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Winner of NY Lottery from Tullamore

  • 29-01-2011 7:32pm
    #1
    suitseir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭


    Just saw the returned emigrant with her winning NY lottery cheque. She was celebrating with her family in Tullamore......

    Good idea to go public? I wouldn't..........


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  • #2
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    probably difficult not to. Best of luck to her.


  • #3
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    Incoming loan requests imminent.


  • #4
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Long lost relatives emerging from the woodwork shortly


  • #5
    suitseir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭suitseir


    hondasam wrote: »
    probably difficult not to. Best of luck to her.

    Not really!


  • #6
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    suitseir wrote: »
    Not really!
    Would of course. Even without the media, people you know would find it hard to keep it secret.


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  • #7
    Debthree
    Registered Users Posts: 303 ✭✭Debthree


    THEJOURNAL.IE
    Neighbours said the surprise windfall was unlikely to change her family’s lifestyle

    :rolleyes: She's working for $1 dollar tips in a bar - how in the name of God do they think this WON'T change her lifestyle?


  • #8
    suitseir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭suitseir


    Dudess wrote: »
    Would of course. Even without the media, people you know would find it hard to keep it secret.

    Not really! It has been done....


  • #9
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    suitseir wrote: »
    Not really!

    It is impossible to keep such a large win private. The media will camp outside until the find you.


  • #10
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    suitseir wrote: »
    Not really! It has been done....

    How do you know this if it was not made public ?


  • #11
    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    hondasam wrote: »
    It is impossible to keep such a large win private. The media will camp outside until the find you.

    She won in the US, and for lotteries there, it wasn't that big of a win. There are multi-state lotteries where the payout is something like $200 million. And many of those people choose to remain anonymous - a lawyer confirms that they won, but they don't get on tv.


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  • #12
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    Having amassed a huge drinks bill in tullamore, I hope shes refused entry into america


  • #13
    suitseir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭suitseir


    hondasam wrote: »
    How do you know this if it was not made public ?


    What about the winner of the €16m the ticket for which was bout last Autumn? in the National Lottery. He did not go public!


  • #14
    Carstuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 439 ✭✭Carstuck


    She really gets $8m after taxes. There are heavy taxes in the US on lottery wins. Thats works out at €5.8m :)


  • #15
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    southsiderosie wrote: »
    She won in the US, and for lotteries there, it wasn't that big of a win. There are multi-state lotteries where the payout is something like $200 million. And many of those people choose to remain anonymous - a lawyer confirms that they won, but they don't get on tv.


    I suppose €5.7m is not such a big win. she could have remained anonymous.


  • #16
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    American lotteries suck she only gets $8 million out of the $21 million after she payed taxes and took the payment in a lump sum.


  • #17
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,939 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    Congratulations to her. hope she enjoys it. :)


  • #18
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    suitseir wrote: »
    What about the winner of the €16m the ticket for which was bout last Autumn? in the National Lottery. He did not go public!

    TBH never heard about that win. where was it bought?

    was it you ?;)


  • #19
    suitseir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭suitseir


    hondasam wrote: »
    TBH never heard about that win. where was it bought?

    was it you ?;)

    Ha! Definitely NO! Sure it was the talk of Dublin.....they were saying that it was someone working in RTE as the shop was nearby! Loads of speculation! Some guy won it but choose to remain out of the limelight!!!!


  • #20
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    suitseir wrote: »
    Ha! Definitely NO! Sure it was the talk of Dublin.....they were saying that it was someone working in RTE as the shop was nearby! Loads of speculation! Some guy won it but choose to remain out of the limelight!!!!

    oh ya I might have seen something about that all right. If I won I would want to remain anonymous but it would be impossible. If you have a big family someone is going to tell. I'm sure I will never have to worry about it.:)


  • #21
    TPD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    I just read about that in the paper, after seeing it on the news earlier. I'm still baffled as to why it's being reported at all?

    People win that much every second week on our own lottery and nobody makes a fuss.


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  • #22
    paddydriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,085 ✭✭✭paddydriver


    Rumour is that she is a cousin of Biffo (He from Clara near Tullamore) and he was going out on the sauce with her this weekend in order to see how much he could squeeze out of her for the FF election campaign before deciding whether to pack it in.... honest:P


  • #23
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Best of luck to her.:cool:


  • #24
    suitseir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭suitseir


    hondasam wrote: »
    oh ya I might have seen something about that all right. If I won I would want to remain anonymous but it would be impossible. If you have a big family someone is going to tell. I'm sure I will never have to worry about it.:)


    Well, never say never! Although, I know someone where I live who won money on Winning Streak. A few months before that, he won the local GAA lotto and some years back while working in America, he won some local lottery there as well! So, I'm guessing, money follows money and luck follows luck!


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