BAYONNE, NJ- In what some are calling a dream come true come false, local lottery winner Frank Terris has been hospitalized with a broken neck after trying a very popular post-lottery fantasy: diving into a pool of gold coins.

“Well, Frank had played the lottery so many times, and his biggest dream was a bit of a cliche” said his sister Betsy .“ He would come home and chant ‘pool of gold coins!’ while scratching his tickets. When he won last week, our whole family was so happy for him. We knew he was going to get the pool, but no one thought he would actually try diving in headfirst.”

We had a chance to interview Frank right after he got out of surgery.He was a little out of it on the pain meds, but we made out two words: “Worth it.”

Terris’s doctors are optimistic about his condition. “This isn’t the first case we’ve seen like this” said lead surgeon Greg Myers. “We see neck trauma every day, and get a few cases of Lottery winning related injury every year.”

Lottery related injuries are a very real problem in modern day society.Usually involving lottery winners who try to do something extravagant and dangerous, they have become more common in the last few years.

Lisa Berg, the head of Lottery Winners Who Have Injured Themselves Doing Pointlessly Indulgent Things (LWWHITDPIT) is advocating the spread of awareness for these types of injuries. “Well it all started with my son Kenny” Lisa Explained “He won the Lottery 3 years ago, and proceeded to have a trampoline stitched together out of hundred dollar bills. He didn’t make it past the first jump.” After recovering, Kenny was quoted saying “I should have just made it two ply!”

Other lottery related injuries include sports car crashes, jewelry drownings, and caviar overdoses.Many have theorized these injuries are all part of the all powerful lottery curse, and serve as a warning for all to be careful what they wish for, but who knows.