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11 DUMBEST Lottery Winners EVER! - YouTube
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generally It is believed that winning a
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lottery is a chance to change one's life
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the lucky people who win think it is an
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answer to their prayers and will be the
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solution to all of their problems but
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even after being blessed enough to get
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their hands on such great fortunes some
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lottery winners lose it all very quickly
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there is even a particular term for this
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phenomenon Lottery curse it may be hard
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to believe that even after winning such
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vast amounts of money people end up
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losing it all but it happens more often
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than you think enlisted here are 11 such
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cases of people who had to taste the
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lottery curse through their lavish
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spending they turned their wins sour
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let's get right into it number 11.
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Gerald muswagon Canadian Gerald muswagon
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bought a two dollar lotto ticket that
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made him an instant millionaire in 2011.
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he won a 10 million dollar jackpot but
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blew it in just a few short years he
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bought a house that doubled as a nightly
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party spot hosting his ever-growing
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Legion of Hangers On he also blew the
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cash on cars partying and Gifts while
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racking up a string of legal
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entanglements by the end he was doing
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manual labor on a farm to support his
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girlfriend and six young children seven
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years after his big win he hanged
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himself in his parents garage if you
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think this horror Lottery curse is
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terrible wait until you watch our top
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two stories
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number 10. Sharon tirabassi Sharon
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tiribasi won 10.5 million dollars in a
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lot of Super 7 jackpot in Canada during
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the year 2004. excessive spending and
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giving her life an over-the-top makeover
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in the years after she won drained the
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money quickly assuming the money was
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bottomless the vacations cars houses and
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handouts piled up until there was
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nothing left by 2013 she was riding the
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bus to the part-time job she worked to
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support her children because all of her
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winnings were gone by then showing us
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that nothing lasts forever unless you
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take well care of it especially money
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number 9. Kenneth Goff in 2010 a 58 year
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old former Banker named Kenneth Goff
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drank himself to death he was alone and
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penniless just five years after winning
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the equivalent of nearly 11 million
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dollars with a lucky British lottery
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ticket soon after winning his once
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stable life devolved into a blur of
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exotic cars racehorses and luxuries like
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Stadium box seats after the dramatic
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transformation he went through after
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winning the lottery his 25-year marriage
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came to an end leading him into a path
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of devastating depression
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number eight Alex Toth Alex Toth won 13
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million dollars in the Florida lottery
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in 1990. he lived well for a few years
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then went broke by spending all of the
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money and not investing correctly after
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he went broke he split up with his wife
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he got into trouble for filing false tax
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returns and spent some time in a mental
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institution he died penniless at age 60
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in 2008.
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number 7. Michael Carroll Michael
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Carroll was a sanitation worker in
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England when at age 19 he won 9.7
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million pounds in 2002. the money was
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equivalent to about 14.4 million dollars
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at the time a mansion drugs and gold
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jewelry ate up the money quickly he
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found himself in prison a couple of
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times and the prize money was gone
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within 10 years by 2012 Carol was broke
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and living off unemployment checks after
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that Carol took a job at a cookie
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factory in Scotland making only 300 a
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week more recently he managed to get a
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job at a slaughterhouse making 400
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pounds about 511 dollars per week now he
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says he's grateful for his job and
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having a second chance at life Carol
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says he's happy to be alive sober and
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out of jail so he can spend time with
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his young daughter
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so far we have looked at some shocking
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stories but let me tell you that this
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video is about to get more intense so
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make sure you sit down and watch until
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the very end you will be shocked at how
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fast some people can burn through
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millions and millions of dollars number
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six William post William Bud post III
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won 16.2 million dollars from the
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Pennsylvania Lottery in 1988. he thought
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his problems were sold instead quickly
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found himself in debt even though post
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didn't have a pilot's license he decided
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to purchase a plane he tried to help his
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sibling start a restaurant and a used
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car business his former girlfriend who
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was also his landlady sued him for a
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third of his winnings post didn't pay
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her and as a result a judge froze his
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assets the relationships with his family
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also went sideways word says one of his
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brothers tried to hire an assassin to
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kill him talk about family relationships
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gone wrong one day a repossessing man
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tried to take post's car away when he
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saw him he opened fire later he was put
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behind bars for this in the end he lived
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off Social Security disability payments
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until he died at age 66.
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number 5. Janet Lee South Korean
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immigrant Janet Lee won 18 million
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dollars in the Illinois Lottery in 1993.
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eight years later when she filed for
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bankruptcy she had less than 700 in the
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bank and was 2.5 million dollars in debt
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her donations were well-intentioned but
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she simply gave too much she donated
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considerable sums to educational
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political and social causes in exchange
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for a lump sum she sold her rights to
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Future annual payments but even that
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wasn't enough to keep her out of
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Bankruptcy Court although her gambling
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habit reportedly cost her more than
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three hundred thousand dollars per year
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she may have spent on more charitable
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and political donations her generosity
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included one million dollars for
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Washington University to build a new
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library in 2001 all of her Fortune went
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completely dry
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number 4. James Haynes James Haynes
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worked as an overnight security guard in
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1998 when he won 19 million dollars
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playing California's super lottery game
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but he quickly went from winner to Loser
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his ex-wife reportedly took half the
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jackpot money and Haynes developed a
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heroin habit costing him one thousand
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dollars a week he then resorted to
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robbing banks to keep up his lifestyle
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the FBI nicknamed him the PT Cruiser
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Bandit and the season Bandit because of
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his car and gray hair in 2018 Haynes
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pleaded guilty to bank robbery and was
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sentenced to 33 months in prison of
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course by that time there was not one
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dollar left of his earnings
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number three David Lee Edwards five
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years after David Lee Edwards a resident
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of Kentucky won a jackpot he was
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penniless and had to live in a storage
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shed with his wife he married a woman 19
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years younger than he was the couple
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squandered the fortune on material
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things that brought the demise of so
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many winners they bought dozens of
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high-end cars a big mansion and a plane
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in the first three months they had blown
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through three million dollars by the end
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of the first year they had burned more
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than 12 million dollars the couple later
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spiraled into drug addiction and just 12
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years after hitting the jackpot that
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changed their life their house was lost
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to foreclosure David died in 2013
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completely broke at age 58 in a hospice
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care facility a few years later his wife
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was arrested for stabbing a boyfriend
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number two Billy Bob Harold Jr Billy Bob
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Harrell Jr is a well-known name for the
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lottery curse and spending millions of
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dollars in no time he hit the Texas
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lotto jackpot in 1997 but burned through
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his 31 million dollars in just two years
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after winning the profoundly religious
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family donated heavily to the church and
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individual congregation members but his
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expenses and spending were not all
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donations he and his wife bought a
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couple of houses and expensive cars for
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themselves and their family members they
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paid for costly trips to Hawaii and
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lived the most luxurious lifestyle
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possible with his excessive spending
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money quickly dried up soon after the
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money was gone Billy's marriage fell
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apart and their marriage ended in
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divorce this was too much for Billy to
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handle and just two years after winning
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more than 31 million dollars his son
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found him dead he had taken his own life
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let's go to the soundest name on lottery
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millionaires that lost it all number one
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Jack Whitaker Andrew Jack Whitaker
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unlike most of the winners was already
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wealthy his company was making contracts
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worth about 15 million dollars a year on
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Christmas morning in 2002 he won the
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largest jackpot ever awarded to a single
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Powerball ticket he won a whopping
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amount of
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314.9 million dollars from his lottery
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ticket but instead of an annuity he
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chose a lump sum payment and ended up
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taking home a little over 113 million
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from his actual amount however Jack
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Whittaker's lottery winnings changed him
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more than the money he had earned
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through hard work though he did much
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good with the money he won spending
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around 15 million to build churches in
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West Virginia Jack also set up a
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charitable foundation and even bought
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the woman who sold him the ticket a new
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house a new car and gave her some extra
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cash despite his Good Deeds the lottery
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curse hit him his company was hit with
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frivolous lawsuits from people who
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wanted to get their hands on some of
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that jackpot money costing him millions
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in legal fears under strain Whitaker
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started to go on a downward spiral he
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started drinking hard and getting into
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fights if this wasn't enough his
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granddaughter Brandy got involved with
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the wrong people and died at a young age
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a year after her boyfriend died from an
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overdose the death had devastating
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consequences for his family Andrew's
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daughter Brandy's mother was found dead
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seven years after the jackpot was won
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his wife filed for a divorce and soon
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Andrew had lost his family and all the
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money he had won
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