Record lottery winner accused of making death threats

Comment #16

vincejr — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 20:43:51 GMT

And don't forget recently here in VA, a guy bought 3 Cash 5 tickets and left them in the pocket of his pants. Naturally, his wife washed the pants and the tickets were ruined . She threw them out, but he thought better of it and took the now clean tickets to lottery headquarters. Security took the paper lump and was able to reconstruct the three tickets, which were winners of a total of more than $100,000.I'm glad I'm just in training and not in ticket reconstruction....

Comment #15

hypersoniq — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:49:49 GMT

8. P.A. pick 3 6-6-6 fix (latex paint in the balls)9. P.A. Stupid 6 odds...

Comment #14

fja — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:40:20 GMT

lets see we have hada woman who lied about winning the lotterya guy who won the lottery and gets drugged in strip clubs and goes to bars where he is banned and threatens peoplewe had a guy sentenced to jail for using his lottery winnings to sell drugs (not sure what state)we have a guy suing the lottery commision cause he thinks he had bought the winning ticket and cant find it.had a couple who had to look for their winning lottery ticket in the garbage when they accidentally threw it out.had a

Comment #13

hypersoniq — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:36:11 GMT

J.W. is a constant reminder to me that there is no way that anything other than dumb luck picks who wins the lottery...

Comment #12

Bug — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:31:49 GMT

Whats the use in all that loot if you can't have someone killed? Sheesh.

Comment #11

Lotto Czar — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:20:29 GMT

Ah, another week, another Jack Whittakre story. The hits just keep on coming. Where do I sign up for the Jack Whittakre foundation? (Just put the check in the mail!)Even his own church turned down his donations. Yeah, too much money must make people do weird things. I think the name of the other guy who won a lot on a TV game show in the mid 80's and turned looney was Michael Pearson. he was a nut case who took all of his winnings, cashed it into $1 bills and tryed to win radio call in gam... [ More ]

Comment #10

Bug — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:12:20 GMT

Vision, keep your eye on the sparrow.

Comment #9

visiondude — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:32:10 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Bug on January 07, 2004 It isn't a crime to threaten to kill someone, so did he actually try and hire people? I only think we are not allowed to threaten the president in the U.S. Everyone else is fair game, could be wrong, but I doubt it. he could hire robert blake.mr blake has experience in this arena and is out on bail.probably needs the cash for his upcoming trial on murder solicitation.he probably advertizes in soldier of fortune magazine under an alias. hollyw... [ More ]

Comment #8

fja — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 12:48:32 GMT

winning the lottery didn't change the man...he just became more visual.

Comment #7

BabyJC — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 02:04:56 GMT

After that trouble at the Pink Pony last year, you would have thought that there would be no more.

Comment #6

Bug — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:55:43 GMT

I agree on the Pres. deal, but disagree on the individual assault charge. It could very from state to state, but I doubt it as it most likely have to be a federal offense, since our constitution guarantees freedom of speech.

Comment #5

Thomas Covenant — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:39:10 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Bug on January 07, 2004<FONT face= Comic Sans MS size=3><FONT face= Comic Sans MS size=3>It isn't a crime to threaten to kill someone, so did he actually try and hire people? I only think we are not allowed to threaten the president in the U.S. Everyone else is fair game, could be wrong, but I doubt it.Actually, threatening to kill someone would be considered assault. Threatening the President is a federal offense. That's a little more serious. P.S. Big Brother is... [ More ]

Comment #4

Bug — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:27:52 GMT

It isn't a crime to threaten to kill someone, so did he actually try and hire people? I only think we are not allowed to threaten the president in the U.S. Everyone else is fair game, could be wrong, but I doubt it.

Comment #3

RJOh — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:25:36 GMT

Reminds of the 70's and 80's whenever someone did something crazy and was described as a Viet Nam vet as if being in a war had made them crazy. Now days it's winning the lottery or wanting to win that's making people crazy. I wonder if Jack is a veteran?RJOh

Comment #2

Thomas Covenant — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 17:36:15 GMT

I would say that he hasn't changed. It's just now he's in the media spotlight.

Comment #1

angelman — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 16:59:45 GMT

I guess the money has really gone to his head. He really did not need the money in the first place.

Record lottery winner accused of making death threats

Lottery Post — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 16:36:44 GMT

The winner of the largest single lottery jackpot in U.S. history has been accused of threatening to kill the manager of a bar.Andrew Jack Whittaker, who won the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas 2002, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of threatening Todd Parsons, the manager of Billy Sundays Bar and Grill in St. Albans.Whittaker, who reportedly was banned from the bar, is accused of trying to hit Parsons and threatening to have the victim and his family killed, according to police... [ More ]