Daily Hive: The decision to buy a $10 lottery ticket resulted in a life-changing prize for one lucky winner.
Donna Evely of Heart’s Content, Newfoundland and Labrador, was working with her husband one day to deliver flyers when they quickly stopped at a convenience store. Evely bought a $10 Casino Multiplier ticket at O’Brien’s Clover Farm in Cape Broyle and started playing with her ticket as they drove to their next delivery location.
“When I looked and saw I had matched the lucky number, I scratched the prize underneath, and I really couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” recalled Evely. “I said to my husband, ‘Stop the car, I think I won $1 million!’” more here
YOU won, maybe, 400 000.
The GOVERNMENT won the the other 600,000.
But you won’t realize that until you’ve spent it all up and don’t have the money to pay the taxes.
Then the Government will take EVERYTHING.
Perhaps even your freedom.
Well, now days 1 mil ain’t shit. Now 21 mil. I know someone. And they’re blowing it all. Jordan Peterson did an excellent presentation on this. And as usual he was on the money.
I worked with a guy at Bell named Steve. He won the half million lottery. He went and shit on the supervisor’s desk. When he was caught in the act he said, “Everybody has to be somewhere!”.
Anyway, Steve was divorced, broke, and needed a job within a year.
Bell hired him back. With his old boss.
All that aside Steve was an excellent telephone man. I always thought excellent telephone men were pretty intelligent, but that was one case that didn’t quite fit right. Half a million sounded like a lot in 1996. After taxes it was less than 250. Still sounds like a lot. But it isn’t. His 401K was worth 3 millions. And that’s not much in 1996 dollars, or even 2023 dollars.
At least she won’t have to buy anymore chins….
@ Brad….”Well, now days 1 mil ain’t shit.”….It beats the load of shingle that I’m currently hoarding….
^^^ shinola
In Canukistan you MUST come forward & it is published or you are not getting paid.
A million dollar lotto sounds great until you pay off your mortgage and buy a few neck ties.
I want the 2 billion lotto. I’ll pay off the mortgage and get a few neck ties. Maybe buy another airhead beetle.
Usually the flashy new car and boat in the driveway is a dead giveaway.
Cocaine & whores! Yeah, baby!
I hope I win the lottery. My trailer needs new windows.
I have my eye on a new 4-slice toaster.
I won the ‘lottery’ BIG TIME.
AND I PAID NO TAXES!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
I spent like 90% on hookers and blow. The rest I just wasted.
What Kcir said. You must sign a contract in order to receive the money.
What kcir said. To prove the lottery is legitimate.
“I have my eye on a new 4-slice toaster.” -Rupert
I know exactly what you mean. Growing up, my family had two of those 4-slicer machines (their outside metal was chromed!) and someone was assigned to “toaster duty” just to make toast for everyone at Sunday breakfast! There were serious toast eaters in the family, especially when Mom made her famous chipped beef.
Anyway. May you get your new 4-slice marvel and live happily ever after. 🙂
A fool and his money. Remember how they sold us the lottery by pretending the money was going to go to schools, street repairs, old ladies and such?
It’s even worse than you think…that’s only One Million CANADIAN.
Hilda,
Cheers.
Get yourself to Center Street Deli for a Montreal Smoked meat.
(I think I remember that you are somewhere near Thornhill or Richmond Hill)
Kcir – Oh… that sucks (lotto).
In California, the people that come forward seem to be illegal aliens. lol
A related question is; why do big lottery winners go broke within 3-5 years?
It ain’t because they’re Mensa members, I’d bet…you’d be better off playing Craps in Vegas; the odds are astronomically better.
Everybody wants to be a star…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-1s2gqDs_U
Back when our state lottery was new, they picked numbered ping pong balls out of a air blower thingy to determine the winner. A guy I know kept a spread sheet of the ball numbers and the frequency of their appearance in the winning combo. Turns out the balls made it to the top in a non-random fashion. He played numbers based on his data and won a million. He still has it.
If I came up with some fuck you money, my first and only response to an interview would be “fuck you.”
in Canada you are not taxed on the winnings. however if you earn money from the winnings such as interest, capital gains etc you are taxed on the amount esrned