Everything Britain's youngest ever lottery winner spent her winnings on before ending up bankrupt
Here is everything that Britain's youngest ever lottery winner spent her winnings on, after hitting the jackpot at 16 years old.
In 2003, Callie Rogers had been working as a shop assistant in her local Co-op for just £3.60 an hour when she decided to take a punt on the weekly National Lottery.
This decision would change her life forever.
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Overnight, the teenager would become a millionaire after winning £1.875 million - which is an insane amount of money for anyone, let alone a teenager just beginning her life.
In just a few years, Callie's lottery winnings would be all gone. Rogers ended up working as a carer after returning to education and earning a more modest £12k a year.
So what happened to all of the money?
Everything Callie Rogers spent her winnings on
After claiming her winnings, Callie wasted no time in upgrading her living situation, splashing out around half a million pounds on homes for herself, as well as ones for her friends and family.
A further £550k would be spent on clothes, tattoos and travelling.
She would also splash out on a series of cosmetic surgeries, including £18,000 on boob jobs.
Unfortunately the negative side of wealth was lurking around the corner, friends and family members would soon approach Callie with an open hand, looking to cash in on her new found fortune with promises to pay her back someday.
She spent a total of £500,000 on gifts for friends.
"I would give money to distant relatives and friends of friends. I loaned £20,000 here, and £13,000 there. I would never get it back," she said back in 2019.
"People asked for money for new cars and I would help out. It was a soft touch.
"Now I realise what they were like. I was exploited because of my age. I had a lot of fake relationships."
Callie would also develop a cocaine habit and spent a further £250,000 on the Class A drug.
The minimum age to enter the UK National lottery has since increased from 16 to 18.
A spokesperson for Camelot, who used to own the National Lottery, previously said Callie had been offered 'extensive support' when it came to managing her winnings.
"She didn't take up the independent financial and legal advice offered by us," the statement added.
Now 37, Callie has recently welcomed her fifth child and now lives a much simpler life. She announced the birth of her youngest child, a daughter named Navie-Nicola on Facebook, sharing several snaps of the infant alongside the caption: "The best five weeks of life loving you our little bean."
Brenna Cooper