If I ever won a lottery, I would not give money to anyone that asked for it. I would pick and choose who would receive my money - and often, they would never know where it came from. It seems like the ones most in need and deserving a helping hand never ask for help. THOSE are the people I would help.
Beggars would never see a penny of it. In my place of business, I get beggars in almost every day, all of them have some pitiful story - and all of them feel like victims that are entitled to my money. They are almost all healthy looking and able to do some kind of work - but they never ask for work.
It can be a blessing or a curse, depending on what you do with the money. I always thought I’d like to start a school where children really learn and are taught values.
First time I ever got the gas station beggar:
I’m near Disneyland filling up and a guy comes up and says he drove his family here for vacation in their old truck and the rear end went out. They have no money to fix it and if I could just give him $25 it would really help (this was early 80’s).
I was young and believed him. I also had Washington plates. I too had driven my car there.
I also thought that if he was not prepared to fix something like that he never should have drove out and actions have consequences, so I declined to help. Naturally, as I drove away it hit me that it was a scam. It’s happened several times since then...
After they have heard the responses they can better make the decision on how to respond to requests coming their way.