Overview

• Joshua Winslet was born with Duane and Goldenhar syndromes and endured severe bullying before working as a plumber on New Zealand’s South Island.
• With just $19 in his account, he won a $22 million Australia Powerball jackpot at age 22 in 2017.
• He entrusted his fortune to a trust managed by his parents and invested in properties across South Australia and New Zealand before a hedonistic lifestyle took hold.
• A 2020 police raid uncovered Class A drugs and an unlicensed firearm, leading to a suspended three-year-and-nine-month sentence in South Australia’s District Court.
• He died in December 2022 from health complications linked to excessive drug use, and his story was recently revisited in June 2025 as a warning about sudden wealth.