Anoop, a driver from Kerala, India, is so overwhelmed with requests for financial aid that he regrets winning the lottery jackpot.
The man won 250 crore ($3.06 million dollars) in a state government lottery in mid-September.
But a week later, he posted a video asking strangers to stop bother him and his family.
“I wish I hadn’t won,” he says. “Third prize would have been better.”
Anoop says in the video that she is considering moving to escape the overwhelming public attention.
When she won the prize, the largest offered in the state in a lottery, the man made national headlines.
Purchased the ticket on 17 of September. The day before, he had planned to fly to Malaysia to work, something he was going to be able to do thanks to his son’s savings.
When the news of the award broke, his family received a lot of media attention .
“I was overjoyed when I won”, he says in a recently published video. “There were people and cameras in the house and we were happy”.
But the situation “soon got out of control“, he adds.
“I can’t leave the house, I can’t go anywhere. My son is sick and I can’t take him to the doctor”.
Anoop, who will receive $1,675,1200 dollars after government taxes, says people come home every morning.
“All I can tell everyone is I have not received any money yet. Nobody seems to understand my problem, no matter how many times I say it”.
Anoop says that he and his family have been staying with relatives to escape attention.
The state government indicated that it will organize a one-day financial management training program for Anoop to help it use money wisely.
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