Cancer Victim Wins $1 Million, but Can't Get It

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: BigJ

If he wants to prolong his life, he should STFU, sell the lottery ticket, and sell his tavern. He's worried that selling the lottery ticket wouldn't be enough money alone, and selling the tavern wouldn't be enough alone, but I sure as hell bet selling both would be.

So selling the tavern might take too long. Well he already wasted a month since winning the lotto, and I'm sure he could've started the process a few months ago.

This was my main problem with the story too. I'm sure if he sold the tavern at a reduced price, he could get it sold sooner. Combining the two sources of money, he's surely have enough or close enough that he could get the treatment. I think this guy wants to get the treatment and still be rich afterward if he lives.

That and the fact that he gave himself lung cancer by smoking makes me decidedly unsympathetic.

 

[Uhtrinity]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
$400k for treatments? Wowsers, I never knew it cost that much to treat cancer.
Well I guess once he dies his payments cease as well.

My wife went through 2 months of cancer treatment about three years ago, total bill came to about $400k. Fortunately we had good insurance, unfortunately she passed away at the end of the two months.

Had she had lived her bill would have been much larger as the treatments would have continued. Cancer is expensive and if you don't have insurance you are screwed.

 

[krunchykrome]

Im sure he could get s sump sum payout somewhere.

 

[ElFenix]

well this thread sure did go to hell in a handbag in a hurry.

 

[Mrfrog840]

consign the tickets over to the hospital?

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: Blazin Trav
Wow those doctors must be making a killing... I am going to assume there is a pretty big profit involved for a $400k batch of treatments.

doctors and the pharm companies...

 

[Slew Foot]

He should go to the county hospital without ID and only speak Spanish.

 

[GasX]

This story attempts to pull at the heart strings, but since when does anyone except stupid people think a $1 million lottery ticket means you get a check for $1 million? It is ALWAYS an annuity unless you get the lump sum at which point you get a lesser amount approximately equal to the present value of the annuity.

If needs the cash now, he can call JG Wentworth or their competitors...

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Amused
Several years ago, when the state legislature passed a bill to allow a lottery winner who'd lost his ticket to reap his winnings, it took three years from start to jackpot finish.

Umm..hey! I lost my winning lottery ticket too! Just send the money to my home address, thanks.

So what stops that guy from "losing" the winning ticket, and his best friend "finding" it?

 

[waggy]

lotto place is in the right. its know if you win you get it over 20 years. he has no reason to bitch.

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: weflyhigh

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
He was a smoker. He got lung cancer. He is going to die.

You're gay. You're going to get HIV. You're going to die.

Now thats funny! :laugh:

If nothing else he will get a stretched brown hole and need a plastic bag to poop in.