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Charlie Jones

Lottery winner who bagged $27MILLION ended up living in shed covered in poo 5 years later

A man who won $27million on the lottery ended up blowing all the money in just five years and living in a shed covered in poo.

David Lee Edwards was a convicted felon from Ashland, Kentucky, but struck lucky when he won a quarter-share of the Powerball $280 million jackpot in August 2001.

It was one of the biggest lottery wins in history but by 2006 all of Mr Edwards' money was gone.

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