The 10 Stupid Things That People Have Done After Winning the Lottery

5) Gamble the Money Away – Evelyn Adams, $5.4 million(5 of 10)

5) Gamble the Money Away – Evelyn Adams, $5.4 million(5 of 10)

If you had just won the lottery, people would assume that you have all the luck in the world, but that wasn’t the case for Evelyn Adams. The incredible part is that Evelyn managed to win the lottery in New Jersey twice in successive years in the mid 1980’s. Her total winnings were around $5.4 million, but she pushed her luck too much and lost almost all of her money whilst gambling in Atlantic City. She was also pretty generous when it came to handing out money, and gave it to anyone that asked her for some. Evelyn Adams is now broke and lives in a trailer.