His name was Willie Hurt and he did end up hurt! Hurt was a family man, happily married and the sort that is kind of known in the community. He hit his jackpot in 1989 after winning $3.1 million in the Michigan Lottery and you can compute how much that would be worth today. Anyway, after getting rich, the man abandoned his wife and lost custody of his children. To add insult to injury, he blew the loot and was even charged with attempted murder!
His attorney argued that all the cash went toward his shambolic divorce and his addiction to crack cocaine. He also made his way into the lottery books by being named the Top 10 tragedies to winners of the lottery.
The lottery seems to do more harm than good for many of the winners: there are stories of alcohol and drug abuse and other avenues of money squandering, folks who come out of the woodwork alleging to be family and wanting a share of the pie, you name it: all for the money. more
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