10 most stupid lottery winners who lost it all….

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1. Michael Carroll

Former bin man Michael Carroll, aged 19, had won £10 million on the UK Lotto back in 2002. Proudly naming himself as the ‘King of Chavs’ Michael blew his entire fortune, spending his winnings on lavish cars, hookers, drugs and paying out blackmailers who had threatened his family.
In the end, Carroll soon realised his new celebrity life style was long gone and re-applied for his job as a bin man!

 

2. Evelyn Adams

Evelyn Adams struck gold not once but TWICE after winning the New Jersey lottery  2 years in a row.

After winning her $5 million pay out, it didn’t take Adams long to lose every penny.
Wasting the majority of her money on excessive gambling in Atlantic City, Evelyn Adams found herself totally broke and living In a trailer.

 

3. Willie Hurt

Willie Hurt was an average everyday family man who’s luck changed when he won big on the Michigan Lottery 1989 marked the start of a new and financially stable life for Willie and his family, after scrapping in a whopping $3 million.
Whilst financial worries were finally over, a darker issue was coming into play.

Hurt’s new found interest in crack cocaine saw his $3 million fortune disappear, with Willie ending up broke, divorced and loosing a custody battle over his kids.

He also saw himself faced with murder charges over drug related issues.

 

4. Callie Rogers

Too young to handle her £2 million jackpot pay out, the then 16 year old Callie Rogers thought she had it all after winning the UK Lotto in 2003. Known as Britain’s youngest UK Lotto winner, Rogers ended up blowing her money faster then she had realised.

With luxury gifts for friends, partying, cosmetic surgery, drugs and lavish holidays, she was left feeling venerable and contemplating suicide when finally realising all her money was drying up.
After a failed marriage and no money left in the bank, Rogers found herself working as a carer in and elderly home.

 

5. Janite Lee

Janite Lee ended up filing for bankruptcy in 2001, after she lost all of her $18 million Missouri lotteryprize. After calming her prize back in 1993, Lee gave away chunks of her winnings to educational programmes and political organizations. After blowing the rest gambling, soon enough all the money was gone and she was left with nothing.

 

6. Alex and Rhoda Toth

Alex and Rhoda Toth seemed to be heading in the right direction after winning there $13 million prize. Unlike most winners, the Toth’s opted for yearly payments rather then collecting a full pay out.
In 2010, once there yearly payments had come to an end, Alex and Rhoda Toth decided to live it up in Vegas before getting bored and moving to Florida to buy a home. Not long after, the couple became broke and ended up having to pay off legal fees due to ugly court battles against family members.

As of now, the pair live in a tiny trailer and have found themselves stuck in $1.1 million worth of debt with the IRS.

 

7. Suzanne Mullins

$4 million was given to Suzanne Mullins after wining on the Virginia Lottery in 1993. After 5 years of spending her cash on silly purchases, Mullins found herself in a ton of debt, forced to turn to loan companies to help bail her out.
Sadly, Mullins struggled to pay the loan companies back and has found herself in even more debit then she first began with!

 

8. Sharon Tirabassi

Single mother Sharon Tirabassi had the shock of her life after she realised she had won the Canada Lottery in 2004. Receiving a massive $10 million, Tirabassi decided to GIVE AWAY half of her winnings. The rest of the cash was spent on expensive homes, numerous cars and designer clothes.

Tirabassi no longer has a penny of those winnings.

 

 

9. Gerald Muswagon

Gerald Muswagon won $10 million on the Canada Lottery in 1998. With no idea on what to do with his money, he lived a life filled with over the top partying and drinking which lead him to loose his entire wings in just seven years.

 

10. David Lee Edwards

David Lee Edwards hit the jackpot after playing the Powerball lottery in 2001 when he became the winner of $27 million. Now being able to settle down and live life how he wanted, Edwards happily married soon after his win and bought a mansion for him and his family, but the happiness didn’t last long.

Five years after his jackpot success, Edwards had lost it all after a battle with a serious drug addiction and a wild lifestyle of lavish holidays, several properties and millions of dollars worth of cars.

By 2006, he had nothing to show for it and he and his family were left with nothing

Source; http://tip-center.co.uk/stories/top-ten-most-stupid-lottery-winners/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral

shiiiiit happens mehn.

If they were nigerian I would say its a family curse, but since they are not Nigerians I would say they were certainly cursed to fail in life.

Not every1 can control young money. There's possible exemption in respect of the 16 and 19 yr old. Actually, frm 21 yrs down, stil considered puerile brains when it comes to money handling.

Huh!!