When someone says something is as rare as winning the lottery, it’s because it’s true. No matter how hard you try to game the system, it’s still 99.99% pure luck. Some people play it safe by purchasing a ticket or two every few weeks. Others try to “invest” by pouring money into their lucky numbers. And smart people trying to crack the algorithms.
No matter who wins, one person will end up spending or wasting a huge amount of money. Here are nine real winners who used their winnings in ways no one else did on their bingo cards.
Jonathan Vargas — Wrestling Soap Opera
Jonathan Vargas won $35.3 million in Powerball at age 19. Not a bad way to start your adult life, right? It would have been a great start if he hadn’t immediately decided that the world needed an all-female sketch comedy wrestling league. Thus, the award-supported Tampa project Wrestlicious was born. When you see it through the eyes of a 19-year-old, it all makes sense. After its first season, the show became a pop culture curiosity but never achieved much success.