Powerball lottery winner shares $42.5M with relatives

Comment #18

Coin Toss — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:55:42 GMT

GamerMom

At one of the seminars I went to, the speaker told the audience he as looking for someone who needed $2,000,000 and asked different people to prove they needed that much.

It went something like this:

Speaker:

OK, someone prove to me they need $2 million. If I walked up to you and gave you that much, what would you do?

Most common answer:

I'd buy a house (this ws 1980s), pay my bills, but a new car!

Speaker:

You don't need $2 million, you donlt need $1 million,... [ More ]

Comment #17

justxploring — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:01:58 GMT

How do you know she doesn't and hasn't suffered more than you can possibly imagine

Comment #16

sirbrad — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:48:33 GMT

Thanks, somebody who actually gets it.

Comment #15

sirbrad — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:27:32 GMT

Not really, I just call stupidity when I see it. In real life I actually am pretty happy overall.

Comment #14

Lotto*Love — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:01:21 GMT

I guess its just the way you take her comments. I mean, I've heard those who say if you were happy before the win, you'll be happier after. What I'm thinking about the whole changing everything aspect is this:

USING MY OWN LIFE...........

Family~~~~

I am happy with my husband, I adore him dearly. I have great, beautiful children...for that I am blessed.

Finances~~~~

OH MY LORD I'M IN A SINKING SHIP! Mayday! Mayday! LOL

I guess I'm not a completely happy person..s... [ More ]

Comment #13

Uff Da! — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:04:59 GMT

If you haven't noticed, the people who say It won't change me are not exactly kids. I think that as people age that more and more of them think of the core me as something quite apart from the surface appearance. If I had millions I would drive a new car instead of an 18 year old one. The carpeting in my house would be new, not worn-out and outdated. I'd hire a housekeeper and gardener instead of doing it all myself. I'd get a facelift. I'd be able to donate $1,000,000 to my favorite charity ins... [ More ]

Comment #12

GamerMom — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:13:58 GMT

I can certainly understand your frustration. So many people NEED this kind of $$$, their homes are in foreclosure or struggling to feed their families and this granny acts like she just won a quilt from the Senior Citizen Center. Oh how nice to win...it won't change me. i seriously hope she knows how incredibly fortuante she is to not even seriously need the

Comment #11

LouieTheCat — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:16:43 GMT

I've always wanted to be at one of these press conferences so when the winner says something like I am going to stay the same, I am going to keep my job I can respond with Well then why in the hell would you buy a lottery ticket for an $80 million jackpot?? Just to see the person's reaction.

Of course they are lying (although they probably don't know it yet). Although props to the woman who volunteers at the animal shelter. That's good work.

Comment #10

wizeguy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:33:40 GMT

Yup, chalk another one up for QuikPiks.

Comment #9

time*treat — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:57:21 GMT

The numbers on the ticket were picked at random.

Comment #8

RJOh — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:22:39 GMT

On Saturday, Barrie watched the returns on TV and saw the numbers on his freebie ticket, picked at random by a computer, match the numbers on the five white balls - 2-5-28-33-54 and the red Powerball 30.

I didn't know PowerBall numbers were picked by a computer.

Comment #7

wizeguy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:01:05 GMT

Congrats to the winners!

The updated site did not impress me much AND they sure did not test it on Firefox... with the bookmarks open on the sidebar the left side of the page gets clipped.

Comment #6

spy153 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:51:57 GMT

I just looked at it, it looks great. I'm glad they finally updated it. Do you know, by any chance, if the subscriptions they are talking about on their website is talking about whether you can purchase tickets online or not? Virginia has that option, but they have been down for a year, if not over a year. I hate their website.

Comment #5

Littlemanjen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:26:45 GMT

sirbrad...you really are an ANGRY person, aren't you? I feel sorry for people that have to be around your negativity in your day to day life. I don't come on here much nor post much, but when I do, I can count on a negative sirbrad comment somewhere. Sheesh

Comment #4

DC81 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:54:15 GMT

They always seem to say the same thing about not changing.. We'll see how that holds up one to five years from now.

Congrats to them though.

Comment #3

sirbrad — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:45:05 GMT

I'll say it again as I said many times before, if you are not smart enough to put $46.5 million dollars to use and change your life, and just want to stay the same, you don't need the money. Just donate it or burn it. It is an absolute waste of such a life changing jackpot. But they are probably lying.

Comment #2

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:29:56 GMT

That is very generous of them to share their winnings like that. Congrats to the winners

Comment #1

thunderstorm210 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:20:38 GMT

very touching story......but has anyone else seen the upgrade MM just made to their website.....OMG it looks amazing

Powerball lottery winner shares $42.5M with relatives

Lottery Post — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:05:13 GMT

Jean Edwards went from anonymous retiree to millionaire celebrity this week.

But as far as she's concerned, not much in her life has changed.

Edwards plans to stay in her Willow Street home and maybe take a vacation to Jackson Hole, Wyo., but that's about it.

I just don't know why it would make any change in our lives, she said at a news conference Friday about her instant good fortune as a Powerball lottery winner.

We'll be able to get some things we need, but why should you have... [ More ]