You Win Some, You Lose Some: Lottery Winners Who Lost Everything

“I’m Going to Spend, Spend, Spend!”

In 1961, Vivian Nicholson’s husband won roughly $4 million in various football pools. But she became the subject of tabloid news when she told the media she would, “spend, spend, spend!”

It’s not surprising that with that mindset, Viv didn’t spend her winnings wisely. Instead, she decided to blow it all on constant spending sprees consisting of lavish sports cars, fur coats, jewelry, vacations. and fashionable wardrobe. Things only got worse when he husband died in a car crash in 1965 and the rest of their savings dwindled. Viv died in 2015, but not before remarrying four times and developing a bad alcohol problem.