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Man refuses $4 million lottery win
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Sunny SW Florida United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4193 Posts Offline |
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There have been people in this country who has won a lottery jackpot and didn't want the hassle of dealing with a bunch of greedy people they didn't know hounding them about it. They just never showed up to claim it and allowed the state to keep it or gave the winning ticket anonymously to a charity. You really think that's why there have been so many unclaimed jackpots? I can't imagine anyone would simply decide "I don't want to be rich" and throw away a winning ticket. I noticed this man's name isn't printed. I wonder if it's so people don't harass him. By the way, I agree with Tenaj that he might have a good life, but he didn't say he had family & friends, he said he had nobody to share it with. Also, 70 isn't so old that he might not change his mind in the next 20 years and discover he's made a huge mistake. Germany has socialized medicine I think, but money can assure that he'll be well cared for should he become ill and bedridden. Something is really wrong with this whole story. I can understand not wanting such a large jackpot, but as others have written, he could do something charitable with the entire amount without ever taking the money, like assign it over to a church or an orphanage.
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mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 9369 Posts Offline |
| Posted: September 21, 2007, 2:54 am - IP Logged |
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You really think that's why there have been so many unclaimed jackpots? I can't imagine anyone would simply decide "I don't want to be rich" and throw away a winning ticket. I noticed this man's name isn't printed. I wonder if it's so people don't harass him. By the way, I agree with Tenaj that he might have a good life, but he didn't say he had family & friends, he said he had nobody to share it with. Also, 70 isn't so old that he might not change his mind in the next 20 years and discover he's made a huge mistake. Germany has socialized medicine I think, but money can assure that he'll be well cared for should he become ill and bedridden. Something is really wrong with this whole story. I can understand not wanting such a large jackpot, but as others have written, he could do something charitable with the entire amount without ever taking the money, like assign it over to a church or an orphanage. Certainly large prizes have gone unclaimed and I can't imagine why anyone would show up to say they didn't want the prize when the option of never showing up at all is available. That's what I would do if I won something I didn't want. * Trying is the first step toward failure *
homer J. Simpson
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Sunny SW Florida United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4193 Posts Offline |
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Certainly large prizes have gone unclaimed and I can't imagine why anyone would show up to say they didn't want the prize when the option of never showing up at all is available. That's what I would do if I won something I didn't want. The question is: Why would you pay for a ticket to win something you didn't want?
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Atlanta United States Member #29025 December 20, 2005 5561 Posts Offline |
| Posted: September 21, 2007, 9:00 am - IP Logged |
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 STOP PLAYING
LOTTERY IF YOU FEEL THIS WAY,I thought i heard it all,but i doubt if any story can top this!!!!!!!!
Smart bets...... Equal Phat Pocket$!
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United States Member #4194 March 23, 2004 664 Posts Offline |
| Posted: September 21, 2007, 9:10 am - IP Logged |
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Very simple. Give the money to the poor and needy.
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Solon, OH United States Member #3327 January 7, 2004 452 Posts Offline |
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I will take it, Shoot me an pm here and we can be the best of friends rofl.
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United States Member #55716 September 20, 2007 155 Posts Offline |
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Very simple. Give the money to the poor and needy.  ME!!! ME!!! That would be me.
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Westchester, New York United States Member #49802 January 27, 2007 167 Posts Offline |
| Posted: September 21, 2007, 5:06 pm - IP Logged |
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The man sounds very cute, and almost sad, but if he knew he won and would turn the money down, couldn't he try to find a nice young couple walking on the street to give it too? "If you just keep believing, that dream that you wish will come true" 
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EAST COAST, USA United States Member #49886 January 31, 2007 353 Posts Offline |
| Posted: September 21, 2007, 6:00 pm - IP Logged |
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According to the Ananova news service, a German pensioner who won £2 million (US$4 million) playing the lottery refused the cash because he didn't know what to do with it. The 70-year-old man from Hameln, Lower Saxony, went to the HQ of the German lottery association in Hanover after finding out about his win and told them he did not want the money. He reportedly said: "What would I do with so much money? My wife has already passed away, my parents are dead, I have no children and no other relatives. I don't want it." He said he had only bought the lottery ticket out of a habit because his late wife had been a passionate player. Lottery officials said they were trying to persuade him to keep the money. I'll bet you $4 his deceased wife (God bless her soul) is rolling over in her grave right now.
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EAST COAST, USA United States Member #49886 January 31, 2007 353 Posts Offline |
| Posted: September 21, 2007, 6:04 pm - IP Logged |
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Oh My God. That's my uncle 
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