There's a longer story with a lot more about the lottery win and fall of his family and community that goes more in-depth, from 2005. http://www.washingtonpost

There's a longer story with a lot more about the lottery win and fall of his family and community that goes more in-depth, from 2005. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36338-2005Jan25?language=printer http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36338-2005Jan25?la... The best advice I ever read if you win the lottery: get an attorney to claim the money on your behalf and don't tell anyone. I had family friends destroy their lives after winning a substantial amount and it's not pretty to watch.