A cousin of mine who never gambles or does anything even remotely like that bought a lottery ticket several weeks ago and won huge, around $100 million before taxes. He opted for a lump sum disbursement and has settled with the IRS on taxes, and he has set up a foundation to distribute most of the rest of this to various charities.
Now comes the dilemma: We live in a fairly smallish town of about 60,000 people, and my cousin doesn't want anyone here to know about his jackpot. The only person besides me that he has told is, naturally, his wife. They paid cash for an old, Victorian style house built in 1876 that's pretty big at 3,500 square feet, but for just $95,000 was pretty much a steal. Other than that, he's not planning on any luxuries, and is not one to collect "stuff." But the media in our town know that my cousin won, although since he goes by his middle name, few know him by his first name, which he used to claim the money. For his own safety, if people find out it's him...
2006-09-04
23:18:52
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Michael S
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