"Seems I remember that the vast majority after they were paid and the money spent wished they would have never won."
Give me the prize money and I'll get back to you and let you know how it worked out. IOW, for $177M, I'll take that chance.
Discovery had a program on recently about lottery winners. One guy was homeless and won the lottery..was very moving and although he has all that money, he lives in a very modest home and did not go crazy with the money. Two sisters were lottery winners. The bought nice homes next to each other. Built only one pool and the entire family uses it. They were very happy and content with their winnings and had no problems. Another guy with a long pony tail traveled all over the world buying the most god awful gaudy stuff but he was a happy camper and loved his gaudy home, elephant tusks, gold piano, etc. lol I would love to see a series on lottery winners and find out what happened to them after they won.