9 Times Lottery Winners Spent Their Money in the Weirdest Ways Possible (5 of 5)

Adam Lopez — Visit to a Hospital

Adam Lopez randomly won £500,000 from a scratchcard and immediately spent a lot of it on vacations, big purchases, and partying until his body couldn’t take it all. The constant celebration quickly caught up with him, leading him to the hospital and necessitating a drastic change in his handling of the money and attention. While it’s not as “weird” as “moon acres,” it is strange in a painfully human way that forces you to stop and realize you are no longer 20 years old.

Edwin Castro — Luxury Mansions and Cars

Edwin Castro won the record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot in November 2022 and took the cash option, which, after all the fees and taxes, was about $997.6 million. That’s the kind of life-changing wealth that everyone aspires to. Eswin was set for life, so he started scooping up major real estate in Los Angeles, including a roughly $25.5 million Hollywood Hills purchase and additional luxury properties in Bel Air. A New York Post report later claimed that some of Eswin’s Malibu properties were burned down during the January wildfires, highlighting the universe’s sick sense of humor. He also invested heavily in high-end vintage sports cars, including a $500,000 Porsche 911 GT2RS.