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David James

80yo lottery winner uses $66 million jackpot to start fake drug lab, makes $400 million before being caught

We’ve all fantasized about what we’d do if we won the lottery. Travel the world staying at the finest hotels, buy an opulent mansion, pay off your family’s mortgages, set up a fake pharmaceuticals lab, and launch a crime empire…

That last one may sound bizarre, but that’s precisely what 80-year-old British man John Eric Spilby did after he won a $3.3 million (£2.4 million) lottery jackpot in 2010. Most people would use this lucky break as an opportunity to kick back and enjoy a golden retirement.

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