You have to be a special breed of stupid to squander $115 million (or whatever the after-tax total is)....http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/home-famous-lottery-winner-jack-whittaker-destroyed-fire-article-1.2897402
By 2007, Whittaker said his bank account had mostly been cleaned out and in 2009 his daughter passed away.
And he’s blamed the Powerball win on much of the woes he’s experienced in the last decade or so.
“My granddaughter is dead because of the money. She was the shining star of my life, and she was what it was all about for me,†he told ABC News in 2007. “You know, my wife said she wished that she had torn the ticket up. Well, I wish that we tore the ticket up too.â€
No, it's not the Powerball's fault. It's your own stupidity man.