![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-scooped-6-5m-on-the-lotto-lost-it-all-heres-how-i-spent-my-cash/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23367446-1691310711130.jpg&description=BIG SPENDER Published : 9:53, 6 Aug 2023 A MAN who won £6.5m and then blew it on helicopters and motorbikes once gave away cash to the homeless. Lee Ryan, dubbed the "Lotto Lag", was the country's first lottery winner to end up behind bars. 7 Lee helps himself to a coffee while on a job in London Credit: Splash 7 Lee has now found inner peace Credit: Splash 7 Now a painter and decorator, Lee has said he has never been happier Credit: Splash After completing a prison stretch for handling stolen goods Lee went on an astonishing spending spree. The ex-con snapped up a country mansion, a fleet of luxury cars and a helicopter. After a number of bad business decisions Lee started to run out of cash and ended up with nothing. After the big win the Leicester man once handed out cash to the homeless and needy. He said to the Mirror : "Believe it or not a lot of my money went on people that I thought needed it at the time. "I used to slip envelopes of cash to homeless people and that was the most pleasure I ever got from having money." Lee said that the many people believed a lottery win would mark the end of their problems, but that was not true. He said: "Be careful what you wish for. People always think, 'Oh, if I win tomorrow that will be the end of my worries'. That's just not true, this is just the beginning of your worries. "You will see who is who in your life, even in your own family it becomes fractured. It's all just an illusion really." Lee, now a painter and decorator, claims to have finally found peace of mind after his life spiralled out of control following his big win. He said : "I'm the happiest I've ever been." After Lee's marriage broke up in 2003 he went on to lose £2million in failed business ventures and property investments, after moving to Kyrgyzstan in central Asia with new girlfriend Jyldyz Djangaracheva. A housekeeper stole £40,00 from him, an arsonist targeted his £145,000 Ferrari and the 40-acre grounds of his former mansion saw a £15,000 caravan){kind=link}
A MAN who won £6.5m and then blew it on helicopters and motorbikes once gave away cash to the homeless.
Lee Ryan, dubbed the “Lotto Lag”, was the country’s first lottery winner to end up behind bars.
After completing a prison stretch for handling stolen goods Lee went on an astonishing spending spree. The ex-con snapped up a country mansion, a fleet of luxury cars and a helicopter.
After a number of bad business decisions Lee started to run out of cash and ended up with nothing.
After the big win the Leicester man once handed out cash to the homeless and needy.