One year later, Powerball still treats them well

Comment #13

sirbrad — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:32:37 GMT

I'm still me, the 48-year-old former graveyard-shift sanitation supervisor said as he sat on an overstuffed leather couch in his new, $470,000 home in southeast Lincoln.

Yes but you are now A LOT happier you, and one with a ton of free time and A LOT of money to buy stuff to fill that free time. Anyone who doesn't leave their old job, or can't come up with a new lifestyle; has no business even winning.

Comment #12

LckyLary — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:05:43 GMT

Awww, no Pink Ponies? No 10-Liter hats??

You are a product of all the decisions you made in life up to now, including, any you made after winning a jackpot. The worst thing to do is to give the impression that you'll give money away or that friends can have a dollar value.

Comment #11

ecnirP — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:02:49 GMT

Clearing the driveways of two of his neighbors with a snowblower. Nice.

Comment #10

mountainman — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:13:21 GMT

It is great for the state of Nebraska and these seven individuals. Congrats Ya'll

Comment #9

tony2222 — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:21:57 GMT

as a working class poor i am proud for all of us happy go lucky bunch of dumb pigs

Comment #8

dumars798 — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:38:06 GMT

Comment #7

wizeguy — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:26:46 GMT

It's good to hear the winners are staying level headed. I do hope the money is allowing them to follow their dreams though.

Comment #6

dphillips — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:00:51 GMT

Blessings and peace

Comment #5

HiYoSilver — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:15:45 GMT

Congrats to 7 lucky and sane winners. It's nice to hear about people winning and not going crazy with the money.

Comment #4

chasingadream — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:22:32 GMT

wow.....this is a great story. I'm really happy for all of them. I'm so glad that it's brought joy instead of sorrow to their lives

Comment #3

justxploring — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:27:54 GMT

Good Story!

I believe this type of story is more common than not. After all, if someone works hard for a living, he knows what it's like to worry about the next rent payment, so he'll be very grateful for this blessing, realizing that being frivolous and irresponsible will hurt his family. The people who blow their winnings are usually irresponsible to begin with. I think the judgments I always read about the working class are very insulting. Not that these families were poor to begin wi... [ More ]

Comment #2

MADDOG10 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:00:36 GMT

I couldn't agree more Litebets...

Comment #1

Litebets27 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:53:35 GMT

Now, that's what I like, success stories like theirs. Sometimes, after reading all of those horror stories of those who burn through their winnings and end up miserable sometimes make you stop and think, is it really worth it to win a really large jackpot?

I feel that I will be a pretty level headed winner. I don't aspire to be a famous or publicly noted person.

Good examples like thesewill keep me playing the big jackpots.

Congrats again to those winners.

litebets

One year later, Powerball still treats them well

Lottery Post — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:26:58 GMT

Mike Terpstra could dream with the best of his lottery-playing co-workers at a Lincoln ham-processing plant.

What, they wondered, would they do if they won?

Terpstra fantasized about buying a remote tropical island, like one that actor Marlon Brando owned, or purchasing the Christina O, the luxury personal yacht in the fleet of the late shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

Either would be a warm escape from the chilly conditions in the ConAgra Foods plant.

But a year after he and seven... [ More ]