1987 Pennsylvania Lottery winners to receive final payments

Comment #42

NightStalker — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:15:20 GMT

They should go to Vegas and use that last check to play some blackjack or roulette. Bet on red.

Comment #41

jamella724 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:29:51 GMT

I was so happy to know that a group of teachers won a lotery jackpot, but at the same time saddened when I read that their expectations of being one of the many millionaires banished due to Uncle Sam's share on the winnings.

These people may have been enjoying their winning for 25years and now it will soon come to an end. How sad to know that by next year, no more checks will be claimed...

Comment #40

Ronnie316 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:18:47 GMT

The Donald only works for a very select few.

Comment #39

Original Bey — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:14:00 GMT

The day I picked the winning numbers, Frank was in a hurry when he stopped by to see me during a planning period, said Connolly, then a special-education teacher. I picked my birthday and my husband's. Frank said, 'Just circle anything,' and that's what I did. I didn't give it another thought and I didn't watch the drawing.

She did in 1987 what is known as the Donald in 2012.

Her $231 goes towards bandages as I am sure she's still kicking herself thinking how much she and her hubby would... [ More ]

Comment #38

HaveABall — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:44:16 GMT

Well, Ronnie316, it was good to have a goal/objective/purpose those years.

Comment #37

mcginnin56 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:25:07 GMT

So technically Starbucks won the lottery.

Comment #36

Artemis — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:09:24 GMT

Comment #35

dr65 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:06:00 GMT

Maybe the ones who were planning the life of Riley didn't understand the game they were paying to play..maybe they thought

they'd each get $1 Million...even though there was only 1 up for grabs.

17 people in a pool playing each draw?...Maybe they even had a time machine which threw them right back to 1987 to collect

when they won it in 2012. Who the hell participates in a pool full of potential winners when the jackpot amounts to a walloping $231

per month? Let me play alone and coll... [ More ]

Comment #34

KY Floyd — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:56:20 GMT

I'm guessing it's a place that's warm, dark, and damp.

Comment #33

savagegoose — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:00:49 GMT

my old grand pappy used to say back in my day we could buy a new ford for $200, of course we only got paid a nickel, so they where snip ed expensive.

then he'd laugh like a crazy old man.

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Comment #32

savagegoose — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:56:48 GMT

looking back one commented i wish i hadnt blown that money on coffee and donuts celebrating

Comment #31

Quinto — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:40:12 GMT

Starbucks in the morning and Starbucks in the evening. That's what they each won.

Comment #30

Stack47 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:40:13 GMT

Everyone thought we were going to be millionaires, said Rebecca Hedden of Fairview Township, then a first grade teacher.

Let's see, $1.5 million divided by 17 equals $2 million?

Wonder how many of them hired a financial adviser to show them the best way to invest $231 a month.

Comment #29

mcginnin56 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:38:45 GMT

That would have been like having an Apple iPhone 5, or the Samsung Galaxy Tablet.

You were very cool to have one of those bean counters.

Comment #28

Ronnie316 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:32:34 GMT

Oh yeah... you were way before my time...... Growing up in Ohio they told us that bean counters were in high demand in Detroit and it was a big move up knowing how to count using beans.......

Comment #27

mcginnin56 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:24:46 GMT

They made us do it in our heads.

I think they called that old school

Sucks though that we had no beans or calculators.

Comment #26

Ronnie316 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:20:58 GMT

Beans AND tables....... Thats how I learned math.......

Comment #25

mcginnin56 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:14:45 GMT

Did they have beans back in 1987? Did they have tables

Comment #24

Ronnie316 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:12:40 GMT

Beans on a table would have been sufficient.....

Comment #23

mcginnin56 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:07:31 GMT

Maybe they had no calculators way back in 1987?

That would explain their poor math computations. Yes I'm sure that had to be it now.

Come to think of it, we didn't have TV's back then either. I think we had Beta VCR's though.

Comment #22

DC81 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:05:58 GMT

.... They're teachers...

Comment #21

thegrrrr8est — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:55:02 GMT

Really? Seventeen people thought that dividing up a million dollars would make them all millionaires?

Let's hope some of them spent whatever they got to get a G.E.D.

Comment #20

savagegoose — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:28:05 GMT

lol , 17 people win a $1 mill prize, and all plan boats, cars and houses, aint they teachers? what no math skills.

oh dear im still wiping away the tears.... from laughter.

Comment #19

maringoman — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:35:37 GMT

$2,783.57 annual check is gone It sure's gonna feel like a paycut. Its not much but is better than nothing and the winners are soon to find out

Comment #18

mcginnin56 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:17:18 GMT

They charge $8 per squirt of that crappy butter .

I usually get about 12 squirts, just $96 extra.

That's a pretty good deal in my area. In the New Jersey, New York area, they charge as much as $25 per squirt.

Comment #17

mcginnin56 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:12:07 GMT

Probably wasn't worth that much back then either.

Comment #16

razzyberry77 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:56:58 GMT

5 dollars a week was a lot in 1987? lmao maybe 1987 bc

Comment #15

helpmewin — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:51:58 GMT

hope you don't get butter, that may be extra

Comment #14

helpmewin — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:49:41 GMT

GOOD ONE OMG

Comment #13

Cletu$2 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:13:03 GMT

He's a democrat.He can't help himself.It's in his DNA to tax spend.

Comment #12

haymaker — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:03:11 GMT

2nd term = lame duck.

Comment #11

magic 007 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:54:16 GMT

But he hasn't/ didnt do so in the last 4yrs , why would he do it now? 75% is pretty harsh , i highly doubt that .

Comment #10

Cletu$2 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:44:18 GMT

Haven't you been paying attention for the past 4 years?Obama wants to raise taxes on the rich and give it to the poor.He ran on the I'll redistibute the wealth slogan in 2008 and if re-elected I don't see him going back on his word,do you

Comment #9

magic 007 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:36:20 GMT

Where do you get such info from ? ( 75

Comment #8

Cletu$2 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:32:52 GMT

They can be thankful that Uncle Sam only took 20% taxes back then instead of the 35% that the government takes today and the 75% that Obama wants to start taking

Comment #7

Ronnie316 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:03:48 GMT

LOL. That monthly check IS close to my cell phone bill...... lol. lol. lol.

Comment #6

mcginnin56 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:58:53 GMT

That would pay for my IMAX movie pass and popcorn.

Comment #5

luckyshoes — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:58:50 GMT

From elation to let-down....if I did the math right they won $7.64 a day.....

Comment #4

RedStang — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:52:34 GMT

That was good $$ back then. These days it would cover your cell phone bill.

Comment #3

Littleoldlady — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:35:52 GMT

I am sure that all of those teachers were thankful for whatever amount they got each year. Every little bit helps.

Comment #2

zinniagirl — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:09:07 GMT

At least they can say, Winning the lottery did not change my life and actually be able to prove it.

Sorry to hear that their extra money dissapears this month.

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:41:41 GMT

They need to be like the homeless man who scored $200k from a $10 scratch ticket.

Take their last check and cruise the state, scooping up scratchers from every town.

Good fortune favors the bold.

1987 Pennsylvania Lottery winners to receive final payments

Lottery Post — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:27:15 GMT

When Ronald Shuey learned that he and his co-workers won the lottery in 1987, he imagined himself buying a shiny black Jaguar.

Sheri Charney started planning her new house.

Connie Connolly's husband thought he could buy a fancy boat.

Many were too excited to sleep the night of Oct. 21, 1987. The next morning, the 17 employees of the former Herman Avenue Elementary School in Lemoyne celebrated with coffee, doughnuts and fruit in the teachers lounge. Don't all lottery winners dream?

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