If you are like me and buy lottery tickets thinking you are going to win a massive jackpot, this story will bring back bad memories.
I remember this jackpot and the crushing feeling of defeat, realizing I didn’t hit the billion dollar lottery. I had already planned out everything that I was going to do. If you haven’t gone through this day dream, you are not living. It comes with the highest of highs followed by crushing lows. Like a bad drug habit or my wife….
Welp, according to latest reports, a person in South Carolina now gets to live out that fantasy (of winning the lotto, not of my wife).
The mystery surrounding the $1.5billion Mega Millions jackpot from last October is partly over as lottery officials announced Monday that a South Carolina resident had stepped forward to claim the prize but elected to remain anonymous.
A lottery commission statement said the person submitting the claim for what was the second-largest lottery in U.S. history has chosen the cash option, a one-time payment of nearly $878,000,000.
There had been some drama building that the winner might have never realized they won and might never come forward. You have one year to claim the prize.
This person came forward five months after the win to collect their $878 MILLION payday. I can’t comprehend having one million let alone 878 of them. Just an absurd number.
I assume the person has spent the last few months preparing for the massive payday. They hopefully have the right law and financial representation. You hear of countless people blowing their winnings. There are dozens of stories about the “curse of the lottery.” Many people end up in massive debt or in many cases dead.
I absolutely love the move of remaining anonymous. Some states require you to release your identity which causes winners massive headaches. Family, friends, people you have never heard of come from out of the woodwork looking for handouts. People you have never met will file false lawsuits trying to get a share of your payday.
Remaining anonymous allows you to avoid a lot of the crap that comes with the newfound wealth. That would be my goal. Remain anonymous, fly under the radar and be on a permanent vacation.
Sounds great in theory, but I’d probably grab a private jet, get the SoBro band together, make a complete ass of myself, get arrested, and end up like all the others who have pissed away their fortune.
Anyway, if the winner happens to be a SoBros reader, I’m a really great friend and desperately will do just about anything for some money. Think about it…..
Stan is the Chief of Debauchery for SoBros Network. A native of the Northeast, he is a diehard fan of the New York Yankees, but no, he does not wear a big gold chain and backwards hat. Nor does he drink Heinekens. Follow on Twitter: @sobrostan.
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