I can understand refusing the money on principle, but it's always nice to have money for a rainy day. Healthcare ain't cheap
"A maths genius who won fame last week for apparently spurning a million-dollar prize is living with his mother in a humble flat in St Petersburg, co-existing on her £30-a-month pension, because he has been unemployed since December."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1526782/Worlds-top-maths-gen...