The giant Power Ball lottery jackpot recently caused all sort of commotion around the U.S. People were forming giant lines outside of gas stations for their chance at instant fame and riches. The Power Ball jackpot was at an unprecedented $1.5 billion dollars before someone in California won the whole darn thing. Millions of people across the United States had their hopes lost in an instant. Some people even took out loans to purchase thousands of tickets! Can you imagine doing something like that, and then not winning anything! I even came across a women who created a GoFundMe page asking for people’s donations. She claimed her and her family had spent all of their money on Power Ball tickets, “Expecting to win the $1.5 billion.” Well we may like to think that winning the lottery would cure our woes and we would be set for life. But there are plenty of examples out there from past lottery winners that show that not everyone can handle the money once they win. Check out these past lottery winners and how they ended up blowing all of their money!
What These People Did After Winning The Lottery Will Have You Shaking Your Head All Day
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1. Imagine winning the lottery at 16, you would not nearly be ready to handle that kind of money. Some bad things would most likely happen. Well that is exactly what happened to Callie Rogers. Went she was just 16, she won $3 million in the UK's lottery in 2003. After that, she got together with, from all accounts, a loser boyfriend. She then had two of his kids, and partied away the rest of her money. She also bought lavish gifts for all her friends. She is now reportedly a cleaning lady and facing bankruptcy.
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2. Bill Bob Harrell Jr. was just a Pentecostal Preacher who was working at Home Depot as a stock boy. One fateful day he hit a jackpot for $31 million. He promptly did what most of us would do. He bought a ranch, six other homes and some cars. The problems started arising when he found himself just unable to say no to someone in need. He eventually divorced and ended up committing suicide.
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3. When Denise Rossi hit a $1.3 million jackpot in the California lottery, she started scheming how to keep her husbands hands off the money. She didn't mention a word to him about the money, and asked for a divorce. Her husband knew something was up, but agreed to the divorce anyway. Two years later, he intercepted a letter at his new place in L.A. that detailed how Denise had hidden the money from him and divorced him. He sued her, and the judge awarded him every single cent.
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4. In the 1980's no one seemed to have better luck than Evelyn Adams. The women from New Jersey won the lottery not once, but twice, once in 1985 and again in 1986. While not as much as some of the jackpots today. She won a nice sum of $5.4 million. Apparently she decided to do the worse thing you can do with money, and gambled all of it away in Atlantic City. She apparently resides a trailer park today.
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5. In 2012, Robert Erb won $25 million in the lottery. While he didn't blow it all like the people above, he did donate to many charitable causes. One of them was a $1 million donation to organizations that support marijuana legalization. At least he was being productive with his money.
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6. John Kutey won a share of a $319 million prize in 2011 along with six other people. His share was $28.7 million, still enough money to live an incredibly nice lifestyle. He and his wife decided to spend $250,000 to demolish a local pool and create a giant spray park. They also donated $200,000 to help build a water park in New York.
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7. Some people know exactly what they want when they win the lottery. Michael Carroll, who won $15.4 million in the UK lottery, was one of those people. He was reportedly spending $3,ooo on cocaine daily along with paying for hookers daily. He also bought a mansion, and many luxury cars that he would crash on his own homemade racetrack. Carroll eventually had to sell his mansion, and lost almost all of his wealth. The ex-garbage man is now looking to get his old job back.
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8. In 1961 Vivian Nicholson won the lottery in the UK. She spent almost every cent of vast winnings on designer clothes. She declared bankruptcy a mere 4 years after winning. I really just don't understand how some people can be so utterly stupid and clueless.
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9. Apparently winning $35 million wasn't enough to make this guys idea a good one. After buying his parents a new home with his winnings, Jonathan Vargas started to spend on himself. He invested in his own wrestling show believe it or not, called Wrestlicious. It featured attractive women wrestling in skimpy outfits inside a specially built pink ring. Though you may be asking yourself "How could an idea like that fail?", it did in glorious fashion.
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10. This is almost the perfect American dream come truealmost. A South Korean immigrant named Janite Lee won $18 million in the lottery. She actually didn't even spend her money on meaningless material things. She gave out much of her winnings to various charitable and political organizations she believed in. After doing all of this though, she ended up going bankrupt.
