TODAY exclusive…Tennessee couple claims they have winning #Powerball ticket on.today.com/1n5l2gR https://t.co/IGvystglUM—
TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 15, 2016
Tennessee lottery officials have not yet confirmed the ticket, and Tennessee law requires winners to come forward with the winning ticket and identification in order to claim their prize. So instead of doing that, they physically brought the ticket to New York City, a calm, peaceful metropolis where nothing goes wrong and no one ever gets robbed. This ignores all advice that winners should lay low and avoid the press, because winning a huge lottery can be a curse.
So I watched this interview and the couple from Tennessee seem like super nice grounded people. I think the interviewer’s second question was “Whose idea was it to come on our show with the ticket instead of gong directly to the lottery office” To which the husband points to his lawyer who was standing right behind the couple and says “It was his idea.”
Now in my opinion that lawyer should he fired on the spot. The couple is just walking around with a ticket worth a half a billion dollars in NYC? And it was the attorney’s idea to go on the show with the ticket instead of gong to the lottery to lock it down? Why, so the attorney could show everyone that he was the guy they picked? Fire that fucking guy on the spot for negligence.
Good Morning Gloucester 
They probably had to pay for the lawyer’s travel & hotel as well. Every once in a while you see a news cast that showcases the lottery winners who blew their fortune. This couple will be in one of those news cast one of these days. I suspect sooner than later.
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I just read about that online during my lunch and had the same reaction! I thought I missed something, but was thinking, why did they choose a national morning show to announce themselves as winners?
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Whether they know it or not, they are responsible for their own common sense…. or lack thereof. I’m not sure I would even tell an attorney I had the ticket !!!.
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My thoughts. If anyone gives a poop.
You can win and hide and work at trying to being anonymous. That probably will make you more paranoid longer than all the attention this couple will be receiving for a few days.
I would’ve made sure where all my money was going to be invested and safe before picking up my check.
Then I would make a GMG post “Now You Can Kiss my Ass Goodbye part 3”. Then Donate a good amount to children and animal charities. Move to Colorado and start a Pot farm and summer in Gloucester.
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