jackpot, that | | | | the press conferences. Others love the limelight and |
| person becomes big news in the newspapers, on TV, | | | | look forward to it. Most lotto winners aren't ever heard |
| and online. That person definitely becomes well-known, | | | | from again after the media spotlight diminishes. Others, |
| even if just for a few days or a few weeks. The cool | | | | however, love the attention and try to make it continue. |
| part about all this is that the average person can | | | | One such person, for example, was Richie Randazzo. |
| become a celebrity; all he has to do is buy a lottery | | | | Richie won $5 million on a New York Lottery instant |
| ticket - And win! | | | | scratch ticket and played the media for months |
| The stardom begins when a lotto winner wins the | | | | following his win, even going so far as to posing in a |
| jackpot and goes in to the lottery headquarters to | | | | swimsuit with his new Swedish model girlfriend. |
| claim his prize. That is normally followed by a press | | | | Whether you like it or not, average people become |
| conference where the media are invited to take | | | | celebrities when they become lottery winners. Keep |
| pictures, shoot video, and ask questions. It is at this | | | | that in mind the next time you gamble on a lotto ticket |
| press conference where lottery winners become | | | | - You might be in for much more than you think if you |
| celebrities. Many people will watch them on the news | | | | win the jackpot. |
