Michigan man wins a huge lottery prize
@Deepizzaguy (106761)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
February 19, 2025 3:16pm CST
James Daniel who is 69 years old purchased a lottery game called Lucky For Life when he found out that the lottery ticket matched five white numbers on December 13, 2024.
James admitted that he took a chance to play a lottery game with some money he had in his possession after he went grocery shopping in Westland Michigan.
James bought the Lucky For Life ticket at a party store in Westland. When he found out through the televised lottery results, he had to get a second opinion from his wife and son who informed him about the good news of winning the prize of $390,000 dollars which he took as a lump sum instead of taking the annuity payments of $25,000 dollars for life or 20 years.
James will invest his lottery winnings since investing is the best way to make sure that he will have money for the rest of his life.
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@lilacskies (4528)
• United States
19 Feb
He made the right decision. Good for him!
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@Deepizzaguy (106761)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Feb
I am in agreement with you.
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@Deepizzaguy (106761)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Feb
@lilacskies I am in agreement with you that James is going to invest his money.
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@lilacskies (4528)
• United States
20 Feb
@Deepizzaguy At least he's not buying a fancy car. I'm proud of him.
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@VictorFrankenstein (254)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb
I hope he invests that money safely. Most lottery winners end up broke again after two or three years, it's too easy to get carried away. Personally, I probably would have taken the option of 25 grand a year for life, but good luck to him.
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@Deepizzaguy (106761)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Feb
I also hope that James does not go broke spending money on items that he does not need,
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@celticeagle (171528)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Feb
I am thinking of buying cards. I've heard several times where they have the winners and ball has worse odds.
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@Deepizzaguy (106761)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Feb
That is true since another person would have kept the money instead of playing lottery numbers.
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@RasmaSandra (82566)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Feb
Another person I wish I could be best friends with I don't need much just a little
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@Deepizzaguy (106761)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Feb
I can relate to what you are saying.
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@Deepizzaguy (106761)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Feb
I remember a self help speaker saying on a tape recording that he became rich by being an investor and being able to be happy being rich and helping people with his money.
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@porwest (96237)
• United States
17h
@Deepizzaguy Investing is almost always the way to go when it comes to wealth building. Of course, the most wealth is created when you can create a business.
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@Deepizzaguy (106761)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Feb
That is true since the money will be useful for James and his family.
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@innertalks (22344)
• Australia
19 Feb
If he invests his money wisely, he should end up with far more than if he had taken the 25,000 a year instead.
Money in the pocket, is usually better than promised money in the future, and at 69, he might not be around in 20 years time to benefit from the money, if he couldn't get it all now.
@Deepizzaguy (106761)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Feb
I was thinking the same thing that James due to his age would not live long enough to be paid the money for at least 20 years annually.
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