Idiot Lottery Winners

ConqSoft · 11-22-2004, 11:28 AM

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/...ney/P99649.asp

sheepofblue · 11-22-2004, 11:33 AM

Typical actually. The exception I know of was a lady in FL that hit it a big one. She did not really need the $$$ already being successful. From what I heard she gave an amount equivalent to the winnings away over the rest of her life and passed away with the principal still intact.

Chain · 11-22-2004, 11:39 AM

I don't have to worry about losing money I can't win; you're not a lotto winner unless you're a minority or among the elderly.

I'm not the former and, thankfully, not the latter yet.

alexandra · 11-22-2004, 11:42 AM

why oh why?

showmethebombs · 11-22-2004, 11:43 AM

When I almost took a job with American Express they were telling us a story about a guy who blew it. Managed the $ poorly and then just had to start at zero again. It was a newly wed couple...sad story.

I would like to win the lotto though! I buy a ticket sometimes, but not all the time. In college we discussed how the lottery can be summed up as a voluntary poor tax.

sheepofblue · 11-22-2004, 1:06 PM

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Originally Posted by showmethebombs

I would like to win the lotto though! I buy a ticket sometimes, but not all the time. In college we discussed how the lottery can be summed up as a voluntary poor tax.

And there are a lot of volunteers

G-Force Junkie · 11-22-2004, 3:56 PM

Idiots.

itsdesignateddave · 11-22-2004, 11:07 PM

I sold a $10,000 winning scratch ticket once, but I was on the wrong side of the counter. Luckily my dad knew the guy who won though

luvtolean · 11-23-2004, 2:09 PM

The stories of them losing it all are so pathetic. I hate to say it, but there's usually a reason people are in the financial situation they are in before winning, and those tendencies don't change when they suddenly have several million dollar$. And though it sounds like a lot, a few million bucks really isn't that much, and wouldn't take long to blow.

I buy a quick pick ticket probably twice a month. It's the ultimate fantasy. For my $1 ticket I can't tell you how many times I've had the dreams I hit it. Then I wake up.

Totally worth the buck!

coderedcbr · 11-24-2004, 3:41 AM

"More money more problems"-P. Diddy

stegen · 11-24-2004, 4:11 AM

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Originally Posted by coderedcbr

"More money more problems"-P. Diddy

Wrong. Its "Mo money, Mo problems."

arent you effecient (sp) in ebonics

coderedcbr · 11-24-2004, 4:15 AM

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Originally Posted by stegen

Wrong. Its "Mo money, Mo problems."

arent you effecient (sp) in ebonics

Thanks Stegen I've been out of the hood to long.

Serial Thriller · 11-24-2004, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by luvtolean

I hate to say it, but there's usually a reason people are in the financial situation they are in before winning, and those tendencies don't change when they suddenly have several million dollar$.

I totally agree. If you can't manage the small amount of money you have, how can you manage a large amount?

rocket · 11-24-2004, 3:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Serial Thriller

I totally agree. If you can't manage the small amount of money you have, how can you manage a large amount?

I would like the opportunity to find this out.

sheepofblue · 12-05-2004, 2:04 PM

The test has begun guess who won powerball this saturday

sheepofblue · 12-05-2004, 6:17 PM

The preceding was a test just a test. Had you responded your IQ may have been low enough to qualify you as a lottery winner. Thank you for you participation