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Karen Nathan

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Sep 28, 2021, 6:41 pm

A Married Couple who had kids won the Lottery. After the forced Press Conference, they took their kids and fled to an undisclosed Location.... A News Anchor showed their old house and revealed their last name and revealed that they moved out five days ago. YouTube Viewers were FURIOUS and were like"Why did this News Anchor show their old house, how long ago they left, and reveal their last name? They obviously wanted to enjoy their Lottery Winnings in peace, plus they had Children, so of course they wouldn't want their Children possibly kidnapped for Ransom money! The News Anchor was beyond WRONG to do that! Someone added,"They should sue the News Station for this! " A reply was something like,"If they sue, their Location becomes traceable. Bad idea to sue, although I bet they are FURIOUS!"

"What's your ADDRESS?" May be the CREEPIEST question EVER asked to a Lottery Winner! O.O WTF?

At first, I found the one digit away draws kind of amusing, but now I am PISSED! 15 or 16 times I was off by just one digit in recent times!🤬 No longer find this amusing, it's making me REALLY angry now!🤬
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Sep 28, 2021, 7:58 pm

That had to be one lame news anchor.

Whoever it was had better watch out for karma

Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. So many systems, so many theories, so few jackpot winners.

There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
garyo1954

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Sep 28, 2021, 8:15 pm

Smells fishy.

If the property belonged to them its trespassing, and B&E if he entered the house.
Being a newsperson doesn't give him any special rights.

Owning the property would also allow them to use the old address in the lawsuit which has to be filed in the county where the grievance occurred. Or they could file in federal court claiming a violation of civil rights.

But who tipped the newsperson off to who they were and where they lived?

I'm probably here unless I'm not.
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Karen Nathan

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Sep 28, 2021, 8:34 pm

Quote: Originally posted by garyo1954 on Sep 28, 2021
Smells fishy.

If the property belonged to them its trespassing, and B&E if he entered the house.
Being a newsperson doesn't give him any special rights.

Owning the property would also allow them to use the old address in the lawsuit which has to be filed in the county where the grievance occurred. Or they could file in federal court claiming a violation of civil rights.

But who tipped the newsperson off to who they were and where they lived?

I don't know who tipped him off to where they used to live. IIRC, a YouTube Person also pointed out that he could put their lives in danger because it's possible that they left important things behind in their haste to flee to an undisclosed Location, such as the Childrens' paperwork, and might come back to get them , only to be put into trouble if curious People show up to check out the property since it was put on the News(Or try to burglarize it hoping the Lottery Winners left valuable things behind in their haste to flee to an undisclosed Location.) The YouTube Poster IIRC pointed out that they themselves left a Family Heirloom behind when they moved out or something like that and came back to get it.

Also, there was a HUGE crowd at the 7-11 where the Winning Ticket was sold. A HUGE crowd as if say Beyonce was in their shopping. A YouTube Poster said,"If the Lottery Winning Couple hadn't moved out, that HUGE crowd would have been at their house. Think about it. The HUGE crowd showed up at JUST the 7-11 store the Winning Ticket was sold. Don't you think this same crowd would have been at their house instead if they hadn't moved? Scary thought." It REALLY is a disturbing thought.

"What's your ADDRESS?" May be the CREEPIEST question EVER asked to a Lottery Winner! O.O WTF?

At first, I found the one digit away draws kind of amusing, but now I am PISSED! 15 or 16 times I was off by just one digit in recent times!🤬 No longer find this amusing, it's making me REALLY angry now!🤬
garyo1954

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Sep 28, 2021, 9:07 pm

Imagine it would scary for a family. Good thing they got out before the snoops got there!

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Stack47

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Sep 28, 2021, 9:37 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Karen Nathan on Sep 28, 2021
A Married Couple who had kids won the Lottery. After the forced Press Conference, they took their kids and fled to an undisclosed Location.... A News Anchor showed their old house and revealed their last name and revealed that they moved out five days ago. YouTube Viewers were FURIOUS and were like"Why did this News Anchor show their old house, how long ago they left, and reveal their last name? They obviously wanted to enjoy their Lottery Winnings in peace, plus they had Children, so of course they wouldn't want their Children possibly kidnapped for Ransom money! The News Anchor was beyond WRONG to do that! Someone added,"They should sue the News Station for this! " A reply was something like,"If they sue, their Location becomes traceable. Bad idea to sue, although I bet they are FURIOUS!"

Do you have a link to this story?

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Karen Nathan

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Sep 28, 2021, 10:53 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Sep 28, 2021
Do you have a link to this story?

I could link to it, but Lottery Post doesn't allow copy and paste...:/

"What's your ADDRESS?" May be the CREEPIEST question EVER asked to a Lottery Winner! O.O WTF?

At first, I found the one digit away draws kind of amusing, but now I am PISSED! 15 or 16 times I was off by just one digit in recent times!🤬 No longer find this amusing, it's making me REALLY angry now!🤬
Karen Nathan

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Sep 28, 2021, 11:15 pm

[url]https://youtu.be/BJTfWk5UZtY[/url]

I had to manually input each character... I wasn't able to link to it directly....

"What's your ADDRESS?" May be the CREEPIEST question EVER asked to a Lottery Winner! O.O WTF?

At first, I found the one digit away draws kind of amusing, but now I am PISSED! 15 or 16 times I was off by just one digit in recent times!🤬 No longer find this amusing, it's making me REALLY angry now!🤬
Karen Nathan

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Sep 28, 2021, 11:40 pm

[url]https://youtu.be/BJTfWk5UZtY[/url] I ran out of editing time. I watched the Video again and it's even worse than I remembered. The News Anchor said their FULL names not just their last names, and said what City and County they used to live in. He said they were young, and even interviewed two of their Neighbors about them. So messed up. At least the Lottery Winning Couple completely deleted all of their Social Media Accounts and only released a "We want to make sure we are being financially responsible," Statement and it seems to have been said through their Lawyer. It's REALLY easy to see they don't want to be tracked. :) Also, there were actually TWO HUGE Crowds. One in the 7-11 and one in front of it, not just one huge crowd outside of the store.

"What's your ADDRESS?" May be the CREEPIEST question EVER asked to a Lottery Winner! O.O WTF?

At first, I found the one digit away draws kind of amusing, but now I am PISSED! 15 or 16 times I was off by just one digit in recent times!🤬 No longer find this amusing, it's making me REALLY angry now!🤬
KY Floyd

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Sep 29, 2021, 2:14 am

"A News Anchor showed their old house and revealed their last name"

Did the news anchor learn their name from the press conference?

"revealed that they moved out five days ag"

So the news anchor saved anyone who wanted to drop by and see them the trouble of dropping by and finding out they weren't there?

"YouTube Viewers were FURIOUS"

YouTube Viewers getting FURIOUS? Man, I hate when that happens.
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Sep 29, 2021, 1:58 pm

Chances are the crowd just gathered because of the cameras and probably had no real interest in the winners but wanted to be on the news.
Karen Nathan

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Sep 29, 2021, 6:19 pm

How do we link YouTube Videos? :/ I wasn't able to link my YouTube video....

"What's your ADDRESS?" May be the CREEPIEST question EVER asked to a Lottery Winner! O.O WTF?

At first, I found the one digit away draws kind of amusing, but now I am PISSED! 15 or 16 times I was off by just one digit in recent times!🤬 No longer find this amusing, it's making me REALLY angry now!🤬
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Sep 29, 2021, 6:30 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Karen Nathan on Sep 29, 2021
How do we link YouTube Videos? :/ I wasn't able to link my YouTube video....

Use one of the links above to insert a link, image or video file. They look like this:

"X - youtube - steam - instagram"

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Sep 29, 2021, 7:11 pm

The State Lottery released their names, not the reporter. California releases the location where the ticket was sold & the name of the winner (even if they are just listed as a trustee).

They had already set everything up to disappear after they came forward.

They haven't been heard of since.
Stack47

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Sep 29, 2021, 8:14 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Karen Nathan on Sep 28, 2021
[url]https://youtu.be/BJTfWk5UZtY[/url]

I had to manually input each character... I wasn't able to link to it directly....

Next time try copying the Url, highlighting, right click, click on "link" and paste.

*Edited to add: Or better yet follow Scary Chick's suggestion.

"When will we ever learn?"