Presenting the 10 Biggest Lottery Winners!

If You Haven’t Read This You Don’t Know How Crazy We (Lottery Winners) Can Get!

Of course I sincerely recommend that you check this post by fully understanding that our chances, yes, I too haven’t tasted jackpot yet, are nearly zilch. But then here are 10 of the thousands lottery winners who have had the pleasure of taking the jackpot home. Sometimes I wonder if the Lady Luck is annoyed with me, because I’ve never hit two numbers on a single lottery ticket. Like, EVER. Anyway, no point crying over bad luck, let’s be happy for others, right?

Lottery Winner #1 Merle and Patricia Butler

These were the only lottery winners who agreed to come forward publicly and when asked about how they were going to spend their lump sum amount of $157 million they said that they would spend on the advice of their financial planners and attorneys. They vowed to do some real good with their fortune. Late 2012, the couple bought a Harbor Acres home on the prestigious Hillview Avenue for a whopping $7.5 million. They did good. LOL

Lottery Winner #2 Eddie Nabors of Georgia, and Elaine and Harold Messner of New Jersey

The 52 year old truck driver and lottery winner called Eddie Nabors said that he planned to buy a house for his daughter with his fortune, pay off his mom’s, sister and other family members’ mortgages and finally buy a fishing boat for his son! As for himself, he only planned to go fishing! Well, I have no idea what he did with his fortune.

Lottery Winner #3 Jim and Carolyn McCullar

Now this lottery winner had other plans altogether! He said that he would put his winnings in the bank, write checks for his 6 kids and donate to charity. He was quoted saying, “I’m not going to fly all over the world and buy my own jet. What this means to me is the legacy is going to go generation after generation after generation.” But we wouldn’t be surprised if they bought a house big enough to fit Alaska.

Lottery Winner #4 Holly Lahti

As soon as the husband found out that Holly had plucked a fortune, instead of trying to claim it he said, “That’s awesome! I won’t have to pay child support!” LOL. Turns out Holly quit her job and went into hiding because she was never legally divorced or even separated from her husband. So if josh decides to strike back, she could get into trouble.

Lottery Winner #5 Conagra Meatpacking Plant

8 employees, 7 men and 1 woman, from this company split their fortune and seconds later, three quit their jobs – of course processing hams and corned beef is a boring job, if anything. Others decided they would do a graveyard shift after becoming millionaires. Of the 8 lottery winners, two were immigrants, one from Vietnam and the other from Congo, and the woman, well she was then unmarried. When asked if she would be sharing it with anyone, she said, “Nope it’s all mine!”

Lottery Winner #6 Joe and Sue Kainz

Now these lottery winners wanted to taste fame so before coming forward publicly, they went back to the convenience store from where they bought the ticket and watched reporters trying to find them. They even spoke with one of the reporters without admitting who they really were! When asked what they were going to do with their fortune, they said they would pay debts, put money into their brewery and fix their home’s leaky roof. Here’s what they said, “We dream to retire. A new car, a big home. I guess I’d like to start a new job playing golf. And maybe a boat is in our future. We haven’t had a summer vacation in 13 years.”

Lottery Winner #7 Steve and Carolyn West

Now these guys just wanted to live life kind size so as soon as they won the lottery, they bought a 6,400 sq. feet home on six acres and they had a hot tub, a pool and a 30-ft water slide! Now you’re talking! Woohoo! When the movers and packers asked what they did to buy such a big house, Carolyn simply said, “Win the Lotto?” But like they say, with great power comes great responsibility and looks like this couple wasn’t up for the challenge and so in 1999 Steve declared bankruptcy after losing his job at a lawn-care centre. “We found out when we didn’t have the money, we dreamed about all these fantastic things you think you need. Then, when you have the money to buy whatever you want, you realize it’s not the stuff you can buy that’s really important; it’s still being around family,” said Steve.

Lottery Winner #8 Louise White

As soon as this lottery winner heard about her fortune, she hid her winning lottery ticket in the Bible and she slept with it until she could put it in a safety deposit box. Instead of buying luxury, the woman reportedly hired attorneys and formed a trust that would benefit her family and she called it Rainbow Sherbert Trust. Yes, you guess it right. She named it after the frozen drink, she bought while purchasing the winning ticket!

Lottery Winner #9 James “Jimmy” Groves

This lottery winner went from being sued for neglecting credit payments to being one of the newest mega millionaires! He worked in Madison Square and upon learning that he had won the lottery, people called him from all over the world! But his words of wisdom, “It’s a dream turned into a nightmare. Winning is the beginning. Living with it is pure hell.”

Lottery Winner #10 Erika Greene

This lottery winner worked in a cell phone office, but when she won the lottery, she showed up at the lottery office in a stretch limousine! According to the reporters, she planned to buy a house, a car and land. She was quoted saying, “I’ve studied up on statistics and I am going to have someone handle the money for me. I’ll make my money work for me instead of blowing it all.”