Book imagines low-IQ man winning $12 million in Washington lottery

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tnlotto1 — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:43:47 GMT

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sirbrad — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:33:51 GMT

It is not uncommon for people with a low I.Q. to win the lottery. In fact that seems to happen the majority of the time...

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gocart1 — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:26:29 GMT

i would love to see this book turned into a movie......another good movie about lottery winners is the movie IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU ... it was with nicklis cage and rosey perizza..

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pumpi76 — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:07:35 GMT

In the lottery even a child can win millions...In a way when they show the movie Charlie and the Chocolate factory to me that was a form of lottery though it was more in the form of a scratch-offs...

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Coin Toss — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:50:12 GMT

From the OP:

Gram promptly dies, Perry wins the $12 million, and the vultures immediately descend.

The vultures are going to be the case regardless of your IQ!

This book might be a good read.

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justxploring — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:43:23 GMT

I've seen people cheated and lied to for years in many different businesses. Whether I was working at a car dealership, a retail store or an insurance company, what drove me crazy was that the salespeople go home to their families at the end of the day and don't even realize they've done anything wrong. Like men in Death Squads they were just doing their jobs.

BTW, I want to add that there are also a lot of very honest salespeople, even some who sell used cars

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jeffrey — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:27:43 GMT

There already was a movie called The Lottery . It was about a human sacrifice. Same story I think.

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jeffrey — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:25:13 GMT

You don't have to be slow to be cheated. My grandfather inherited a meat packing business and his mother had him sign it over to her by claiming he had to sign a form to receive the inheritance. By all accounts, she was rotten to the core.

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psykomo — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:44:03 GMT

THANK'sssssssssssssssssssssssALL tnlotto1>>>>>TOO!!!!!!

............GREAT story..............GREAT book>>>>>

PSYKOMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HE thinks it's GREAT

Hope all on the LP will enjoy the book>>>>>>>>and MOVIE too!!!!

.................LOTTERY

Can't wait for the MOVIE......................................................!!!!!!!!

LOL

PSYKOMO

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emilyg — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:20:26 GMT

Something tells me you're right

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DoubleDown — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:44:58 GMT

Something tells me his financial status later in life isn't the most serious problem he faces.

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Just6ntlc — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:16:26 GMT

I hope Mr. Crandall doesn't have financial problems later in life. Did he pick cash option

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tnlotto1 — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:53:45 GMT

i think this happened in new york once. the winner was mentally disabled and i think his family member had to help him claim it.

Book imagines low-IQ man winning $12 million in Washington lottery

Lottery Post — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:18:12 GMT

Seattle native Patricia Wood knows how winning a lottery can change a life. Her father won $6 million in 1993 in the Washington lottery.

She also knows about the mentally disabled from having a former brother-in-law with Down syndrome, from working as a teacher and now as a Ph.D student at the University of Hawaii, focusing on education, disability and diversity.

She has taken elements of those experiences to write her first novel, Lottery, about an Everett man, Perry Crandall, with an I... [ More ]