Wow, this guy must have great Karma

[NiteTiger]

Man Wins $25,000 Lottery Two Days in Row

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. - An airline pilot from Maplewood won a $25,000 lottery jackpot _ two days in a row. Raymond Snouffer Jr. matched the winning numbers 11-14-23-26-31 to win Saturday's Northstar Cash drawing with odds of about 170,000 to 1, Minnesota Lottery officials said.

On Sunday, Snouffer stuck with 11 and switched to 3-7-19-28 _ and won again.

Lottery officials said such a sequence was so farfetched that the odds against it were "virtually incalculable."

Talk about good Karma

 

[wantaknow]

my ability to not win is just as incalculable

 

[NserUame]

It figures some bastard pulling in six figures a year wins the lottery...twice. Can't complain though, I don't buy loterry tickets so my odds of winning are exactly, zero.

 

[killa-bud]

^not if you find a winning ticket,so i guess its not zero

 

[treble]

yeah lucky guy huh. he probably earned it somehow.... karma wise. maybe he saved someones life or something worthy like that

treb

 

[diggle]

One thing I like about America.....the voluntary stupidity tax. Kudos to him though....hope it had some sort of karmic implications.

 

[NiteTiger]

I dunno, two lotto wins back to back?

I think he maybe saved a bus load of orphans

Nah, never mind, bus load of orphans surely should be worth at least a Powerball.

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

maybe he was just testing out his new found telepathic skills?

 

[TrichomusCaesar]

yep....he does seem to have a horseshoe jammed directly up and into his rectum. Son of a beep

 

[Nikijad4210]

Sweet lucky......Winning the lotter twice isn't unheard of, though, a couple of folks across the country have done it......

 

[Nikijad4210]

After all, that pilot's luck is infinately better than this poor guy's is..........

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2869910&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Tough Luck: Cancer Victim Wins $1 Million, but Can't Get the Money
Veteran's Plight: 'What Are the Odds of Winning the Lottery and Finding Out That You Only Have a Year to Live?'

By MARCUS BARAM

Feb. 13, 2007 — On Jan. 12, Wayne A. Schenk thought he was the luckiest man alive.

A month earlier, he'd been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. But on this afternoon, the 51-year-old Marine veteran was hanging out with his buddy Domonick Gallo, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather in their hometown of Naples, N.Y., by indulging a favorite ritual: scratching off lottery tickets.

And one of Schenk's $5 High Stakes Blackjack tickets hit it big, winning the $1 million prize. It was more than enough money to pay for the $400,000 in cancer treatments that he desires.

But Schenk's dream-come-true soon turned into a nightmare. When he contacted the New York State Lottery about paying him the money in a lump sum, he learned that the rules of that particular game mandate a payout over 20 years, providing him only $50,000 a year. And he's been given only 12 to 18 months to live.

"Three times we talked to the lottery and they've said that they can't do it," says Schenk, who recently got a brush cut because his hair has started to fall out. "That was more depressing than anything."

Schenk does not have health insurance but as an ex-Marine he's been getting some treatment from the Veteran Affairs hospital in Syracuse, N.Y. "The VA is good but only as good as they can be — they're not up to date on everything and they're a little slow."

Schenk wants to get treated at a cancer center, such as the Eastern Regional Medical Center in Philadelphia. But that facility requires $125,000 up front and $250,000 in reserves for him to get cancer care. He's thought about selling the Orange Inn, a tavern he bought last year, but that would probably take too long and it might not sell for enough money.

Gallo, his buddy, has been working the phones on his behalf, reaching out to hospitals and financial institutions. "When he won the million dollars — as soon as we calmed down and stopped high-fiving each other — he said, 'Now I can get myself into a cancer hospital and save my life," says Gallo. "Why wouldn't the lottery help him out? They just told him no."
Schenk's plight has attracted some attention — State Assemblyman Joseph A. Errigo, R, has been in contact with the state lottery about assigning the winnings directly to a hospital, such as Buffalo's Roswell Cancer Institute. And he is putting together a bill to carve out a one-time exemption from the lottery's rules.

But Errigo acknowledges that legislative action can take years. He says he would help organize a fundraiser for Schenk if all else fails. "What are the odds of winning the lottery and finding out that you only have a year to live?"

Indeed, any change to the lottery's rules would probably take too long — time that Schenk doesn't have. Several years ago, when the state legislature passed a bill to allow a lottery winner who'd lost his ticket to reap his winnings, it took three years from start to jackpot finish.

Lottery officials claim that they are doing what they can to help Schenk. "This is the first time that we've ever had something like this," says deputy director Susan Miller. "We wish we could [give him a lump sum] but we're constrained by the rules and the rules of the game stipulate that's the prize."

Miller says that the best option is for Schenk to get a court order telling the lottery to pay out his winnings to a financial institution or a medical facility. "We're hopeful that we can help Mr. Schenk resolve this to his satisfaction."

But Gallo says that he and Schenk approached several banks which turned them down and that hospitals are equally resistant. "They have to pay their electricity, their doctors — they have to pay those bills today — they can't wait 20 years for their money."

They've also been in discussions with several buyout firms, which would pay $467,000 to buy Schenk's ticket. But after taxes, that amount would be reduced by almost half.

"Why won't someone help out?" asks Gallo. "Wouldn't this be a great story — with great publicity — veteran who has cancer wins money to save his life?"

 

[killa-bud]

why cant some rich guy buy the ticket for like 700,000 if i had money i would,thats alot profet,and your helping someone out

 

[Nikijad4210]

Because the wealthy never think of anyone but themselves, remember?

 

[NiteTiger]

Because the wealthy never think of anyone but themselves, remember?

Come on now, that's not what the article said.

IT said several buyout firms have offered to lump sum for him, but the KGB, uh, I mean IRS would take over half of it.

Now, a private investor may be willing to pay more, but the IRS is still gonna take their chunk.

Hell, if I had 600k, I'd take it off his hands. Not too many investments guaranteed by the State pay off to the tune of a 400k return

 

[NserUame]

Well, I don't see why he can't go through with the procedure. $50,000 a year is a pretty good payment for the procedure. Even with interest the $1,000,000 jackpot should still cover it. Either way, the IRS needs to remove the stick from their ass.

 

[Nikijad4210]

Because he only has one year to live, at best.

The treatment costs $125,000 up front, and he'd only be getting a $50,000 annual payout.


He won't live long enough to get the up front amount collected.