One day in December 2002, Jack Whittaker decided to buy a lottery ticket at a small store in West Virginia. The 55-year-old didn't really need to as he was already successful and affluent businessman, But Whittaker played the lottery that day because the prize was truly a 4 million. The next morning he learned he had won it all-the largest lottery win in the history of the United States at that time Whittaker soon surprised everyone with his generosity. He bought property and a car for a worker at the store where he bought the winning ticket. He shared ten percent of his money with his church. He promised to set up a charitable organization to care for the poor of West Virginia. He seemed humble, saying he'd invest his money wisely and continue to work at his company and"answer his own phone In reality. Whittaker was soon to experience the ditticulties that tend to accompany a lottery win. would wait for him to drop by his favonte store, and then they would beg him for money by telling him sad stories of illnesses and bad luck had to