Will Winning the Mega Millions Kill You?

Think you want to win the Mega Millions? Well, we’ve all heard the horror stories of lotto winners quickly going off the rails. So should you throw away your ticket? Let’s take a look at the medical literature. Attention all Powerball players waiting to win your first billion in Tuesday night’s epic Mega Millions drawing: Stop before it’s too late! Winning may kill you! Or it might make you unhappy. Or it might make you overspend on cars and helicopters and lead you to early, penniless death. That’s the well-turned schadenfreude narrative regarding the dismal life of lottery winners—that they…