$14M lottery winner promises big tip

Comment #14

DC81 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:21:48 GMT

I've used that or something similar a few times myself and to me it's completely true.

Comment #13

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:17:24 GMT

It's like that that saying: I'd rather be rich and unhappy then poor and unhappy. or something like that.

Comment #12

grengrad — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:34:09 GMT

Seems like a nice guy, I just hope he doesn't pull a Jack with his money.

Giving the tips away is one thing. Announcing it to the public and alerting every shark of your generousity... is another.

Comment #11

justxploring — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:05:12 GMT

Same here! Even something like I'm still a miserable old hag, but I'm a rich miserable old hag! LOL

Comment #10

OldSchoolPa — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:33:46 GMT

That's because Canada rapes every working stiff up there through the income taxes...hey, health care for all comes at a price. So if I was a lucky Canadian stiff who won the Canada lottery, I would collect my winnings and move south (not because of taxes but just to get away from all that cold and snowy weather).

Comment #9

ThatScaryChick — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:34:40 GMT

Nope. Canadians get the full amount tax-free.

Comment #8

myturn — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:28:13 GMT

The story doesn't mention taxes, are Canadians taxed on lottery winnings

Comment #7

myturn — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:09:38 GMT

I read this on the Sun, the joys of publicity!

Discretion is the better part of valor, Jorma

The Garden City resident, a single 60-year-old semi-retired welder, vowed Monday to keep a promise made long ago to give $30,000 each to the fab five, whom he hadn't seen in a few years.

Trouble is, there's more than five potential Jorma girls out there.

There's a least a baker's dozen of current and former employees who think they might be one of the lucky ones. Who should be show... [ More ]

Comment #6

tg636 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:45:43 GMT

I like this quote.

It feels like another day, except I have a big check.

I hope to repeat it someday.

Comment #5

time*treat — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:49:46 GMT

No doubt, tips that exceed the cost of the coffee.

Any guesses on how long it takes for female ex-employee #6 to show up

Comment #4

myturn — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:08:53 GMT

I'm happy for him, and I hope he doesn't squander it away. I wonder why he went public, are Canadian lottery winners required to accept publicity? In Australia and the UK, other Commonwealth countries, winners are allowed to remain anonymous and the the vast majority do.

Comment #3

RJOh — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:09:15 GMT

Hogbacka, a lotto player for 25 years, said he's going to give $30,000 to five female ex-employees of Tim Horton's from his hometown, just for getting his coffee orders right.

If he's still getting his coffee at Tim Horton's, I wonder if the present female employees are expecting anything.

Comment #2

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:42:01 GMT

That's very generous of him to give those employees a tip. I bet they weren't expecting that.

Comment #1

beaudad — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:15:20 GMT

any guy that would give someone at tim horton's a tip...........I am just like him..........when they get my order right at Horton's, McDonalds, Burger King........yep I feel like doing the happy dance too!!!!!!!!!.....beaudad.......

$14M lottery winner promises big tip

Lottery Post — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:00:11 GMT

For a guy who just won $14.8 million, you'd think Jorma Hogbacka would be a little more excited.

But standing in front of reporters yesterday at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's prize office, Hogbacka said he wasn't surprised because it was in the stars.

Four years ago, (a psychic) sent me a letter that said 'You'll be rich beyond your wildest dream', he said. It feels like another day, except I have a big check.

A semi-retired welder, Hogbacka, 60, of St. Catharines, was... [ More ]