Would you tell anyone if you won the lottery?

R. Zimm

R. Zimm

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I've wondered about this. Would I tell anyone, or even quit my job if I won, say 30 mil? I sure would not want salespeople dropping off boats, motor homes and BMW's just on my signature. That would get very annoying very fast.

I also would not want my friends to think different of me. I bet winning a large sum really brings out the "best" in people.
 

Would I tell anyone? Not only no, but hell no!!....Would I quit my job (if I were still working)? Not only yes, but hell yes.
If I won the lottery I would make sure my flaky family was provided for with the understanding, when it's gone, it's gone, don't come a knockin', then I would buy myself a big old ranch and live pretty much like I live now, only with more space.

As for friends, you'd find out in a quick hurry who they really were, and you would probably have more than you ever knew you had.
 
That's an interesting question, because you often hear about how lottery winners hit the skids after a short while - not always due to salesmen calling, either.

But yeah, the first thing I would do is have my lips sewn shut. No good could happen by telling other people.

What I've never understood is how a multi-million dollar winner can sit on the winning ticket until a day before it expires. What madness is THAT?!?!
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I might contact a lawyer before making any announcements. If I was still working, I'd quit my job for sure...I worked all my life, but it was only to pay the bills and be self sufficient, I never liked to work just for the halibut. :playful: I'd probably take a lump sum too, and get all the tax stuff out of the way.
 
rkunsaw said:
I wouldn't want to tell anyone but you know you'd be on the local news before you could get to the bank with the money.
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Yeah, but how would that work? The lottery commission can't give out your name without your permission, can they? Or do you GIVE that permission when you sign the ticket?

And I suppose that even if THEIR lips were sealed, the place you bought it might be able to figure it out somehow - at least narrow it down to when they sold it, and if you're a familiar face there that suddenly disappears they might get onto you.

I'd hire little Charlie, the kid who won the last Golden Ticket to WonkaLand, to cash in my ticket. He would keep his mouth shut. :D
 
The lottery commission is required to release the names of the winners in this state. As soon as the location of the winning ticket is announced the news media is waiting at the door to see who shows up with the winning ticket.
 
I think some people use lawyers to cash in the ticket for a cut of the money, so they can remain anonymous. :anonymous:
 
rkunsaw said:
The lottery commission is required to release the names of the winners in this state. As soon as the location of the winning ticket is announced the news media is waiting at the door to see who shows up with the winning ticket.
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That's probably what they do here in PA as well.

... just one of the reasons I don't play ...

That Guy said:
Anonymous, please. I'll just take the money and run...
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The only way I've ever managed to do that was back when I was an escort -

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I'm sure we've all heard the sad horror stories of people who lost everything, some even their lives, after winning the lotto. Then, there are those like you and I . . . who would be smart about it and share and enjoy the riches. Be nice to have the chance...

Here's something fun to do with your friends and family! Let's play the Home Game version of The LOTTO! Ask your player to hand you $1. Then, with great flair, wad it up and toss if over your shoulder....
 
That Guy said:
I always say I just gonna but one ticket whenever the pot gets huge. Then, I forget...
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I always have to laugh at the people - urged on by the State, no doubt - who go tripping around, chirping "You've got to be IN it to WIN it!"

It's been proven that for the large jackpots you'd have a statistically greater chance of being struck by one of Saturn's rings while engaging in primitive Indonesian religious rituals with a bus-load of one-armed paper-hangers. :cool:
 
The most I've won on a Lotto scratch ticket was $42, and that was many years ago, but I must say that I rarely buy lottery tickets. When I do buy one, and my hubby rolls his eyes, I always say 'you can't win if you don't play'. Those people who win BIG more than once, just drive me crazy, lol. :p
 
Wheee...I won $5.00 on the last mega millions powerball..you know the one that the guy in Jersey won, who has been in this country 19 years and still doesn't speak English..and the state had a warrant for him for back child support.

That $5.00 should buy me enough gas to get back to the store to buy another mega millions ticket when the pot get big again...a fool and her money are soon parted!

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Mega-power-ball-wonderfulness-give-us-your-hard-earned-cash begins today in California. $2 a shot. Be prepared for lines of dreamers wherever tickets are being sold. If I remember . . . I'll throw my money away, too. All for the chance to gets me a private island...
 
The way I look at is that for $2.00 I get a lot of entertainment by daydreaming what I would do with it. Cheapest entertainment around. I have very close friends who one 1/2 million about 20 years ago. They invested well, helped family and still doing fine. I don't begrudge the $$ spent on Lotteries here. The majority of it goes back into the communities. Not sure what happens in the US to the profits.
 
TICA said:
Not sure what happens in the US to the profits.
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Cynically (What? Me?? Never!...), I have to say it goes into somebody's pocket. They sold us the LOTTO in California with . . . "And our schools win." Well, a few pennies do go toward education but that just replaced what was taken away. Schools in California and the nation are NOT winning!
 
Ozarkgal said:
Surprise..Surprise!!!! She thought she won $40,000, but she actually won......http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...t-was-40-million-happy-dance-time?ft=1&f=1001
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Watching her dancing I wondered if anyone ever had a heart attack when they got the news?

I Googled a bit and found this poor guy in Boston - 37 years old, wins $3.6 million and dies a few weeks later, the only thing he bought being a puppy for his kid.

Supposedly he already had a medical condition, and the people hounding him after his win caused a deterioration in his health. :(
 
SifuPhil said:
Watching her dancing I wondered if anyone ever had a heart attack when they got the news?
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Mr. TWH is a Lucky Duck when it comes to lottery tickets but not lucky enough that we would have to keep quiet and move.

He once won $300 and for whatever reason, thought it said $300,000. Yes, he collapsed across the counter - the gal he always bought his tickets from took it from his hand and said "get up, it's only $300" ---------------

I was never lucky at any sort of numbers games. I lost $20 at bingo many years ago, when $20 was a lot of money - two full brown bags of groceries or a full tank of gas and one bag of groceries. I said next time I lose $20, I'll be sitting at the bar with a Jack n coke in my hand, then another, and another and another---------------------
 

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