Mystery woman who paid $2,600 tab for strangers was not Powerball winner

Comment #24

jamella724 — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:00:27 GMT

Wow if she's not a lottery winner. She must be extremely kind to bless those people. I hope to meet a person like her, not to treat me for a meal but someone who knows how to appreciate the kindness of people or better yet I should try to be like her.

Comment #23

larry3100 — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 21:17:36 GMT

According to the National Enquirer it was Powerball winner Gloria Mackenzie.

Comment #22

LottoGuyBC — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:29:27 GMT

Comment #21

helpmewin — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:35:03 GMT

Th-ems delicatesses down south

Comment #20

Ronnie316 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:26:17 GMT

How was dinner tonight?............. I got bed bugs, crabs, and lice

Comment #19

brees2012 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:58:17 GMT

In my area , you don't want to be hugging just anyone, unless you ask for

permission . I heard of people paying for people food especially around

the holidays .

Comment #18

helpmewin — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:17:35 GMT

Comment #17

ThatScaryChick — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:11:15 GMT

Yeah whoever it was, was very kind to pay for everyones meals and tip the staff so well. It was a nice thing to do.

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CLETU$ — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:49:55 GMT

If a stranger hugged me the first thing I would do is check to see if my wallet was still there.

Comment #15

Teddi — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:46:40 GMT

LOL. As it should be. Who goes around hugging perfect strangers? I wouldn't want any Tom, Dick or Harry coming up off the street hugging me. They should either be sent to a padded room in Bellevue or arrested for molestation.

Comment #14

ShowMeTheMoney$ — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:13:42 GMT

Kindness is its own reward

Comment #13

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:33:11 GMT

Comment #12

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:32:38 GMT

An Angel indeed

Comment #11

lottoguysocal — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:50:09 GMT

whomever the kind soul was, shows that are still nice people out in the world

Comment #10

luckyshoes — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:18:29 GMT

Nice gesture in todays world.

Comment #9

LottoBoner — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:13:01 GMT

It still could be her. Who can you believe? I think todd needs to go down south and get to the bottom of this.

Its too coincidental.

We asked her if it was her and she said no. Oh that satisfies me.

Maybe she just wanted to remain anonymous?

With the incessant discussion about anonymity on LP, would you be suprised if she said no?

When you win the jackpot and people comes up to you and asks are you the one who is just won 500 million are you going to say yes to everybody

Comment #8

whatzup — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:46:33 GMT

Nice story...angels do exist

Comment #7

loonasee2 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:29:47 GMT

A few more people ,...........should pass it forward ,......................it would be a little easier on the dance floor ,..doing the O'bomba to the IRS band,.........................wiggle,...wiggle......wiggle

Comment #6

CLETU$ — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:38:38 GMT

In my part of the country if you go around hugging people for no reason they lock you away in the funny farm

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msharkey2001 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:16:59 GMT

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th19940305 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:11:41 GMT

It really could have been anyone, $2,600 is a bill that a lot of people can afford to pay its not like a million

Comment #3

CinCin — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:39:43 GMT

^^^^^ROFL!!!!!

Oh, they would've KNOWN if it were GLORIA! She'd been the one breaking in line at the buffet counter.

Comment #2

Ronnie316 — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:00:18 GMT

No surprise here. I wasn't fooled for a minute. That lady is not going to be buying anyone's lunches.....

eating them maybe, but NOT buying them.......

Comment #1

peppy007 — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:49:02 GMT

Like someone previously said, the manager might have been looking for free publicity for his restaurant

Mystery woman who paid $2,600 tab for strangers was not Powerball winner

Lottery Post — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:45:36 GMT

After 180 diners at a Florida restaurant received a free meal from a stranger on Sunday night, locals (and soon, the Internet) were buzzing that the generous benefactor was the 84-year-old woman who recently won the largest Powerball jackpot in history.

While the woman who picked up the nearly $2,600 tab at Buddy Freddy's in Plant City resembled lottery winner Gloria C. MacKenzie of nearby Zephyrhills, Fla., it turned out to simply be an anonymous kind soul helping the lucky diners hit their... [ More ]