According to the Ananova news service, a German pensioner who won £2 million (US$4 million) playing the lottery refused the cash because he didn't know what to do with it.
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Man refuses $4 million lottery win
Sep 19, 2007, 2:31 pm (52 comments)
Sir- Would you be interested in adopting me ?
Now that he has $4M to dispose of there will be family showing up that he didn't know he had.
I personally know what to do with the money. I'll send him my address...
I'll take it.
Exactly what I was going to write. You beat me to it, DD!
WHAT!!!!!!
someone need to check about this man!
HAHA!! These idiots sicken me. Send it to me so I can turn it into $20 million or more in about 10 years. I will then send you a couple of hundred that you will know what to do with. So what will they do with the money? How on earth can you possibly beat those odds and not want, nor know what to do with it? I think many people do just play for something to do, and never expect to win.
He won't be a widower for very long.
Could somebody please tell please tell me, why would you play the lottery if you don't expect to win? I think most people are playing to win. Maybe I'm wrong. Or, maybe they do it alittle different in Germany.
litebets
Is he DAFT???
He could easily live another 20 years. Has he decided to just sit around doing nothing waiting for death? What if he has some large medical bills? What if he needs a nursing home? Germany must have a much better health care program than the US if he's not worried about that stuff.
I can see someone, especially in the small villages in Germany being satisfied with life as they live it and/or not wanting for anything. My question is, why play in the first place. I mean, I can understand how playing is a challenge and exciting and all of that. But..... the main purpose for most people...IS TO WIN SOME MONEY....and hopefully.....THE TOP PRIZE!!!!!
litebets
Come ON, don't they have a Pink Pony in Germany??? Maybe he could buy a brewery, or a chocolate factory, or something!
As the Deep Purple song goes, "It's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase!"
This is also a theory why people get depressed after they win, because they are so used to buying and hoping that once they get their wish they don't need to keep playing and that was what they really enjoyed.
Give it to the Darfur project.....charities need money
I think he will wise up and take the money after all.
No one is that stupid.
Has he gone mad? Is he on crack -- or what? Gee, I wonder if he were, say, 40 or 50, and a widower -- would he take the money? I guess one will never know. Poor fella!
As the Deep Purple song goes, "It's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase!"
Ronald Reagan inspired hard rock circa. 1984 apocalyptic vision video. The music on the other hand is much better, Ritchie Blackmore is one of the best guitar players that will ever be. The lead solo on this song after the second verse is a work of art, if you like that sort of thing, the words very innuendo-ish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIZpF111Ojw
KNOCKING AT YOUR BACK DOOR
(Ian Gillan / Ritchie Blackmore / Roger Glover)
Deep Purple - 1984
Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a samurai
She made electric shadows
Beyond our fingertips
And none of us could reach that high
She came on like a teaser
I had to touch and please her
Enjoy a little paradise
The log was in my pocket
When Lucy met the rockett
She never knew the reason why
I can't deny it
With that smile on her face
Oh it's not the kill,
It's the thrill of the chase
Feel it coming,
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running,
It's not against the law
The point of no return
An' now you know the score
An' now you're learning,
Aha, what's knockin' at your back door
Sweet Nancy was so fancy
To get into her pantry
We had to be the aristocracy
The members that she toyed with
At her city club
Were something in diplomacy
So we put her on the hit list
Of a common cunning linguist
A master of many tongues
And now she eases gently
From her Austin to her Bentley
Suddenly she feels so young
I can't deny it
With that smile on her face
Oh it's not the kill,
It's the thrill of the chase
Feel it coming,
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running,
No it's not against the law
The point of no return,
Now you know the score
An' now you're learning,
Aha, what's knockin' at your back door
Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a samurai
She made electric shadows
Beyond our fingertips
And one of us could reach that high
I can't deny it
With that smile on my face
Oh it's not the kill,
It's the thrill of the chase
Feel it coming, knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
Now it's knockin' at your door
Aha, knockin' at your back door
Maybe playing the lottery is just a way of " connecting " with his late wife.
I feel so sorry for that poor man's dead wife. She must have been thrilled looking down from heaven and seeing her good sense pay off in a lottery win that will take care of her husband's needs for the rest of his life only to see him go stupid and want to give the money away. There's no cure for stupid. BobP
I have heard it all, now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone on crack would have definitely taken the money.
This man is probably happy, healthy, has enough money to live good, have embracing friends and family, and have lived a good and satisfying life of 70. He knows the problems too much money brings. If that is the case: He's already rich.
Maybe he just doesn't want the hassle. But if he wants to give it away, there are plenty of good places that could use the donation. That could bring great joy... I'm thinking of the secret Santa from K.C. who used to go to local discount stores at Christmas and hand out $100 bills to people who looked like the needed the money. What a great way to spend your retirement!
Oh My God. That's my uncle
Sirbrad, I left myself wide open for the crack comment -- your reply was on the money! Come to think of it, a crack addict would have definitely taken the money, spent it foolishly (hopefully, wisely), and died with a smile on his or her face.
Hey! Watch how you talk to my adopted grandpa !
I don't remember exactly (again i said i don't remember) but i think in Germany they don't play the lottery like us in the States, in Germany they select the least number..In here you have to match all 6 numbers but i think in Germany they select the 6 numbers that do not match...Or something like that i read...
There have been people in this country who has won a lottery jackpot and didn't want the hassle of dealing with a bunch of greedy people they didn't know hounding them about it. They just never showed up to claim it and allowed the state to keep it or gave the winning ticket anonymously to a charity.
i believe the German lottery is a 6/49 game with a bonus ball
Yes i believe it is...
You really think that's why there have been so many unclaimed jackpots? I can't imagine anyone would simply decide "I don't want to be rich" and throw away a winning ticket.
I noticed this man's name isn't printed. I wonder if it's so people don't harass him. By the way, I agree with Tenaj that he might have a good life, but he didn't say he had family & friends, he said he had nobody to share it with. Also, 70 isn't so old that he might not change his mind in the next 20 years and discover he's made a huge mistake. Germany has socialized medicine I think, but money can assure that he'll be well cared for should he become ill and bedridden. Something is really wrong with this whole story. I can understand not wanting such a large jackpot, but as others have written, he could do something charitable with the entire amount without ever taking the money, like assign it over to a church or an orphanage.
Certainly large prizes have gone unclaimed and I can't imagine why anyone would show up to say they didn't want the prize when the option of never showing up at all is available. That's what I would do if I won something I didn't want.
The question is: Why would you pay for a ticket to win something you didn't want?
LOTTERY IF YOU FEEL
THIS WAY,I thought
i heard it all,but i doubt
if any story can top this!!!!!!!!
Very simple. Give the money to the poor and needy.
I will take it, Shoot me an pm here and we can be the best of friends rofl.
The man sounds very cute, and almost sad, but if he knew he won and would turn the money down, couldn't he try to find a nice young couple walking on the street to give it too?
I'll bet you $4 his deceased wife (God bless her soul) is rolling over in her grave right now.
And I am here wanting 500K....
I don't follow basketball, very seldom but in my blog you will read about a player named Kirilenko who left a 63 million dollar NBA deal...To go to his native country russia and play...Well we can say that to each his own, but that wouldn't have been my decision, i wouldn't have gone to my native country and play, i would have stayed right here in the States....I don't know why people are leaving this high rich wins for something less...They must know what they are doing...
I think he might have been homesick, Pumpi. I worked with a woman from Cuba who almost died getting here so she could taste our freedom and she missed her native country. She kept saying "I hope Castro dies soon and the government changes." When you are born and raised in a land where all your ancestors lived and you still have family & friends living there, I think there's some kind of connection that's hard to break.
I'd wait about 5 or 6 years, just to make sure I had the best lawyers on my side.
some states only give you a year to collect the money ;
the reason some people don't come forward is they know millions will be watching them and asking questions ....and mabey there is no one left in their lives that they care about;
people need a reason to
live .......
In that case, take a small amount for play money and donate the rest of it. That's what I would do if I were him.
Money isn't always the most important thing. When all is said and done, the question one must ask themselves is if they're happy.
Having said that, let's try this. Say you were offered $3 million more per year to work your job in Pakistan. Would you take it?
I would, only because it would make me happy. For me, it would be more than winning the jackpot. I would be earning big bucks, learning and living in a different culture at the same time.
Waiting on lottery results being the only positive moment in your week sounds more to me like a reason for dying than a reason for living.I hope my numbers will come up as much as the next guy, but I'd be pretty miserable if hoping for something with odds like that was the highlight of my week.
face it once the sex life is gone its all downhill from there:
well he could afford a lifetime of viagria ;
please consider me and others like myself and my husband we have been married 31 years and have others, not fincially but in other means. While working 2 jobs apiece we can only make ends meet. My wish is to be mortgage free and be able to take one vacation with the man of my dream (my husband).
There are so many people of good standards would love just to have a break in life. GOD bless you and I am so sorry to hear of your lost.