Thayo Robelin was recently featured on The Lottery Changed My Life TV show. His story began in November of 2005. At that time his son was but four months old and he needed to go to the store to pick up a few things, but he didn’t want to leave the house. It was cold and he didn’t want to take his young son out into that cold night. So he asked a friend, a co-worker named Keith Bryce, to pick up bread, milk, eggs, and a few Mega Millions tickets and bring it over. National lottery

Keith obliged and went to pick up groceries for his friend. He bought five mega millions tickets for Thayo. He also bought five Mega millions tickets for himself. When Keith came to Thayo’s house, he asked him to choose which tickets he wanted to take. He didn’t want to make that decision, so the two friends agreed to split any prize that they won evenly down the middle.

And they did it! They won! $17.5 million. That was $8,750,000 each.

What did they do with their money? Well this is what this story is about. Funny enough each of them took a very different road. Thayo was very wise and careful with his money while Keith was not.

Before winning the lottery Thayo had a criminal past. In 1999, his home and car were raided by the police. The police claimed that he was the leader of a syndicate that smuggled drugs into his home state of Michigan. He spent time in prison for that. Even before and after the 1999 raid, Thayo had numerous drugs and weapons charges laid against him. Lottery numbers

When his first son was born in 2005. He was determined to make a drastic change in his life. He wanted to be a role model for his wife and wanted to do everything possible to leave his past behind, for good. So he started to work at installing windows and earning his bread honestly.

Four months after his son was born, Thayo Robelin won the lottery. But at that time Thayo already knew what he wanted and he wanted to be able to take care of his son. This decision marks every financial decision he has made since he won the lottery. He didn´t buy himself a big house and technological toys. He didn´t give much away to friends and family. He was determined in keeping and investing so that his son could have a bright future.

Since the lottery win, Thayo had another son. The future looks bright for him and his family. This story is an example of how money can change your life for the better if you learn to manage it well, you can reap benefits for many years and be able to also enjoy it for many years and even hand it down for future generations. But more than that it is a story of change and of good decisions, even after making the wrong ones.