CJ-001 · 2002
Powerball · West Virginia
Jack Whittaker — the $315 Million Winner Who Wished He’d Torn Up the Ticket
$314.9M · Ruined
CJ-002 · 2006
Florida Lotto · Florida
Abraham Shakespeare — the $30 Million Winner Who Was Murdered for It
$30M · Murdered
CJ-003 · 1988
Pennsylvania Lottery · Pennsylvania
William ‘Bud’ Post — $16 Million, a Brother’s Hitman, and Food Stamps
$16.2M · Destitute
CJ-004 · 1997
Texas Lotto · Texas
Billie Bob Harrell Jr. — $31 Million and 20 Months to Tragedy
$31M · Suicide
CJ-005 · 2012
Illinois Lottery scratch-off · Chicago
Urooj Khan — the $1 Million Scratch-Off Winner Poisoned the Next Day
$1M (scratch-off) · Poisoned · unsolved
CJ-006 · 1985
New Jersey Lottery · New Jersey
Evelyn Adams — Won the Lottery Twice, Then Gambled It Away
~$5.4M (won twice) · Squandered
CJ-007 · 2002
UK National Lottery · England
Michael Carroll — Britain’s ‘Lotto Lout’ Who Blew £9.7 Million
£9.7M · Squandered · content now
CJ-008 · 2003
UK National Lottery · England
Callie Rogers — the Teenager Who Won £1.9 Million and Spent It All
£1.875M won at 16 · Squandered
CJ-009 · 1993
Illinois Lottery · Missouri
Janite Lee — Gave Away $18 Million and Filed for Bankruptcy
$18M won (annuity) · Bankrupt
CJ-010 · 1989
Michigan Lottery · Michigan
Willie Hurt — $3.1 Million, Crack, and a Murder Charge
$3.1M won (June 1989) · Charged with murder; disposition unrecorded
CJ-011 · 2010
Analysis · United States
The Lottery Curse, Tested — What the Research Actually Shows
the pattern itself · Mixed
CJ-012 · 1998
Super 7 · Manitoba, Canada
Gerald Muswagon — the ‘Friendly Giant’ Who Won $10 Million
$10M (CAD) · Suicide
CJ-013 · 1993
Virginia Lottery · Virginia
Suzanne Mullins — $4.2 Million Owed Away to a Loan Shark
$4.2M · Destitute
CJ-014 · 1961
Football Pools · England
Vivian Nicholson — ‘Spend, Spend, Spend’ on a 1961 Pools Fortune
£152,319 (1961) · Squandered
CJ-015 · 2006
Missouri Lottery · Missouri
Sandra Hayes — Besieged by the People She Loved
$224M (shared) · Kept it, lost the people