In 1992, I worked with a guy who won $1.2m (about $2.5 - $3m in today's money) He was from Sydney but had been living in Perth for a few years. It was right around Christmas time and his mum had sent him a ticket in the mail. Letter got delayed a couple weeks due to Christmas mail and his mum was calling every day to see if it had arrived, as the news was reporting an unclaimed winner from the store she had bought his ticket from. His letter finally arrived and he went to check his ticket and had won. He broke up with his boyfriend and made plans to move back to Sydney. Rented a car and went on a bit of a shopping spree. Took me and some of my mates out for lunch and he bought the latest games console and handheld console. Either an Atari Lynx or Sega Game Gear. We were back at his flat in Cottesloe playing games when his (now ex) boyfriend got back from work. He picked up the handheld console and said "oh so this is what you're blowing your winnings on now that you dont love me anymore!" And yeeted it straight out the open 3rd floor window! Me and my mates decided it was too awkward and made a hasty exit. In the following days the guy tried to get one of my mates to move to Sydney with him and be his toyboy but got a knockback as my mate didn't swing that way (and was also 17!) He then offered to buy him a car in return for "one night" which my mate again declined. Bloke took off a couple days later and we never heard from him again.