“He saw her as an ATM’ – Lotto winner throws scrounging husband out the door. Gillian Bayford and her husband from her first marriage won a jackpot worth 148 million pounds (173 million euros) In order for the money to last until the end of her life, she had to separate from her second husband, who probably couldn't - or didn't want to - manage well.

The American Jack Whittaker also discovered that money alone doesn't make you happy, when his $15 million jackpot turned into a nightmare.