re: "everybody's going to want to run into the pinks and find that one again" ..not I, I'm taking my loot & stashing it like a chipmunk not a risk taker by nature nor will I be buying a jet, yacht, helicopter, LOL
headlines like these make one cringe, some lessons are best learned by witnessing others > 20 lottery winners who lost every penny article ~ Winning the lottery will not solve all of life's problems. In fact, many people's lives became notably worse after they hit the jackpot. cautionary tales. 1. Before they won a $2.76 million lottery jackpot in 2005, Lara and Roger Griffiths, of England, reportedly never argued. Then they won and bought a million-dollar barn-converted house and a Porsche, not to mention luxurious trips to Dubai, Monaco, and New York City. Media stories say their fortune ended in 2010. William "Bud" Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988, but he was $1 million in debt within a year. 2. "I wish it never happened," Post said. "It was totally a nightmare." A former girlfriend successfully sued him for a third of his winnings, and his brother was arrested for allegedly hiring a hit man to kill him in the hopes he'd inherit a share of the winnings. After sinking money into family businesses, Post sank into debt and spent time in jail for firing a gun over the head of a bill collector. "I was much happier when I was broke," he said, according to The Washington Post. Bud lived quietly on $450 a month and food stamps until his death in 2006. 3. Against all odds, Adams won the lottery twice, once in 1985 and again in 1986. The New Jersey native won $5.4 million, but AskMen.com reports that she gambled it away in Atlantic City. Adams also told The New York Times in 1993 that the publicity she received led to a bombardment of requests for financial assistance. "I was known," she said, "and I couldn't go anywhere without being recognized." (couldn't read the rest, too disheartening)
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