I was sure I won £100k Postcode Lottery prize but was told ‘don’t get your hopes up’ – I never thought I’d see the money
Cocaine King
The self-styled King Of Chavs Michael Carroll was wearing an electronic ankle tag when he scooped £9.7million on the National Lottery in 2002.
He was aged 19 at the time and splurged his fortune on a six-bedroom mansion in Norfolk, which he kitted out with a swimming pool and car racing track.
Michael's drug addiction saw him spending £2k a day on cocaine and eventually left him penniless.
He previously said: "The dealer who introduced me to crack has more of my lotto money than I do."
Michael's wife Sandra left him just a month after their wedding in 2003 after being appalled by his incessant partying.
She also accused him of cheating on her with sex workers, walking away with £1.4million in a settlement.
He suffered a stint in jail for failing to comply with a drug treatment order and by February 2010 was declared bankrupt and claiming Jobseekers' Allowance.
Michael was reportedly found working for £10 an hour chopping wood and delivering coal in 2019 after he lost his entire fortune.
Surgery Queen
Jane Park was the youngest ever Brit to win the EuroMillions when she scooped the £1million jackpot aged 17 in 2013.
At the time of her win, she was an admin temp earning £8-an-hour, and was living in a two-bedroom Edinburgh council flat she shared with her mum Linda.
But things took a turn for the worse when she felt "empty" after her win and splurged £4.5k on a boob job 34B to 36FF and another few thousand on a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) in Turkey.
Jane was left fearing for her life after having a severe reaction to the anaesthetic and contracting sepsis back in 2017.
Two years later, she launched her OnlyFans to flog topless pictures of herself, followed by more plastic surgery to get her "dream body" with liposuction and a corrective BBL.
Now 28 and wiser, she believes winning the lottery cursed her life and she wishes it never happened.
Hilariously, she refers to herself as the 'B&M Molly-Mae'.
Love and Loss
Gillian Bayford's eight-year marriage was destroyed when she and ex-husband Adrian scooped £148 million on the EuroMillions in 2012.
Their lives changed overnight and put so much strain on their relationship, it totally broke down 15 months after their win.
Both Gillian, 50, and Adrian blamed the stress from their mind-boggling win as the root cause of their divorce.
In the decade following their divorce, Gillian became a mum at 48 years old with another man, purchased a £1.2million mansion and started a property business.
"As far as [my daughter] is concerned I'm not a lottery winner, I'm just mum," Gillian told The Sun.
"Some things are easier because of the money but it doesn't really change anything.
"You still have to change a nappy or deal with her being sick on you regardless of how much you're worth."