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Man refuses £2m lottery win

  Author:  30986  Category:(News) Created:(9/19/2007 5:04:00 AM)
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A German pensioner who won £2 million on the lottery refused the cash because he didn't know what to do with it. The 70-year-old man from Hameln, Lower Saxony, went to the HQ of the German lottery association in Hanover after finding out about his win and told them he did not want the money. He reportedly said: "What would I do with so much money? My wife has already passed away, my parents are dead, I have no children and no other relatives. I don't want it." He said he had only bought the lottery ticket out of a habit because his late wife had been a passionate player. Lottery officials said they were trying to persuade him to keep the money.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2513917.html?menu=news.quirkies

 

If he didn't want the money, what are other things he could have done with it besides  just giving it back to the lottery commision to divide up among themselves, or roll over into the next jackpot?  What do you think was done with the money.  What would YOU have done if for some insane reason you didn't want the money??? I mean, come on! This just blows my mind.

 

 

 

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Date: 9/19/2007 5:12:00 AM  From Authorid: 26203    Then why doesn't he just, give it to Charity...Or give it to me...I can find lots of things to do with it..lol..  
Date: 9/19/2007 5:14:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 30986    I know! Why the heck would he give it back to the officials??  
Date: 9/19/2007 5:17:00 AM  From Authorid: 16061    I will look after it for him.  
Date: 9/19/2007 5:52:00 AM  From Authorid: 42945    LOL yes it blows my mind also hun....I'd give it to Charity, if I didn't need it myself...  
Date: 9/19/2007 6:10:00 AM  From Authorid: 26303    Pay for my keep in the local Psychiatric Hospital!  
Date: 9/19/2007 6:14:00 AM  From Authorid: 26303    Divide amongst some worthwhile charities? Breast Cancer Research, Canteen (Which is a charity here for kids with Cancer), Make a Wish Foundation, Pay for proper psychology sessions for drug addicts, to help them overcome the real reason for their addiction. That's just four of the things I could do. But I guess, at his age, he may not be really thinking properly. *leaves post to see if she has any long lost relatives in Germany who may have forgotten her because of old age and who may have won the lottery recently*  
Date: 9/19/2007 6:54:00 AM  From Authorid: 48809    If I had won all this money and did not want it for some reason, I would divide it up among my family and keep some of it to give to those that really need it. I would NOT give it to charity .... but to those that I would KNOW needed financial help.  
Date: 9/19/2007 6:56:00 AM  From Authorid: 3125    He could have hired me to find a good way of getting rid of it. ;D  
Date: 9/19/2007 7:03:00 AM  From Authorid: 21266    he couldve given it to charity or donated it to a hospital for research or something..  
Date: 9/19/2007 7:08:00 AM  From Authorid: 64414    **raises hand** I would be glad to take that off his hands!!!  
Date: 9/19/2007 9:21:00 AM  From Authorid: 58308    I would have given the money to children in an orphanage. Divided equally and put into a trust that only they could draw from once they reached the age to be out on their own.  
Date: 9/19/2007 10:24:00 AM  From Authorid: 25390    Wait a second. I have a long lost uncle in Germany........  
Date: 9/19/2007 11:55:00 AM  From Authorid: 4995    It's not so amazing as it is astoundingly sad. He must be so sad and depressed to not even think of using it for some kind of good even if he dosent want to keep it. Poor guy.  
Date: 9/19/2007 2:17:00 PM  From Authorid: 30747    Oh I agree that he should have donated it to worthy causes at least. He could have done a lot of good with that, like given to the Souldrifter foundation for underprivalidge shopaholics. Geezz, how inconsiderate of him. I think that's what I would have done.  
Date: 9/19/2007 2:47:00 PM  From Authorid: 26303    No way O.D.D. I've claimed that Uncle first!!!! LOL  
Date: 9/19/2007 10:56:00 PM  From Authorid: 53052    i'd say give it to something he was passionate about if it be a charity or a park or a group  
Date: 9/20/2007 10:11:00 AM  From Authorid: 64498    Charity would be the way to go there are many that could use the money and would be happy to receive it *opens hand and bats eyelashes* - Bunny :OP  
Date: 9/23/2007 4:30:00 PM  From Authorid: 14314    He could give it to charity, he could help a lot of people that way  
Date: 9/24/2007 12:40:00 PM  From Authorid: 13119    I can't fault him for what he has done, do you realise how many people would be hounding him at his door begging for the money. It is safer this way, he doesn't have it he has no access to it and no one can try and change his mind to make him give it to their charity.  
Date: 9/24/2007 9:38:00 PM  From Authorid: 26598    I can understand easily "why". Hes 70 with a pension that apparently covers his needs well. He has no one to left that matters to him to share it with. If hes happy why mess it up with more money that would just go back to the state anyway when he died.  
Date: 11/30/2007 10:27:00 AM  From Authorid: 7849    I would give it to charity.  

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