Forklift driver who won $1M in scratch-off lottery is hospitalized after nonstop partying: ‘Massive wake-up call’

nypost.com ^ | Oct. 5, 2025 | Zoe Hussain

[ridesthemiles]

I LIVE ON UNDER $17,000 a year.

$33,000 would be nice—but I have NO MORTGAGE/NO CAR PAYMENTS

[ridesthemiles]

I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IN 1966 FOR $25,250.

TODAY, EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS ASKING OVER $750,000.

GLAD I AM OUT OF CALIF.

THAT PRO.

PROPERTY was .6 OF AN ACRE. I NOW HAVE 38+ X THAT ACREAGE

CURRENT PROPERTY TAXES ARE $1025.00 NOT OVER $8,000.

MUCH LESS CRIME. QUIETER. SAFER. CHEAPER COL.

[ridesthemiles]

WHY NOT TAKE THE LUMP SUM???

WHO CAN GUARANTEE CALIF WILL BE STILL VIABLE ABOUT PAYMENTS FOR 26 YEARS???

[citizen]

Hire someone to unstick your CAPS LOCK button ;)

[fuzzylogic]

Sound advice :)

[marktwain]

WHO CAN GUARANTEE CALIF WILL BE STILL VIABLE ABOUT PAYMENTS FOR 26 YEARS???

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I was thinking along similar lines. Who knows how much it would be eroded by inflation in 26 years?

[dennisw]

[Tymesup]

Article said “nearly $17”, when “$17” or “about $17” would have been fine. I read it as 17M, which made no sense.

[Tymesup]

Some states require you to disclose your identity. I don’t know if you can remain behind a trust.

[Tymesup]

I promised pianos to my sister and a friend. Another piano, a couple of pinball machines and a dart board for me. And a nice pair of shoes.

[V_TWIN]

“Some states require you to disclose your identity.”

Yeah, California is like that.......you can always thank that state for finding new ways to get a person robbed or murdered.

[moviefan8]

A million dollars is nothing where I live. It might buy a really really small fixer upper upper.

[Bon of Babble]

Either way, the idiot will burn through all of it.

[Ex-Con777]

Yes it would be nice. But you wouldn’t be able to party like a 39 year old for very long.

EC