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78 cents in savings, $44K in debts, $88.5 mil in winningg...

kool eh? :Graucho

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NEW YORK - With just 78 cents in his savings account and $44,000 owed to creditors, parking attendant Juan Rodriguez plunked down $1 on a lottery ticket.

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Good thing he wasn?t pinching pennies: He won the $88.5 million jackpot.

Rodriguez, 49, of Queens, bought his New York state Mega Millions lottery ticket about one month after filing for bankruptcy.

He stepped forward over the weekend to claim his prize, proving to be a man of many dollars but few words. At a news conference, he wore dark glasses and said he was ?excited.? Asked what he planned to do with his millions, he said, ?I have no idea.?

According to court papers, Rodriguez had exactly 78 cents in his savings account and nothing in his checking account. He owed $19,486 on one credit card and $10,070 on another. And he owed the Internal Revenue Service $2,279.

Rodriguez bought his ticket in the middle of a double shift at his $28,000-a-year job as a parking garage attendant. He immigrated to the United States from Colombia in 1982.

There was one clue that Rodriguez wanted his cash fast: He opted for a lump-sum payment of $88.5 million instead of 26 annual installments that would have totaled $149 million.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6568472/

They didnt mention the 14 kilos of Columbian cocaine he had :)

I wonder howl long before blows half of it away

If he is not legal, he doesn't win it.
What do you do with a check like that. Walk into a bank and say I would like to make a deposit.

That's crazy.

Now he has $88.5 million and 78 cents.

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Originally posted by hydro
I wonder howl long before blows half of it away

3 years I would like update on him..lol

but cool to see the ones that really need it get it.

lucky man...

hmm try to bet the lottery later.. you'll never know
:Graucho

wow, that's what I call lucky!

Is it me or is it always white trash or spanish people who win lotteries?

At first it sounded as though he was penniless...

But having a $28k a year job .. sounds like he sucks at finance mgmt... which means he'll piss that money away too..

Luck has shined on him.. big time.

In the early 90's, a lady from the projects who was on welfare decided to cash her welfare checks and spend some of it on the lottery.

She won.

Sad, isn't it?

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Originally posted by sickkittens
Is it me or is it always white trash or spanish people who win lotteries?

Who do you think plays the lotteries? Millionaires?

well I mean blowing half of it is not too bad he'll problaby be able to get along ok with the other 44million

typical... the poor people always win :mad:

Are there any good follow up stories to people who won the lottery? I keep hearing stories about that big powerball winner getting money stolen at strip clubs.

lol How did he buy a $1 lottery ticket with only 78 cents? :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

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Originally posted by Easton
typical... the poor people always win :mad:

it's cuz rich people don't play the lottery.

:1orglaugh

the lottery is the poor man's tax.

The American dream baby! :thumbsup

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Originally posted by Strife
The American dream baby! :thumbsup

4000!!!!

:Graucho