[School of Rational Thought]

He just wasn't equipped for the money as are not many winners.

The latest MegaMillions winner just announced ($149MM) is a parking lot attendent and is currently bankrupt.

And how do we know this? These people make the invitable first mistake - telling anyone they won! Of course, he has a family just as this story's subject, which is problematic.

[DirtyHarryY2K]

My aunt received an inheritance from her late husbands estate (5 mil) She had 4 mil set up in a trust fund and relocated to another area and bought a modest home and invested the rest trying to parlay that money into a cash cow.

However, she has no business sense and the people she had dealings with milked her dry and before long she was dependent on her allotment from the trust fund to get by. She said she is glad she has the rest of her money protected. "even from herself"