Million Dollar Lottery Winner Headed to Federal Prision over Meth

[Templar 331]

http://www.walb.com/story/32538136/w...federal-prison

"Music decided to test his luck by sinking millions of dollars of lottery winnings into the purchase and sale of crystal Meth. As a result of his unsound investment strategy, Music now faces decades in a federal prison," said United States Attorney Ed Tarver.



Posting this since he's from my town and with all that money he'd blow it by doing something this stupid. Should have went to Colorado and bought land to grow weed on. XD

[unfilteredJW]

That title hurts me.

[oxymoronic]

makes no sense, you dont get legal money to start a drug business... you use drug money to start a legal business, even if you take a loss... dumb fuck got the game backwards.

once you have money plenty of legal ways to make it grow

[Kapadons]

I often day dream what I would do if I won the lottery. It usually begins with vetting lawyers and financial planners/advisors.

[lockedout]

I could understand if he won like 50k and wanted to make a quick flip or two, but when you have millions you can just buy an actual business and be legit.

[The One Percent]

It's almost like winning the lottery has nothing to do with being intelligent and almost all to do with being lucky!

[TITAN308]

It's almost like winning the lottery has nothing to do with being intelligent and almost all to do with being lucky!

Well it is basically a tax on the stupid 99% of the time.

[Kanael]

I could say he has to...

*dons shades*

face the Music...

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[The One Percent]

Well it is basically a tax on the stupid 99% of the time.

That's correct. It's great for generating revenue for the government, and great for removing money from morons.

[Manhands]

Well it is basically a tax on the stupid 99% of the time.

Let's say someone found it fun to get a ticket, revel in the fool's hope with winning, and then watch the results live. They don't really expect to win, they just like the whole process. They might even know the math, they just find it enjoyable.

Ignore the fact that you personally don't find it as fun. Let's say they do.

Is that really all that different from playing another non-gambling game?

[Jonnusthegreat]

It's almost like winning the lottery has nothing to do with being intelligent and almost all to do with being lucky!

Post of the year!

[Blueobelisk]

You gotta spend money to make money.

[Ciddy]

I often day dream what I would do if I won the lottery. It usually begins with vetting lawyers and financial planners/advisors.

Yep. First things I'd do would be to find a good lawyer and a good financial advisor. I guess it's easy for that kind of money to go to your head, but I've heard these stories about people who won the lottery and were broke only a couple of years later because they just blew the money (or didn't understand things like how a $10M mansion requires upkeep, insurance on a Ferrari is not cheap, etc). Buying a $4M house when you only won $5M is not the smartest idea.

I like to think I wouldn't let that happen, and I'd keep living in the same house I'm living in now as well as driving the same car I'm driving now. Maintaining my current lifestyle but without financial stress (and being able to leave my current job) sounds good to me.

[Fastlane_hellscream]

Reminds me of this guy.

[TITAN308]

Is that really all that different from playing another non-gambling game?

Gambling is a tax on the stupid 99% of the time.