The stories of lottery winners who lost their millions make great reading. But can there really be as many as it seems, or is it all just media hype – so how many lottery winners go broke?

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Bad investments and a taste for the fast life cost Roger Griffiths, who won a lottery jackpot worth £1.8 million, all of his money, his career and his marriage.

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For almost six years Gavin Lapsley, a worker from Tillicoultry, Clacks, always  bet on his favorite combination of 5, 11, 16, 25 and 28, plus lucky stars 7 and 9.

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The UK’s often controversial ‘The Health Lottery‘, has just received a sharp rap on the knuckles from the Advertising Standards Authority.

Claiming the ad was simply light-hearted and in a comedy style, The Health Lottery were disappointed to have the ad banned.

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Stealing lottery tickets is not a very wise practice in the first place.

If for no other reason than the lottery company track tickets from door to door, and know exactly which stores has which batches of tickets.

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I’m not sure where the right to a share of a relatives lottery winnings comes from, but Alex Robertson Jr seems to think it exists.

His dad, Alex Snr, was one of the Corby bus drivers who won EuroMillions.

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Michael Santaniello won $1 Million on the lottery back in 2009.

But this week found himself in court admitting his guilt to stealing money from his heating service customers.

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They do say bad news travels fast, and sometimes it does seem that we prefer to read about misery and loss than good fortune and happiness!

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If you checked your tickets online for Washington Lottery’s Veteran’s Raffle – make sure you check them again now!

Unfortunately somebody messed up at lottery HQ and published the wrong winning numbers on their website!

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Stealing is bad enough at the best of times, but stealing from the person who was kind enough to give you a lift in their car..?

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