Do you actually know anybody who has won the lottery?

Yes I have a friend that I used to work with that won 18 million in the Ohio lottery.

a reply to: jamiejames

I came close...hitting 4 out of 6 numbers.

Although optimism is a good thing I feel the need to point out that getting 4 out of 6 numbers is not even remotely "close" to winning the lottery (jackpot).

The chances of getting 4 numbers is roughly 1,000 to 1 and the jackpot is roughly 14 MILLION to 1

So you where far closer to getting 0 numbers than you where all 6

Niece that won $2000 and she blew it on drugs. Still lives with her mom or wherever she sleeps that night, both a complete wreck.

i know 3 actually.

17k USD, 14.5mil USD (NJ, USA), and 165kUSD(this year, OC CA Fantasy5 or something)

I do, my Grandmother (by marriage, wasn't too close) won the lottery years ago who has recently passed to cancer. Unfortunately for me she didn't leave me anything of value.

originally posted by: Terces_Pot_Evoba
I never met or heard of anybody winning millions in the lottery aside from on the news and in the media. Have any of you met or known either directly or indirectly someone who has gotten millions of dollars by winning the lottery?

Is it possible the "winners" we see in the media are actors?

My theory is that the lottery is fabricated to give people at the bottom false hope, and to keep them addicted to this false sense of hope by spending their little bit of money to push them further in to debt.

I, myself, am an occasional lotto player and can relate to the thrill of maybe winning big, so this is why I ask. Can anybody here confirm they know a winner?

This is, by far, my most insane conspiracy, so I take no offense in your ripping me a new one, but I just like to explore these notions and would love to have this one shot down. Thoughts? Reactions?

An 18 year old lad in my town won £1m a few years ago. He gave half to his sister, bought a house, a car, wrote off the car, bought another car, spent the rest on drugs and sold the house.

One of my best friends dad won a million on lotto max a couple months ago. He is quite the gambler, within 3 weeks it was already half gone.

OH , man....my secret lover......Seth's wife Linda....Irving Texas...1995 or so....stay with me now....
he he....she thought she was being followed....back then she was such a saucy flirt to me....no, I didn't know her then....a few more years till.....mad passionate mating....oh wait
she went into a small store ....bought a scratch-off......just a scratch off......I'd like ta let her scratch.....oh...wait yezz
it was the for life...now get this for life.......I'm crazy about that ......oh yea
750 dollars a week into her account....it was 1000 a week b4 tax........so hot, I gotta tell ya

a reply to: Terces_Pot_Evoba

I know of two people that won.


The first person I knew won a million dollar . I think I was more excited then they were because they were already loaded. It was a bit of a downer.

The second person that I know that won got like 2 million. Great person and hard worker and only been in this country for a few years. Worked as a dishwashe. Very excited and was not stupid with his finances. purchased a couple homes Paid for his kids education and I believe went back to working as a dishwasher. I think he didn't know what to do without work or it still hadn't sunk in?

a reply to: ThePeopleParty

I know Callie Rogers, she won £2million about 12 years ago and snorted the lot up her nose and is now skint and living back in town.