Store clerk wins $258.5 million Powerball - Wonderful World- msnbc.com Store clerk wins $258.5 million Powerball
?Great guy? had just $28.96 in his bank account; plans dentistry, Disney trip
Image: Christopher Shaw
Orlin Wagner / AP
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Missouri man who won a $258 million Powerball jackpot says he hasn't decided yet if he'll quit his job at the convenience store where he bought the winning ticket.
Chris Shaw ? a 29-year-old tattooed father of three who was raised by his grandparents in rural southern Missouri ? came forward Thursday as the winner of the 10th-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
Shaw said he had just $28.96 in his bank account and recently bought a 1998 Ford Ranger from a friend who agreed to let him pay off the $1,000 price $100 at a time.........50/50 this guy's dead in a year or two
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Beach Fanatic
Maybe he'll buy a home in SoWal next to Karl Rove....
SoWal Insider
Hopefully, he'll start a trust for those children! Maybe get some new teeth, too. (Wonder why we don't have a smiley with missing teefs?) Congratulations to this guy!
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...and in 5 years, he will have $28.96 in his account again...if he's still around.
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Hopefully, he'll start a trust for those children! Maybe get some new teeth, too. (Wonder why we don't have a smiley with missing teefs?) Congratulations to this guy!
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Maybe he'll buy a home in SoWal next to Karl Rove....big decision number one, he has not decided his employment situation at the convenience store. he needs to start shopping for a casket....now!
SoWal Insider
...and in 5 years, he will have $28.96 in his account again...if he's still around.
Exactly.SoWal Insider
"We didn't come from money. For us it's just going to be a huge relief to know I'm going to be able to pay my electric bill, my gas bill," Shaw told the Associated Press. "It's like a weight lifted. I had bills at home I didn't know how they were going to be paid."
He plans to use some of the money to pay bills and take his children to Disney World.
Shaw said he bought the $5 ticket Wednesday at the Break Time convenience store where he works in Marshall, a central Missouri town about 80 miles east of Kansas City.
Hmmmmmm
Now, what was he thinking spending 17% of everything he had on a lottery ticket? Before he had paid his bills?
This truly is a charming story~~~~~~~~~
P.S. Is minimum wage really $7.25US? I had no idea!
He plans to use some of the money to pay bills and take his children to Disney World.
Shaw said he bought the $5 ticket Wednesday at the Break Time convenience store where he works in Marshall, a central Missouri town about 80 miles east of Kansas City.
Hmmmmmm
Now, what was he thinking spending 17% of everything he had on a lottery ticket? Before he had paid his bills?
This truly is a charming story~~~~~~~~~
P.S. Is minimum wage really $7.25US? I had no idea!
Beach Fanatic
"We didn't come from money. For us it's just going to be a huge relief to know I'm going to be able to pay my electric bill, my gas bill," Shaw told the Associated Press. "It's like a weight lifted. I had bills at home I didn't know how they were going to be paid."
He plans to use some of the money to pay bills and take his children to Disney World.
Shaw said he bought the $5 ticket Wednesday at the Break Time convenience store where he works in Marshall, a central Missouri town about 80 miles east of Kansas City.
Hmmmmmm
Now, what was he thinking spending 17% of everything he had on a lottery ticket? Before he had paid his bills?
This truly is a charming story~~~~~~~~~
P.S. Is minimum wage really $7.25US? I had no idea!
That 5 dollars ill spent bought him something priceless even if he didn't win. It bought him hope and the potential to dream...;-)
Beach Fanatic
That 5 dollars ill spent bought him something priceless even if he didn't win. It bought him hope and the potential to dream...;-)
And based on a news story I saw on msnbc a few months back, clerks win lotteries at an amazing percentage. Undercover cameras showed most were stealing winning tickets from actual winners.
Skunky
And based on a news story I saw on msnbc a few months back, clerks win lotteries at an amazing percentage. Undercover cameras showed most were stealing winning tickets from actual winners.
You know, I have wondered about this. I had a lotto ticket a few months back that was good for something like $7. I even checked on the Florida Lottery website. I am not the smartest person of all time, but I think I got the idea when the website said that if you got 'x' number of numbers, you won 'y' dollars. I handed that ticket to a store clerk and they were like "sorry, not a winner". Hmmm. Well, I wasn't going to protest and just bought my Mountain Dew and moved along...but I wonder if maybe a little winner here, a little winner there, it would add up.
Beach Fanatic
The machines now have a customer facing display. So when the clerk scans the ticket to see of it's a winner it shows up on the screen- "not a winner" when you're not...
Beach Fanatic
The machines now have a customer facing display. So when the clerk scans the ticket to see of it's a winner it shows up on the screen- "not a winner" when you're not...
"Not a winner." Ouch! That's gotta hurt the old self-esteem.
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I was at the store last night. Watched a family buy all their groceries with food stamps, and then, the father pulled out a wad of cash and bought 80 dollars worth of lotto tickets. That should be illegal...
SoWal InsiderAuthor
I was at the store last night. Watched a family buy all their groceries with food stamps, and then, the father pulled out a wad of cash and bought 80 dollars worth of lotto tickets. That should be illegal...petty theft compared to politics
Beach Fanatic
I was at the store last night. Watched a family buy all their groceries with food stamps, and then, the father pulled out a wad of cash and bought 80 dollars worth of lotto tickets. That should be illegal...
In Florida, half that money then goes to provide scholarships for people that could plan and afford that for themselves.
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In Florida, half that money then goes to provide scholarships for people that could plan and afford that for themselves.
Ironic, huh?
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