OutKick: Let’s head across the pond to the village of Mattishall in Norfolk, England, where a forklift driver won more than $1.3 million in July after buying five scratch-off lottery tickets.
Adam Lopez had a plan for the winnings shortly after he watched his bank account go from £12.40 (roughly $17) to £1,000,012.40 (more than $1.3 million). The 39-year-old was going to have fun with some, treat those he loved, and save the rest.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen to me, I feel so blessed,” he told The National Lottery after winning. “I’ve given myself a budget to have fun, a pot to treat people I love and the rest I’m saving for the future.” more
Amateur.
If you don’t play, you can’t lose.
It sounds like he didn’t burn through his entire winnings, so I hope this second chance he has been given will result in a life truly worth living.
What a wanker.
“I spent half my winnings on booze and prostitutes. The rest I wasted foolishly.”
You can’t take it with you…
Party ’til you puke! Then party some more.
The Idiot will be back in the Hospital in 3 Months & back on the forklift in 6.
It is said that the rich plan for their next grandchildren and the poor plan for Saturday night. Seems this is true for our poor friend, Adam Lopez. He learned an expensive and hard lesson. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Praise the name of the Lord.
In some way, this story reminds me of one of my favorite films, “Waking Ned Devine.”
Why is it that lotteries always seem to be won by fucking jackasses? I mean, if I won Powerball, I could help my siblings out, putting them on an allowance that would make them comfortable for life. I’d find some nice patch of land in East near some rural airport. Put up a hangar. Get a few nice planes. And hang out on my porch with a shotgun telling anyone who trespasses to “Git!… Git offa muh land!!!”. I’d become a prepper too.
TheMule – Lotteries are like Vegas. If I wuz going to Vegas I’d get in shape by practicing throwing ten dollar bills into the toilet first.
I knew of a guy that won $4 mil back in the ’80s when that was something, immediately ran out and bought too much car, and proved it was too much car by wrecking it so bad he lost his leg. I picked up his story in the middle because he was a frequent flyer on my squad due to his prediliction for epic fights with his backdoor neighbor that frequently inspired Police and EMS responses, and the last I knew of him was after a schlep to the hospital that involved his prostetic leg being confiscated as evidence due to it being used as a weapon that we ended up sitting on his opponent who my Squad captain routed to the same open-ward hospital while Security was taking a dump or something so we had to separate the combatants until the cops got there.
I assume from all the foregoing he burned through it with lawyer fees and medical bills.
But remember that the government gets 60% off the top, so the “win” is bigger for THEM then for YOU as they relieve you of more than half your Root of All Evil before you even touch it…