BipolarBob wrote: “Have a plan BEFORE you turn in the ticket.”
Some states offer a class in ‘what to do now that you’ve won’.
Rush, back in the mid-90s, hosted several callers who had won the lottery. One recounted that his state told him not to go home. Hire someone to fetch any pets or keepsakes. He was told that by the time he got home there would be fifty people waiting in his front yard wanting to sell him something or looking for a handout.
He told about receiving multiple calls along the lines of ‘You probably don’t remember me but my cousin was in your ninth grade class. She’s been in a bad car wreck and the hospital won’t treat her until we give them $20000. Can you wire us the money now’.
He also said the post office asked if he could pick up his mail in person because they were getting a couple of duffle bags of solicitations for him every day.
I remember Rush saying that once he made it big, he had to hire a guy who’s only job was to say, “No.”
[[multiple calls along the lines of ‘You probably don’t remember me but my cousin was in your ninth grade class. ]]
LOL I just got a call like that last week on ourmphone redorder- girl from my high-school 40 years ago called out of the blue asking g if I remembered her- most likely though the call was about the 40 year school reunion- haven’t called her back yet to find out. Hopefully she doesn’t think I just won a lottery lol 😆