This modest couple won half a record lottery jackpot. Their extravagant purchases, though, left the local community stunned.

Tales of how the highlife brought the lucky to new lows may give a rude awakening to our dreams of sudden fortunes. In the cases of these ten unfortunates, their numbers were well and truly up.

When one British couple won $60 million on the lottery in 2012, they splashed the cash. Just five years later, though, the mansion that they bought is a frightening blight on the area.

We may all dream of winning the lottery, but it leads some people to make truly terrible decisions. Here are 20 of the dumbest things that people did after each winning a life-changing prize.