Lottery winner has lucky numbers tattooed on his arm

Comment #15

tiggs95 — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:56:51 GMT

This......

Comment #14

rdgrnr — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:29:31 GMT

Ronaldus Magnus raised the debt about 9.3% as a percentage of the GDP.

HW Bush - about 15%

GW Bush - about 20% in his last term.

Obama will blow them all away combined, trust me.

That man is a walking catastrophe for this nation.

You can go on blaming everybody but Obama for what's going on now just like he does but you ain't foolin nobody and neither is he.

This is Obama's nightmare we're in and nobody else's.

It's nice to hear somebody blame Reagan though for a change.... [ More ]

Comment #13

CAL-LottoPlayer — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:15:24 GMT

rdgrnr,

my point was that President Reagan started the USA policy of deficit spending. There are 2 points I want to make:

The US dollar was worth more in the early 80's than it is now. President Bush (43) spent $1.5 Trillion on the Iraq War. We discovered in 2004 that the entire war was based on falsehoods (no WMD's).

$1.5 Trillion is more than all the programs spent by President Obama, combined, after refunds from bailed out companies. Most people don't realize this, but wars are not... [ More ]

Comment #12

rdgrnr — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:13:42 GMT

President Reagan was a piker when it came to spending compared with Obama.

Even the Bushes were bigger spenders than Reagan.

The libs went crazy about W's spending and the national debt on a daily basis. That's all you heard from the liberal media.

Then Obama came in and promptly doubled Bush's spending and national debt and what do we hear from the news media now?

What is that?

I think it's crickets.

Do you hear crickets?

I hear crickets.

Comment #11

CAL-LottoPlayer — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:19:32 GMT

HaveABall,

I've got news for you. The highest income tax bracket for the federal government is ~35%. The highest income tax bracket for many state governments is ~10%. I'm just guestimating here. With the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), it's probably slightly higher. That's ~45% total. Now throw in SSI (FICA) of 6.20% and guess what, you now have ~51.2%!! LOL

I don't know if I can post the Wikipedia link here (it could be verboten) so go to their site at Social_Security, United_Stat... [ More ]

Comment #10

HaveABall — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:00:37 GMT

One of the reasons is because most people in Europe pay approximately 51% income taxes! That is one of the BIG reasons why the original Americans/Patriots fought for separation from England, recall now? Anyhow, I'm glad that we aren't forced to pay that in the U.S.A. anymore.

Fortunately, when great president Ronald Reagan came into office he successfully lowered our tax brackets so that the good 'ole U.S.A. income earners enjoyed that continued spiral for about 15 years. Now our new preside... [ More ]

Comment #9

rdgrnr — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:25:33 GMT

At least Wayne Hughes will be able to keep all his $1.7M winnings. How come we don't have that here in the USA too? If you win the lotto here in the USA, the federal government swoops in and takes 35%!

Because here, the government considers our money their money to fritter away anyway they please because we won't throw their @sses out for doing it.

They may get the shock of their lives this November.

Comment #8

CAL-LottoPlayer — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:14:04 GMT

If I won any amount in the lottery, I would never admit it, let alone allow myself to be photographed. Wayne Hughes even tells us where he works, at the Wilkinson retail store in Holyhead, North Wales! Now he's going to have all sorts of people coming at him asking for money! I can't believe how many of these lottery winners don't think about these things.

If I won the lottery, even if the media got wind of it, I would never admit it. I would never tell anyone I won. I would go the blind t... [ More ]

Comment #7

hearsetrax — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:08:02 GMT

that is a probabilty ...... but thats why ya get such work done in the ink I heard tale of that only shows under black light and or

Comment #6

HaveABall — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:58:59 GMT

Congratulations Wayne! And to think that if you had won $800,000 more than you wouldn't even have to muddle a turned leisure lifestyle by taking any additional schooling! Sounds like your mom is very loving towards you!

I am admused by your tatoo idea, I don't think ever done before by a lottery jackpot winner -- color and script look very good. Yet, hope that you don't suffer from any toxic ink in your bloodstreem problems here on out.

Comment #5

Todd — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:48:55 GMT

You gotta be sure when putting ink to body. I hope he doesn't go broke. Might be a painful reminder of his once-held riches.

Comment #4

Halle99 — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:43:06 GMT

Wow....congrats Mr Hughes....Lovely tattoo....

Comment #3

DC81 — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:36:32 GMT

Wow , if I had a ticket with numbers like that it'd drive me nuts.

EDIT: The four letter version of a water blocking structure is blocked now? O_o

Comment #2

ThatScaryChick — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:06:30 GMT

Yeah, the tattoo is very nicely written.

Comment #1

PERDUE — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:03:30 GMT

OUCH!! Nice calligraphy on the tat. Congrats to Mr. Hughes.

Lottery winner has lucky numbers tattooed on his arm

Lottery Post — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:36:45 GMT

It's not something most of us would need reminding about, but delighted Wayne Hughes has immortalized his 1.1 million (US$1.7 million) lottery win by having it etched on to his arm.

Shop worker Hughes, 34, marked the windfall with a tattoo that reads, Sat 7th Aug 2010 along with his lucky numbers, 13, 16, 22, 25, 31, 39.

Hughes found out he was a winner after his mother checked his ticket and called him with the good news.

He raced over to her house and checked and double checked his ti... [ More ]