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She won $1 million on a lottery TV show, bought two houses and a new car. She was still collecting food stamps Amanda Clayton was 24 and living outside Detroit when she hit the Michigan Lottery in 2011. She took a $735,000 lump sum Months later a local TV crew found she was still getting state food aid Asked why, she didn't hide it: "I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn't I thought maybe it was okay because I'm not working" "I have bills to pay" The state cut her off. Then it charged her with fraud. She had taken about $5,500 in food and medical benefits while sitting on the winnings She pleaded no contest and got probation In the video below, the interview that started it all Clueless, or did she know exactly what she was doing?

In 2008 he was the richest man in Ireland, worth $6 billion. Four years later he was bankrupt and in prison Sean Quinn left school at 15. He started with a few hundred pounds and some gravel on his father's farm. He built a group with over 8,000 employees Then he bet on one bank He poured money into Anglo Irish Bank shares, much of it borrowed. In 2008 the bank collapsed "I bet 630 million, which was about 15 months profits." In 2012 he was declared bankrupt. That November a judge gave him nine weeks in jail for refusing to hand over billions in assets Now he's about to turn 80. In the video below, he says it straight: "I was the man that pushed to buy Anglo shares." Greed, or one bad bet anyone could make?

She won £1 million with her first-ever lottery ticket. Four years later she said it ruined her life Jane Park was 17 when she hit the EuroMillions in 2013. The youngest winner in UK history A purple Range Rover. Four holidays a year. A Rolex, a car and new clothes every week for her boyfriend "I thought it would make it 10 times better but it's made it 10 times worse." "Most days, I wish I had no money." At 21 she threatened to take legal action to raise the minimum age to play. It's 18 now In the video below, she explains what nobody warned her about Would you trust a 17-year-old with £1 million?

She was a millionaire at 16. Today she earns £12,000 a year as a carer Callie Rogers won £1.85 million in the UK lottery in 2003. She was working in a shop Within months she'd bought a house with her boyfriend, a house for her grandparents, cars, holidays and gifts for everyone she knew She lent £20,000 to one person and £13,000 to another. Never saw it again People took her bank card and used it for themselves. She says they still owe her about £200,000 "I was a soft touch. Now I realise what they were like." In the video below, she tells This Morning what the money actually did to her Should a 16-year-old even be allowed to win that much?

"I don't regret being a jewel thief. Do I regret getting caught? Yes." Doris Payne stole diamonds for six decades, across three continents. In 1974 she walked into Cartier in Monte Carlo pretending to be the wife of a famous director. When the clerk turned to help another customer, a 10.5-carat ring worth $550,000 left with her. At the airport she hid it in her mouth. Later she pried the stone out with nail clippers, sewed it into her girdle, and sold it in New York the next day. 32 aliases. 11 Social Security numbers. Passports in nine names. At 80 she got five years. At 85 she was arrested again, at a mall in Atlanta. "I have never been arrested in a jewelry store. I have never been arrested leaving a jewelry store." In the video below, she explains why she never felt bad about it.

"I wish I'd torn that ticket up." That's what Jack Whittaker told ABC News, four years after winning $315 million in the Powerball on Christmas 2002. He took the lump sum, $113 million after taxes. He gave millions to churches and handed out houses, cars and cash. In 2003, thieves took $545,000 in cash from his car outside a strip club. He'd been carrying it in a suitcase. Asked why, he reportedly said "because I can." He said he faced over 400 legal claims. In 2004 his granddaughter Brandi was found dead, wrapped in a tarp behind a junked van. She was 17. Five years later his daughter was found dead too. "Since I won the lottery, I think there is no control for greed." In the video below, he explains what the money did to his family.

"There was no reason for him to pass away over money." That's what Dee Dee Moore told 20/20 from prison. She's serving life for killing Abraham Shakespeare, who won $30 million in the Florida lottery. She met him in 2008 saying she wanted to write a book about his life. Within months she controlled what was left of his money. When he vanished, she kept texting his family from his phone. She even tried to pay someone to take the blame. Police found him buried under a concrete slab behind her house. In the video below, she still says she was framed.