By: bettestreep2008
1/07/2009
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Well I wasn't one of them - but the $106 million first division prize was won by a middle aged couple on the Gold Coast and a single man in Adelaide. Each won $53m!
And like clockwork - the Gold Coast couple have decided to continue WORKING!
Is anyone else sick of these lotto winners saying they will continue working???
The rest of us millions who entered were desperate to win so we could tell our boss to shove it!
I think in future draws the winner(s) must sign a declaration swearing they will not go back to work. $53m is more than enough to retire very happily on!!!
Thankfully it seems the Adelaide guy actually needed the money. NOW that is what a lotto winner should be like!!! |
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By: boo_da_goose
1/07/2009
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| I wanted to win so I could have a coat with no holes in it and a pair of gloves with all the fingers. Maybe a champion race horse or too as well. Is that too much to ask the Univerce for?? |
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By: galloping.gerty
1/07/2009
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"Is anyone else sick of these lotto winners saying they will continue working???"
Why?
Working is good. Makes you feel useful and productive.
Winning a huge amount of money can be pretty stressful. It changes your life enormously, over night. If people can maintain the "normality" of their lives, to an extent, in this situation, it makes the transition much easier to deal with. |
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By: galloping.gerty
1/07/2009
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"Thankfully it seems the Adelaide guy actually needed the money."
I reckon that precious few people "need" $53 million ;-) |
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By: mareei700
1/07/2009
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| They are in shock, I'm sure once the enormity of the whole thing sinks in and they understand how much they have, they will find many other things to do other than working. |
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By: littleladyagain
1/07/2009
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| yep I'd make the transition slowly, I also wouldn't tell anyone exactly how much I'd won. |
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By: boo_da_goose
1/07/2009
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| They should have had a Winning lotto action plan ready to go. Mine is ready enough that all the 50 odd million would be spent by thursday. |
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By: bahamian3002
1/07/2009
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Well betteswollocks, money is wasted on these people, they will not know how to enjoy it anyway.
They should give it to me, I could then buy a nice 2nd-hand G5 and not have to fk about at airports anymore. |
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By: brianbsa250
1/07/2009
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| my friend won 2.8mil some years back so hope they dont have to go through what he and his wife did with business proposals,new cars turning up,distant rellies with health probs.it was one scam after another for 6mths |
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By: littleladyagain
1/07/2009
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| but my plan is to sit back, find out the best course of action and hasten slowly.. I want to make the most of the windfall for myself, and those I care about.. I won't just spend it, I will make another 53 and some :D |
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By: littleladyagain
1/07/2009
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| exactly brian... I had the good fortune to have a nicely sized win on the pokies when younger, bloody ell.. wish I'd never said a word |
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By: brianbsa250
1/07/2009
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| yep i just sold my farm retired after working 7day weeks for 40yrs and i wont need a pension,i also aquired a few friends i had not seen for 20yrs |
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By: littleladyagain
1/07/2009
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| hahaha exactly...I reckon I'd only tell peeps I won a few mill.. keep the beggars at bay |
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By: bahamian3002
1/07/2009
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my friend won 2.8mil some years back so hope they dont have to go through what he and his wife did with business proposals,new cars turning up,distant rellies with health probs.it was one scam after another for 6mths
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That's the go, when I sold out in the UK we moved to AUS, anyone on the bludge would have a long trip.
BTW Brian, I think you must live in the West, Montana maybe, where I am in Florida we have to conceal a weapon! |
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By: galloping.gerty
1/07/2009
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"where I am in Florida we have to conceal a weapon!"
You're not even in Australia? But you feel you have the right to come here and tell us how to run our country?
Yankee go home!!! |
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By: kelly2ceders
1/07/2009
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| All I can say, Good Luck to both Winners and congratulations! |
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By: mr_rekshun
1/07/2009
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| Well... I won division 6 in last night's lottery, and now I am a twentyaire. |
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By: bahamian3002
1/07/2009
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"where I am in Florida we have to conceal a weapon!"
You're not even in Australia? But you feel you have the right to come here and tell us how to run our country?
Yankee go home!!!
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I, Gulag Gerty am an Australian citizen, you go home to Moscow, oh no, even they do not want the old "fellow travellers" now, best go to North Korea! |
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By: move_forward_in_life
1/07/2009
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| My word of advice to them would be,"DON'T TELL THE MEDIA WHO YOU ARE", or you will be hounded by them all. Goodluck to both winners |
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By: tash8497
4/07/2009
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| I agree with you move forward.... and who the heck's business is it anyway if they wish to continue working! Good on them. The SA man will be donating a large amt to charity, family and friends, so it's up to him what he does with his life. |
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