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EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
I hear Russian Roulette has better odds - try that and let us know how it goes!

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EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Mr.Pibbleton posted:

Blew out enough of his brains to be a vegetable with no chance of recovery so his family took him off life support and donated his organs.

People on the donor list were the real lottery winners that day

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

henkman posted:

These threads used to be filled with pages of posts of people saying what they'd do with the money, good feelings and good times. Now it's just full of the usual cynical bad gbs posters

I believe they all moved to the stock market thread in BFC:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3259986

"Lost half my life savings today"

"Ride it out, bro!"

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Black Baby Goku posted:

Earnest posting was better than this poo poo

The Impotence of Being Earnest

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Mariana Horchata posted:

are there lottery internet forums where ppl discuss their lucky charms and maybe some of their winning secrets?

After working a lotto machine, I can tell you most lottery players credit their luck or misfortune to a God or some other Illuminati figure. Anything except actual mathematics.

"My number came out today? Why they have to do that?"

::stares at number results for 15 minutes, mumbling to himself::

"Oh I see what they did now. Heh heh"

They're all like Rain Man, but completely loving worthless

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Black Baby Goku posted:

I make 60k a year

Depending on what city you live in, this could be either really good or really bad

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

MrChupon posted:

All of those bankrupt lottery winner stories are always people who win 1-2 million (before taxes) in their state lottery blowing it. Well no poo poo that you can't buy your whole family houses and cars for $800,000.

Outside of that Jack Whittaker dude I don't think you're going to find too many stories of people blowing $100+ million, that's enough to act like an rear end in a top hat for the rest of your days.

Guess again:

http://www.businessinsider.com/lottery-winners-who-lost-everything-2013-12?op=1

quote:

Bud Post lost $16.2 million within a nightmarish year — his own brother put out a hit on him.

Toni F. Mestres


William "Bud" Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988 but was $1 million in debt within a year.

"I wish it never happened," Post said. "It was totally a nightmare."

A former girlfriend successfully sued him for a share of his winnings and his brother was arrested for hiring a hit man to kill him in the hopes he'd inherit a share of the winnings.

After sinking money into various family businesses, Post sank into debt and spent time in jail for firing a gun over the head of a bill collector.

Bud now lives quietly on $450 a month and food stamps.

quote:

Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. was undone by casino lawsuits.

DAVID SOUZA


In 2002, West Virginia building contractor Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. walked away with $114 million after taxes on a $315 Million multi-state Powerball draw.

That was just about his last stroke of good fortune.

In two separate instances, thieves ran off with $745,000 Whittaker stashed in his car. Later on, he was sued by Caesar's Atlantic City for allegedly bouncing $1.5 million in checks.

Within four years, his fortune was gone.

EugeneJ fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Jan 4, 2016

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Here's a happy one:

http://www.businessinsider.com/lottery-winners-who-lost-everything-2013-12?op=1

quote:

Billy Bob Harrell Jr. had his prayers answered, but his luck ran out after he couldn't say no.

Thomas Hawk


A Pentecostal preacher working as a stockboy at Home Depot got his prayers answered when he hit the $31 million jackpot in 1997, Business Pundit reports.

At first, life was good with Billy Bob buying a ranch, six other homes, and some new cars.

But like many others who win the lottery, he just couldn't say "NO!" when people asked for a handout.

Later in life he divorced and eventually committed suicide.

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Taxes? What are taxes?

http://www.businessinsider.com/lottery-winners-who-lost-everything-2013-12?op=1

quote:

Rhoda and Alex Toth both landed in court for tax evasion.

Alex and Rhoda Toth hit the $13 million jackpot in Florida in 1990. Within 15 years they were destitute.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, the couple declared bankruptcy and were eventually accused of tax evasion by the IRS.

Alex passed away before his case went to trial and Rhoda eventually served two years in prison.

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Reminds me of when the Monopoly promotion that McDonald's had for years was rigged by people working for a marketing firm, and one guy and all his friends claimed all the top prizes for like 5 years straight:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_Monopoly#Fraud

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Indolent Bastard posted:

My office pool bought 188 tickets and won $40. Oh well.

$400 spent, $40 return

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
https://theweek.com/articles/451623/how-did-americans-manage-lose-119-billion-gambling-last-year

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Clockwerk posted:

the extensiveness of those rules suck the fun out of office pools, which exist solely to give a dozen or so people an excuse to shoot the poo poo for two days straight about what they'd do with fygm kind of money, while contributing absolutely zero productivity to their current employer.

Is it a coincidence that people who smoke also play the lottery

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EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

mdm posted:

lol Shlomo what a great name I wish it were my name

No Shlomo

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