The New York Daily News reports Edwards lost of all his money in just a few years and ended up living in a storage unit surrounded by human feces. Several years after winning the lottery, he was evicted from his million-dollar home in Florida after failing to pay back dues to the homeowners association. Edwards, originally form Kentucky, received a lump sum of $27 million after taxes.Įdwards was convicted of robbery in 1981 and served out his sentence in 1997. He was an ex-convict, and at the time of his big win it was the third largest lottery pot in U.S. After Shakespeare had given away most of his money to people who simply asked for it, Moore agreed to manage the little he had left, but instead, prosecutors said, stole his winnings and killed him.Įdwards was unemployed when he won part of a $280 million lottery jackpot in 2001. Prosecutors argued that Moore, 40, befriended Shakespeare before he vanished. Tampa woman DeeDee Moore was later found guilty in Shakespeare’s murder and sentenced to life in prison. His body was found under a slab of cement in a backyard in January 2010. He wasn't reported missing until November 2009. 38-caliber pistol sometime in April 2009. But he didn’t have a lot of time to spend it.Īuthorities say Shakespeare, 47, was shot twice in the chest by a. Shakespeare won $30 million in the Florida lottery in 2009. Here are some of the most notorious cases of lottery winnings gone wrong: RELATED: Most common winning Powerball numbers Even worse, several winners have died horribly or witnessed those close to them suffer. According to the New York Daily News, 70 percent of lottery winners end up broke within seven years. RELATED: Sun City West has Valley's 'luckiest' Powerball store In fact, if you believe in curses, winning the Mega Millions jackpot may make you the opposite of happy.
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