Believe it or not, statistics show 70% of lottery winners end up broke and a third go on to declare bankruptcy, according to the National Endowment for Financial Education. Runaway spending, toxic investments and poor accounting can burn through a lucrative windfall in next to no time. From rags to riches then back to rags again, click or scroll through to see 21 unlucky lottery winners who found out the hard way (all pre-2010 winnings have been adjusted in line with inflation). All dollar amounts in US dollars unless otherwise stated.