She may be naive, confused, and ignorant, but I 100% agree that letting 16yr olds play the lottery is a problem. That is WAY too young :/ You can't even get your driver's license when you're 16 in the UK, but they can start up their gambling careers and be handed millions? I could see kids ruining their lives by winning the lottery too young. Especially if the parents aren't involved. You know how dumdum celebrities are always getting themselves bankrupt? I'm pretty sure the same thing would happen to most children who win the lotto. They could get into all sorts of craziness if they have the money, and they would be SO EASY to manipulate and take advantage of. And yeah you would basically be done with your friends. It's probably super isolating. If you're not a millionaire kid already, surrounded by other rich kids, none of your friends will ever understand you or sympathize with your problems again. 

She SHOULD give the money to charity, but again she's a dumb shit teenager. She was 17. Some 17yr olds are mature and have their shit together by then but... let's be realistic here. A lot of people are fucking terrible until their mid-late 20s. Her brain isn't even done growing yet. If you're not forced to grow up early, and you're not chock-full of that Capricorn energy, you're not going to be mature at 17. 

Speaking of Capricorn. She's 21 now, which means shes in her Saturn square. Maybe having thousands of people ridiculing and berating her on the internet will help her grow up a bit 🙂 She did already backpedal on her plan to sue.