Iowa woman wins a huge prize on a scratch off lottery ticket.
@Deepizzaguy (105308)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
January 14, 2025 3:53pm CST
Darla Carpenter who is 61 years old and a resident of New Hampton Iowa is grateful that her husband bought for her a scratch off lottery ticket for Christmas that ended up winning a prize of $250,000 dollars before taxes.
The winning lottery ticket that Darla's husband bought for her at a store is called Winter Winnings which made both Darla and her husband very happy since Darla will use her lottery winnings to save her retirement in a few years.
Darla and her husband claim that winning the lottery was the best Christmas present she and her husband were given since the odds of winning a huge lottery prize from a single scratch off lottery ticket is against the odds.
Link is upi.com/6521735848422 via @upi
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@RasmaSandra (81617)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Jan
You don't happen to have her address and number do you? I think she would make a good friend,
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@Deepizzaguy (105308)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Jan
No I have no idea who she is from a hole in the wall.
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@innertalks (22217)
• Australia
14 Jan
I see they still issue prize winners with cheques there, which makes for a nice photo shot, but here cheques are now soon going, and the money has to be deposited straight into your bank account.
"From June 2025, we will no longer issue cheques for prizes won on registered entries purchased in-store."
The Lott, a lotto business here.
The Government here is behind this too:
"End-2028, cease acceptance of personal, commercial & government cheques. End-2030, cease acceptance of bank cheques. Close the cheques system."
Australian Treasury.
That lady was lucky, indeed.
@Deepizzaguy (105308)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Jan
I am in agreement with you.
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@porwest (94568)
• United States
15 Jan
@innertalks In the United States none of those would be accepted. The check would have to be issued by a bank attached to an actual bank account with money in it. If someone tried to pass off something as a check here like that, that would be fraud, and writing a bad check in certain amounts is a felony with stiff penalties even if it is done with a real one.
Checks in the United States are financial documents that can only be issued by a bank and must have a bank routing number and account number on them.
A check like the one in the picture would be no more passable than a $5 bill with a purple chicken on it. lol
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@porwest (94568)
• United States
15 Jan
At first I thought you were joking, but then I realized you were not. lol. Umm, that's a fake check just for the photo shoot. I don't know what kind of checkbooks you carried around back in the day, but mine was generally not the size of posters. 
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@celticeagle (169846)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan
What a Christmas present! That is so cool.
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@Deepizzaguy (105308)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Jan
I am in agreement with you.
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@luisadannointed (6851)
• Philippines
15 Jan
I hope they can use it for on good things and savings for their graying days, I hope also they get the best retirement plans. I think that they were given the best gift.
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@Deepizzaguy (105308)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Jan
I am in agreement with you that the couple will use the lottery winnings for their retirement.
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thank you for agreeing with me!@Deepizzaguy (105308)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Jan
I am in agreement with you.
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@pumpkinjam (8818)
• United Kingdom
15 Jan
Wow, that's a nice little nest egg for her retirement.
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@Deepizzaguy (105308)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Jan
I am in agreement with you that the lottery winnings will be useful for her retirement which is around the corner.
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@snowy22315 (183619)
• United States
15 Jan
Lucky her! I am sure she will put it to good use.
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@Deepizzaguy (105308)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Jan
I am in agreement with you that Darla has a nice way to have a retirement fund.
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@porwest (94568)
• United States
15 Jan
It won't give her much for retirement since after taxes she will likely only take home $150,000. BUT, at the same time, I always like to hear when people are going to do something useful with the money, and saving it for retirement is certainly useful.
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@Deepizzaguy (105308)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Jan
Hopefully Darla will use her winnings to help others and waste it on trivial things.
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@porwest (94568)
• United States
16 Jan
@Deepizzaguy Screw helping others. I would always keep the money for myself. They can go get their own money. lol
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