The Binman Who Won The Lottery, Michael Carrol - AML

[@CountDankula]

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[@felixlynch7327]

Good thing no cnt wants it

[@Dylski.]

Peepeepoopoo

[@WATP1872]

Sorry nope..

[@chaselowe2177]

The script for the next show is already finished...did you think he was doing that off the top of his head

[@alexscottthompson812]

Why do advertisers never think of the *second* 1,000 people? They're important too

[@jackwalters3928]

Dieticians hate him. Learn how this man lost ten million pounds.

[@OmarJano]

Too witty, haha

[@XanVicious]

My British girlfriend absolutely despises every time I make a “pound” joke when she talks about money, I love this.

[@KOOLKELLY94]

This deserves more likes

[@funderburk5]

You're a ducking Gem bro 💎.

[@TheMightyKinkle]

Ahahahahaha

[@charliewaters5289]

Somehow the best part was understated. His wife left when he had money, took him back when he didn't. That's amazing.

[@rorz999]

Yeah. And tbf it sounds like she had a good reason for leaving him

[@DrMcMoist]

My wife would leave me too if I had money.

[@maskettaman1488]

Of course she did. The justice system is so one-sided that I bet she buggered off with a sizable payday from it.

[@DMWBN3]

Well folk from Norfolk, many with 6 fingers & 1/2 a brain. So this move in understandable, inbreeding is a So another past time.

[@LordVader1094]

@@maskettaman1488 She didn't. Keep being needlessly sexist tho lol

[@Nick-rs5if]

"Give a man power, and you'll find out who he is." -Napoleon Bonaparte

[@finished6267]

Put him in another man's shadow and he will show you too.

[@stonedguyy]

His wife Sandra dumped him due to his hedonistic lifestyle when she could've easily taken advantage of him and then returned to him after trying to fix himself while also being broke. Sandra is a certified queen.

[@MClovinHD3D]

Real happiness

[@drowningmerman4256]

That's one hell of a keeper, I tell you that!

[@alhaquin]

The shadow opposite of a gold digger. Almost impossible to find.

[@MrMoo272]

She was awarded up to $1m of his money after the divorce. She probably still had the majority of that when they got back together. Fucking crazy.

[@DaniboyBR2]

She's dumb she should've taken his money and then bought a house, they would be better off now.

[@akebomba1011]

John McAfee should definitely be next on your Madlads series

[@3isr3g3n]

That's gotta be a 2-Parter at least, i'm with you!

[@crangus00]

100% should do McAfee

[@stevilkenevil9960]

I've been waiting for McAfee for a while

[@greulich9635]

He said he would, but at the time his death was still too fresh. I think the aniversary of his death would be the perfect time.

[@jupiterjunk]

$WHACKD

[@Shoxic666]

"It's easy to be an absolute shagger when you can afford it" Truer words never spoken

[@Pleiadian1984]

One of the finest summaries of a mad lads shagging journey.

[@your_belief_vs_everything]

"Michael walked out of school being barely literate". TBF that's now standard, he was ahead of his time.

[@boneav83]

It was Norfolk, wouldnt have made a difference if he had stayed until he was 16

[@thegameingfox]

I can relate to that i didnt throw chairs at teachers but they cotton wools me half the death and i barley got ok spelling

[@Gaybraham.Lincoln]

Where in the world are you from?

[@AzguardMike]

ironically i left school at 15, worked odd jobs till i was 17 and got a job in Tesco. Built up my CV by changing jobs every year. Im now 32 in a few months, and earn about £1500 after tax doing 4 days a week. Meanwhile most the people i knew from school are single mum's or benefit bums claiming universal credit and scrounging every penny off the street. Its not WHAT you know, its WHO you know.

[@thegameingfox]

@@Gaybraham.Lincoln Australia

[@RichieW]

There's an underlying humanity about the lad that you cant ignore. Looked after his family. Made his friend's lives fun. He was rough as a cowboys sack but under it all was a decent lad who suffered as a child and got treated like shit by the mainstream. I hope he's doing well these days. God Speed, Michael.

[@badsmel1741]

I'm from kings Lynn and I knew him a bit. You've mistaken stupidity for kindness. I feel sorry for him because a lot of his "friends" just had his pants down for money but a good guy, he ain't.

[@nxxynx5039]

@@badsmel1741 thank you, too many people here excusing what a scumbag fucker he was and the shit he did to his local community

[@pottermin79]

I seen him at my best pals wedding Mike's fine now works a 9 till 5 job now

[@stephengreene1856]

True words

[@beno1129]

Yeah I've never quite understood why people totally equate looking after your family as kindness. It's being responsible, rather than being kind. Which is still good, but how you know if someone is really kind/good is how they treat people that they do not have any ties to, or people that you are better off than. Not saying that Michael is an utter villain, but his kindness to his family doesn't automatically mean he's a kind bloke. Having said that, his aunt and false friends are certainly scum.

[@Zenn_Chan]

That one mate who saved him when he tried to hang himself was a real one. Clearly one of the real mates who stuck around after the money ran out. I hope Mike stayed close to him.

[@jenniferjackson1268]

Too bad he didn’t succeed 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamesoclaire4512]

​@@jenniferjackson1268-1/10 troll attempt 😂

[@wingerding]

I would hate to see a mate who would actually let someone hang themselves...

[@jeffreybarton1297]

​​@@wingerdingI had a mate who got so pissed off with one of his friends threatening suicide that he gave him a cut throat razor and told him to 'Fucking do it, piss off and leave me alone'. Never heard if his mate did it.

[@dannykeeler4018]

​@jeffreybarton1297 sounds like ur mates a prick I seriously injured a guy once for doing a similar thing guy was just trying to have something happen think of it this way funerals expensive even if they were shit

[@SutekhTheDestroyer]

People who win the lottery and splurge on super-expensive cars/houses seem to forget that it also takes a good deal of time and money to _maintain_ their new purchases.

[@Stevarooni]

Big league football players in the U.S. have similar problems. A large percentage are bankrupt within a year of leaving the team.

[@Lifesizemortal]

It's called being money-dumb and it's common with poor people who have no aspirations

[@Skrenja]

@@Lifesizemortal "Money dumb." Lol, describes me perfectly. Can't save a penny to save my life. 🤣

[@jazzy4830]

Financial literacy is terrible in this country, being wealthy brings a whole new set of costs you would never experience being poor and so fail to account for. If you use the money to hire wealth advisors and accountants you may find yourself earning far more off of it and paying less (much less if you don't have any moral compunctions about tax avoidance). The best thing you can do if you suddenly come into a lot of money is to: 1. sort out immediate issues and debts 2. tie up the majority of your money in investments with some paying dividends to cover day-to-day expenses 3. create a small current account to treat yourself with and cover emergencies without being penalised from withdrawing funds from your investments. 4. forget you have the money and don't make significant changes to your lifestyle.

[@mcbamm5683]

@@jazzy4830 And don’t tell a soul, apart from anyone you trust with your life.

[@dfpytwa]

On the flipside I remember in the 90's someone had won the California lottery. I forgot how much, it wasn't the crazy numbers you see now for jackpots but it was in the millions. The big story on all the news networks was that no one had claimed it and it had been weeks since the draw. A news crew turned up at the convenience store where the ticket was purchased at and was interviewing the owner and the clerks. Some well dressed old dude was at the counter paying for something and said that's me you are looking for. Everyone laughed thinking he was joking until he pulled the ticket out of his wallet and showed it to them. They asked why he hadn't claimed it yet and he told them that he had not had the time and will get around to it eventually. They asked what he was planning on doing with the money and he said he was just going to add it to the pile at the bank. The dude was just some local billionaire in Newport Beach and viewed the winnings as chump change. The story got dropped by the press like a hot potato and I never heard another peep about it other than some time later a Simpson's episode had Monty Burns doing something similar.

[@fidelio9301]

Holy shit haha

[@cattysplat]

That's pretty depressing, what a waste of a lottery win.

[@jamesduncan6729]

@@cattysplat I agree. I know it's selfish as fuck and so disgustingly petty, but I HATE it when wealthy people win the lottery... It's like, for fucks sake, can someone who doesn't already have hundreds of thousands (or sometimes, millions) win the money? You're already well off, man, what was the point of that? 🙄

[@Vihara2]

@@jamesduncan6729 the millionaires i know who gamble most of them spend heaps on the lottery, several hundred bucks for all the big jackpots

[@rukus9585]

Lottery winnings can be a great money laundering tool for the wealthy.

[@settame1]

There was some guy who recently won the lottery and showed up to claim the ticket in a head to toe animal costume to avoid anyone actually knowing who he was. Seems smart.

[@jubei7259]

There's nothing the British media hate more than working class people getting ahead in life. It was the same with other working class celebrities. I swear, the vitriol & spite directed at them was truly staggering.

[@Fredjoe5]

He didn't really get ahead, though, did he? Like 70% of such Lottery winners, he wasted it all. There's a reason the rich generally stay rich - They understand the value of money.

[@lordevyl8317]

@@Fredjoe5 That's why I never play the lottery. For one, your chance of actually winning a major lottery is slim to none, and another reason is if I did win, I'd spend it all on trivial shit. LOL

[@danielflanard8274]

@@Fredjoe5 Yeah, they can be pretty miserly*. It's not an uncommon sight to see the upper middle class shopping at budget stores like dollartree. I've also heard that McDonald's coffee is a favorite among pennypinchers.

[@Svoorhout85]

@@lordevyl8317 Id probably become paranoid and feel better after being rid of it.

[@asceticsatan]

whats up with that..?

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

Lesson learned. If I won the lottery, I'd keep it quiet. Can't trust anyone.

[@joesmith8701]

i would tell my closest famaly and frends i won 50k anyone with a brain understands that 50k and go so fast they should be greatfull for a few hundred quid

[@morg2040]

If you were to win it is optional to stay anonymous and not announce it most big lottery companies do offer that so it just depends on how you spend the money really

[@notalcno9]

With a name like 'Doll Fiddler' I sincerely doubt it.

[@matthewvaughan8192]

I mean it helps if you’re not an illiterate chav who hangs around with illiterate chavs

[@Brissles]

Stealthy-wealthy

[@lb2kxx]

never underestimate the importance of a father figure

[@mccabessupplementsandgym3913]

100% fact!!

[@rorz999]

Would explain a lot about my life lol

[@jason.larsenthedanishgreek1226]

Love how Father's day was also on juneteenth you know... for the 70% who abandoned their kids

[@disionf22s11]

@@rorz999 I'm sayin ... maybe I wouldn't be an anime pfp lmao

[@DaciValt]

I see you underestimate chav "culture." There is a high chance of the father of a chav will also be an absolute yobbo.

[@Gurkenpudding]

I'm worried how often this Scotsman says "can relate" while he describes us these Mad Lads.

[@weirdscout69yeehaw86]

Scotland

[@JesusFriedChrist]

When I Google “Nazi Yob” this is the first thing that pops up. www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3771778/count-dankula-mark-meechan-nazi-pug-cant-get-job-harassing-employers/

[@JesusFriedChrist]

*sips tea* More often than you can ever imagine..

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

@@JesusFriedChrist Just a reminder that journalists are not people and there is no valid reason not to kill them for sport.

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

@@UnprofessionalProfessor want to create a paper to smear the journalists... lol

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

The rich neighbours weren't mad about the drug and sex parties, they were mad they were better than theirs

[@Xighor]

They were mad he was working class lol If he was having one of those Upper Class Sex Orgies they would be loving him as long as they got invited..

[@theelder4797]

Because the ones they have involve black cloaks, animal masks, and sacrifices.

[@grumpyorgre2336]

Do one on the self proclaimed "king of sealand"the former pirate radio station host who took over and claimed a old aboandoned British sea fort and dubbed it "sealand"as his own micronation and even moved in with his own family

[@DrewPeabaws]

I went to school with Michael's daughter, at the time none of the kids knew much about her dad, but there were playground rumours. It's funny how the actual truth was even wilder than the rumours ever were.

[@LukSter18998]

lol

[@superscatboy]

I know an old guy, a gambling addict, that has played the lottery so much that's he's won *twice.* He gambles so much that he's in serious debt. After *two* multi-million jackpots. I think these stories might be more common than most of us realise. The difference is that most people are smart enough to tick the "no press" box when collecting their winnings.

[@evergreenrider]

An addiction is an addiction

[@badsmel1741]

His also a total bullshitter. 😂 Won the lotto twice? Really? 😂

[@superscatboy]

@@badsmel1741 Yes, really. When you spend every penny you have on gambling, then take out loans for more money to spend on gambling, you actually win fairly frequently. You don't make back the money you spent, but the number of times you win is quite high.

[@rowanmelton7643]

When you click the "No press" box, your winnings are also cut in half

[@superscatboy]

@@rowanmelton7643 lmao no

[@keepgoing1973]

20 years ago 9 million pounds put you as one of the richest people in the country. Now 9 BILLION pounds is not enough to put you as one of the richest people in the country.

[@Canadish]

Look, inflation is very bad, but 9 billion has you you in the top 25. Even 20 years ago, 9 million would have only been top 250 or so.

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

Someone really should make a series pitting Chavs against Gopniks. To settle the debate once and for all.

[@lunino4374]

already happened, it was called the crimean war

[@yetigriff]

One Ned to Rule Them All

[@comradesam3382]

Ak VS knife? Gopniks

[@patthemilkman403]

I just assumed gopnik just meant chav

[@lefroy1]

They did. It was called Euro 2016, and the Gopniks won.

[@jammydodger1449]

The man looked after his friends and family first. That's all I needed to know about him. Good man regardless of past crimes

[@CantusTropus]

Is it, though? Obviously that's a good thing to do, but I'd regard taking care of your family first as basic common decency rather than being morally upstanding. NOT doing so is a severe failing, but even bad men usually take care of their own.

[@NubletPie278]

I believe Jeff Epstein looked after his family too. That's all we need to know, top bloke.

[@jammydodger1449]

@@NubletPie278 ex dee, "Hitler drank water too lol so anyone who drinks water is Hitler". Piss off

[@maxfullerton5228]

Well guys I think about it this way. He have a 1/3 of his money to his family. That's still a pretty good thing to do.

[@johnnyyuma5747]

he "took care of his family" when he won the money but his mother knew he was semi street homeless before moving in with her sister (his aunt) and his aunt was going to kick him out before she found out about the win and then kicked him out of the houses HE bought. the lesson here is that sometimes taking care of yourself and NOT your family might be the sensible thing

[@mickeytwister4721]

Michael should start a KZbin channel. He probably won't be a millionaire again be he could get close.

[@opalyasu7159]

He could be the true Liquid Chris

[@grahamstewart615]

Yeh if he could string two words together 😂😂😂

[@FumblsTheSniper]

“Bunch of hookers and cocaine” guy needs a mention. He’d have a mad lad episode if he had won.

[@samaelsandalphon5600]

Greatest interview response ever😂. Imma watch that classic right friggin now.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

@@samaelsandalphon5600 I’ll see you there

[@dashingdave2665]

Iconic, I still use this response

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

"That is _not_ the answer we want!"

[@jackdempsey6349]

@@dashingdave2665 lmao I do too.

[@spareumbrella8477]

I still don't get the idea of "oh he's too working class, why should he win all this money?" He bought a ticket, fair and square, just like everyone else. He earned the right to potentially win all the cash when he bought the ticket. Don't like it? Tough shit.

[@GoldenCroc]

He somewhat explained why they thought so in the video though, didnt he? Anyway, "fair" has nothing to do with it. It never does, just about no one really cares about what is "fair". That is just how humans are.

[@Michael-mh2tw]

Not many people actually think this. People were angered by him moving into their areas, using their services, etc., not specifically that he was able to win the lottery. If he had bought a random house in the country and did everything else away from those people, they might not have minded.

[@d.c.holshouser6716]

Because people are envious gits and that's pretty much it.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Not to mention, MOST people who even get lotto tickets are working class LOL rich people don't buy lotto tickets. It's a worthless investment.

[@shoopdaliz]

welcome to England

[@medea27]

Number 1 rule when winning a large prize - _don't tell anyone!_ Part of the reason that in places like Australia (and I think the UK?) you have the choice of remaining an anonymous lottery winner is that every Tom, Dick & Harriet crawls out of the woodwork looking for handouts. It's honestly revolting what people will do when money is involved, and it pays to know who you can truly trust. Sad to say, Michael's story isn't uncommon for a large lottery winner... so at least he's fortunate to have a somewhat happy ending.

[@SEEYAIAYE]

I read a bunch of horror stories of lotto winners, including that one wiccan dude who wasted it all on friends and hangers on, and they all agreed that winning was the worst thing to ever happen to them. Not only do you have family and friends hitting you up but complete strangers will find your address and send letters or hit you up on socials begging for 10k for little Timmy's surgery.

[@slysampss]

Am I right in thinking that it comes with a catch. If you go anonymous you must pay tax on it, forcing people to go public if they didn't want to feed the government.

[@medea27]

@@slysampss There's no catch from a tax perspective as your anonymity is purely in the public record - the winnings are still income that you need to pay tax on. The question around tax is generally whether you take the winnings in one lump sum, or as instalments over several years & spread your tax liability out. For very large amounts the lottery operators may try to get you to take instalments because it suits them to pay it out over time, but ultimately it will be taxed one way or another. You're not anonymous to the tax department or your bank... only the public. And since the tax office, banks, lawyers, accountants, etc have strict confidentiality obligations, the only other people who _should_ find out are those _you_ tell or possibly give yourself away to (if you're suddenly flashing lots of wealth).

[@slysampss]

@@medea27 cheers for the reply. I read this as "financial advice for if that day comes" like to stay optimistic. Cheers

[@Antisleeper]

So, he gave $1 million to Sandra's mom, and lost another $1 million to her in the divorce. And THEN remarried her. He might be a millionaire still. And if he isn't in control of the money, he might even stay a millionaire.

[@publicaccessafterhours2578]

So basically he was poor, became a millionaire, lost all his money, had to give some millions away to his ex wife and is poor again, then remarried his wife whom he gave away his millions to and would presumably be a millionaire again but wouldn't have all the money and blow it away this time and no one would be the wiser Fascinating if true

[@luizcastro5246]

if you are a millionaire, your wife is also a millionaire. If she is a millionaire, then you are dirt poor until you make your own money. Learn how real life works please.

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

@@luizcastro5246 Br*tish women don't count, therefore he is a millionaire

[@jimbodean1991]

He drinks in spoons in downham market, and he definitely ain’t a millionaire no more…

[@michaelallen3304]

@@luizcastro5246 marry wisely boys. If she gets tired of you, she’s taking half (3/4’s) on the way out. And the lawyer is taking half, and child support is 2/5’s. Plus legal fees.

[@frankiepaul9869]

Everyone slagged this fella off at the time. However I dont remember any of those people commenting on the fact that he practically gave half of it away as soon as he got it. Decent guy actually.

[@yetigriff]

He gave the rest away to whores and drug dealers too

[@eazhe3716]

@@yetigriff Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

[@frankiepaul9869]

@@yetigriff taking drugs dosnt make you a bad person as far as prossys go its a little murkier. But I'd bet those he was those girls favorite punter.

[@yetigriff]

@@frankiepaul9869 wasn't judging

[@leucadendron007]

People were jealous, they didn't see it as fair for somebody to win all that money and blow it. Everybody claims to be saints, that they would spend it in better ways.......it was his money to blow, if the media hadn't put the spotlight on him nobody would care

[@leeham1405]

You could probably get this guy on a stream to get his side of the story. Can't be as scary as Simon Mann finding you!

[@timelink3315]

When Dank said Michael moved to Scotland, I thought he was going to enter the frame and Dank was going to have an interview style convo about what's happening in his life now! That would have been an insane swerve!

[@PerfectlyUselessComment]

Reminds me of that legend in the US who was asked what he would buy if he won the lotto. He replied "Cocaine and Hookers"

[@hyperspacejester7377]

They cut that pretty quick... can't have honesty on television unless it's in a blooper reel

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

Didn’t he have to come out on social media to clarify that he had a wife, and therefore the latter “indulgence” wouldn’t be involved? If I remember correctly, his wife was (rightly) peeved that her husband was now nationally infamous for bluntly stating his intent to cheat on her if he got the chance💀

[@SuperBartles]

This apparently happens every time someone (particularly from the working-class) wins the multi-million jackpot. Most people don't know how to handle that sort of money & they think it will last forever. So the same stuff happens: big donations to family and spouses, 80% separate from their spouses now they feel truly financially independent (sometimes with a costly divorce), then multiple houses & cars. The houses are the killer - you need loads of furniture, BIG council tax & other bills..they make money disappear really fast. The Lambourghini, of course, loses it's value as soon as you buy it. They quit their jobs. Now of course in some economic climates interest or dividend payments can provide sufficient income to live on...if you don't touch the invested sum. But this rarely seems to work out

[@richardrose9943]

You can take every penny from a millionaire who made it themselves and they will rebound and you can give a broke person millions they will also rebound

[@sevenproxies4255]

Imagine if he had put 9 million into that investment bond from the getgo. His monthly dividend would be insanely high and he could've lived as a spendthrift to this day.

[@rorz999]

Feel a little bit sorry for him tbh. He had nobody around him to give him good advice

[@hinach4n698]

market returns on average 7% per year, so roughly 600k.

[@sevenproxies4255]

@@hinach4n698 600 thousand pounds a year? That's 50k per month. I'd say that's more than enough to live large for a Chav. And the best part would be that he would be able to do so for the rest of his life. And that investment would be there for his children as well. He'd still be the envy of every Chav in the country with 50K of pocket change every month and not needing to work.

[@Tentin.Quarantino]

I’m gonna be a bit of an arsehole and point out that bonds pay coupons, not dividends. That said, yeah he could’ve been set for life living on investment income alone. Edit: just got to the point where dank mentioned this. Naughty dank for getting it wrong.

[@lucasp2443]

@@sevenproxies4255 that's before taxes, isn't it?

[@rangersmetalatheist9392]

Not gonna lie. This guy's story would make a good British comedy/drama film.

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

Directed by Danny Boyle, starring Robert Carlyle and produced by film 4

[@rangersmetalatheist9392]

@@jeanmichellelaurent Aye that can work. Think Trainspotting meets The Wolf Of Wall Street.

[@jackmclaughlin9602]

Michelle Fairley as Auntie Kelly

[@dodgy_jammer281]

“Because you’re a fucking zoomer” I felt the vindication in that one 😂

[@danielhicks1682]

If dude won now in the KZbin era and documented all this he would have 10 million subscribers

[@graytoby1]

Agreed many of these type of characters from the late 90s early 2000s missed the youtube boat sadly. Could have been some huge KZbin stars we missed out on.

[@SuperBartles]

One for every pound he frittered away... Many TikTok celebrities (with lots of fans) make this guy look like Richard Feynman in the intellect department...Witness Britt Barbie, who expressed surprise in one of her videos that hair grew from one's scalp "I never knew dat! Like..do I have hair in my head??" To which the obvious answer is "yes you clearly do...right where your brain ought to be"

[@literallyshaking8019]

Ever heard of WhistlinDiesel?

[@sirlink9611]

He would be an Instagram star if he was around today. His live stories would be pure insanity.

[@APRICEPRODUCTION]

@@sirlink9611 The problem today with all the filters these sites use, any evidence of uploads showing him bad language, drinking and taking drugs... He'd probably have his account deleted in 24 hours.

[@ink3988]

Holy shit that bonfire and demolition derby sounds hilarious. I don't really blame his neighbours for not being quite as into it though lol

[@Vihara2]

Probably nuked the property values worse than blm folks moving in nearby

[@themagikian4237]

Some of Michael's own comments when asked questions by interviewers are brilliant! 😂 he's never shaken. A zen like calmness, where others would flush and stutter.

[@aussiewolfhound2873]

Getting closer and closer to a million subscribers Dank. Reckon you'll be there by the end of the year 🙂 You should be thanking the Scottish gestapo for the whole nazi pug thing because you're now in a way better place than before it lol. Maybe buy them a beer as a thank you when you get the gold play button in the mail 😏

[@JurassicToys2000]

I feel like KZbin wouldn't give it to him out of spite.

[@deekim8164]

Buy them a case of White Lightning

[@ShitStainedBallSack]

Wait..... He doesn't have 1mill yet

[@realrghnck]

Isn't Dank being shadowbanned by the algorithm? Hes one of the few KZbinrs where I'm glad whenever I see an ad before the vid starts

[@realrghnck]

@@fuzzylogic394 AGAIN? Well, it was nice while it lastet

[@Never_Know_Best]

You should do Yukio Mishima sometime. Madman went from twink novelist to right-wing bodybuilder who attempted to overthrow the Japanese government.

[@Never_Know_Best]

@spindletea Sun and Steel?

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

Based and also what every leftist should do - get off the internet and fucking lift

[@karkkimarkkinat2109]

He was an epic Nippon lad. Very based 👌🏻

[@badsmel1741]

@@MaxiemumKarnage wtf is a "leftist."

[@MrDeand93]

Nah

[@grwuk]

Its such a shame there was no one close to this man to give him some decent advice. He had a massive self destruct button!

[@wingerding]

There were

[@Lamedvavnik]

Mad lads I want to see at some point. 1. Andrew Jackson 2. John McAfee 3. Lee Murray

[@AdamB12]

I remember that girl who won the lottery at 17 years old in the UK. Something to the effect of £9.1 million. £250k went up her nose. Wasn't all her, tho. She had an entourage that would go on ridiculous vacations with, everything paid for. Spent most of her winnings in less than 10 years.

[@Bloke-98]

I remember that too. Don’t get me wrong I do feel for her. No doubt used by people she deemed close to her instead of helping her invest her wealth to make sure she keeps comfortable. But also, what an amazing fucking ten years she had

[@Fredjoe5]

@@Bloke-98 Not so sure. It may very well have ruined the rest of her life. There's no good reason for people failing to make the best use of these windfalls. 70% of people who get that kind of money end up broke or worse, and it doesn't have to be that way. Every single one of those cases is caused by people not having a true understanding of money or how to manage it. And there's every resource necessary that's available to help people get it right, they simply don't take advantage of them.

[@beefsuprem0241]

My dad was a copper then and raided her property a few times. The people around her used her up.

[@northernimagesphotography]

Callie Rogers. She was the same age as me at the time, 16 year old. Won £2M. Still the youngest national lottery winner I think.

[@curtischelseatilidie6183]

That’s exactly what I would do with it aswell tbf

[@stub1256]

Your closing statement is absolutely the crux of how this story panned out. I really hope the guy has found some wisdom through all of this.

[@masscreationbroadcasts]

4:19 "Double attempted murder carries a lot less of a sentence than double murder" Huh. I'll put a pin in that.

[@darksu6947]

Shall we circle back to it later?

[@professordrsavage5758]

You know what - the way you presented this was neither patronising nor condescending - great job

[@KPrent82]

As a Scottish man you have to admire a good headbutt

[@SquareSausages]

A good glesga kiss

[@raptyrn1290]

Imagine being a bank for the rich and celebrities and worrying about so-called "reputation".

[@lazybones69]

Warmongers, paedophiles, wife beaters..... But they draw the line at chav. 😂

[@ramjam25]

I wonder if Andrew has an account there

[@stevehill4615]

@@ramjam25 I wonder if Jimmy Saville had an account there --- lol

[@icarus_falling]

Just found this creator today and now I'm binge watching these vids. You had me at "roof Koreans" lol

[@curtiskretzer8898]

This the guy that🇬🇧arrested & fined £800 for teaching his girlfriend's Pug to German Facsist Salute & putting it on social media.I am in admiration of his platform content(especially the Alex Jones assisted subscription plug that NEVER gets old!)

[@jackfrancis1475]

Great video. I definitely hadn’t looked at this story as empathetically as Count had highlighted.

[@waynegoddard4065]

White lightning, white ace, frosty Jack's, white diamond. All sherbert that's never seen an apple. Love it.

[@Samantha-pn4zk]

That's a really tragic story. I have a lot of sympathy for people who have such rough starts in life and basically no role models to speak of. I can't blame the guy for not knowing how to act in a civilized society or for behaving in such an escapist way for being thrust into the spotlight with that amount of money at such a young age. It was beyond cruel what most of his family did to him and what the public at large felt they had the right to do to him. I probably wouldn't have wanted to be the guy's neighbor, but I wouldn't have gone out of my way to be cruel.

[@BlizzardFanatic]

Lots of the locals where I live near Downham know him and actually don’t think badly of him always said he was nice and polite and helpful Shame they shunned him when he offered to pay for their Christmas do in the town.

[@ethan.99]

Used to live in Downham and heard alot about the fella, never seen or met him though!

[@Dhakhar]

I remember this guy being famous when I was growing up. The story I heard that always stuck with me was that he went to a fancy hotel, ordered the smoked salmon and then complained when it arrived raw.

[@wingerding]

Smoked salmon isn't raw

[@jfrancis98]

My wife was the personal assistant for a guy who won the lottery about 10 years ago. He took home over 95 million dollars. He was very generous to his immediate family and friends, sadly the money just brought out the worst in all of his brothers and sisters etc. Greedy, thankless turds is how his siblings turned out, sad. He has built up the winnings and never ended up in the pages of the National Enquirer or on The Steve Wilko’s show (Steve isn’t trashy, just the guests are l). I’d rather be poor (like I am now) instead of having a bunch of people looking for a handout. No thanks. Yeah right, you know I’d try it for a while, as would you. Right?

[@tmdwu5360]

I always thought just not telling people about it, semi easy since i live in different city than all of my family :D

[@danielseaburg9763]

Fun fact: dont shout your mouth off about wealth. i've done well in life (im not a millionaire, i just do well, bought and sold properties in my 20s, no, not ''fancy'' ones - dogsh** sh**holes and flipped them for a small profit each time) Sometimes your ''friends'' find out no matter how well you try to hide it. ''you own like 5 properties, give us money!'' (all my money was tied up in assets. i was literally broke. because my money was in property, not my bank.) ''no. ive worked 100 hour weeks since 16 to be where i am. you can do it too.'' ''OMG YOU'VE CHANGED!!!! OMG YOU WERE SO NICE! WTF HAPPENED TO YOU??!!?! GIBS GIBS GIBS!!!! SELFISH!'' ''.....'' Money brings out the worst in people, and fyi: i have nobody other than my mrs. so yes this is my real name, and no, nobody i know will ever see this comment. so, yeah.

[@migurushii941]

@@tmdwu5360 yeahhhhh buddy

[@notsocrates9529]

I would rather be miserable with millions of dollars, instead of miserable and poor. I have been the latter, it sucks and it is not fun. At least if you're wealthy, you can find ways to escape the misery. Take helicopter lessons, buy a 10 pound brick of her01n (addiction is only a problem when you don't have the means), drive race cars, travel around the world in a yacht, or do whatever you wanted. Being poor is f_-_ing awful, don't give me that nobility of being happy and loved sh1te but broke and destitute choosing between paying a gas bill or eating a bologna sandwich.

[@quillclock]

@@notsocrates9529 LOL seems like you would be one of those ppl who would hit up your millionaire friend for some cash. misery can be cured through self reflection and working on the issues you have with yourself. money would only distract from that. I've been extremely poor for the past 10 years and couldn't be happier. the only thing money could provide me is comfort and the ability to payback the kindness of my friends and family. my happiness is independent of wealth or as the prophet Notorious B.I.G. once said "mo money mo problems"

[@Conorkc86]

He stimulated the local economy. Fair play to him!

[@WhiskeyStraightAl]

Interesting and enlightening, but also very sad. As a vulnerable person, he was let down from his win, not given proper support or guidance - and left to his own devices against the wolf pack of horrible media continuously hounding him. Manipulated, scorned and scammed.

[@rorz999]

I bet he had some good fucking times though

[@WhiskeyStraightAl]

@@rorz999 Oh hell yeah. And probably many more than he can remember! Legend.

[@h____hchump8941]

The Sun absolutely loved this guy back in the day. Always on the front page.

[@SmuggestOfRats]

@mr oko Agreed. It doesn't take a genius to realize it's a bad idea to blow through 10 million on expensive vanity garbage, when you don't have any realistic way of replenishing that amount yourself. Shit, you don't even need to go to school to learn that; just playing a resource management board game like Monopoly or Catan is enough to impart that lesson, and it's evident even the man himself knew it was a good idea since he _attempted_ (keyword) to put some of it away in investment for income. But still: Advice and guidance may have helped and mitigated some of the money problems he had, but those would still be hampered by a core obstacle that isn't so easily changed. Which would be his innate impulsiveness and lack of self restraint. As evidenced not only by how poorly he handled his money and how he kept taking out of his own fucking investment, but also how very short sighted and poorly thought out a LOT of his personal decisions were such as in that bar fight, his shoplifting, and skipping fare seemingly just on impulse alone.

[@badsmel1741]

What the media did to him was fuck all compared to what the hangers on did and they were barely even mentioned here.

[@r0b0coffee]

His family is actually pretty well off thanks to him. At least $3m+ is held with his family, and wife, so that's good. They're probably still thankful.

[@unbiased1]

Dude, compliments on your storytelling! I never thought possible nowadays for a youtube video to keep me watching for more than few minutes.

[@guythat779]

This story has highs, lows, foolish actions, attempts at getting better, the effects of the world on a person and how he acclimated with that, a lot of bad, some good, and not to mention massive hate for journalists This is one of the most human mad lads

[@ThZuao]

And drugs. And hookers.

[@charlespancamo9771]

the part about the press was the MOST endearing for me. These people had already killed the princess (Diana) in their own country by that time and were STILL revered by their media puppet counterparts. They deserve all the hate and bodily fluids they get and then some. What a champion among men, treating them as they absolutely deserve to be treated.

[@guythat779]

@@ThZuao highs and hoes

[@rammingspeed8904]

​@@charlespancamo9771 The royal family killed Diana...

[@theoneman2084]

And I love it!

[@Captain_Pudding]

Living stereotypes should win the lottery more often, that's quality entertainment. Too bad the poor bastard didn't win about 10 years later, he would have been a reality TV megastar.

[@se4385]

11:12 Mr. Dankula, I stand to correct you on this issue. We Dutchmen have enjoyed, just as you Anglicans have, the fruits of the glorious Teletekst on our picture tube televisions. 🧡 P.S. I am 23 though.. 😅

[@RealBenShapiro]

"White Lightning" in America is what some call straight, clean, clear moonshine. The mountain stuff thatll make you go blind. So when you said he was out sipping the stuff I wondered "where tf did he go to find straight American moonshine?"

[@jackogrady3118]

Yeah nah, it’s cheap af cider that comes in a 2L plastic bottle. Tastes like cat piss

[@jackmehoffe9372]

Not even close to moonshine mate. Its clear cider. And not even Henry Weston.

[@jackmehoffe9372]

@Spooky Rap Hands SkeleCam 8.2 its a killa. And like you I love it. But my guts piss shit after a binge

[@jackmehoffe9372]

@Spooky Rap Hands SkeleCam mate me too! I was snatching every dark bottle of the plonk from tesco. At one point I had to ask for some in the back because I couldn't fulfill my quota! That's a nasty drink mate. I'm glad I'm off it

[@jackmehoffe9372]

@Spooky Rap Hands SkeleCam probably. Hope your timeline went better than mine!

[@edgytube9639]

Honestly mate this is one of the best series on the Internet, cheers 👍.

[@JMD1965]

The working class is despised in the United States too... we're either portrayed as idiots in the media or seen as a cash cow by the lifetime political elites. So as much as Michael was a lout, I can relate

[@CedrickTudge]

I respect this comment alot. Happy travels friend

[@demondude15]

Dude lived down the road from me as a kid, i remember him just fucking doing laps round the local tesco car park and my foster carer being like "don't give him any attention, he's that lotto lout!".

[@finished6267]

I hope your foster carer was decent. My wife and I are foster care providers and I've seen some sad stuff within the government and care providers. I just wanted to provide what I never had as a kid, and teach my own kids how to embrace and support others. We are all one big family, I really believe. My most painful moment as a kid was when I hung out with a girl who was the same age as me (8) and we spent a whole day playing, went and visited her uncle, etc. By time we got back home it was dark. There was about 100 people looking for her.... Then the crowd dissipated, and I was left, alone. No one was looking for me. No one cared. It hurt pretty bad, still does to be honest. I just want to be that person who gives a shit about you or anyone else who was abandoned or thrown away. Peace.

[@demondude15]

@@finished6267 Would love to say they were, I bounced from carer to carer, out of the frying pan into the fire. Physical and mental abuse was pretty rife. Had one carer steal every penny I had in my savings account, even worse that she did it by coercing another foster kid into walking into the bank pretending to be me (there was a whole police case when i left that carer and realised she'd rinsed my account, though strangely the local authorities let her keep on fostering). Did eventually meet nice carers in my late teens though, just wish it'd happened sooner. warms my heart though to hear you talking about wanting to help kids and provide, wish more carers got into it for that reason. Keep up the good work and give those kids a bright shining future friend!

[@Sauspreme]

This is literally the IDEAL lottery winner.

[@kode.7637]

Went back to being a normal middle class man with his first wife and is probably currently still happier than those "journalists" that gave him shit.

[@finished6267]

Middle class in first world is literally heaven. They convince us we need more. It's a lie.

[@stevej71393]

I was watching old Mad Lads videos and thought this was another one I missed, until I realized it was uploaded 5 minutes ago.

[@joonefps]

Honestly.. These stories always just make me think about how I’d deal with winning the lottery, and all I’d wanna do is buy a house..a small one.. fully paid off straight away so I’d always have it. Maybe a few nice things, but I think I’d just invest. A few years of euphoria and drunken bliss isn’t worth the miserable remainder of your life Edit: we need a madlads on Otto Skorzeny. He is the DEFINITION of a Mad Lad.

[@lyravain6304]

Step 1) Secure residence. Step 2) Ironclad will. Step 3) Get something nice (a car or PC rig or a boat you can go fishing with) but no more than one or two items. Step 4) Invest/bonds/offshore everything else. No amount of wild partying is worth being made a complete mockery of for the rest of your life.

[@FoxyFoxlyn]

I was just saying this to my bf. Would buy us a house, just a 3 bed detached in a nice area. Get myself a new car, just another small hatchback. I would pay off my siblings mortgages for them, pop some money in trusts for my nephew's and niece's. Then we would be able to retire now, and live the rest of ours lives in peace.

[@Dhips.]

I'd get a home someplace I love, get a few cars, pay off my debt and family debt, enjoy my hobbies as much as I can, travel and invest most of it, depending how much we're talking about.

[@TearThatRedFlagDown]

I'd probably use it to start my own game development studio.

[@FoxyFoxlyn]

@@TearThatRedFlagDown Oooo good shout. Depending how much I won, I would do that too. Sick of the MESSAGE, in my games. Life is shit already, I just want to escape, thank you

[@bishyeahbish3758]

I wouldn't put my winning lotto ticket in my cabinet, no sir, that ticket would be right next to Mr Johnson until I cashed it in, and I'm not even slightly exaggerating either.

[@MouldySponge]

that funny smirk he gives while advertising is gold.

[@Stanley.77]

Here in the US, particularly in the South and in the Appalachian Mountains "white lightning" refers to a type of moonshine...corn whiskey in particular, which, unlike Jack Daniel's or Jim Beam, is not aged for years...or even months, and it is clear, and the first distillation is very high in alcohol content. (See: "White Lightning" by country singer George Jones, which is a song about this type of moonshine).

[@queenvagabond8787]

"10,000,000 was dumped in a 19year olds lap, what did you think was gonnae happen?" Can confirm, when I was 19 I was into LARP and very nearly spent £15k inheritance on a Viking longship...

[@ethanlewis8074]

....How did you not become a pirate at least on some river?

[@Harrock]

You Have to do Dragonlord Part 3 !!! Shit just got insane ! He got sentenced to 2 year of prision and now he has do move out of the drachenschanze and is basicly on the run ... sleeping in his car and the haters are behind him ...

[@Cunnysmythe]

Dank recently made an appearance on the Lotus Eaters, he knows all about this

[@tridentuk6885]

"It's about time for Michael to spend his money" OH SHIT HERE WE GO

[@jevonburnard9987]

Consistently great content. Good work mate!

[@larsnordstrom364]

This was fascinating, thrilling and sad. I respect his strength and determination by picking his life up and putting it back together every time it came crashing down.

[@sevenproxies4255]

We had telly text in my country as well. But yeah, a zoomer won't know what that was. 🤣

[@chowderpilot3843]

I can confirm we had Teletext in Australia - Austext - accessible via the TV remote from 1983 - 2009. When I was a kid my mate's dad used Austext on the family CRT telly on Saturday afternoons to look up local horse racing odds before he'd make phone bets on a dial phone. At the time this technology 'was like something out of 'Star Wars'' to me lol

[@Paddy.C]

Growing up in England, we were amazed when teletext first came out. Fast forward to adulthood, people were referring to it as 'the skint-ernet'.

[@themobius8077]

I always loved this guy rubbing our faces in how fucking stupid our society is.

[@texasswade8453]

33:50 I get that. When my wife and I were dating in high school, she worked the concession stand at our local amusement park. I would pick her up from work every night, and… Now, whenever I smell popcorn and cotton candy, I grow a diamond cutter. That was 34 years ago.

[@r0br33r]

@spindletea Mans on a watchlist trust

[@DanimaldAnimal85]

🤣🤣 diamond cutter

[@Dan4x2282]

@@DanimaldAnimal85 Fantastic the Americans !

[@thetoadqueen3520]

You got pavlov'd my dude

[@texasswade8453]

@spindletea it actually is an issue! I make sure that I wear appropriate pants before going to parks or movie theaters. It is an annoying reaction.

[@MonstaTrapz]

Teletext, the original Internet lol! We used to book holidays off it, no pictures or anything haha

[@FireboltPrime]

It's one thing to be a suddenly-rich everyman who doesn't know Jack about being rich... But to have the entire media and upper class despise you for being a rich "chav" , makes this situation suck twice as hard

[@scobra5941]

Jealousy is a powerful emotion. Says more about them than him.

[@tomlee80]

There's a big difference between winning an obscene amount of money in one go and actually building a successful enterprise and making the money from your efforts. I didn't come from the same background as Carrol but I can't pretend I would've handled it any better at 19, and I'd even struggle now with what the effect of winning that amount would have on me at 41. Purely because people around you treat you differently when you're rich. Not a happy place to be for many.

[@KainiusTheGreat]

The sad reality is this all happened for one reason: That bank turning him away. If they'd taken him in he'd have gotten solid financial advice and pointed to smart investments. The rich though, they'd never allow someone to rise up, now would they?

[@playlist9980]

Any bank can give you financial adfvice. There are also people who do that for a living. He didn't become anti-social scum because one bank didn't take his money, for goodness sake. He already had a criminal record.

[@O-bearer-mine]

Love your content Dank, stay awesome

[@Tubeite]

I guarantee Dank doesn't leave the house wearing that shirt.

[@charlesdemers1197]

No one does bro

[@ivannieves5708]

I do

[@Guitar-Dog]

Is he not in a studio recording this

[@Svoorhout85]

I'd wear that to the gym.

[@niccosaur7778]

Where can I buy that shirt!

[@bigdadgigachad3042]

American here, our white lightning is made in the woods, sold in glass canning jars, not only will it put hair on your chest right before your eyes, it will the next second cause you to blackout, sounds scary but if you run out of gas on your way home, it will keep your truck going till you get home, hit a sign or find a gas station

[@billhacks]

straight ethanol essentially.

[@yeeny.]

Took me a moment to realize AML was an Acronym for Absolute Mad Lads

[@tbone2646]

Is this like the real life version of when Harry Enfield's Wayne and Waynetta won the lottery?

[@chevlow4162]

Going through and watching slightly older dank content, his most recent videos and theres a few other ones more recent, you can tell he is taking the piss and is just doing the ad for the money, this ad he actually sounds and looks happy to be promoting it. Fells good man

[@valthonispaladine7999]

Michael should have started a PR firm to teach people how to deal with the media. Legend.

[@sku_rr1l932]

1983, a truly blessed vintage...feelsgoodman

[@Dan23_7]

Proof phones listen !!! Me and my mate was on about this guy the other day and then you popped up. What a gripping story, it would’ve been shite in any other accent Fucking amazing thank you 👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@dasparado]

Well, at least he got to live the life, which is more than most of us can say.

[@rdaneskjold3939]

MSG Roy Benavidez needs a Mad Lad. Paralyzed after stepping on a mine in Vietnam. He made himself walk again, and returned to Vietnam. Not many can say they heard the body bag zipping up and spit in the doctors face to save his life.

[@finished6267]

Yeah he was a badass.

[@ryan.1990]

There's many people like Mikey who don't win the lottery, many angry men for whom their childhood abuse has set the pattern for the rest of their lives. It's quite sad really.