Lottery winner's death was blamed on natural causes — until a relative raised questions

Comment #53

Ronnie316 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:34:54 GMT

For people who don't want the use of titles they sure make use of the anti-religion title.

What a bunch of cloak and dagger misfits that group is...............

Comment #52

rdgrnr — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:11:24 GMT

I agree but the anti-religion people around here are just anti-Christian (they're afraid of the other guys) so my response was specific to them.

Comment #51

Ronnie316 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:20:00 GMT

I think they would make nice pets.......

Comment #50

Ronnie316 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:19:16 GMT

I don't know.... Screaming La La La La La La La La just before exploding ones self is pretty darn nutty....

Comment #49

jamella724 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:14:38 GMT

It is a very tragic incident of Homicide ...People were not hesitant to take away one's life due to money...Khan is a great person according to his wife, yet he was killed...I feel so sorry for the family.

Comment #48

HaveABall — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:17:38 GMT

I have an appreciation for dinosaurs, they're BIG. I don't want them to return though, as I would be afraid.

Comment #47

rdgrnr — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:32:19 GMT

Deeply religious people do strange things...

Deeply anti-religious people do much stranger things.

There's some nutjob atheist group in Wisconsin that gets offended about the Ten Commandments being displayed in Tennessee. They always demand that they be taken down or they will sue. Talk about nuts with too much time on their hands...

People don't come much nuttier than atheists.

First there's nothing, then nothing explodes and voil ! - dinosaurs

Comment #46

CinCin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:08:32 GMT

So sad he never got to enjoy his winnings....

...I think we will hear there is more to this before it's all over................

Comment #45

luckyshoes — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:36:39 GMT

Thats what I thought, that the guilt was overwhelming. He certainly had access to chemicals if he did do himself in.

400k on a million dollar win? geez

Comment #44

Libra0926 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:05:44 GMT

1/9/13

I would concurr w/those among U who think he might have committed suicide, having read the entire story.

He was a Muslim, and most of them R very deeply devoted to their Religious beliefs and Prophet Mohammad.

He might have begun to feel tremendous guilt when the knowledge that he was to receive the winning funds

finally sunk in. He had taken that trip and given himself spiritually to God thru prayer and devotion.

It might turn out to be something else, but I wouldn't be su... [ More ]

Comment #43

Artist77 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:00:45 GMT

I think the wife had some role also.

Comment #42

Ronnie316 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:59:10 GMT

Deeply religious people do strange things, he would not be the first.

Excellent point, it could have been a suicide............

Comment #41

Ronnie316 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:57:37 GMT

He had a nice life in America and had everything to look forward to..........

Comment #40

Ronnie316 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:55:57 GMT

Gee, I wonder if MSN mentioned how Muslims randomly kill people (and each other

Comment #39

Ronnie316 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:53:22 GMT

Yes, in today's world he is considered ultra wealthy.............

And thank for the reassurance about Illinois state checks......

Comment #38

TheOtherOne — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:46:17 GMT

She was 20 and he 34 when they married.

Maybe secretly she didn't like him and wanted him axed.

I've heard Muslims are not always the kindest to their womenfolk...

Comment #37

Nikkicute — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:42:02 GMT

Just seen the story on Good Morning America.

After he died (killed) the money went to his estate and the check was cashed

one month after he died.

Comment #36

VenomV12 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:36:14 GMT

This is pretty puzzling. Since he was pretty well off already, there seems to be little incentive for his wife to kill him for a mere $400,000 or so. He easily would have turned that money into millions judging by his financial acumen.

Strange as it may seem, he may have felt guilty about breaking his vow and guilty about taking the money which would make more sense that he would end up dead before he collected the money, not after and he would have access to cyanide in his line of work.

Comment #35

RedStang — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:53:27 GMT

If he was a Sikh, i would of blamed the poisoning on those chinese made turbans.

Comment #34

OldSchoolPa — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:26:51 GMT

I was born in CA, but that is the last state even after the likes of MS, AR, and AK that I would run to with a bundle of cash and investment accounts! For me it would be AZ, TX, and FL that could expect me to come flying in to roost! AZ gets on the list for taxes and fact I could carry a weapon. TX and FL rank higher though since I like the climate and ease of travel options as well as tax treatment.

Comment #33

HoLeeKau — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:07:29 GMT

I would guess it's the wife. She was just a liiiiiittle too complimentary about him. I've learned to be suspicious of complimentary wives. lol

Married to Khan for 12 years, she praised him as extraordinary, nice, kind and lovable.

He was the best husband on the entire planet, said Ansari, 32.

Comment #32

MDguy — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:25:58 GMT

That's really sad especially because he sounded like a nice man. RIP.

Comment #31

rdgrnr — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:17:57 GMT

Hey woman, where you been?

Probably still enjoyin' that Chicago weather if I know you.

Comment #30

ca-dreamin* — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:02:34 GMT

Hi stranger!!!!! Glad to see you're no longer MIA!!!!!!

I for one WOULD take a check from IL.......and RUN all the way to CA with it.

I just saw this story on MSN and knew it would be posted here.

Just one more reason to keep quiet about your winnings.

Comment #29

Nikkicute — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:38:27 GMT

I also think it was someone close to him who might of done this.

Someone took this man out the exact day before he was to receive the check

59 days to get the check, nothing! The day before he's dead? what the heck?

He didn't even get to see it!! Made sure he wouldn't even get to spend one penny!!

I wouldn't know the first thing about buying cyanide, where do people get this crazy stuff!!

Like on the tv shows don't you have to special order it or sign something? I hope there... [ More ]

Comment #28

hearsetrax — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:23:59 GMT

I'd believe it

Comment #27

LottoBoner — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:07:45 GMT

Scratch-offs are bad luck.

Comment #26

hearsetrax — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:57:12 GMT

it was colonel Mcginnin56 in the study with a with a bottle of poison

Comment #25

rdgrnr — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:28:31 GMT

The relative who told them to take another look probably knows someone who might have had a motive.

Comment #24

JoeBigLotto — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:49:53 GMT

And very soon the lottery will now become Death Row Records so the big question who wants to win the next lottery lol say i

Comment #23

JoeBigLotto — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:46:25 GMT

on the other hand the only mistake he did was breaking is vow not to play the lottery may be the wife took that vow too seriously and her vow was to terminate him if he ever breaks the first vow . very important folks to ask your wife to list all her secrete vows you never know cyanide may be on the list lol

Comment #22

JoeBigLotto — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:41:23 GMT

I think the illinois lottery department did a good job for taking 59 days to cut his check at least they gave him 59 extra days to live . if they had delayed his check two more weeks he could have had 14 more extra days. And back to the investigation if the entire family was poisoned l will blame outsider but the fact that the family knew when the check was coming and didnt eat from the pioson that tells me the wife and daughter should be prime suspect and must be given polygraph test for any ex... [ More ]

Comment #21

HiFi — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:27:42 GMT

well that is sad, and i would guess that it was someone in his house that poisoned him.

Comment #20

billionaire2bee — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:54:28 GMT

Well if you go by that.....he was a dead man walking anyways.......arbitrarily

Comment #19

sully16 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:17:22 GMT

I'm sure we'll hear more.

Comment #18

IPlayWeekly — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:11:26 GMT

Such a sad story

Comment #17

Ronnie316 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:47:43 GMT

I wouldn't want a check from them either......

Comment #16

Ronnie316 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:46:30 GMT

It matters because Muslims kill people arbitrarily and call it sharia law.

Comment #15

Cletu$2 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:19:54 GMT

Actualy,considering that Illnois is broke,it wasn't such a long time.There are cities towns school districts in Illinois that have been waiting for years for money that the state of Illinois owes them.Illinois can't pay its bills.I wouldn't take a check from them because it would probably bounce.

Comment #14

HaveABall — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:26:56 GMT

, JAP69, or it could be some other more residual chemicals via his businesses. Just a strange timing death. RIP Urooj.

Anyhow, it took an incredibly long time, 59 days, for Illinois Lottery Headquarters office to cut his check

Comment #13

Lucky4Life — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:48:05 GMT

even if you are blood relation you aren't going to get anything. At least that's how I feel.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:26:46 GMT

Winning the lottery getting poisoned is the stuff of Hollywood.

Comment #11

billionaire2bee — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:24:26 GMT

Why would it matter where he yelled it??? If you are of no blood relation you're not going to get anything......It had to be someone close but his wife was gonna get some cash anyways.....I mean it's only a million dollars and it was consideraby less after taxes.....

Comment #10

JAP69 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:00:11 GMT

Working in a dry cleaning buisness the police may need to investigate wether he was around a clothing fire before death occured. Smoldering or burning of certain types of clothing material gives off hydrogen cyanide which could be fatal.

Comment #9

Ronnie316 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:23:46 GMT

Why did he blab his big mouth about his vow and then scratch the ticket in the store

Comment #8

helpmewin — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:17:35 GMT

ok thanks

Comment #7

Ronnie316 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:14:43 GMT

I think giving the clerk money could be the source of the curse here, NOT the lottery ticket.

Comment #6

helpmewin — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:11:58 GMT

i don't think its clue

Comment #5

Ronnie316 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:10:09 GMT

The clerk did it........................

Comment #4

Ronnie316 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:09:39 GMT

I turn my phone OFF when I go to bed at night.

Comment #3

Pick4ologist — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:06:10 GMT

Sad... May he rest in peace

Comment #2

OldSchoolPa — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:02:58 GMT

Comment #1

helpmewin — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:54:12 GMT

Wow

Lottery winner's death was blamed on natural causes — until a relative raised questions

Lottery Post — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:38:08 GMT

Urooj Khan had sworn off playing the lottery after he took an Islamic pilgrimage to the Middle East in 2010, but as he stood in a 7-Eleven near his home on Chicago's Far North Side this summer, he lost his will for a moment, handing over $60 to buy two instant-game tickets.

After scratching off the second ticket, he leaped in the air, shouting over and over again, I hit a million!

When Khan, 46, accepted an oversized check from Illinois Lottery representatives days later at the same store... [ More ]