ConservativeWarrior wrote: “I’ve read that if you ever win the lottery, you’re supposed to put the ticket in a safe deposit box, hire a lawyer, then listen to their advice.”
A bit of commonly given advice is to immediately sign the ticket since it is a bearer document.
About 20 years ago Rush talked a lot about lotteries. One caller claimed to have been a winner. Rush doesn’t often keep a caller online for long but he must have spent about 20 minutes with this caller. The caller explained that his lottery actually offered a two day class on what to do after winning the lottery.
The first rule was “Do not, under any circumstances, was go back home.”
- They said that by the time you get home, there will be a couple of hundred people on your front yard. Real estate agents, travel agents, car salesmen, people looking for a handout, etc.
-They warned him that if he went home to get anything, these people would follow him.
-They told the man to remember that there was nothing there he really needed. If there was a pet, call someone and have them take the pet to the kennel. If there were “priceless photographs” or such, make a list and hire someone to go get them.
-They said: “Your rich, you can buy new clothes, etc.”
-They told him that he needed to plan on moving and establishing a new life.
-They told him to hire a personal assistant to fend off people looking for a handout and handle his junk mail. (BTW, the guy said he got about a duffle bag of mail a week.
The guy also said that despite doing these things he still got calls that went something like this: 2AM, phone rings. Caller says I’m sure you don’t remember me but I was in your 7th grade class. My next door neighbor’s sister’s mailman’s daughter’s son was in a terrible car accident and he needs surgery immediately but the hospital won’t operate until we give them $5000. I know you’ll want to help...
Very interesting read. Thanks for posting!
” 2AM, phone rings”
Not if you don’t have a phone.