Past lottery jackpot winners have been murdered, convicted of murder, and died penniless.
$27 million share
Urooj Khan owned a successful small business in Chicago when he struck it big with a $1 million scratch off prize in June 2012. One month later, Khan was dead from cyanide poisoning. The case was investigated as a homicide but no one was ever charged and Khan’s winnings were split between his widow and his daughter.
in 2005. "But when you put that kind of money in the hands of somebody with problems, it just helps them kill themselves."in 1993.
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