For lottery winners, trouble followed fortune

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CASH Only — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:50:32 GMT

NY does, at least for child support.

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NoCompLotto! — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:03:48 GMT

I thought when you claim a prize, the state checks for past-due debts, such as child support and back taxes.. Kentucky must not do this...Sad, though, what happens to some people after they hit the jackpot. I just hope that this kind of stuff never happens to me when I win.

For lottery winners, trouble followed fortune

Lottery Post — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:31:14 GMT

They won $65.4 million in the lottery, quit their jobs and bought big houses.Five years later, Virginia Metcalf Merida and Mack Metcalf are dead. Merida's son discovered her body inside her 5,000-square-foot home overlooking the Ohio River in suburban Cincinnati on Wednesday. Merida, 51, may have been dead for days, according to the Campbell County, Ky., Police Department, which is awaiting autopsy results.Campbell County Police Detective David Halfhill told The Cincinnati Post that there were n... [ More ]