Mich. lottery winner who kept collecting welfare found dead

Comment #66

Ronnie316 — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:22:15 GMT

The Republicans should be ashamed of themselves.

Comment #65

Honey502 — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:14:22 GMT

First of all, I would like to say R.I.P. Amanda! It is so sad how INSENSATIVE people are to others. We are speaking of a DEATH of a person, it doesn't matter how this person has past away, i.e. drug abuse, or natural causes, the POINT is another Life is gone. I do not know Amanda personally, but being that I am from Michigan I have seen her on the news and read about her stories in the newspaper, never ONCE have I JUDGED HER, why Not? Because, IT IS NOT UP TO ME TO JUDGE HER. Never should one sa... [ More ]

Comment #64

Ronnie316 — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:04:43 GMT

At least with a multi-billion dollar war on drugs, it wasn't to hard for this girl to score.

Are you admitting that you are a GIRL..... Boner

Comment #63

mcginnin56 — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:42:34 GMT

I believe that option was considered. In the test market phase however, welfare recipients were getting to greedy, and taking the entire rolls.

Comment #62

hearsetrax — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:35:36 GMT

that or

Comment #61

mcginnin56 — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:13:31 GMT

All this fuss because of food stamps being dispensed on toilet paper rolls? Perhaps dispensing $1 bills would be more aesthetically pleasing.

Comment #60

mcginnin56 — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:03:52 GMT

But I got a D+.

Comment #59

LottoBoner — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:37:10 GMT

I have heard people in Michigan are so poor because they were screwed by GM.

GM had to be bailed out. (After declaring bankruptcy!!!) Although there was demand for their electric car GM refused to sell them, and manufacture any. Because the electric car was so anti big business, ie. OIL, instead of making the cars available fot sale, they took them off the market and destroyed them. DESTROYED THEM!!!! WTF???

Capitalism is a myth. I mean look at Monsanto. Nobody wants their sh*t. But they

Comment #58

LottoBoner — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:14:01 GMT

Your life was spared McGinnin, unfortunately god didn't spare you from failing the test

Comment #57

rdgrnr — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:32:54 GMT

Actually, she was kinda skinny.

Comment #56

rail — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:26:23 GMT

Very sad ...a lesson to be learned. Rip........ maybe gluttony was the real problem. Never having enough.

1 2 3 9 10 wow solo close,

Comment #55

jjtheprince — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:26:09 GMT

I plan to do the same thing if I ever win, but with alcohol instead.

Comment #54

Ronnie316 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:25:21 GMT

Ohhh yes... that 8 ball is always good for the ole wake up call ..... Time to get back on my game

Comment #53

mcginnin56 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:21:38 GMT

Ahh.....the old P.E.F. is returning. It's about time.

Comment #52

Ronnie316 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:19:32 GMT

Im getting a warm feeling that this is my lucky day.... Workin on my MM slips now........

Comment #51

mcginnin56 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:17:53 GMT

Oh yeah, try this one out for size.

Your the biggest scum sucking loser, I've ever had the pleasure to not meet.

(now that's the kindest compliment you've ever received!).

Comment #50

Ronnie316 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:14:49 GMT

Per Week???? Thats more than I make.......

Comment #49

Ronnie316 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:13:12 GMT

Why thank you BaristaExpress, that could be the kindest thing anyone has ever said to me.

Comment #48

mcginnin56 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:10:20 GMT

Comment #47

BaristaExpress — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:47:21 GMT

I sure as heck hope I am! I've done my bad and I know I'm going to pay for it one day (if I haven't at some point already in my life). I never said I was a saint but I didn't willfully steal from the system that was put in place to help me when I couldn't help myself either LIKE SHE DID AND TO TOP IT OFF TO BRAG ABOUT IT!!!! So Ronnie316 your judgement day is comming just like the rest of us is too and I hope you don't get burned for your passing judgement (I just hate the holier than thou MFers... [ More ]

Comment #46

mcginnin56 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:06:00 GMT

We are paying back $8,000,000,00 per week (Billion) on the interest alone, to repay back our borrowed money.

Comment #45

RJOh — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:59:37 GMT

I remember when Americans talked about poor Chinese and now we're borrowing money from them.

Comment #44

mcginnin56 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:38:16 GMT

Michigan people are so poor, that they send postcards to the starving Ethiopian children, to see if they can spare any leftovers.

Comment #43

Ronnie316 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:23:50 GMT

In Michigan people are so poor, they get food stamps just for walking in the door of the food stamp office.

Comment #42

mcginnin56 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:19:11 GMT

I've heard Michigan people are so poor, that food stamps are automatically dispensed on the toilet paper rolls, in all public rest rooms.

Comment #41

Ronnie316 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:17:53 GMT

Lets just hope you don't get judged by your own standards BaristaExpress.

Comment #40

Ronnie316 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:15:57 GMT

People in Michigan are so poor they don't have to lie to be on welfare......

Comment #39

mcginnin56 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:12:16 GMT

I once stole a pencil during my Algebra class. I'm just glad God didn't choose to end my life that day

Comment #38

BaristaExpress — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:43:23 GMT

WTF I don't believe what I'm seeing here! First of all what's to be so sad here about her passing? From what I see here she got what she deserved! She was a bad person to do what she did to the system that was in place to help her until she was able to take care of herself! And by her winning the money she did she was now able to take care of herself without the system! And since she choose to scam the system by not reporting her new found wealth and means of being able to support herself she pa... [ More ]

Comment #37

rdgrnr — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:26:38 GMT

It's always sad when someone dies that young, especially for the family.

Comment #36

addai1516 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:11:45 GMT

You will b suprised that if you have conducted a survey on foodstamps and cash money you find a person who would rather take foodstamps instead of cash because all money aint good money !! some poeple get tooooo overwhelm and berzerk !! sad story r.i.p.

Comment #35

Stack47 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:54:34 GMT

It's been many years, but if I recall correctly, I had to check the correct yes or no boxes to be eligible for Unemployment Compensation and they all were work related. Never been on Welfare, but I assume there are minimum financial requirements that don't include getting an over $700,000 check from the state lottery.

It's really a sad story because she did have the opportunity to make her life much better.

Comment #34

Jani Norman — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:31:35 GMT

This is just so sad to read about, a young life wasted because of money .........

Comment #33

NightStalker — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:31:08 GMT

Original Post by Stack47

There is no logical reason how publicly announcing the name of a lottery winner is related to a drug overdose unless you're suggesting she ODed to get more publicity.

That seems really short sighted on her part . . .

Comment #32

Stack47 — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:01:20 GMT

Didn't she win her $1 million on a lottery TV game show witnessed by thousands of people?

The only Lottery related issue relevant to her death is some of her winning were used to purchase the drugs if in fact that was the cause of her death. The fact she won a large lottery prize really wasn't very news worthy until she was arrested and convicted of welfare fraud. Had she been allowed to claim the money anonymously, the Michigan State welfare agency would have still found the fraud and her ar... [ More ]

Comment #31

KyMystikal — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:36:54 GMT

I thought what she did was real bad until I seen the video on maringoman's post and agreed with what she did somewhat. If the state didn't cut her off and it was public records that she won, why would she think she shouldn't get it? It's like saying people who get Unemployment and play pick 3 or 4 and win $500 shouldn't get a check that week because the lottery had them covered financially that week.

Comment #30

NightStalker — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:14:22 GMT

A previous drug abuse history and a large amount of cash are not necessarily a good mix. It's a sad story, but not a new one to lottery winners and players.

Comment #29

aux8b — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:55:34 GMT

RIP AMANDA 9/29/2012

Comment #28

dlivey1964 — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:20:49 GMT

I agree!!!....Amanda was young and made some very bad choices in her short life. (From ripping off the welfare system, to not getting herself some help with her winnings, may her soul rest in peace

Comment #27

NoShame — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:17:10 GMT

I don't believe in lottery curses. I believe in responsible and irresponsible spending/managing of your winnings.

The latter took a role in this sad case.

Comment #26

Litebets27 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:54:25 GMT

I disagree with the public not knowing about her case. Once Social Services filed a claim against her, the whole thing would have become public. She committed a crime.

I do agree, she made some pretty bad choices. And it seems none of her family had any control over her. She was her own girl.

There is a theory of there being a curse on Jackpot winners.

But again, so many winners make bad decisions with their winnings that end up causing deep depression, family bickering, a lot of spendi... [ More ]

Comment #25

truecritic — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:43:55 GMT

She was in the final stretch of putting her legal troubles behind her and could enjoy some of her lottery winnings. Too bad she had to do drugs. RIP

Comment #24

haymaker — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:20:39 GMT

even though she died from drugs her death will always be associated w/ the lottery,

if anonymous we would'nt be talking about it.

Comment #23

Artist77 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:36:13 GMT

So sad. RIP Amanda.

We should all choose our friends wisely and even more wisely after winning the lottery.

Comment #22

maringoman — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:58:48 GMT

I remember thinking this is one wicked female when it was reported that she still was on her bridge card.

Now I feel sad for her and her family.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fyHGcK7mBI feature=fvsr

Comment #21

jamella724 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:20:49 GMT

So sad to hear this news. There are instances that can't be avoided.

Comment #20

Wooddrive — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:33:09 GMT

Waste.

Comment #19

Nikkicute — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:10:47 GMT

What does anonymity have to do with this story?

This was about bad decisions not about whether the winnings were known or not!!

Unfortunately many people die like this everyday and the lottery has nothing

to do with it, she made some very bad choices.

Comment #18

hearsetrax — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:09:28 GMT

I agree ....but its not all that sad

Comment #17

dpoly1 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:46:28 GMT

Rest in Peace ........... a very young life lost ........................

Comment #16

OldSchoolPa — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:19:25 GMT

Yup...as long as the agency that administers welfare gets notified automatically of all winners. Otherwise, she would have anonymously been collecting welfare along with her Lotto check, and quite frankly, that is not right or fair. And her logic for continuing to collect the welfare demonstrated the classic entitlement attitude this president seeks to ingrain in Americans...OMG

Comment #15

mcginnin56 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:41:14 GMT

She had a pre-existing drug dependency, I think this drama and the money issue, just pushed her over the edge.

Sad that someone from within her family couldn't have helped her through this crisis.

Comment #14

IPlayWeekly — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:19:45 GMT

RIP, very sad story

Comment #13

MillionsWanted — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:30:29 GMT

She might have been given an overdose by people she didn't want to share her winnings with.

Comment #12

GYM RICE — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:48:45 GMT

I can't imagine the amount of harrassment she must have been going through once the story broke about her.

RIP

Comment #11

Simba774 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:40:58 GMT

This is sad. She was only 25 years old and drugs were the cause. I don't believe the lottery is cursed. That's ridiculous. If everyone who ever won the lottery died soon after, then I probably would believe a curse does exist, but until then, no.

Comment #10

Piaceri — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:20:46 GMT

Too bad she was not able to get some help with her winnings. People make bad choices. And sometimes those choices are fatal.

RIP Amanda, may you find the peace you seek in the afterlife.

Comment #9

VenomV12 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:15:13 GMT

This is just terrible.

R.I.P.

Comment #8

Scientistman — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 04:54:31 GMT

Im sad

I liked her.

I can't believe this!

And she won on Sept 11th too hmm

Comment #7

LottoBoner — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:46:43 GMT

Very sad. Its a good lesson for lottery winners overall. Too bad for this lottery winner the price to learn was more than one should pay.

I will be extra careful now and resist as much peer pressure as possible to buy large quantities of cocaine when i win.

I knew those bolivians moving in next door was a bad luck sign.

Comment #6

RedStang — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:18:54 GMT

I hope she died broke or the rest of the $ goes to a good cause.

Comment #5

rdgrnr — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:40:26 GMT

What a sad ending to what should have been a happy story.

May she rest in peace.

Comment #4

haymaker — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:38:45 GMT

Maybe now michigan may consider anonymous also.

Comment #3

sully16 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:33:44 GMT

How sad, she could have had the world at her fingertips, RIP Amanda, may you find peace.

Comment #2

Ronnie316 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:30:29 GMT

I do believe that drug abuse was the curse in this case.

Comment #1

Litebets27 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:28:26 GMT

The curse of winning a Jackpot....

Mich. lottery winner who kept collecting welfare found dead

Lottery Post — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:24:13 GMT

A Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who won $1 million in the Michigan Lottery and was later convicted for still collecting state welfare died Saturday from an apparent drug overdose.

Ecorse Police confirmed Saturday afternoon that Amanda Clayton, of Lincoln Park, was found dead at a residence on Sunnyside Street at 9 a.m.

Shortly after winning the lottery in March, Clayton's story garnered national media attention when she revealed she was still collecting $5,500 from the state in food aid an... [ More ]