Millionaire gone bankrupt

Thanks for the reassurance, Tom. (LOL) I guess her illegal act really caught up with her. It sounds like a typical situation. Just when she won the lottery and things started finally looking up for her, she ended up losing even more than she had in the first place! It's sad, but it's really funny if you think about it. She's in no worse shape than she was in the beginning...except for the jail part...but hey, it's a place to live with food and a roof over her head! (LOL) This probably sounds pathetic, but thanks for your input. I think she really is dumb. I hope she learned from this mistake.

Excellent point, Scott! Thanks for adding the additional comment here. I'm finding that most states don't allow the buying of lottery tickets using a credit card for obvious reasons. Thanks for mentioning that.

Oh!! thanks for making my response best, I did not expect that.. I just believe that people who cheat will always reap the consequence of what they did.

You know what I just realized, in our state it isn't legal to bu lottery tickets with credit cards. I am not sure you can even pay for them with checks. Obviously that makes sense cause if you default on those than it would be a big mess to the state and the lottery program. Plus the interest the store is charged for selling by credit cards would greatly reduce the little profit they make from selling them as well.

lol! i guess that's what happens when people become too greedy :-)

That sure is the way things go! (LOL) Thanks for checking out the article. It's pretty interesting stuff. Take care!

Yours is a great standard to have. My philosophy is that if I don't have the money to buy it and no one gives it to me, I don't need it. There's no good reason in this world to steal something...unless, of course, it's your significant other's heart. (LOL) That was cheesy...sorry. Ha, ha. Thanks for your response. Take care!

(lol)nice philosophy.(lol) it wasnt really that cheesy at all =D.

It goes to show that stupid and just plain strange people still do exist. This particular woman had a lot of past crime behind her name, so this incident probably wasn't an uncommon one to happen to her (except for the unplanned winning the lottery part). What a shame that she didn't stop while she was ahead. I think criminals should just give up because their greed won't get them anywhere. Thanks for participating.

I find it interesting that you pictured this woman in the scenario of the discussion. I did the same and tried to figure out why she did what she did. It doesn't make sense, but really is pretty funny if you ask me. (LOL) When criminals have no clue, it's hilarious. One thing I have to mention, though, is that when a person wins the lottery, they don't get the money all at once. It takes a few years for them to get everything. That's the way it goes. I don't know how much you know about the lottery, so I thought I'd mention that. It sounded like (according to this article I read where I found out about this woman) that people who win the lottery get like $35,000 a year for several years until the whole million is paid off. It makes it seem like it's not as much money, and they probably take taxes out of it too. It's sad. Oh well...it's not like she got the money anyway. (LOL) Thanks for the chuckle.

I really appreciate your response because you named two even worse scenarios than what happened to this particular woman. If you ask me, she got what was coming to her. According to the article (I posted the link in a comment to this discussion somewhere), she had quite a history of things like this. Her greed definitely didn't get her anywhere except for behind bars. Justice was served. Thanks for your response and for the good laugh when considering the two alternatives to this situation!

I think she'll deserve to be a millionaire after she learns to stop charging her payments on other people's credit cards. (LOL) Once she learns to work for money to buy the things she wants and needs, then she'll be more of a candidate to win the lottery, in my opinion. (LOL) Thanks for your response.

She probably continued to use it because she didn't get the money all at once. That's how they do the lottery. However, she'd gotten into a rut of using money that wasn't hers, so I'm sure she was more than comfortable using someone else's money. She continued being greedy, and her greed got her caught and she didn't get the money after all. I think justice was served here. I wonder the same thing as you, though. Did she really think she wouldn't get caught after continuing to use the credit card after she won the money? Good thought.

Justice was served, and she got what she deserved. I think she definitely got what was coming to her. Unfortunately, that's not always the case, but that's what makes this situation so funny. Hopefully she learned a valuable lesson from this experience.

Good idea! Should could've at least offered to use some of her winnings to reimburse them for the ticket in the first place since she still did get the winning ticket. Of course, I don't know if the authorities would let that go through, but at least it's a thought. Great idea and very unique. I'm glad for your response because you thought of something no one else did so far that would've been what I think is a pretty good solution to this poor woman's problems. Thanks, Suspense!

Crime really isn't worth the trouble...it actually made even more trouble for this woman. She definitely got what she deserved. Thanks, Chaime.

I think she continued to lose brain cells each time she used that credit card up until when she bought the lottery ticket and then afterwards. (LOL) We're in agreement on that one. She should definitely be added to "World's Dumbest Criminals." Ha, ha. Thanks for the chuckle and for your response.

She definitely was too greedy for her own good. She wouldn't have been able to handle all that money. I agree with your response completely. People like this don't deserve to win and have that much money. They need to learn to work for it so they can come to appreciate it as well. Thanks, Jolie!

You said it! (LOL) I got a good laugh out of your response because those were my thoughts exactly when I heard this had actually happened. This kind of thing makes you want to jump inside that woman's head for just a couple of minutes to figure out what in the world she was thinking when she did all this. My assumption is that she wasn't thinking. (LOL) Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It definitely made me life. I'm glad we agree on this issue.