7. Evelyn Adams
This super lucky woman actually won the New Jersey lottery twice, once in 1985 and once in 1986 just four months apart from each other. Her winnings combined to total over $5 million, both prizes were paid in the form of mandatory annuities. The woman was a compulsive gambler and was also known for randomly giving away large sums of money. For this reason she ended up broke again fairly quickly after her two lucky years. Her spending sprees and heavy gambling have landed her living once again in a trailer. She revealed in an interview that after she won the lottery everyone had their hands out for charity and she couldn’t say no. Adams reports that if she could go back she would have handled her money much differently. Though she defied all odds by winning the lottery twice in less than half a year, Adams stayed with the status quo of lottery winners to spent away all of their winnings.
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