Friday, June 5, 2009

What would you do with $232 million?


The winner of the biggest undivided lottery jackpot has finally come forward. This happy young cowboy was the lucky one to win the prize, his name is Neal Wanless a 23 year old from South Dakota. The jackpot couldn't go to a more deserving guy, he lives with his mom and dad trying to run a successful ranch. It turns out this couldn't come at a better time, their house was just repossessed, and they have falled behind on their propery taxes.
After taxes are taken this prize will go from $232 million to a mere $88.5 million, I think he may still be able to buy himself a new place to live with that.
Neal sounds like a good kid who was just trying to make ends meet, and can now do that. It's nice to see this go to someone who could really use it.