A person who bagged a life-changing lottery jackpot ended up in courtroom over a £400 sum after he spent all his winnings.
Antiques seller Mike Antonucci scooped up the money again in 1995 and believed he was set for all times. He give up his job and went on a world spending spree the place he bought luxurious automobiles and yachts, reviews The Sun.
He additionally spent his time travelling to new places and splashed out on a pub, nightclub and therapeutic massage parlour in addition to his very personal £200,000 speedboat and £250,000 condo. He additionally tied the knot with Kelly Arkins, a glamour mannequin, in a lavish £10,000 ceremony within the Bahamas.
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He additionally paid for her breast implants, to the tune of £4,500. However, it wasn’t lengthy earlier than Antonucci’s luck started to show.
His marriage with Arkins ended after simply three months and his varied enterprise ventures proved unsuccessful. Even his try to start out a pop band did not work out.
Eventually Antonucci ended up sleeping on a lilo in one of many pubs he ran in Plymouth. Since then he has remained beneath the radar – he was final reported to be working as a furnishings exporter and residing “day to day”.
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Antonucci is not the one one who most likely needs he’d by no means purchased that successful ticket. Mike Luciano bagged a cool $1million within the newest of 4 lottery wins final January however informed the Daily Star it wasn’t all plain crusing after he noticed the cash roll in.
“Winning money in the lottery obviously is very helpful, it helps the family, helps you get that little break in life. But there’s also drawbacks to winning money.
“The hardest factor with successful cash is, , it’s important to management your spending habits. Winning some huge cash like that isn’t as a lot cash as you assume, it might go fairly quick, and it’s important to watch out.”
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His lottery journey started in 1999 with a pleasant $100,000 (£82,000) win. The 55-year-old bar proprietor later gained $500k (£412k) from the Pennsylvania state lottery within the US in 2021, after scooping up a whopping $3m (£2.47m) again in 2016.
On January 6, 2022, he purchased his most up-to-date successful ticket at a store alongside Pennsylvania Route 764. Since then he has entered a couple of scratch-card and Pick Four attracts, along with his largest win since January amounting to $5k.
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