veremchuka
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
But that was my whole point. Here is a case where it was not the "financial and general cluelessness of some people" nor where "the fortuitous win was often the only victory in their lives."
Here was a successful businessman who had already built a business and considerable wealth through decades discipline and hard work. He must have exercised pretty good judgement and some level of maturity to get where he was. Yet two years after winning a huge lottery, he had completely changed, spending money like a maniac. It's as if all these latent vices jumped out and took over and any maturity or good judgement vanished. All of a sudden he's a drunk driving insane guy who hands his live-in granddaughter $5K in cash weekly even though it must be clear the bad crowd she's running with.
Audrey all excellent points that I was thinking also. I don't get it but I have seen shows on TV and read many articles like this. But usually they are people that had little to nothing and just had no clue how fast they were giving and spending the money, this guy was a millionaire.
When I read this "Whittaker told the biscuit lady at the C&L to pick out a new Jeep, gave her a check for $44,000, and then bought her a house worth $123,000 more" I knew the guy was doomed by his own stupidity!
It's been said many times and I doubt any people here would fall into this trap but give me a fraction of what this bozo won and I guar-RON-tee you I'd be just fine. If I won tens of millions I'd buy some stupid things (I'd buy 1000 acres of land in nowhere and a Cat D9 just to play in my sand box! ), we all would, but I'm just too careful to blow it. I retired with less than 10% of his net check and I have all of it still 5+ years later! What a ma-roon!