Karma kills lottery winner

[ditchdj]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35126059/ns/us_news-life/

I guess winning the lottery sometimes isn't what it's cracked up to be!

[KabeRinnaul]

That doesn't seem like karma, unless you mean "balancing out the good and the bad." It's just sad, and kinda depressing.

[Aethian]

Even if their was a balance...I don't see where it was good for her to die.

I think you ment Irony kills lottery winner and not Karma.

[rageaholic]

That sucks.

What is it with lottery winners running into such misfortune after hitting it big?

[sld72382]

The issue is that most lottery winners look at the winnings as free money and spend recklessly. They say when you win a huge cash prize like that, take a small amount out for splurging and invest the rest.

[tropicsgoddess]

Ouch... X(

[HYHYBT]

Well, after all, it's not like spending a small windfall on *wedding rings* is horribly extravagant, and even if it is, what's the point of saving it if you're just going to die the same day anyway?

[Amina516]

Oooo..Sad. I feel for her husband. The first thing she buys is wedding rings...he must be heart broken...

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

Isn't it ironic....don't you think?

(oh come on, SOMEONE had to say it!)

[Ben_Who]

The issue is that most lottery winners look at the winnings as free money and spend recklessly. They say when you win a huge cash prize like that, take a small amount out for splurging and invest the rest.

Every blue moon or so I'll read a story about someone who wins a big-ticket lottery and the death spiral their lives went into subsequently. Sometimes this is traced to behavior. One lottery winner I read about, whose marriage and business fell apart, wasn't exactly a prince among men BEFORE striking it rich, and his bad behavior only increased with the addition of large quantities of money. (Think hookers and blow.)

Jack Whittaker still gets a feature article in his name now and then. Whittaker was by no means poverty-stricken before his Powerball win, so it's questionable how much of the misfortune that befell him is due to his winnings, but I think there's something visceral about these stories that attracts people.

Love, Who?