Louisiana man collects $97 million Powerball lottery jackpot

Comment #24

MeFirstYouLast — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:34:49 GMT

Lets break this down.

He needs time to clean up shop because he cannot concentrate on more then onr event. He is already concerntrating on multiple events. He is closing his business and consulting with advisers. Is he doing this all himself, or does he have foremans and leaders incharge of projects? Probably the latter, so there was no need to wait. What he is also doing is throwing away gobs of money. Money he just as weel set on fire or spent the money on those supposedly starving children... [ More ]

Comment #23

Uff Da! — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:15:51 GMT

I disagree with the last several posters. I can't imagine why a self-employed person, and certainly a contractor, would want to claim the prize before being ready to close up shop if his intention was to retire afterward. He had contracts to fulfill and the honorable thing to do was to do so in a timely manner. I'd think he'd have a hard time keeping his mind on the work if he already had the money. Plus he'd have more hassles with employees who wanted him to share and with clients who thought s... [ More ]

Comment #22

DC81 — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:53:22 GMT

I agree, I was going to say as much here about that a couple days ago but I changed my mind. It's like the winner in Illinois minus the actually doing something with the time in at least putting effort in hiding her/his identity. It's seems like things could be done a lot faster than that, even if you want to protect your identity which this guy didn't seem to even bother doing. I don't see how claiming it sooner would have prevented him from completing his previous obligations. Maybe Louisiana... [ More ]

Comment #21

JWBlue — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:13:51 GMT

Absolutely.

Comment #20

MeFirstYouLast — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:23:31 GMT

Does any one realize how great of a life thousands of people could of had with the interest this guy wasted by not claiming the prize for four months? When I win a jackpot, and my advisor says throw away four months of interest while we talk, I'll fire the idiot. I would claim the money, wait the month it takes the lottery to give me the money, and spend that month getting all the advise I need - while making money on the interest, that is making money on the previous interest. If it takes four... [ More ]

Comment #19

colthmn — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:52:21 GMT

I think in the future I'll just buy 5 QP's wherever I happen to stop! Just stabbing in the dark

Comment #18

DC81 — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:17:16 GMT

I actually did it on the last drawing and had a lot fewer repeating numbers, but still didn't win anything. I did it again today while I was out of town and in the city at Meijer... I asked and the woman doing the lottery for it but she just gave me five on one ticket instead but bought the ticket anyway though it had one number that was repeated on each play, plus a couple other numbers that repeated. Bought five more right after and had no duplicates with the five numbers though I think there... [ More ]

Comment #17

colthmn — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:43:32 GMT

I considered this, but the clerks are so impatient, and just aren't the nicest of people! I do a few here and a few there, but at the end of the day, I think I'll just have to be lucky

Comment #16

colthmn — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:25:58 GMT

Once in a while I cast a net at megamillions but to no avail. It can be quite frustrating, but it's so hard to pass up without giving it a good go once in a while, especially when the pots up there pretty high.

Maybe one day my luck will change for the better, and good luck to you

Comment #15

Piaceri — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:13:37 GMT

As the ex-wife of a construction company owner, I agree. However, the advice he receives regarding his construction company and related earnings would vary quite a bit from a winfall jackpot win of $97m. Just because his current advisor is good at managing the fruits of his labors, does not make them qualified to assist with a windfall of $97 million (or whatever the cash option came out to be). If that advisor was smart, he would have known right away to assemble a team of advisors for the best... [ More ]

Comment #14

Guru101 — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:42:39 GMT

As an owner of a construction company, I would imagine he already had financial advisors.

Comment #13

psykomo — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:08:16 GMT

ME TOO .........BUTT^^

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The BEST PEOPLE in the WORLD the UNIVERSE

T@@K a PSYKOMO a whole week to get-UP the COURAGE to

CRAY FISH thank's BATON ROUGE

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PSYKOMO

Comment #12

NBey6 — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:15:52 GMT

Comment #11

JAP69 — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:12:55 GMT

73-year-old Carl Hunter of Metairie claimed the $97 million

Another older than dirt lottery player wins.

Comment #10

Piaceri — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:09:26 GMT

That was good of him to finish whatever projects he was building. I bet he also spent that time getting legal and financial advice, too.

Comment #9

wizeguy — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:31:09 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winner!

I play both MM and PB... only $1 each draw and a quikpik... maybe my day will come too :-).

Comment #8

JWBlue — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:40:15 GMT

My sentiments exactly. Just buy 1 QP. Apparently that is the only way to win these huge jackpots. Doubly frustrating is that he probably plays once a year.

Comment #7

Coin Toss — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:26:49 GMT

Wonder if the people in front of him and behind him were heard to be talking about their systems, number results analysis methods, and predictions!!!!

Maybe those things just aggravate the Lottery Fairy!

Meanwhile this lucky guy and his $1 QP made a $97,000,000 score.

Comment #6

mken32 — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:56:50 GMT

Just another qp huh!!! I am sticking to my guns and My number will show sooner or later

Comment #5

DC81 — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:16:48 GMT

Maybe it would be a good idea to buy each pick seperately

Comment #4

ThatScaryChick — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:37:50 GMT

I'm beginning to think that also

Comment #3

JackpotWanna — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:56:40 GMT

Wow! Just $1 quick pick!

Wish it was that easy! oh hum.

Comment #2

colthmn — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:47:06 GMT

When I think about all the qpicks I buy, I really just wanna go to another planet!

Good luck to them

Comment #1

RJOh — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:44:52 GMT

Another jackpot winner that bought a single QP, my system playing is wasting my money and my time. Congratulations to the lucky winner.

Louisiana man collects $97 million Powerball lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:59:59 GMT

Patiently finishes four-month workload before redeeming the winning ticket

After nearly four months of keeping a secret, 73-year-old Carl Hunter of Metairie claimed the $97 million Powerball jackpot from the Jan. 16 drawing at Louisiana Lottery headquarters this morning.

His prize was the largest single amount won in the Louisiana Lottery's history.

The owner of a construction company, Hunter wanted to make sure his outstanding jobs were complete before closing up shop to redeem his w... [ More ]