ex-Lottery winner now on food stamps.

[Ferocious]

Several stories about lottery winners who screwed up.

losers

 

[BlamoHammer]

<sigh> Family: Just Say No

 

[bootymac]

A former girlfriend successfully sued him for a share of his winnings. It wasn't his only lawsuit. A brother was arrested for hiring a hit man to kill him, hoping to inherit a share of the winnings. Other siblings pestered him until he agreed to invest in a car business and a restaurant in Sarasota, Fla., -- two ventures that brought no money back and further strained his relationship with his siblings.

:shocked:

 

[z0mb13]

lesson learned, just say no!

 

[slick230]

They got "ghetto rich" and now they're "ghetto poor". Funny how that works out.

 

[Brutuskend]

First thing you do when you win the Lotto.

Cut ALL ties and then move someplace where NO ONE knows you!

 

[gopunk]

makes sense... people who make a ton of money on their own merits generally learn enough along the way to retain it when they get it. you get it without that knowledge... it'll be easier to lose it.

 

[GoingUp]

how does a former girlfriend sue him for part of the winnings?

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
how does a former girlfriend sue him for part of the winnings?

Good (read SLEAZY) Lawyer.

 

[Ender]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
how does a former girlfriend sue him for part of the winnings?

How does a divorced wife inherit the house and car from her millionaire husband in a court settlement while she sits back and relaxes?

It's the law!

 

[jtusa]

It just doesn't make sense to me how people can do that. Why is it that the only people that win the lottery are either A) Too old to truly enjoy it, or B) Asshats who blow it away in a short period of time and end up poorer than they were before?

It's just not fair, but I guess I should play the lottery before I'm allowed to bitch.

 

[Ender]

Originally posted by: jtusa4
It just doesn't make sense to me how people can do that. Why is it that the only people that win the lottery are either A) Too old to truly enjoy it, or B) Asshats who blow it away in a short period of time and end up poorer than they were before?

It's just not fair, but I guess I should play the lottery before I'm allowed to bitch.

Life's not fair, young'n.

 

[gotsmack]

a fool and his money are soon parted.

If I won the lotto for the low payouts and got a $1 million lump sum. I'd lock up some of the money in trust funds for my children. Not too much, just enough to go to state school for 4 years. Then I'd figure out that the maximum deduction I can make for donations and give that amount to my B-school. The rest gets thrown into an S&amp;P500 index fund and forget about it until it's time to retire.

then when people come around to ask me for money I'd tell them its locked up in the trust funds.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: jtusa4
It just doesn't make sense to me how people can do that. Why is it that the only people that win the lottery are either A) Too old to truly enjoy it, or B) Asshats who blow it away in a short period of time and end up poorer than they were before?

It's just not fair, but I guess I should play the lottery before I'm allowed to bitch.

because those are the most common type of people that buy lottery tickets... it isn't called a poor tax for nothing

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: jtusa4
It just doesn't make sense to me how people can do that. Why is it that the only people that win the lottery are either A) Too old to truly enjoy it, or B) Asshats who blow it away in a short period of time and end up poorer than they were before?

It's just not fair, but I guess I should play the lottery before I'm allowed to bitch.

because those are the most common type of people that buy lottery tickets... it isn't called a poor tax for nothing

I always thought of it as the morons who can't do math tax

 

[spanky]

sad shiat

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: jtusa4
It just doesn't make sense to me how people can do that. Why is it that the only people that win the lottery are either A) Too old to truly enjoy it, or B) Asshats who blow it away in a short period of time and end up poorer than they were before?

It's just not fair, but I guess I should play the lottery before I'm allowed to bitch.

because those are the most common type of people that buy lottery tickets... it isn't called a poor tax for nothing

I always thought of it as the morons who can't do math tax

same difference

 

[oogabooga]

i hear this is pretty often actually :
sucks to the people who cash out on the stupid tax.

 

[raildogg]

really sad if you think about it

 

[0roo0roo]

f*cking morons. no sympathy from me... people worse off that havent had a chance ot piss off that much money.

 

[OS]

I'm pretty good at sitting on money, they should just give it all to me for safe keeping.

 

[Eli]

Yup... Happens to many(most?) people that win the lottery, because.. well, most people are completely fscking retarded.

 

[OS]

If I won the lottery, I'd probably live mostly the same. That is no big spending sprees. It's always easier to spend money than it is to recover it from what you spent it on.

Well, maybe buy a house earlier but that was already in the plans

 

[thegimp03]

sad...

 

[CocoGdog]

You heard about the Powerball lotto winner who left $200-$300K in his car, went to a bar or diner, came out and his dough was gone. Eventually, friends or family of the guy that stole the money ratted him out because they didn't get a big cut. Dumb-asses I tell you.

Give me $100 ~ $100,000 tax free and I will thank you.