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

6) Drug Abuse – Willie Hurt, $3.1 million(6 of 10)

6) Drug Abuse – Willie Hurt, $3.1 million(6 of 10)

Willie Hurt, won $3 million dollars in the lottery in Michigan, in 1980, and it helped him turn his life around. However, it wasn’t in a good way, since Hurt got divorced shortly after winning the lottery and he got addicted to crack cocaine. He used up nearly all of his money to support his addiction and in 2 years, by 1991, he was broke and was facing a ton of court cases, which include murdering a woman over cocaine.