How would you blow through lottery winnings?

It’s a question many of you have thought about while sitting in an office working a job you hate. It’s a question you’ve pondered while texting with your friends. The responsible side of your brain keeps telling you to save it, donate to charities and be responsible. The irresponsible side of your brain keeps telling you to act like lottery hero Colin Weir from Scotland.

In a new report out this week from The Independent, we’re now learning how Weir blew through $50 million of his lottery winnings (total jackpot was $257.6 million, which was a record jackpot at the time) over an eight-year period from 2011 through 2019 when he died at age 72 from sepsis.

[I’m not certain this is even a cautionary tale. But it’s certainly an interesting one. — Ed]