Powerball Winner: Thieves Cleaned Me Out

NEW YORK POST ^ | Jan 12, 11:35 AM EST

[ErnBatavia]

Twice, at least...

[divine_moment_of_facts]

He looks like he DRANK through his millions! LOL!

[LowOiL]

(Since so called "winning")he has faced his granddaughter's death by drug overdose; he has been sued for bouncing checks at Atlantic City, N.J., casinos; he has been ordered to undergo rehab after being arrested on drunken driving charges; his vehicles and business have been burglarized; and he has been sued by the father of an 18-year-old boy, a friend of his granddaughter's, who was found dead in Whittaker's house.

Sounds like winning wasn't the American dream. Materilism at it best.

Forget what's in you wallet... What's your God?

[indcons]

Yep...couldn't agree more. Sounds like all that wealth got him nowhere.

[LowOiL]

Agreed. I try to defend my state from time to time against unfair criticism

Glad you put the disclaimer "unfair" in that sentence, cause there isn't enought hours in the day.

[AUJenn]

I watched some show about the "curse" of lotto winners. I was amazed at how many wind up bankrupt, divorced, in jail or dead.

[staytrue]

Whittaker told French's lawyer, John Barrett, that "a team of crooks" cashed checks in September at 12 City National Bank branches and "got all my money,"

He is a liar. No one keeps large amounts of money in a checking account. You keep it in some other account and transfer it to checking as needed.

[HereInTheHeartland]

I always liked the term "dumber than a fence post"

It just amazes me that these people (lottery winners) still do this kind of stuff (blow it all).

Don't they realize that this stuff has happened in the past and they should take steps to keep it from happening to their selves?

Lotteries are an evil side of our government; they prey on the less informed and funnel money to govt coffers.

[ozzymandus]

You can insure bank deposits for any amount. Usually, the bank will pick up the tab for the extra insurance, since they want the deposit.

[Sensei Ern]

He won the jackpot twice.

He has, or had if he blew it, a large company so he isn't hurting for cash.

[dforest]

I thought Mike Tyson was the only moron who could blow through that kind of money that fast.

[LowOiL]

Hey, I sent ya a PM message (off subject)... Hope ya like it.

Hint: Marchingband

[chesley]

Who cashed the checks that could clean out a $100 milllion dollar bank account? Fishy

[paulat]

He's a casino visitor. Nuff said.

...just like Bill Bennett....

[The KG9 Kid]

Man, if I won $315 million, not only would I still have it in hand, but very few people would ever see me again. I'd just flat up and disappear to a castle hidden within a remote Western US mountain range. Supplies would be flown in via helicopter.

At that point, I would be so rich as to transcend politics like the old money Mayflower yuppies of New England: Who cares about politics when the system works just fine ... at least from the ultra-rich perspective.

Why John Kerry thinks he needs to be a Senator is beyond my comprehension, at least for me considering his position. He's got everything he could possibly want, so he must be pretending he's Santa Claus for the needy with our money. It's just a hobby to him. He couldn't possibly genuinely care, could he?

[RexBeach]

Yeah, but how do fools and boobies get together in the first place?

[subterfuge]

Golfer John Daly claims to have gambled and drank away $ 55 million dollars in the last 20 years or so, fwiw.

[LowOiL]

You could buy your own private country for that amount.

The smallest country in the world is for sale.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764342/posts

[HostileTerritory]

LOL!

[dforest]

Now I did know about that one. It took him awhile, though. Shame he has to claim that. ouch!