Arkansas mother quits job after winning $500,000 lottery prize

Comment #21

HoLeeKau — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:32:12 GMT

She has a couple tax deductions, so I was thinking she'd end up with $300K max. Her daughter was already planning to go to private college, so it sounds like she probably got a scholarship, hopefully. But Mom will still need to send her a few hundred a month to make ends meet. Plus two cars (100K), and a move to another state (10K), and a vacation (10K), and a down payment on a house (50K on a 250K home)?

That doesn't leave much to invest. The returns on that investment won't even make the h... [ More ]

Comment #20

HoLeeKau — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:25:41 GMT

One daughter is off to a private college, so she's gotta be in her late 30's minimum.

I could understand quitting if her kids were small and she wanted to spend time with them. But at the age her kids are, I think she's gonna be sorry she quit. Half a million dollars isn't much money, to be honest.

She did say she plans to work in the future, but jobs are not easy to come by right now. Hope she does find work, soon, and she'll be okay.

Comment #19

KY Floyd — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:51:41 GMT

Quitting the job she disliked isn't a problem. It's remaining withut income that would be a problem, so she just needs a different job.

Comment #18

Instyle — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:17:34 GMT

I agree, quitting my job would not be an option, especially when you consider health care cost. But still. Congrats her on the big win.

Comment #17

brees2012 — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 20:39:22 GMT

uncle sam might take 1/2 of $500,000

Private College is very expensive.

If I won that amount $500K, I would spend $20,000 and save the rest of the money.

Comment #16

Instyle — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:03:27 GMT

I agree, and good luck to her. But $500,000 is not a lot of money when your talking about a life time. In my younger days I worked similar hours and it is hard, but the bills got paid. I hope that she takes time to plan , invest, use self control so she will not have to return to those hours.

Comment #15

jjtheprince14 — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:14:52 GMT

Yep, she's making plans like she just won a $1 billion + Powerball jackpot lol

Comment #14

HAMMY WAMMY — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:32:15 GMT

I feel her wanting to quit the night shift, i do the same 7pm to 7am switching between 12hr days and 12hr nights and its rough. But shes definitely wanting to spend more money than shes going to end up with... most scratchers jackpot amout is an annuity unless you take a smaller lump sum and then of course dreaded taxes. But congrats to her and i wish her success with the money management.

Comment #13

winterhug — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:58:16 GMT

Maybe it is just me but quitting her job, helping with her daughter's private college, buying both daughter cars and planning on buy a beach house - All of this sound like it will cost MORE than the 500K she won on the scratch-off ticket. Which will probably be less once the taxes are taken out. I could imagine her with all these plans if she had won 5M but not 500K

Comment #12

grwurston — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:37:10 GMT

Average cost for one year of private college is $36,880. Four years of that, plus 2 new cars @ 25K each will use up almost $198,000.

I'm happy for her, but I hope she gets some financial advice.

Comment #11

billybucks — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:03:57 GMT

She will only end up putting down less than 20% for that beach house but someone will talk her out of that otherwise it's going to be all gone in short order. She may break the record for ripping through a lottery hit faster than anyone in history.

Comment #10

noise-gate — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:35:25 GMT

Was thinking along those lines as well Jeff. However, hopefully she has planned well ahead before saying l quit my job.

I based my post on this: The 2nd prize for the PB in CA would have paid out $2.5 mil to the winner, of that, our Uncle would have taken over $900K. Shameful is not the word.

Comment #9

bigbuckswede — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:19:36 GMT

Not tha much money, won't last a life time, she need to live a life without excessive spendings.

Comment #8

partlycloudy07 — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:30:51 GMT

Hopefully she will be sensible ( I lol'ed at your comment) but I have learned that people will spend when they have never had ....just the law of nature . Congrats to her and her family ...I would have quit that job but doubt I could sit home and not work maybe she will invest it I hope so.

Comment #7

sdw1000 — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:15:51 GMT

Here's someone that will be broke in a year..lol

Comment #6

billybucks — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:33:35 GMT

That beach house in South Carolina will chew up most of her money. This after buying two new cars and paying for a private college she will have very little left to live on for the rest of her life. She will never go back to work until she has completely run out of money. It was a halfway decent hit but after taxes it is around 340k and that's it no more every year. She will not manage it well and virtually certain to squander it.

Comment #5

wander73 — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:27:58 GMT

If they invest the money correct and the principal and interests, they will never have to work again.

Comment #4

Holden7 — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:33:12 GMT

Congratulations sabrina that's my dream to move to the beach. Spend it wisely. Happy for You.

Comment #3

Bleudog101 — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 08:38:19 GMT

Congratulations!

Wonder how old she is and better not blow through it too quickly??

I felt her pain, hated night shift for two years in PICU, not good for one's Circadian cycle and 12 hours @ that. It is a vicious cycle but some folks love those hours

Comment #2

fellini — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 04:06:09 GMT

I'm glad she won, because working a 12 hour shift sucks. =0p

Comment #1

eddessaknight — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:21:51 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS Sabrina

Where attention goes, energy flows

Arkansas mother quits job after winning $500,000 lottery prize

Lottery Post — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:38:51 GMT

From a night-shift factory position to relaxing on the beach

By Kate Northrop

The lives of an Arkansas woman and her family drastically changed overnight thanks to a $500,000 top prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket.

A week ago, Sabrena Jones of Paragould was working the night shift at a factory from the hours of 5:00 pm to 5:00 am. A major windfall in the form of a $500,000 top prize means that she'll no longer have to endure the rough routine.

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