As I write this, tonight's Powerball jackpot has grown to $500 million. When you don't win (hey it's okay, I won't win either), perhaps this gallery of lottery winning train wreck stories will make you feel somewhat better. Like the U.K. couple who won a $5 million lottery but lost the ticket. Or the classic case of Andrew Whittaker who walked around with so much cash on him he was constantly getting robbed.

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