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Virginia Couple Wins Lottery 3 Times in 1 Month
The Root ^ | March 31, 2014 | Stephen A. Crockett, Jr.

Posted on 03/31/2014 3:44:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

AND THEN the state of Virginia and the Federal Givernment showed up for THEIR TAKE...

Democrats LOVE victims and HATE winners..
SOoooo the (givernment)s involved made them VICTIMS,,,

The logic of this is bazaar...


21 posted on 03/31/2014 4:35:48 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You can not win if you do not play.

My guess is that these people were professional lottery players, probably have spent thousands over the years. Looks like it finally paid off.

Now, somebody check the welfare rolls, and if they are on it, maybe the state should get a cut (above and beyond the state income taxes they are already gonna have to pay).


22 posted on 03/31/2014 4:35:49 PM PDT by tonyinv (I no longer care enough to even say 'I told you so')
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To: RginTN

“It’ll be gone in 5 yrs.

Know of some people who got money from the black farmers settlement and most have nothing left.

Easy money not earned goes fast.”

Yep, the tipoff was them taking the lump sum. It’ll burn a hole in their pocket until it’s gone.


23 posted on 03/31/2014 4:42:46 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

BEWARE THE RELATIVES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPRdj1Ce4ao


24 posted on 03/31/2014 4:42:58 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Lottery never appealed to me. Way too boring. Plus it reeks of desperation. It would be embarrassing to me to purchase lottery tickets - especially scratch tickets. I always think about those people I see at the convenience store buying a strip of them and them rubbing them off on the dashboard of their idling cars in the parking lot. Once in a while you'll see them bounce back in to cash in a small prize (and perhaps buy more tickets) but more often than not, they will shift the car into reverse and slowly back out of their space with a "what am I going to tell the wife" look on their face. So sad.

I sometimes get these scratch cards around Christmastime as gifts. I can never make heads or tails out of them. They are complicated. I wonder if I threw away any prizes because I couldn't figure out if the ticket was a winner or not.

Anyway, when I'm in the mood for gambling, I'd much rather be at a casino sitting at a blackjack table. Getting free drinks and watching the people around me. I play pure basic strategy which only gives the House about a half point advantage. So with a couple hundred dollars, I can sit at a table for hours before it runs out. Sometimes I get on a hot streak and walk away a winner. Either way, it's a lot more fun than scratching cards in a cold parking lot.

25 posted on 03/31/2014 4:45:30 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: backwoods-engineer

Yup, the odds are about 4,000,000 x 200,000 x 4,000,000. Not going to happen ( without a little inside help).


26 posted on 03/31/2014 4:46:59 PM PDT by heights
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To: Tijeras_Slim

We give tickets in lieu of birthday cards etc. they cost the same and are a lot more fun!


27 posted on 03/31/2014 4:54:16 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: digger48

My in laws won $50,000 in the Fantasy Five a few years back. Lucky ducks. :-)


28 posted on 03/31/2014 4:57:10 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good for them but if they were smart, they’d quit while they are ahead and learn how to invest what they have.


29 posted on 03/31/2014 5:20:43 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
My boss told me it is a tax on people bad at math, to which I replied... “At 180 million to 1, it’s much better odds than getting rich working for you.”

What did you do? Is the job still open?

30 posted on 03/31/2014 5:23:44 PM PDT by null and void ( Everything evil in the world may not be Islamic but everything Islamic is evil.)
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To: freedomfiter2

yup..cause their money will be safe in the “market”.

/sarc


31 posted on 03/31/2014 5:37:35 PM PDT by tonyinv (I no longer care enough to even say 'I told you so')
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To: beef

There’s nothing wrong with the lottery. Even the colonists bought lottery tickets to fund the Revolution.


32 posted on 03/31/2014 5:39:15 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GO WISCONSIN BADGERS GO!)
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To: null and void

For some reason my bosses have all been frightened of me... can’t imagine why...

He left the company, I’m still here... tormenting the new boss... same and the old boss...


33 posted on 03/31/2014 5:59:36 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Track9

“God protect them from the ravages of reckless living.”

Exactly what I was thinking. It is said that many winners, of large lottery jackpots, end up broker and deeper in debt.


34 posted on 03/31/2014 6:09:39 PM PDT by This I Wonder32460
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To: TheConservator

I had the same thought. Years ago there was an marketing company Simon marketing who was running a Monopoly game sweepstakes for McDonald’s some of their employees were indicted because they had rigged the game by stealing the winning game pieces and keeping them for themselves and or giving them to other people for a share or a cut of the winnings.


35 posted on 03/31/2014 6:14:57 PM PDT by funfan
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To: beef
millions of poor people will be induced to fruitlessly blow the milk money on lottery tickets

It sure wasn't fruitless for these two.

36 posted on 03/31/2014 6:20:51 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault
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To: C210N

lol, good one :)


37 posted on 03/31/2014 6:21:13 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: Right Wing Assault

38 posted on 03/31/2014 6:22:49 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: beef
Good for them, but now millions of poor people will be induced to fruitlessly blow the milk money on lottery tickets.

Ain't that the truth! You see them all the time, particularly at 7-11 stores, laying out as much as $50 a pop for lottery tickets. I would suggest that high schools offer personal finance courses (maybe they do, but not in my day), but, unfortunately, these kind of people wouldn't pay attention to the lessons, anyway.

39 posted on 03/31/2014 6:32:55 PM PDT by OldPossum ("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
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To: tonyinv

I was thinking of them investing in themselves.


40 posted on 03/31/2014 6:43:03 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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