One lottery winner burned through a staggering $50 million of his $200 million jackpot by spending $131k a week.
We all dream of one day winning the lottery.
Thinking of the major life changes you could make with a huge sum of money can be one of the most enjoyable ways to while away the day.
And a big chunk of cash, like, say, $50 million, should be enough to last a lifetime, right?
Well, one lottery winner proved that this wasn’t necessarily the case after he managed to blow the lot with an extreme $131k per week spending habit!
Colin Weir was the winner of one of the biggest ever lottery jackpots, after scooping £161 million ($200 million) on the EuroMillions back in 2011.
At the time, it was the second-biggest jackpot ever paid out.
However, it didn’t exactly lead to a happy ending.
In fact, Weir managed to blow a whopping £40 million ($50 million) of his fortune before he died in 2019.
That’s a quarter of his enormous jackpot in just eight years!
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