$1 million hasn't changed Iowa lottery winner

Comment #14

Bleudog101 — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:02:53 GMT

Sounds like a very good man. Feet on the ground, no bottom suckers to clean him out. Just a regular guy that hasn't and won't change one bit. Congratulations, stories like this make me smile. Some people say 'it's only a million bucks'. Sure jealousy and envy get the best of people, sorry for your luck, you did not win so shut up.

Comment #13

RJOh — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 21:21:46 GMT

It's also public knowledge that in America a million dollars lottery prize is only worth about 2/3 that after taxes but beggars don't care they think winners should think of their needs before paying the taxes and taking care of his own needs.

Comment #12

mikeintexas — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 01:55:24 GMT

Yessir, that's exactly right.

Y'know, I started to make the claim that myturn has made 800 posts and I'd bet that half of them were whining about anonymity or that the winners needed to be supplied with financial counselling. That's prob. not the case, but after looking through some of his last entries, I saw a post by him on the July 4th thread that really ticked me off.

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Comment #11

maringoman — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:24:02 GMT

And to be honest $1M is not what it was 25 years ago so it shouldn't be hard at all to say no to money requests. If you can't then you need to fix your personality.

Comment #10

mikeintexas — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:13:41 GMT

Good grief, wish you'd give it (whining about anonymity) a rest. They have it in Australia, great, but for the life of me, I can't figure out why you're so anal about the subject here in the states - which is none of your business. A lottery winner's family is going to know about it, anonymous or not and family is where the most pressure (and danger) comes from, NOT the public.

Comment #9

myturn — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:26:37 GMT

It is great that he has kept his feet on the ground. But it would be much easier if winners were allowed to remain anonymous. When it is public knowledge that you have won a large amount, it can a lot of pressure on winners to 'help' others. Which sounds like a good thing to do, it can wreck the winners long-term financial security.

Comment #8

HaveABall — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 14:59:44 GMT

I agree! Plus, I think if this lottery winner rechecks his tax payments -- during those first two years of the win -- it would show him having paid more like $450K in income taxes out to the fed and state

Comment #7

music* — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:01:34 GMT

mikeintexas, I agree with you about Bob's retirement. That hope is very common amongst us lottery players.

I would retire and look after my extended family. Of course I would be wary of the , Friends and family warning for all lottery winners. I will relearn the word , NO ! .

Bob his doing well with his winnings.

Comment #6

mikeintexas — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:39:34 GMT

I thought so, too. I was glad to read it hadn't changed him and that he hadn't gone overboard buying things yet still shared his good fortune with his family. It's nice to see he'll have some left to enjoy in his retirement.

Comment #5

Raven62 — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:30:02 GMT

He has everything he needs or wants plus Peace of Mind...

Comment #4

TheGameGrl — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:02:06 GMT

A sensible man. Great story

Comment #3

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:49:16 GMT

What a cool story.

Comment #2

sully16 — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:49:04 GMT

Congrats to the lucky guy, nice to see a down to Earth guy.

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:09:00 GMT

$1M is not worth what it used to be, but I'll still gladly take it.

$1 million hasn't changed Iowa lottery winner

Lottery Post — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:59:17 GMT

Five years since winning $1 million, Bob Boehm stands in roughly the same place.

He's at the James G. Whiting Memorial Field Airport in Mapleton on Wednesday, filling tanks of crop-dusters with fungicide for corn raised by farmers in Monona and Crawford counties. He stands with co-workers and pals, Bill Creese, Tommy Weber, Mark Lorenzen and Greg Sisco.

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