Test money: the winner of the lottery from Kentucky died in poverty and loneliness

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David Lee Edwards from Ashland, Kentucky won 2001 million dollars in the 27 year.

He lost everything by 2006, writes USA Today.

Immediately after the victory, Edwards gave an interview. The Courier-Journalin which he said that the dream of the poor man had finally come true.

“I've made mistakes in the past, but that was a long time ago. I paid for these mistakes, I continue to move on, correcting my life,” Edwards said in an interview.

He added that “he cannot return and change his past, but intends to do something positive in his future.”

But it all went wrong. After winning the jackpot, Edwards and his wife spent money on a luxury mansion, dozens of expensive cars and a jet plane. They spent money until they ran out, leaving them penniless.

In particular, after winning, Edwards bought a house for 1,6 million dollars in a private tennis and golf community in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and also spent 600 000 dollars on another house. He also bought a private jet. Learningjet for $ 1,9 million, three race horses and two businesses worth 4,5 million dollars.

He assembled a collection of expensive cars, the total value of which exceeded 1 million dollars, including Lamborghini Diablo worth 200 000 dollars.

In his first three months as a millionaire, he spent $3 million, and a year later, he spent $12 million.

By 2006, he had no money left at all.

Edwards and his wife were infected with hepatitis due to the fact that they were injected with drugs, they were both arrested several times for possession of cocaine, heroin and narcotic drugs.

Edwards died alone and penniless in a hospice at the age of 58 in 2013, only 12 in years after the lottery changed his life.

His family and friends say that this story is a prime example of the harmful effects of money on some people. By the time of his death, Edwards had lost all his money and owed thousands of dollars to his friends and acquaintances.

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