Despite gaining the crowd 5 times, Carlo Massetti’s life has become a chaos, with a troubled relationship with accusations of domestic violence.
Carlo Massettionce the most celebrated winner of Australia, had a turbulent life marked by millionaire gains, legal problems and a toxic relationship that led him to prison. Now living more discreetly, the former funeral agent recalls a decade that has gone from extreme wealth to emotional torment.
Your victorious sequence in the lottery started in 2012when he won twice and left his job as a funeral agent in Sydney.
But Massetti only gained fame in 2018, when raised $ 2.5 million In two draws separated from one week. Just 12 days later, it earned another 48,000 dollars in a Powerball draw, the.
For all these earnings, the player always used the same formula: spend between 5000 and 8000 dollars By bulletin, opting for smaller draws during the week, with fewer competitors, instead of the big jackpots over the weekend. It also chose eight to nine numbers and nine to ten lines of them, using only “the spit numbers of the machine.”
However, the fortune brought more chaos than happiness. Extravagant spending on luxury gifts, first class trips and a volatile relationship with Danielle Prebble ended up turn the prize into a burden. The relationship was marked by accusations of domestic violence, arrests and lawsuits and hit headlines when Prebble claimed to have been kidnapped by Massetti during a luxury trip.
Massetti denies any involvement in the most serious accusations, such as the allegation of have set fire to prebble – A case that was filed by the police. Still, he spent several periods in pre -trial detention for violating restriction orders. In one of these periods, he was placed in protective custody and divided cell unknowingly with one of the worst condemned pedophiles of the new South Wales, an experience he described as “very scary.”
Despite the decline of her public image, Massetti also sought to give something back to the community, including a $ 50,000 donation to St. Vincent Hospital in Sydney. However, legal expenses, taxes and opulent lifestyle have eventually consumed most of their money. “What remains is a mystery“, Confesses.
The final chapter with Prebble ended after a last confrontation in New Zealand in 2021. Although it was again accused of aggression, the courts ended file the process. Prebble returned to Sydney and, despite his recent problems with the court, Massetti ensures that he has no intention to restore.
“I live the best I can,” he says, determined to move on. “My life is now quieter, where I can focus on health and leave the past behind- almost like a closed book.”
