You might have heard that the Iowa Lottery had a winning ticket the other night, promoted as being a $241-million* win!
And that ticket was sold at "our" Hy-Vee store (Iowa's equivalent of H.E.B.), less than a mile from our house.
You are probably wondering if Pat and I were the lucky winners/
We weren't.
The true winner(s) haven't come forward yet, but it is rumored that it was a group of a couple dozen folks who work at Quaker Oats. We'll probably know in a few days.
A few weeks ago, a couple in IL won a sizable lottery. They didn't claim the cash until they had all their ducks in a row. They secretly met with their attorney and investment counselor before they turned in their ticket. Every one was eagerly waiting to see who it was but they just kept "doing their thing" normally until all the arrangements were made. Then and only then did they reveal their identity.
Sounds like a smart couple to me. The Quaker Oats folks might do likewise.
* This irks me. It's only $241M if the winner takes it over 20 years! If they take it now, it is millions less.
It's as if one offered a car for a prize and when the winner went to collect his car he was given only the wheels and told to come back once a year for 20 years and he'd be given more parts to it each time. "In 20 years, you'll have the car that you won!"
If you or I, a bank, or a business operated that way they'd go to jail. Why should the lotteries be any different?
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Well, first of all, it's run by the government - that says a lot. My guess is that the money really isn't there. They've taken it to pay for the "pork" in all those important bills they pass to get themselves reelected.
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