A positive lottery winner story!


	A positive lottery winner story!

deusdiabolus

3-2-2007 10:51 AM

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money, finance, lottery, tips and tricks

deusdiabolus says:

If nothing else, here is a good example of how to handle winning the lottery.

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3-2-2007 11:56 AM

ericskiff

Wow - that is a good plan!

3-2-2007 12:09 PM

leksi

Yeah! Let's hope the temptations of crystal meth and gold digging hoes can be kept at bay!

3-2-2007 5:46 PM

deusdiabolus

I didn't know you could buy hoes especially for digging gold.

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