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GiveFive

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Jul 14, 2026, 9:38 pm

What would your life be like if you won hundreds of millions and is it worth it?

Do you have any idea how winning hundreds of millions of dollars
would "really" affect your life?

Is this kind of money worth not being able to leave home
because you're afraid of being kidnapped or killed by an heir?
Are you ready to hire body guards - then wonder if you can trust them?

Are you ready to worry about the wellbeing of your children?

Are you ready to worry about the well being of your close relatives?
Are you ready to have no friends because everyone would begrudge your winning?
Are you ready to hire someone to do the driving for you for fear of being sued?
Are you ready for everyone you know to hold out their hands wanting something?
Are you ready to be all alone in this world because you're always wondering if
your friend was a true friend or just there to get what he can from you
Are you ready to take multiple calls per day from people who have deals?
Are you ready to receive stacks of mail daily from people
who have deals and sob stories?
Are you ready for the press to follow you and report your every move?

Are you ready to move? Find new schools, churches, friends, places to shop and eat?
Are you ready to be bored because you quit your job and have nothing to do?
Are you ready for your ex-wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands, friends
to make contact with you again because they suddenly realized they
made a mistake and found out that they really do love you?

Do you know how many long lost relatives you really have?

Do you think you could "trust" lawyers, accountants and brokers to advise you?
Do you want to live the rest of your life looking over your shoulder?

Well, is it really worth it? G5

Play Smart! That's IF there is such a thing as playing smartly!!
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Jul 14, 2026, 10:05 pm

Quote: Originally posted by GiveFive on Jul 14, 2026
What would your life be like if you won hundreds of millions and is it worth it?

Do you have any idea how winning hundreds of millions of dollars
would "really" affect your life?

Is this kind of money worth not being able to leave home
because you're afraid of being kidnapped or killed by an heir?
Are you ready to hire body guards - then wonder if you can trust them?

Are you ready to worry about the wellbeing of your children?

Are you ready to worry about the well being of your close relatives?
Are you ready to have no friends because everyone would begrudge your winning?
Are you ready to hire someone to do the driving for you for fear of being sued?
Are you ready for everyone you know to hold out their hands wanting something?
Are you ready to be all alone in this world because you're always wondering if
your friend was a true friend or just there to get what he can from you
Are you ready to take multiple calls per day from people who have deals?
Are you ready to receive stacks of mail daily from people
who have deals and sob stories?
Are you ready for the press to follow you and report your every move?

Are you ready to move? Find new schools, churches, friends, places to shop and eat?
Are you ready to be bored because you quit your job and have nothing to do?
Are you ready for your ex-wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands, friends
to make contact with you again because they suddenly realized they
made a mistake and found out that they really do love you?

Do you know how many long lost relatives you really have?

Do you think you could "trust" lawyers, accountants and brokers to advise you?
Do you want to live the rest of your life looking over your shoulder?

Well, is it really worth it? G5

the op has a $5000 problem, not a hundreds of $ millions problem.

"don't believe everything you read on the internet." -- abraham lincoln

"abraham lincoln is a liar." -- william shakespeare
KY Floyd

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Jul 15, 2026, 12:35 am

"I would have sent her $500 in a check form as an anonymous donor "

That's just a bit problematic if the $500 was supposed to be a loan and not a gift. If that or any gift revealing who you are isn't a problem you can just mail modest amounts in the form of a postal money order (in that US, at least; I don't know about other countries' options). If you win enough you can also hire a lawyer to handle the donation. That can also be a good idea for charitable donations, so the charity can't keep hitting you up for more donations. Using a lawyer also covers you if you're claiming a deduction and an audit requires proof.
Artist77

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Jul 15, 2026, 6:14 am

Quote: Originally posted by Brock Lee on Jul 14, 2026
the op has a $5000 problem, not a hundreds of $ millions problem.

What is he talking about? He clearly did not read the original post and instead wants to write a long off topic diatribe. Most of us were genuinely trying to help the OP.

Bizarre for a guy who is soooo obsessed with people remembering every detail of his long made up stories.

Members do not need to be "lectured" to on lottery 101 issues. He clearly never read the anonymity summary in the jackpot forum.

DO NOT BE AFRAID.

How Great Thou Art. God has blessed America.
Stat$talker

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Jul 15, 2026, 8:10 am

Quote: Originally posted by GiveFive on Jul 14, 2026
What would your life be like if you won hundreds of millions and is it worth it?

Do you have any idea how winning hundreds of millions of dollars
would "really" affect your life?

Is this kind of money worth not being able to leave home
because you're afraid of being kidnapped or killed by an heir?
Are you ready to hire body guards - then wonder if you can trust them?

Are you ready to worry about the wellbeing of your children?

Are you ready to worry about the well being of your close relatives?
Are you ready to have no friends because everyone would begrudge your winning?
Are you ready to hire someone to do the driving for you for fear of being sued?
Are you ready for everyone you know to hold out their hands wanting something?
Are you ready to be all alone in this world because you're always wondering if
your friend was a true friend or just there to get what he can from you
Are you ready to take multiple calls per day from people who have deals?
Are you ready to receive stacks of mail daily from people
who have deals and sob stories?
Are you ready for the press to follow you and report your every move?

Are you ready to move? Find new schools, churches, friends, places to shop and eat?
Are you ready to be bored because you quit your job and have nothing to do?
Are you ready for your ex-wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands, friends
to make contact with you again because they suddenly realized they
made a mistake and found out that they really do love you?

Do you know how many long lost relatives you really have?

Do you think you could "trust" lawyers, accountants and brokers to advise you?
Do you want to live the rest of your life looking over your shoulder?

Well, is it really worth it? G5

"Do you think you could "trust" lawyers, accountants and brokers to advise you?"

One in particular?.. Noooope ...She cauzez thang$ to .... DysAppear

Yo money ending up being Dpozited in 2 different Banking Institutionz ...Her'z & a wrong one..

-Stat$talker
Artist77

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Jul 15, 2026, 8:23 am

Friendly reminder to all that this senile fool asked me to represent him multiple times and I declined each and every time. His claims get more and more bizarre.

Grifters like him gotta grift.

An interesting tidbit is that he initially typed normally when he first joined lp. I believe he had a psychotic breakdown that resulted in his crazy typing. His paranoia reached a certain point and he lost it. Now he is obsessed with financial institutions who are chasing him for bad debt. In psychology, it is called transference.

Maybe he can share his credit score with us???? Mine is 833-Equifax.

DO NOT BE AFRAID.

How Great Thou Art. God has blessed America.
Stat$talker

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Jul 15, 2026, 2:53 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Artist77 on Jul 15, 2026
Friendly reminder to all that this senile fool asked me to represent him multiple times and I declined each and every time. His claims get more and more bizarre.

Grifters like him gotta grift.

An interesting tidbit is that he initially typed normally when he first joined lp. I believe he had a psychotic breakdown that resulted in his crazy typing. His paranoia reached a certain point and he lost it. Now he is obsessed with financial institutions who are chasing him for bad debt. In psychology, it is called transference.

Maybe he can share his credit score with us???? Mine is 833-Equifax.

"I believe"

It'z 2oooo late, to turn back naah,

I believe, I believe, I believe she'z falling in Luuv 😍

(-Cornelius Bros)

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Think

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Jul 16, 2026, 11:48 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Brock Lee on Jul 9, 2026
this reminds me of a story about a gambler who was trespassed from the casino for cheating at bingo. one time, this gambler had received money from a family member that was to be used for a haircut, but the gambled instead went and gambled at the casino with the money and lost all the money. the family member who had donated that haircut money was very mad. sometime later the gambler won $5000 gambling. the family member asked for their haircut money back.

So did you give your family member their haircut money back?
Perfecttiming2

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Jul 18, 2026, 12:40 am

Quote: Originally posted by Lotto Motto on Jul 9, 2026
I recently won $5,000 in the Pick 4 game and gave a family member who was in dire need of $500 exactly $500 to help her out and I told her I won $5,000 in the lottery and told her not to tell anyone else about my lottery win. She thanked me for the $500 and promised not to tell anyone else about my lottery win. She absolutely understood that I didn't want her telling anyone else about the lottery win.

This family member who was supposed to keep this between me and her told "one person," who then told ,"one person," and so on and so on(the infamous cliche of only one other person supposed to know ended up being a lot of people ended up knowing happened to me in real life and now my family is constantly harassing me over the $5,000 win constantly asking me for a cut of the money.

I tell them I can't give them the money as the money is for my living expenses and they criticize me giving that family member $500 but not giving them any money and calling me a selfish prick. This really shouldn't have been happening to me in the first place. I really thought that the first family member was going to keep her promise to me to not tell anyone else about my $5,000 win. She has now put a target on my back. It hurts real bad as she absolutely knows I wouldn't have told anyone else if the situation was reversed.

Well, this could have been a test for you and now you know how to manage a larger amount.

At least now you know what NOT to do and if you ever win again, you can take that knowledge going forward.
(Congrats on the win!)
BobP

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Jul 18, 2026, 3:29 am

Open a checking account in all their names, deposit what's left into the account. Give them each a check book and tell them the money is for emergencies. Walk away, don't look back.

BobP

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Artist77

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Jul 18, 2026, 6:11 am

Quote: Originally posted by BobP on Jul 18, 2026
Open a checking account in all their names, deposit what's left into the account. Give them each a check book and tell them the money is for emergencies. Walk away, don't look back.

BobP

There is nothing a UFO/UAP can do we can't do at home with a laser pointer, a blank wall and a fish tank for the splash less water entry.

Sorry but that is bad advice. Why reward entitled bullies? LottoMotto said he/she needs the money for rent. Why risk his home status?

One cannot open a bank account for a third party without their legal authorization. And one cannot control how the money is spent.

As others have said, a lesson has been learned.

DO NOT BE AFRAID.

How Great Thou Art. God has blessed America.
Stat$talker

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Jul 18, 2026, 2:00 pm

"And one cannot control how the money is spent."

Even MOE VooDoo bad advice ....

Az Proofph,...Ole Stat$ wuz once a member of a Lottery Pool, in which a bank account wuz opened out West, for all memberz of the pool all ovaah the US to contribute into...

We all contributed regularly, so when jackpotz got high,..a member in NY that had the ATM card to the account , would withdraw enough fundz to cover the playz...

STOPP LISTENIN TO A COUNTRY CAROLINA COUNSELOR

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Lotto Motto

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Today, 8:57 am

I have to wonder if I didn't invite negative karma into my life by not helping the family members who asked me for a cut of the money. As in there could be a time in the future where those family members end up with more money than I have and I end up needing their help and they refuse to help me out as negative retribution for not giving them a cut of the $5,000 when they asked me for it.
Artist77

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Quote: Originally posted by Lotto Motto on Jul 20, 2026
I have to wonder if I didn't invite negative karma into my life by not helping the family members who asked me for a cut of the money. As in there could be a time in the future where those family members end up with more money than I have and I end up needing their help and they refuse to help me out as negative retribution for not giving them a cut of the $5,000 when they asked me for it.

No offense but your wishy washy thoughts and indecisiveness are going to get you in trouble at some point. Make a decision and stick with it. You sound very insecure and easily manipulated.

What if? What if???? What if???

DO NOT BE AFRAID.

How Great Thou Art. God has blessed America.
grwurston

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Quote: Originally posted by Lotto Motto on Jul 20, 2026
I have to wonder if I didn't invite negative karma into my life by not helping the family members who asked me for a cut of the money. As in there could be a time in the future where those family members end up with more money than I have and I end up needing their help and they refuse to help me out as negative retribution for not giving them a cut of the $5,000 when they asked me for it.

Don't worry about it.

You can spend all your time worrying about something and if the thing you are worrying about never happens, then you spent all your time worrying for nothing.

And if you spend all your time worrying about something and the thing you were worrying about does happen, then all of your worrying did absolutely nothing to prevent it.

Before you play there are 2 choices to make. Low sum or high sum and consecutive pair or no consecutive pair. Choose correctly and you go from 120 combos down to 30. Not a bad starting point.