Her #1 mistake was telling anyone she’d won.
winning the lottery is always a curse
Only if you’re unable to keep your mouth shut.
Some lotteries you have to make your name public to claim it, for advertising and publicity.
This is also to ensure it’s not just the lottery official’s second cousin who’s always winning it.
Sometimes you can get a lawyer to help you claim it in a legally anonymous way. It’s worth making the phone call.
Create an LLC. Sell the lottery ticket to the LLC for $5. Send a lawyer as a representative of the LLC to claim the winnings.
Who has money for that? Do you think I won the lottery or something?!
If you won the lottery I imagine you’d be able to hire a lawyer to sort that out and agree payment terms that say transfer of cash happens after winnings have been collected.
Dealing with people is always a curse…
I won once, but it was only 11€35.
Wait a second, I did stub my toe the day after that, you might be onto something…
She didn’t even buy that lottery ticket. All that trouble was foisted upon her because someone else gave her the ticket. Imagine you’re minding your own business, and then someone gives you a lottery ticket and your whole life gets turned upside down. It’s crazy to think that It Could Happen to You.
Is the truth behind that movie?
Jesus. The strength that woman posses for being able to stand up and keep moving forward in the face of all of those (stupid) obstacles. I hope she is able to overcome and prosper. 👊
$10,000,000
Thx for motivating me to fold this laundry lol.
Let’s give credit where credit is due: this one is a W for you.
In my personal experience, I find knocking out small tasks (like folding laundry, putting laundry away — yes they are two tasks) is a great way to build up momentum for bigger things, but not always. And that’s okay. My goal every day is to do at least one thing. Just one. If I do more than one then I have exceeded expectations. Keep pushing! 👊
It always amazes me how people can be so ridiculously shitty that they can’t see how much easier it is to just not be an asshole. She could have tipped out a hundred grand to every single person that worked in that diner and still walked away rich with none of the bullshit drama that came with this.
You sweet summer child.
All that money and she still went for that hair?
They tried to take the lottery winner out of the waitress, but they couldn’t take the waitress out of the lottery winner.
It was the 90s, big hair perms with bad bangs were normal.
Hi. This is a picture taken in a courtroom.
