For most, winning the lottery is a mere dream. For some it became a reality, and then a disappointment.

With the Wednesday Powerball jackpot standing at $1.5 billion, the winner stands to walk away with a cool $930 million dollars before taxes and other fees. However, just because someone comes into a large sum of money doesn’t mean they’ll know how to manage it. 

These people all went from riches to rags after winning the lottery:

Denise Rossi

In 1996, Denise Rossi, a California woman, won $1.3 million in the state lottery. Shortly thereafter she filed for divorce very quickly and quietly. She kept her winnings a secret from her husband of 25-years. However, when he found out and sued, the judge found in favor of her husband citing asset disclosure laws. Her husband was awarded all of Rossi’s winnings.

Callie Rogers

Callie Rogers was just 16 years-old when she won the lottery in 2003. Britain’s laws allow for those 16 and older to play the lottery. Her $2.9 million USD in winnings were reported to have been spent on drugs, parties, and plastic surgery.

Currently both married and mother to three children, Rogers had just $3,000 USD in her bank account and says she is finally happy, adding that she felt she was too young to win the lottery according to an interview she did with the Daily Mail.

William “Bud” Post

William Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988 and within a year was over $1 million in debt according to Forbes. He blew his cash on cars, boats, houses and even a plane which he didn’t have a license to fly. His former girlfriend was able to sue him, with success, for part of his winnings, and his brother even hired a hit man to try and kill Post.

Evelyn Adams

Evelyn Adams didn’t just win the lottery once, rather she won it twice. In 1985 and 1986 Adams collected $5.4 million in lottery winnings. Through bad investments, overspending and gambling, Adams quickly ran through her coffers. According to Forbes, she now lives in a trailer.

Urooj Khan

Even those who didn’t win big money, relatively speaking, weren’t immune to lottery fever and envy. Urooj Khan, a Chicagoan who on $1 million in 2012, died the day after his $424,500 lump sum winning check was mailed. Khan’s death was determined to be natural at first, but after a test it was found that he was poisoned with cyanide. The police named a suspect and nothing more was found during the autopsy of his body.