MANY of us could only dream of what it must feel like to win the lottery.
But one person who knows exactly what's that like after getting the winning number on a scratchcard has told how they were left bitterly "disappointed."
Taking to TikTok (@how_did_this_get_here), Beks explains exactly why winning the lottery was a "very humbling experience."
"Long story short, I bought a $20 (£15) scratch card because I thought the odds were greater on those ones," Beks begins.
"I'm not really a gambler - it was a $10k (£7.9k) a week for life scratch card and I scratched it off."
Beks then shared a clip of what happened straight after and continues: "It was my lunch break and I just dipped out and didn't tell anybody.
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"I went right to the lottery office and was ready for the $10k a week for life so I could quit that job - except, I didn't read correctly…because it was just $10k.
"And after taxes that's $6k (£4.7k), and I had to go back to work and explain why I was gone for so long.
"So yeah, I was humbled to say the least."
Beks captioned the post: "Taxes are the real villain in this story."
The story quickly went viral, garnering a whopping 1.4 million views online and hundreds of comments from social media users.
"$6k is a lot of money," wrote one.
Beks hit back: "Never said it wasn't. I just thought the prize was more than what I ended up with.
"It was disappointing but I was very, very happy regardless. Couldn't say everything I wanted to in the video."
A second penned: "Infuriating how taxes almost took half."
A third commented: "$20 for $6k - not bad!"
Meanwhile, a fourth noted: "$6k is nice but to be expecting $10k a week for life. I know you was heartbroken lol."
And a further shared their own story and penned: "Once, I thought I won $10k or $100k.
"I called the lottery office to see which was true only to find out I only won $3."