History 9. $315 million – love of striptease
2002 the year was a rich year for catastrophic mistakes for lottery winners. Jack Whittaker (Jack Whittaker) from West Virginia wins the American Powerball lottery, He won 315 million dollars. He led the same destructive lifestyle as Carroll., Whittaker spent a lot of money on strip clubs. Before you win the lottery, Jack was already a rich man. You can often meet rich people, who squander fortunes on women and strip clubs. It was because of his hobbies that our lucky one made the fatal mistake. About a year after winning the lottery, Jack was at a strip club in West Virginia with a suitcase of money., which was 545 thousands of dollars. He did it “because he could”. He left a suitcase full of cash in his car. Thieves broke the glass and stole it. Because of this incident, strip club managers were charged with trying to drug Jack and steal his suitcase of money.
The stripper won the lottery
Bill Morgan: 2 victories
Bill Morgan, 37-summer australian truck driver, living in a trailer, won the lottery twice under the strangest circumstances. Having a heart attack, which led to cardiac arrest on 14 minutes, Morgan decided to try his luck in the lottery and immediately won the car.
A local news station in Melbourne wanted to release a storyline and asked Morgan to return to the store., where he bought his winning ticket, to play it all over again. And that's when Morgan was removed, he rubbed the duplicate card and found, that won the lottery again. This time the amount was 250 000 Australian dollars.
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Billy Bob Harrell
IN 1997 году житель Техаса Билли Харрел поучаствовал в розыгрыше джекпота одной лотереи. Luck smiled at him, his winnings were 31 million. На эти деньги он купил машины и дома всем родственникам. Часть денег ушла на благотворительные цели. Но со временем Харрелл начал скупать недвижимость, совсем не думая о том, на что он тратит деньги. За что и поплатился, вписавшись в печальную статистику выигравших лотерею и пожалевших об этом.
Деньги у Билли Харрела кончились всего за два года. Вслед за банкротством последовали нервный срыв и депрессия, и как итог «счастливчик» покончил с собой. Вот уж кто точно пожалел о том, что ему вообще повезло выиграть в эту дурацкую лотерею! Сожалел о выигрыше и Дэвид Ли Эдвардс.
Albert Begrakyan
IN 2009 году Альберт Бегракян, живущий в Ленинградской области, выиграл в «Гослото» сотню миллионов рублей. Winning such a large sum stunned the man, но поначалу он действовал вполне разумно. Amount, равную налогу на выигрыш, он сразу отложил, оставив себе 86 million. С этого-то и начались его проблемы.
Albert Begrakyan
Когда о выигрыше Бегракяна стало известно, к нему потянулись люди с просьбами дать взаймы. Добродушный мужчина никому не отказывал и в итоге раздал 12 million. Оставшиеся деньги он потратил на красивую жизнь, купив роскошную квартиру в Санкт-Петербурге и две машины. Два миллиона Бегракян отдал на благотворительность. Somehow imperceptibly all the money ran out, even those, что были отложены на уплату налога на выигрыш. В итоге Бегракян сегодня должен четыре с половиной миллиона рублей. Ко всему прочему он лишился многих друзей, занимавших у него деньги и не пожелавших отдавать их. Begrakyan himself says, что выигрыш не принёс ему должного счастья, и если бы он выиграл сейчас, то поступил бы совсем иначе. Довольно грустно сложилась и судьба семьи Мухаметзяновых, сорвавших крупный джекпот в 2001 year.
History 10. $16,2 million – contract killer for brother
We have already described the story above, in which they told, that you cannot trust even the closest people. A similar story happened with William "Bud" the third (William “Bud” Post III), who won 16 million dollars in 1998 year. His brother tried to hire a hitman to kill William and his wife, so he can take the winnings. This attempt failed, but William still continued his life in very difficult conditions, until he died in 2006 year. All these years he had hard times, before he died, he was broke, he had to give 5 million home owner, where he lived, also business, in which he invested, burned out.
Although William, after winning, managed to avoid death from brother (brother went to jail, when the crime was solved), his life did not go smoothly. After all, as we have seen from these unfortunate stories, winning the lottery doesn't guarantee an easy life!
Michael Carroll
Судьба выигравших в лотерею и не сумевших правильно распорядиться деньгами не вызывает зависти. Ярким примером этого является история победителя в лотерею Майкла Кэрролла. Свой джекпот он сорвал, едва выйдя из тюрьмы и работая мусорщиком.
Все деньги Майкл Кэррол успел потратить всего-то за десять лет. Он купил огромный дом, where did you party. Тратил баснословные суммы на девушек лёгкого поведения и наркотики. В итоге он остался ни с чем. The mansion had to be sold, и теперь Кэррол живёт в палатке в лесу, работая упаковщиком на фабрике. You can say, он обошёлся малой кровью, если сравнить его судьбу с судьбой Били Харрелла.
History 8. $31 million – happiness cannot be bought
Billy Bob Harrell Jr. (Billie Bob Harrell Jr.) hit the jackpot from Texas 31 million dollars in 1997 year. Billy made a number of investments to improve the lives of his family members. Actually, he made a lot of purchases, what would anyone do, who won the lottery. Bought at home, cars to all relatives, made charitable donations, etc.. But in the following months, the shopping process grew into a bad habit.. Billy bought another house, after an even bigger house, two more cars. His friends and family told, that he went too far. Thanks to such spending, lucky one discovered, that was left without money in less than two years. Lottery win gives Billy money stress. And ultimately the man committed suicide.
History 4. $2 million – steal a car
Some people have problems, which cannot be solved by winning the lottery. This was the case with John Ross Jr. (John Ross Jr.) from california, who was accused of complicity in stealing a car in 2012 year. Car theft was extremely strange for him.. Ross won $ 2 million in the California lottery just a few months ago. Immediately after, how he was declared the winner, Ross said, what plans to buy a car, because in their 29 years he never owned a single car. Ironically, Ross ended up behind bars for assisting in a car theft just three months after winning the lottery.
A note for the future: try not to waste lottery winnings on lawyers and attorneys, stealing cars is bad!
Fire, water and 506 million
5 November 2017, a record amount was drawn in the history of Russian lotteries - 506 million rubles. But the winner didn't show up for the money. "Russian Post" was looking for a millionaire throughout the country. It turned out, that a lucky ticket was bought in the working village of Panino in the Voronezh region. After this news, fortune hunters were drawn there - queues were lined up at the post office for lotteries. true, no one is so lucky, as 63-year-old Natalia Vlasova.
At that time, the pensioner had no idea, that they are looking for her. The ticket was gathering dust in the sideboard. It was checked by a 10-year-old granddaughter and was wrong, thought, that there is no win. Pass to the new, happy life almost ended up in the trash can.
Natalya Vlasova worked all her life in Gosstrakh - constant business trips, routine. And the pension turned out to be small, order 8 000 rubles. Husband, also a pensioner, received a little more. The daughter served as a secretary in court - how much do state employees earn?? And the child also grows in the family, means, need money.
- It's impossible to buy anything on retirement ... So I baked pies and sold them, - Natalya Vlasova will tell later in a single interview with RIA Voronezh. Almost every day she drove pastries to the bus station by bike. Everything was disassembled - delicious.
Lotteries were hope for Natalia. She bought tickets for every holiday over the years - on New Year's Eve and on her birthday..
Learning, what is the jackpot owner looking for in Panino, Natalia asked her daughter to check the ticket again. Winnings! The amount threw her into confusion. Several times she and her daughter called the hotline and clarified everything. It seemed, extra zeros were added to the sum.
I had to urgently fly to Moscow, paperwork. It turned out, what's nothing.
- I borrowed boots, jacket. Good, that I know everyone in the market, they dressed me up. I, true, did not say, why are you going to Moscow, - Natalia recalled.
Natalia Vlasova. Photo: Andrey Arkhipov /riavrn.ru
At the request of the organizers, Natalia and her daughter gave a TV interview. They didn't know, that you can refuse it. The program was shown on one of the federal TV channels.
The Vlasovs began to receive money at the beginning 2019 of the year, tranches. Even before receiving the win, Natalia shared her plans with the journalists:
- First I will repair my house. Then I will help my daughters with housing. I will buy a good car for my husband, so that he can go fishing in any weather. And charity, of course, I'll do ...
A year and a half after the win, the Vlasov family lives modestly, quiet. Doesn't give interviews - not to federal channels, no local newspaper. Fellow villagers don't really know anything about the changes in Natalia's life. Doesn't he ride a bicycle around the village anymore. She and her husband bought an SUV. Yes, and there is no time to talk with neighbors - business.
- Natalia Vlasova is not going to leave Panino. Now her family is building two houses in the village.. Natalia herself did not harden after winning, helps people. Learned, that her ex-neighbor's husband had cancer - gave money for surgery and treatment. I heard, that the son of a postal worker has lung cancer, also offered financial assistance. But the man at that time was treated for free, so his family refused. Unfortunately, he died. The Vlasovs paid for his funeral, - told "Pravmir" in the Paninsky regional newspaper "Nash Krai".
An acquaintance of Natalia, on condition of anonymity, said, that she supported the parish of the Church of the Kazan Mother of God in Panino. There this information was confirmed.
