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Non-cents! Scottish lottery winner Colin Weir blew record-breaking $50M before death
New York Post ^
| January 26, 2023
| Natalie O'Neill
Posted on 01/26/2023 3:11:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
One of the UK’s biggest lottery winners burned through a mind-blowing $50 million in eight years — splurging on a soccer team, race horses and extravagant cars — before his luck ran out, documents revealed Thursday.
Colin Weir, of North Ayrshire, Scotland, spent a stunning $131,000 per week after winning a record-breaking $257.6 million EuroMillions jackpot in 2011, according to The Independent.
Weir, a former cameraman married to a nurse, bought a 55 percent share in Glasgow’s Partick Thistle Football Club before he died of sepsis at age 72 in 2019, the outlet reported.
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To: nickcarraway
If you buy actual assets that retain value (soccer team, race horses), that is not the same as burning through it at strip clubs and vacations.
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:12:58 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:13:15 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Let's go Brandon!)
To: nickcarraway
You can’t take it with you.
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:18:59 PM PST
by
rdl6989
( )
To: rdl6989
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:24:51 PM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: nickcarraway
I hope she was a bonnie lass! (watching Outlander)
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:25:17 PM PST
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: Dr. Sivana
That’s what I was thinking. Yeah, he spent a lot on stuff that will lose value, but he got a kick out of it and invested a lot more than he splurged on. I’d say good for him!
To: nickcarraway
You can’t take it with you.
I bet he had a good time.
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:30:15 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: nickcarraway
“I want the last check that I write to bounce.”
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:30:38 PM PST
by
nesnah
(Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
To: rdl6989
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:32:01 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: nickcarraway
Didn’t read about any children, why wouldn’t you want to finish it before you die. Sounds like he timed it perfectly.
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:32:13 PM PST
by
dgbrown
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Looks to me like he left his wife with considerable assets.
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:33:15 PM PST
by
Blue Collar Christian
(I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
To: nascarnation
If he died in 2019 ... when was the JimJonesJab made available?
Maybe he was catching up for getting a late start in life.
To: PGR88
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:36:19 PM PST
by
rdl6989
( )
To: Honest Nigerian; nascarnation
He died before the vaccine or Covid.
Maybe he was a time traveler.
Or maybe nascarnation is a moron.
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posted on
01/26/2023 3:56:51 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: nickcarraway
What’s that old saw about a fool and his money?
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posted on
01/26/2023 4:01:25 PM PST
by
Bon of Babble
(Rigged Elections have Consequences)
To: nickcarraway
Maybe he should have splurged on some real healthcare
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posted on
01/26/2023 4:02:46 PM PST
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: nickcarraway
splurging on a soccer team, race horses and extravagant cars Well it’s not like he just wasted the money.
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posted on
01/26/2023 4:06:40 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
( The problem today: people are more concerned about feelings than responsibility)
To: nickcarraway
“I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women.
The other half I wasted.”
― WC Fields
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posted on
01/26/2023 4:13:38 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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