People who won the lottery but lost all their money

Whenever we see that the lottery jackpot has accumulated we start to imagine what we would do if we won many millions. As we know, the probability of this happening is very low, but it is real. There are many people who became rich overnight because they got the magic numbers right. But not all can manage their new fortune well.

Today the awesome.club shows how winning a jackpot is not always a guarantee of happiness.

Award: 148 million pounds — around 700 million reais.

Adrian Beyford was a mailman and owned a small record store. He won the lottery of 148 million pounds. He bought a 19th-century mansion, held two rock festivals in his garden, and hired a gardener his wife became interested in. Bayford drove a golf cart over the gardener’s foot (he said he did it by accident), separated from his wife, and continued to spend money madly.

He bought his new companion, an equestrian lover, several horses, until he asked her to marry him. Many media outlets wrote about this story. The young woman accepted, but did not know how to deal with the media and decided to leave. The final blow for Bayford was when his ex-wife married the gardener. Bayford sold the horses, the stores and decided to sell the mansion. He recently declared that he intends to go to Australia, where no one knows him, and start a new life.

Award: 3 million pounds — about 15 million rupees.

Time to spend the money: they didn’t even see the color of the money.

Martyn and Kay Tott were the winners as well as the losers. They won £3 million but couldn’t find the lottery ticket. In this type of lottery, participants put in the numbers they want, and Martyn and Kay were sure they had won. They remembered the numbers, as they always played the same ones (they were commemorative dates).

As a result, lottery organizers were willing to give the prize because the numbers were confirmed by the system, but had to go back because the deadline had passed. Martyn and Kay applied for the award a month later, but by the rules it was too late. The case was a real scandal. Even Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke out in defense of the couple.

But the organization proved inflexible and the luxury life narrowly escaped the couple’s hands. Martyn had depression and Kay went on with her life. In the end, the couple ended up divorcing.

Money is the biggest unwinn victory in history. Today, Martyn works with the production of clips and short films.

Award: 10.5 million Canadian dollars — about 27 million reais.

Time to spend the money: 10 years.

Sharon, mother of a large Canadian family, earned $10.5 million in 2004. She bought a house, clothes, 4 cars and traveled a lot. The money ran out faster than she would have liked. Her husband was arrested for drunk driving. Then, due to problems with fines, Tirabassi lost his house. In the end, she just ended up with a car that needed repairs that she couldn’t afford.

Today, Sharon commutes to work by bus or bicycle. She said she grew up in a poor family and was not used to spending money in a conscientious way. For her, that was the big problem. The only thing she thinks she did correctly was put some of the money in an account in the name of her six children. They will be able to use the amount when they turn 26.

Award: 5 million dollars.

Tax paid: 1.2 million dollars.

Tonda worked as a waitress in a cafe. One of the customers regularly bought lottery tickets and decided to give all the waitresses an envelope with a ticket. Luckily, Tonda was awarded the prize. The problem started with co-workers: they said they had an agreement to split the money if one of them won. She refused to share and the other waitresses sued her.

Justice was on Tonda’s side because the deal was not in writing. But anyway, she had to face a big expense. She created a fund, invested most of the money, and transferred half of the shares to her family members. The court called it a gift and demanded that she pay the corresponding tax. After transferring some of the money and paying the taxes, Tonda was left with just over a million dollars.

What did you think of these stories? What would you do if you won the lottery?