Winning $31Million Lotto Was ‘Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Me,’ Previous Winner Says

Winning $31Million Lotto Was ‘Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Me,’ Previous Winner Says
A cashier sells Powerball tickets at Kavanagh Liquors in San Lorenzo, Calif., on Jan. 13. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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When Billie Bob Harrell Jr. won a $31 million jackpot in the Texas Lotto, he thought it was going to solve all of his problems.

Instead, just two years later, he told his financial adviser that “winning the lottery is the worst thing that ever happened to me.”

Harrell was found dead in his home with a gunshot wound in his head shortly after.

Harrell’s story is being circulated after a hospital worker won a $758.7 million Powerball jackpot in Wednesday night’s, Aug. 23, lottery.

Mavis Wanczyk of Chicopee, Mass., the winner of the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot is pictured in Braintree, Mass., U.S. in this Aug. 24, 2017 handout photo. (Massachusetts State Lottery/Handout via Reuters)
Mavis Wanczyk of Chicopee, Mass., the winner of the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot is pictured in Braintree, Mass., U.S. in this Aug. 24, 2017 handout photo. Massachusetts State Lottery/Handout via Reuters