One word ... ouch. That's what this joe in China is gonna be saying, now that he's spending the rest of his life in the cooler. For what, you may ask? Check this out, jack ... he found a flaw in the welfare lotto system and used it to illegally buy the winning lottery numbers.

Speaking of numbers, the law is doing one on this guy. Threw him in the can for life, confiscated all his property ... the whole nine.

We all knew that the lottery isn't the way to get everything you want, but for this yahoo, it cost him everything he ever had. Just remember; every smacker you spend trying to strike it rich is a smacker that you can't invest so you can get rich.

Not convinced? Maybe this'll learn you. The average person spends 32 bucks a month on the lotto. They play it their whole lives and come away with nada. Invest that money each month at 12% for 50 years and you'll pocket $1.25 million. Wow ... almost like winning the lottery.