Obviously winning 600k or even 1.2mio$ only appears to be a big sum. But in reality all they can do with such an amount is buy some modestly better real estate, a modestly better car, then best re-invest the rest safely. That kind of cash is hardly enough to make large jumps in consumption and lifestyle.
The main people who would be able to make some real money from it are those who are already on a path to financial relevance anyway.
And obviously an old woman like that - what she gonna use it really for? Let the nephew have the dough - he may even make more out of it than her by the looks of it. It's not as if it makes a huge difference to her monetary awareness level whether it's 600k or 1.2mio.$. She will likely blow through it all long before she dies.
The young lad can rise in other social spheres if he is very smart with it, but even for him - it's not really fuck-you money, just better start-up cash.
The main people who would be able to make some real money from it are those who are already on a path to financial relevance anyway.
And obviously an old woman like that - what she gonna use it really for? Let the nephew have the dough - he may even make more out of it than her by the looks of it. It's not as if it makes a huge difference to her monetary awareness level whether it's 600k or 1.2mio.$. She will likely blow through it all long before she dies.
The young lad can rise in other social spheres if he is very smart with it, but even for him - it's not really fuck-you money, just better start-up cash.