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JenTay · #1 03-12-2004, 08:35 AM

do you think he led a happier life before he won?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=19&u=/ap/20040311/ap_on_re_us/millionaire_theft_2

#2 03-12-2004, 08:49 AM

Years back a 19 year old won the 21 million lotto tow days after receiving the money, he shot his girlfriend and was caught with 2 kilo's of coke. He's in prison for life.

The money be bad luck to some but I'll take my chances.

One thing I know for a fact, the biggest *********s in the world are people who didn’t earn their money.

koop · #3 03-12-2004, 08:54 AM

What do you expect? The guy is running around with half a million in a briefcase and leaves 100k in his truck. Shoot, I'd rob him.

Botnst · #4 03-12-2004, 08:58 AM

If it'd be any help, he could give me all the extra that's causing him so much hardship. Shared load and all. Its a sacrifice to which I feel called.

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Kuan · #5 03-12-2004, 09:06 AM

Someone needs to give him lessons on how to protect his assets.

TX76513 · #6 03-12-2004, 09:22 AM

Maybe it bad judgement or people who win a lot of loot have no idea how to handle that much $$. Like the guy in TX who won the state lottery. Used the money to advance his cocaine inventory and was subsequently caught, put in prison, and his money confiscated. What a Dumb A!

G-Benz · #7 03-12-2004, 02:48 PM

The problem with lottery players is that the majority aren't the most intelligent or financially saavy of the demographic group (hence the pretence for playing the numbers in the first place)...

...those same people are hoping to get lucky enough to win and subsequently fix a host of problems created by their less-than legitimate life experiences.

...so the odds are the ones who take the jackpot aren't likely to manage their winnings any better than they currently manage their lives.

I remember one of the first multi-million lottery winners was a guy in Chicago who won 5 million.

He dumped his wife, married his girlfriend, had a million dollar wedding, and ended up owing more than his winnings by year's end...pathetic...