21 lottery winners who blew it all

Sharon Tirabassi is back in the working class after winning $10 million 11 years ago.

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In 2004, Sharon Tirabassi, a single mother who had been on welfare, cashed a check from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. for more than $10 million Canadian dollars.

She subsequently spent her winnings on a “big house, fancy cars, designer clothes, lavish parties, exotic trips, handouts to family, loans to friends,” and in less than a decade she’s back “riding the bus, working part-time, and living in a rented house.”

“All of that other stuff was fun in the beginning, now it’s like, back to life,” she told The Hamilton Spectator.

Luckily, Tirabassi put some of her windfall in trusts for her six children, who can claim the money when they turn 26.