"Then they won and bought a million-dollar barn-converted house and a Porsche, not to mention luxurious trips to Dubai, Monaco, and New York City. Media stories say their fortune ended in 2010 when a freak fire gutted their house, which was underinsured, forcing them to shell out for repairs and seven months of temporary accommodations. Shortly after, there were claims that Roger drove away in the Porsche after Lara confronted him over emails suggesting that he was interested in another woman."
"William "Bud" Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988, but he was $1 million in debt within a year. "I wish it never happened," Post said. "It was totally a nightmare." A former girlfriend successfully sued him for a third of his winnings, and his brother was arrested and later convicted, according to Post's obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, for hiring a hit man to kill him and his then-wife in the hopes he'd inherit a share of the winnings."
Lara and Roger Griffiths won a $2.76 million jackpot in 2005 and purchased a barn-converted house, a Porsche, and took luxury trips. A 2010 fire gutted their underinsured house, forcing costly repairs and seven months of temporary accommodation; subsequent accusations about emails and the Porsche precipitated their divorce. William "Bud" Post won $16.2 million in 1988, fell into debt within a year, faced lawsuits and family betrayal, and endured attempts on his life and later poverty. Ibi Roncaioli won $5 million in 1991, secretly gave $2 million to a child from another relationship, and was later murdered by her husband.
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