Lottery horror stories

Reply #9

Chewie — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:02:23 GMT

I agree - lets give Todd something more to do.

Reply #8

MrBobb — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:25:59 GMT

Ok, I remembered seeing that one posted in one of the threads, but I didn't remember who posted it. Thanks for doing so! Even though the Jackpot! article is about 10 years old, most of the information is still valid and useful.Do we have a thread here on Lottery Post that contains the links to all of these types of articles? If not, perhaps it would be a good idea to compile this information into one thread.

Reply #7

Galethog — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:34:35 GMT

The article was from Jet magazine, which caters to African-Americans. It wasn't racist, just focused toward it's intend readers.

Reply #6

Chewie — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:18:22 GMT

If you are a member of the LP and haven't figured out there are pitfalls involved with winning, you're not paying attention and, should you win, will become part of natures natural filter. For those on the outside, non-LP members, they will be what they are.Bottom line. If you're not that swift, and you know who you are, when you win the lottery, get all the help you can afford right away. If you are reasonably intelligent and you win the lottery, wait ten minutes and get all the help you can af... [ More ]

Reply #5

boknows — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:55:18 GMT

That article is kinda offensive to generalize blacks . Many Black people are financially prudent individuals.

Reply #4

Todd — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:46:33 GMT

That article just seems focused on race for some reason. I never understand that concept. Money spends the same, no matter what your skin color.

Reply #3

sirbrad — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:09:15 GMT

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_14_101/ai_84396641#continue More good advice.

Reply #2

sirbrad — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:24:32 GMT

Yea I posted that one also in some other thread, as an example of what I would if I won.

Reply #1

MrBobb — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:53:21 GMT

Very interesting - thanks for posting the link.Here's another article that may be of interest to LP members:www.note.com/note/pp/jackpot.html

Lottery horror stories

sirbrad — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:01:02 GMT

http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2004/12/winning-isnt-everything.html Interesting read. Also exactly why I would never move out of my small, isolated dead town. Also some good tips to follow if you should win.