Mega Millions Winner to Become Hollywood Financier Lottery winners spend their new found wealth in many ways. Some purchase mansions, expensive cars and every adult toy known to man and end up broke in a relatively short time. Other big winners will seek financial and investment advice from a competent financial planner to make sure they and their families will be taken care of. Many lottery winners invest in various business ventures with varying degrees of success. Many donate some of their winnings to charitable causes like the New Zealand lottery winners who bought their community a fully equipped state of the art ambulance. When buying lottery tickets it always good to have a plan just in case. In the newest twist a Hawthorne California single homemaker has decided to enter the movie business in a big way.

In 2007 Cynthia Stafford shared a $67 million dollar Mega Millions lottery jackpot with her father and brother has decided to fund the making of romantic comedies, thrillers and faith based dramas with her $30 million dollar share of the lottery jackpot. Stafford created her own production company, Queen Nefertari Productions which will be represented by cinema industry giant Gersh Agency. Stafford stated, "What I like about movies is it's something ongoing. Movies from the '20s, '30s, '40s -- I still see them today and think, 'Wow, this is something that can go on forever."

Stafford is the CEO and executive producer of Queen Nefertari Productions and has teamed up with producers. The partners have been setting up meetings for various projects. Kalligheri explained the company's philosophy and said, "We all want to do movies that are meaningful to us. We're not just looking to make movies that make money , we want to make movies we would be proud to bring our families to. But we also want to make movies that are commercial, that make business sense."

Stafford was raising her deceased brother's five children in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne when she, her father and another brother purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket for $2. They won a jackpot of $112 million and opted for a lump sum payout of $67 million. Look for her lottery financed films in theatres in the very near future.

Most of us who buy lotto tickets dream about what we would do with the sudden wealth that a big win brings. Ms. Stafford's solution is highly original and is probably a first. From buying lottery tickets to Hollywood producer is quite an accomplishment.