Some People Have Too Much Luck!

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For those of us who struggle with day to day expenses and must budget down to the last penny the lottery offers us the chance to dream of wealth and leisure. We plunk down our dollars every week in hopes we will be the ones to win a life free of financial woes. Recently there was a story about a lottery winner that is sure to raise the ire of the average Joe who plays the lottery.

The New York State Lottery recently added a scratch off game offering the largest jackpot in the history of the New York State Lottery. Tickets are pricey ($30) but the jackpot is a cool million dollars a year for life. After taxes a winner’s earnings add up to about $674,000 a year for life.

Of course we all hope an average Joe will win the lottery but the most recent winner is sure to raise the ire of all those average Joe’s out there. The first person to win the Million Dollar for Life lottery is already a multi millionaire! As if that isn’t bad enough the winner is not a US citizen and thanks to an agreement between the UK and the US, Keenan Atunis will not have to pay the taxes that a US citizen would have to pay. Keenan Atunis was born in Turkey but raised in the U.S and is currently working in England for Unicredit.

Atunis who was in the US for a family gathering gave his mother $100 to buy some of the $30 a ticket game cards. He stated that the recent turmoil in the stock market put him in the frame of mind to take a chance on increasing his fortunes. In what can only be called understatement he said he does not expect winning the lottery to change his life very much. Some people have too much luck!