BRAINTREE — The two co-workers had a ritual for the past 10 months. She would buy two Powerball tickets, write their names on the back, and then give him a copy.
It may have seemed a modest indulgence. The longest of long shots.
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BRAINTREE — The two co-workers had a ritual for the past 10 months. She would buy two Powerball tickets, write their names on the back, and then give him a copy.
It may have seemed a modest indulgence. The longest of long shots.
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Congrats to these folks! I pray that they never forget who they were before they won. My only regret for them is the fact that the Commonwealth requires their names to be public record. I can't imagine the stress that this will put on them from every angle.
Great that these people, obviously of modest means won. Now they are part of the 1% group that is reviled in this country. Interesting, isn't it, that the money they now have won was "contributed" (most likely) by people just like them......people of modest means if not downright poor. So its great when someone poor wins the lottery, wins money given to them (essentially) by other poor people. But its a "sin" when a capitalist makes millions through invention, hard work or other means in business because they have to have "exploited" the public (if not the poor) in some manner to get rich. Poor person takes money other poor people have gambled (foolishly), gets rich. Someone provides services or products to people who, freely, pay for them and gets rich. One method to wealth is perfectly acceptable, the other an abomination. Which is which again?