Man wins Hoosier Lotto jackpot two days after divorce from cheating wife finalized -

Hoosier Gazette ^ | July 25, 2004 | Ben Jennings

[Neanderthal]

"one million anutiy for 20 years OR

acccept 1/2 in a lump sum and pay the taxes all at once."

I just ran the numbers. They're charging 8% interest. You've got to be a fool to take the lump sum calculated at their interest rate. At 5% interest he would get 63% of the million instead of half.

[applemac_g4]

>So, how'd I do?

With credentials like that, Kerry's going to appoint you to the Supreme Court...

[applemac_g4]

>If he caught her in bed with someone else, why did he lose
>everything?

No fault divorce laws at work. A woman can marry a man, be a serial adulterer, file for divorce, and still take at least half of what he owns. In an "equitable distribution" state, it can be much more than half.

[reagan_fanatic]

Two months later, he wrecked his mint-condition 1956 Chevy that he had spent three years carefully restoring when a deer ran out in front of him.

EEK! I have a '57 Chevy myself. If a deer ran out if front of me and wrecked MY car, I'd jump out and beat the living sh*t out of anything that was still moving.

[stainlessbanner]

I think his mom got runned over by a danged ol' train.

[webheart]

Twenty bucks says that some liberal circuit court will find some way to give her a part (most) of the money for some riduculous reason or another.

She will claim that they were "her" numbers, too, that they had been playing every week for several years.

P.S. It's a funny thing that a lottery can sell you a ticket for a million-dollar jackpot, and you get to take home less than 300K. If it isn't bad enough selling tickets with one in 13 million chances to win, then you they don't even give you the whole prize.

[Keith]

The fact that you would even have to ask that question shows that you know very little about the legal aspects of divorce proceedings in this country...

Many of us divorced freepers read that, nodded our head in agreement, and moved on...

[krb]

The fact that you would even have to ask that question shows that you know very little about the legal aspects of divorce proceedings in this country...

I guess you don't realize that you didn't answer the question.

Perhaps it was that sort of unwillingness to pass on wisdom that helped you get blindsided by the system.

If one of you who were nodding in agreement would care to explain to me how that can happen, I'd appreciate it. Perhaps you can help a young unmarried guy avoid some pitfalls that befell you.

[al_c]

Good thing he didn't buy the ticket before the divorce was final. ;o)

[shotgun]

It's been known to happen. She will find some John Edwards wannabe who will make a claim that the money this guy spent on the weekly lotto during their marriage was damaging to their lifstyle ergo she is entitled to half...

[Euro-American Scum]

Ten bucks says his ex calls him to "congratulate him"

Twenty bucks says she gets a lawyer and sues him on some trumped up charge.

[FightThePower!]

www.nomarriage.com

[null and void]

*sigh* A divorce is NEVER 'finalized'.

[mabelkitty]

Awesome!
Hope he has a couple of sisters who will watch out for him.

[null and void]

But in the karma category, a faithful wife, a devoted pet and a great hobby are worth more than a million bucks.

Great. I'm zero for zero for zero for zero on that scale.

Thanks sooooooooo much for rubbing it in, bassturd!

;^)

[najida]

Great story!

[kjam22]

Yep.... takes the lump sum, gives the gov half, buys a new house, harley, trip to cancun. This guy will end up owing more than Mike Tyson before it's all over.

[null and void]

If she was a cheating spouse, how did he lose everything in the divorce?

It's one of the 'benefits' of 'No Fault' Divorce.

[Principled]

No the divorce was final two days before, and she no longer can get his money since she got house and the other possesions...

She has whoopee with a neighbor and gets half the house???

[krb]

Dang, if is really "no-fault" then why isn't the property split evenly?