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In the next 60 seconds, you could become a millionaire.

Hi everybody, welcome to the official Lotto-American drawing.

Most people dream of winning the lottery.

There's an inherent belief that a lot of money can make your troubles disappear.

Who hasn't fantasized about winning big, and then heading into work the next day to quit in glorious fashion?

And for most lottery winners, this is absolutely the case.

But for an unlucky few, winning the lottery was a curse, a disaster, a horrible twist of fate that resulted in bankruptcy, injury, and even death.

It's hard to imagine anyone regretting a winning ticket, but for the people in this episode, that's exactly the case.

Okay, some lottery winners bring bad luck onto themselves.

That was the case for 25-year-old Anthony Amato.

In February 2013, Anthony won $75,000 on a scratch ticket.

He told Kansas lottery officials that he planned to split the money with his mother and

buy a car with his portion.

But instead of buying that car, Anthony used a portion of his winnings to buy meth and marijuana

for him and his 27-year-old brother, Joseph.

On the night of February 15th, Anthony and his brother were partying at home

when Joseph went to the kitchen to refill a butane lighter. But as he did so, fumes began leaking

into the air. The fumes were so bad, they eventually reached the furnace and the pilot light inside.

The reaction triggered an explosion, which shook the entire building on its foundation, injuring one of the brothers.

Joseph suffered second-degree burns on his hands, arms and chest. His girlfriend loaded

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