The Curse of Millions: The Strange Fate of America's Lottery Winners

American media have monitored what they called strange fates approaching a curse for an increasing number of lottery winners who are widely known in American society.

Michael Carroll was still wearing an e-card for an ordinary worker when he was only 19 years old when he discovered that he had a £9.7m lottery ticket in his possession.

However, Michael squandered his fortune on addictions, particularly drugs, alcohol, sex parties and expensive cars, leaving him bankrupt by 2013.

He tells The Sun that he is now leading a quiet life and that he believes the dealer who introduced him to the drugs has most of his money now.

Callie Rogers became the youngest ever lottery winner when she won £1.8m in 2003, but she quickly spent her fortune paying £18,000 on plastic surgery, £250,000 on cocaine consumption and another £300,000 on clothing. and set aside £500,000 for friends and family.

Kaley later told ITV's "This Morning" that she had battled depression due to the stress of winning and had attempted suicide. Now in her 30s, she feels happier with her life as a working mother of three.

Hospital worker John McGuinness won £10m in 1997. The kind family man gave his family millions, hundreds of thousands to his ex-wife and indulged his passion for fast cars, but ended up unemployed and broke thanks to his continued passion for the Livingston FC team. .

He invested 4.6 million euros in the club, and then moved to management.

Since John used his fortune as collateral against the club's loans, he was responsible for all debts.

Jane Park won the £1m EuroMillions jackpot at just 17, while working an £8-an-hour job.

Jane threatened more than once to sue the lottery, after claiming that she ruined her life.

Speaking to The Sunday People, she said, "I have material things but apart from that, my life is empty.

What is my goal in life?"

"I thought it (i.e. money) would make my life ten times better, but it made it ten times worse. I would say my life would be much easier if I didn't win," she said.

Couple Colin and Kristen Weir took the biggest lottery win ever - £161m - in 2011. But they divorced in 2019 after 38 years of marriage.

As for the pair, Mark Gooderman and John Watson, their story is somewhat different. The two used a stolen bank credit card to buy a lottery ticket that won 4 million pounds. The duo was, of course, arrested and imprisoned.

Orworth Hoare lost a whopping £7.2 million in the National Lottery in 2004 - while in prison after being convicted of attempted rape.

The man bought the ticket in Middlesbrough in 2004 while on a weekend break from Lehill Open Air Prison, a year before his release, after spending 30 years in prison since 1973 for one rape, three attempted rapes and two indecent assaults.

Predictably, his victim successfully campaigned to change the law so she could sue him and get huge damages.

According to the newspaper "Mirror".

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