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I am in the money

1		Schoolgirl Tracey Makin, 16, checked her			continue playing, although lightning never
		lottery ticket on Saturday night, and realised		25	strikes twice in the same place,” she joked.
		she was a millionaire. Ice-cool Tracey went to	3		The family plans to stay in the same house for
		school as usual and sat an exam before			the immediate future and her father Jerome, a
	5	telling friends about her fortune.Tracey has			glazier, will carry on working. But Tracey’s

	so far splashed			plans to save for
	out just £30 on		30	her own car next
	two CDs.Yester-			year have been
	day, her family			overtaken by
10	struggled to come			events. Jerome
	to terms with her			said: “She was
	£1,055,171 win.		35	talking about
	Her mother said:			getting a Nissan
	“She is being very			Micra but
15	cool about it, but			goodness knows
	obviously she is			what it will be
	thrilled. She has		40	now.”
	no idea what she	4		Financial expert

		is going to do - we have made no plans at all.		Phillip Platts, who is on the panel that will
	20	I think she just wants to lead a normal life,		advise her, warned that she will have to
		but the whole thing hasn’t sunk in yet.”		invest and make her million pounds grow if
2		Tracey has been doing the lottery since she	45	she is to have an income that will keep her
		turned 16 at Christmas. “I will probably		comfortable for the rest of her life.

BUT WILL WINNING A FORTUNE SO YOUNG WRECK HER LIFE?

YES

SAYS ED DOCX

EXPRESS COLUMNIST

Anyone who thinks the quality of Tracey Makin’s life will be improved by winning £1 million knows nothing about human nature. Tracey’s life is finished. I don’t care how often people say, “Isn’t she lucky?” By the time she’s 30, she’ll wish she hadn’t bought that ticket. In the coming years, she’ll find there isn’t a single man she can trust.They’ll be queuing down the street, but it won’t be her personality or looks they’ll be interested in.
They’ll be after her cash.
Likewise, relationships with female friends will change, they will treat her differently. She’ll get confused, upset and insecure.

NO

SAYS RACHEL SIMHON

LIFE EDITOR

Tracey should have enough to live on for the rest of her life. If she doesn’t want to be careful, she can be gloriously, wildly extravagant.
Young people are much better at spending money than older ones. A 16-year-old with a million to blow is going to do it in style. But there is more to Tracey’s win than the money. She has something most of us can only dream of - total freedom of choice.Thanks to the lottery, she now has the chance to try anything she can put her mind to.With such a comfortable financial cushion to fall back on, the only thing holding Tracey back is the breadth of her imagination.

‘The Express’