Grandma's lottery ticket detour pays off

Comment #21

justxploring — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:43:55 GMT

Don't apologize for spelling errors, Old School, although you and I have those concerns in common! Many members here who are intelligent often write your instead of you're' or much worse (like to instead of too or then instead of than.) Those are some of the most common mistakes. I notice it all the time, but I wouldn't want someone to go through my posts and point out all of my errors, because I'm sure there are more than I realize. The word it's (it is) instead of its is my biggest p... [ More ]

Comment #20

OldSchoolPa — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:34:18 GMT

and I meant their instead of there...yes, I did perform quite well in English and grammar.

Comment #19

OldSchoolPa — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:33:03 GMT

My observation was merely a natural one...although none of us know the number of years we each individually will ultimately live, the chances that someone in there 30s or 40s will live 20+ years is perhaps a bit greater than someone in their 70s and 80s. I know that there are people who live to be in the hundreds, but if you look at the population in general, there are more people aged 50 - 70 than there are people in the age range of 90 - 110. Just a simple observation. Of course, she could

Comment #18

OldSchoolPa — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:20:50 GMT

I've got to make a detour down into Indiana...here's hoping my detour pays off

Comment #17

Todd — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:53:46 GMT

It's OK in small doses however. CO's problem was that it was a non-stop cavalcade of negative, sarcastic posts that drove most of us nuts.

Comment #16

Jazi76 — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:31:05 GMT

$100 a week is a lot.

I thought I was spending too much on the Lottery by playing $10 a week.

Comment #15

rdc137 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:18:36 GMT

Todd,

We need a vaccination for LP members. Whatever Cash has, it seems to be spreading

Comment #14

Kylottoplayer — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:48:10 GMT

Yes, Win for Life does cost $1 per play, Granny bought the maximum amount on each ticket which is $5.00. I was just on my way to get some 'Lose for Life' tickets, but changed my mind

Comment #13

pumpi76 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:26:58 GMT

where they bought four $5 Win For Life tickets .....

Don't win for life cost 1 dollar?There got some scratch-offs that cost 2, but 5 is really pushing it...Is a great game but it should cost no more than 2 dollars...Win for Life is a great game; I consider it the best lotto game of them all...

I just saw one of them camouflaged..... ..... Those eyes...... .....They dissappeared.... from movie Predator 1

Comment #12

justxploring — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:13:26 GMT

KY Floyd, thanks for picking up the for your life statement I forgot, since I was responding to the remark about her advanced age but I also thought that each of those games had a guaranteed payout of at least 20 years. If you win $1,000 a week for life, I am pretty sure that, if you die the next year, the payments don't stop. I'll look at the Kentucky site now. This is from their FAQs section:

Is there a limit to the number of years I can win for life ?

No. The Lottery will continue... [ More ]

Comment #11

Chip P — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:42:47 GMT

I had the chance to work with Margie when she came to our offices with her ticket on Monday, and let me tell you - this article doesn't come even close to capturing what a spitfire she was! I can't say I've seen any other 73-year-old with long blond hair dancing around our offices before, but Margie put on quite a show. My favorite thing she said - when she called one of her sons to tell him about her win, she asked what he was doing when he answered the phone. He said he was in the bathroom, to... [ More ]

Comment #10

KY Floyd — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:14:20 GMT

you can always bequeath your annuity payment.

The prize she won pays $1000 a week for life. There is nothing for her to pass on to somebody in this case. Unless the younger boyfriend has some significant health issues it probably says something about their relationship or their smarts that she claimed the prize instead of the boyfriend. If I had a girlfriend who was 20 years younger than me and I bought a ticket that won a prize that pays until death she'd be the winner. Of course that would... [ More ]

Comment #9

rdc137 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:18:50 GMT

Wow, didn't think there was someone younger than me around here.

Comment #8

JimmySand9 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:06:05 GMT

I'd be open to going out with someone 23 years older than me, but then again I am 19. 42 isn't that old.

Comment #7

rdc137 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:29:33 GMT

I wish I was that lucky. Way to go Grandma

Comment #6

justxploring — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:16:38 GMT

Given her advance age,

The closer I get to 60, the more I notice these things. LOL The woman is only 73!! I realize that nationally the average life expectancy in the United States is around 78, but I know plenty of active 80+ year olds. Anyway, you can always bequeath your annuity payment. It doesn't appear as if she has financial troubles, so taking annual payments could prove to be a responsible way of collecting her money.

Comment #5

OldSchoolPa — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:32:02 GMT

Given her advance age, she should take a lump sum payout if available as an option...then again, she spends $100 a week and foregoes visiting her grandson in lieu of playing nearby state lotteries...can you say lump sum here today, gone tomorrow

Comment #4

justxploring — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:20:07 GMT

Wow! She spends $100 a week on tickets?

Happy for her that she won. Now - go visit your grandson!!

By the way, the article says: where they bought four $5 Win For Life so why do they then say she won... Did she play a different game? The article starts out by saying he decided to take a detour and she went along with him.

Comment #3

tnlotto1 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:54:52 GMT

she won the lottery and her boyfriend is 20 years younger than her, she is really living it up

Comment #2

dingo — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:37:49 GMT

She plays regularly. Good things she won something big

Comment #1

emilyg — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:28:50 GMT

Love it. Go-granny

Grandma's lottery ticket detour pays off

Lottery Post — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:21:00 GMT

Seventy-three-year-old grandmother Margie Coy had plans to visit her grandson Terry Coy II in Greensburg, Ind., last weekend when her boyfriend decided to take a detour into Kentucky.

I asked him where we were going and he said he wanted to buy some Win For Life tickets in Kentucky, said Coy, who lives in the little town of Windfall near Kokomo in northern Indiana. I pretty much go along with anything he wants to do.

They motored over the I-275 bridge near Lawrenceburg and followed the... [ More ]