Arkansas woman almost gifts winning lottery ticket to ex-father-in-law

Comment #18

sully16 — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 18:50:40 GMT

I agree, lots of people do that everyday, but telling the person, I got you a gift and kept it for myself, kinda rude.

Hey grandma, I got you a beautiful sweater for Christmas, but I decided to keep it for myself, see look how beautiful it is, I'm wearing it.

Comment #17

KY Floyd — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:56:01 GMT

Who amongst us hasn't bought a gift for somebody and then decided to keep it because there was some minor inconvenience in actually giving it to them

Comment #16

Artist77 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:29:00 GMT

Especially with working 2 jobs.

Comment #15

Brock Lee — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:17:02 GMT

i would love to see your lustrous flowing mane.

Comment #14

billybucks — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:52:41 GMT

She looks like someone who is irresponsible with money to me. That hair needs attention for one thing.

Comment #13

Artist77 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:45:37 GMT

Yes. All the comments are of course conjecture as with any news story. Not every winner is going to mention children if they have any, especially young ones.

But how does one assume she is frittering away this money? She sounds like a hard working woman who got a bit of a break. Many people are suffering in this economy.

Comment #12

Bleudog101 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:37:12 GMT

Where in the article does it mention any children.

My view is her ex-Father-in law and her get along very well. No mention of the ex husband. Reading between the lines it seems like he a work of art, but who knows

Comment #11

billybucks — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:15:55 GMT

OK, that could be the situation. If the father in law is rich and doesn't care about the 75K then it is fine for her to crack jokes and make statements regarding how she happened to end up with the ticket which was not intended for her but him. I would have gotten a bigger envelope if I bought something for someone and needed it. She works two jobs and thinks this 51K is going to last is only kidding herself especially dumping the Uber gig. She will rip through that money like there is no tomorr... [ More ]

Comment #10

db101 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:21:40 GMT

Maybe there isn't any soap opera drama and she's just a person who happens to be on good terms with her ex-in-laws and they are happy for her win. Stranger things have occurred.

Comment #9

Artist77 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:49:04 GMT

You all are too hard on this woman. Maybe she had to stay on the good side of her ex father in law to get his son to pay child support.

Now she has some freedom and can say ha ha a bit.

Comment #8

billybucks — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:25:42 GMT

Yes, that 75K will be reduced to around 51K after taxes. It does seem like she is gloating about the fact that she put one over on her ex father in law. But why would she have been sending him tickets in the first place if they had issues over her failed marriage. Something is amiss here. Once again, she should not have brought this fact up no matter what the relationship was.

Comment #7

winterhug — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:18:31 GMT

It is nice to know that she can pay off debt, take a vacation and quit her 2nd job as an Uber driver all on $75K. Somehow it sounds like a miscalculation.

Comment #6

Raven62 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:48 GMT

Congrats to the Winner!

May more Wins come her way

Comment #5

Artist77 — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 23:01:09 GMT

Maybe she wanted to get back at her former father in law or ex husband? Or he is a multi millionaire. There would be no logical reason for her to mention that detail otherwise. And divorced women, especially ones with children, often experience a huge economic drop after divorce.

I am glad she kept that ticket. She did not owe him anything.

Comment #4

billybucks — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:41:38 GMT

Her ex father-in-law is not going to be getting a kick out of this story one would think. I would be seething mad about it that she didn't keep her mouth shut. Now, I have to deal with that the size of a lottery ticket cost me 75K. I would have given her 15K back which is about the amount i think she should give me for blabbing this. This is why giving lottery tickets as gifts is not a good idea. It usually ends with the gift being worthless of course. But sometimes someone gives away a good one... [ More ]

Comment #3

Brock Lee — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:15:17 GMT

i would have taken that little secret to my grave. whatever you do paula, do not buy a talking parrot.

Comment #2

sully16 — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:49:21 GMT

Well Thank God her ex-father-in-law was having a birthday, hope she gets him a nice gift instead of a stinking card, Congrats Paula , enjoy , could have been more tactful and kept your mouth shut.

Feeling a tad bit passive agressive today.

Comment #1

Tony Numbers — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:39:17 GMT

YIKES

Arkansas woman almost gifts winning lottery ticket to ex-father-in-law

Lottery Post — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:32:43 GMT

Gift giver decides to keep lottery ticket at the last minute not knowing it was a winner

By Kate Northrop

An Arkansas woman nearly gave away a scratch-off lottery ticket that would have won the gift recipient $75,000, but she decided to keep the ticket in the end.

A lottery player who resides in Texarkana, Arkansas almost gifted a winning lottery ticket to her ex-father-in-law for his birthday, but the decision to leave it out of the envelope meant she won a huge prize instead.

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