Posted on 07/27/2016 11:38:41 AM PDT by Gamecock
When I win the lottery ...
How many of us have chanted that refrain, daydreaming about how wed quit our jobs, grab our winnings and head to a secluded beach with the family to live in blissful paradise? Or whatever your imagination conjures life-after-hitting-the-jackpot to be.
Of course it hardly ever turns out that way. Were always hearing about lottery winners who blew it all. But Ronnie Music Jr., 45, a former maintenance supervisor in Georgia, has taken the storyline to a new depth.
Music, who won $3 million in a scratch-off lottery game in Georgia last year, invested his winnings in meth. And got busted.
Music decided to test his luck by sinking millions of dollars of lottery winnings into the purchase and sale of crystal meth, U.S. Attorney Ed Tarver said in a Justice Department statement. As a result of his unsound investment strategy, Music now faces decades in a federal prison.
Music pleaded guilty last week to federal drug trafficking and firearm charges, according to Jacksonville, Fla., TV station News4Jax.
He and his cohorts were arrested in September while trying to sell about 11 pounds of crystal meth that Music had bought with his lottery winnings, the Justice Department news release said. As part of the investigation, authorities seized more than $1 million worth of methamphetamine, a large cache of firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, multiple vehicles, and more than $600,000 in cash.
The short-lived millionaire pleaded guilty last week and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Don’t forget health Care.
He gets a lifetime of Health Care, Optical and dental.
Lucky dude! As they say in the projects, he hit it big. :)
THREE CHICKS AT ONE TIME.
Amen! Thanks for sharing.
Excellent point! He probably figured that 3 million wouldn't cover his obamacare premium hikes....
IIRC, about 6 states allow anonimity....KS, ND, OH, MD, SC I forgot the other and few more states allow trusts to claim prizes.
It’s horrible that they publish your name when you win.
A few weeks back a guy in Florida hit it big with a scratch off and some thugs broke into his house a couple days later and killed him. It was on FR, would look for it if I was on my computer.
I saw a program on one of the cable channels several years back called “The Curse of the Lottery.” They profiled several people who won large sums of money whose life then went rapidly downhill. Some ended up in prison, others died. There was no “curse.” These people were totally irresponsible individuals before winning the money - drug users, etc. Winning the money didn’t suddenly transform them into responsible people, it just allowed them to accelerate the downward slide they were already on.
After taxes he probably brings home 2,000,000.
New cars for the family, a new dream house, huge vacation and ita all gone.
It works for me.
Pay cash and it's yours with no debt.
Also, invest some and use the interest for taxes and utility payments.
I've never heard that one but I sure like it!
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