Michael Carroll

Winner: Michael Carroll

Prize amount: £9.7 million (about $15 million)

The Curse: I don’t think I could have kept up with Michael Carroll’s partying lifestyle, even if I had so desired. He went out with a bang when he won his prize money in 2002, spending it on blow, parties, cars, and at his peak level of funness, four prostitutes a day. Things came crashing down in equal fanfare when he lost everything, and is now trying to get his job back as a garbage man. "The party has ended, and it's back to reality,” he told the UK Daily Mail. “That's the way I like it. I find it easier to live off £42 dole than a million." I like his attitude. [Daily Mail UK]