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Warehouse Worker Takes Third of $1.6 Billion Powerball Pot
Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | January 15, 2016

Posted on 01/15/2016 2:43:21 PM PST by Cecily

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To: Cecily
The new American dream - - Somehow win enough at the lottery to pay off your kid's student loans.
41 posted on 01/15/2016 3:43:14 PM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: Future Snake Eater

I believe disclosure of the winners is required.


42 posted on 01/15/2016 3:44:26 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: hoagy62

“Daughter? Oh, boy...he’d better hire a bodyguard. I can just imagine some nefarious creature attempting to kidnap said daughter and releasing her only if they fork over all the money.

People nowadays are desperate and will do ANYTHING for money.”

I agree. Theres a lot of real greedy people out there. I’d better do whatever it takes to protect my future fiancee, whats her name.


43 posted on 01/15/2016 3:45:22 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: Sacajaweau

It may be (depends on state law), but he could temporarily change his name for the media nonsense then change it back when he’s done with it all.


44 posted on 01/15/2016 3:55:09 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Cecily

I fear, that even with the best of intentions, human nature (i.e. greed and jealousy) will quickly change these plans. The best outcome for them will be to swiftly make provisos for charities and spendthrift-type trusts. Money for the needy charities should be defined to a limited yearly budget controlled by a non-involved trustee who can only be over-ruled on a gift destination, not the amount. The spendthrift trust would only allow spending to a certain level except for medical and catastrophic incidences. Publicize these limits to a degree and then live within them. Every family member will have to have an emergency beacon on them at all times and a security response for the bad times.


45 posted on 01/15/2016 4:17:17 PM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: Jonty30

Here you can wit 180 days I think it is to claim your winnings. That’s your best bet. By then all the furor has died down, the news has moved on to something else and you just become a footnote.....if at all.


46 posted on 01/15/2016 5:31:23 PM PST by sheana
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To: Cecily

I wonder how many satellite trucks and paparazzi are staking out their house already?


47 posted on 01/15/2016 5:46:23 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: CGASMIA68

Well, ya...he be buyin’ fer sure.


48 posted on 01/15/2016 5:53:08 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: Jonty30

Yes, I’m fairly healthy but I don’t know about 29 years from now, if I make that far, I’d be 99 years old.


49 posted on 01/15/2016 8:15:58 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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Then you have something to live for.


50 posted on 01/15/2016 11:09:50 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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