Winner: Evelyn Basehore
Prize amount: $5 million
The Curse: Evelyn, a former convenience-store manager in New Jersey, was so good at the lottery, she won twice -- once in 1985 and once in 1986-- bringing in a grand total of $5.4 million. Twice! Did she rig the numbers?! If she did, she’d wish she hadn’t, because spoiler alert: today the money is all gone and she lives in a trailer. She didn’t lose all the money at once, but gradually, after gambling like there was no tomorrow. She wasn’t totally to blame, however. “Everybody wanted my money,” she said. “Everybody had their hand out.” [Wobmam]
