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90-year-old wins $1 million in Fla. Lottery's Monopoly game
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Sunny SW Florida United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4193 Posts Offline |
| Posted: February 8, 2007, 1:32 pm - IP Logged |
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Congratulations, Myrna... from the Fonda (dot) org website!!
We would like to put this article up on our News page... is there a photo of you we can use?
Enjoy your new wealth, and may you also enjoy good health and happiness...
Best Regards,
Mark Fonda
(webmaster Fonda website) Perhaps your intentions are 100% pure but (1) What makes you think this woman is a member here or views this site? (2) Why would you join immediately after she wins $1,000,000? As I said, I apologize if this sounds argumentative, but I'm the person who sent Todd the news clip on Feb 2 and asked if he would review it and post it if he found it interesting. So you only noticed this press release after it was posted on a Lottery web site a week later. Again, hope I don't offend anyone, but this sounds like someone trying to find a long, lost relative (or not) and cash in on her new wealth! I mean, if she's reached age 90, has grandchildren, and you haven't met her or any of her family yet, she obviously doesn't care that much about your lineage, right?
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Coastal Georgia United States Member #2703 October 30, 2003 1868 Posts Offline |
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Perhaps your intentions are 100% pure but (1) What makes you think this woman is a member here or views this site? (2) Why would you join immediately after she wins $1,000,000? As I said, I apologize if this sounds argumentative, but I'm the person who sent Todd the news clip on Feb 2 and asked if he would review it and post it if he found it interesting. So you only noticed this press release after it was posted on a Lottery web site a week later. Again, hope I don't offend anyone, but this sounds like someone trying to find a long, lost relative (or not) and cash in on her new wealth! I mean, if she's reached age 90, has grandchildren, and you haven't met her or any of her family yet, she obviously doesn't care that much about your lineage, right? 
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Illinois United States Member #30849 January 17, 2006 3595 Posts Offline |
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I agree with JXP and DD.... Is it amfonda or amfondanow? It's Lotto, not horseshoes or artillery!
close doesn't count! I sell everything at a loss but make up for it in volume
- Milo Minderbinder, Catch-22
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| Posted: February 8, 2007, 5:15 pm - IP Logged |
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That's how it's advertised. Usually if a game has a choice of annuity or lump sum there is an asterisk and a footnote indicating it's not the actual amount. So I believe you are correct. To me this is one of the hardest things about playing the lottery - $20 is a heck of a lot to spend on one measly scratch ticket that will probably end up in the trash. On the other hand, I'm sure this lady and her family is happy she "blew" that $20 bill! NY, which is known (at least to LP members) to have quite a few annuity-only tickets, does not do a good job "warning" players which games are non-cash. AFAIK the internet is the only true way you can find out if a NY scratch game is annuity-only. TV and radio commercials leave out the "fine print".
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Sunny SW Florida United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4193 Posts Offline |
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I guess Granny has some money in the bank to be able to buy $20 scratch-offs! Just realized that the article says she bought the last 2 tickets. So maybe she would have purchased more! $40 is a lot for 2 tickets. This also brings something else to mind. "The last two tickets." People sometimes say that the first and last on a roll are more likely to be winners. True??
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New Member concord NH United States Member #47703 October 27, 2006 22 Posts Offline |
| Posted: February 12, 2007, 11:56 pm - IP Logged |
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congrats to the old timers...YOu got to give it to her...Playing $20 tickets at 90 years old with a house payment isn't something you see everyday...
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