F*ck These People


Some people have all the luck, don’t they? A couple who are expected to reveal themselves today just scratched their way to the largest payout in New York state lottery history.

The scratch off lottery ticket cost $30, and it is part of a 50th anniversary special the New York State Lottery has been running. How much did the couple win? $10 million.

A Poughkeepsie couple has won a $10 million cash scratch-off prize, the largest in New York Lottery history.
The ticket was purchased at a Stewart’s Shops in Red Oaks Mill. The names of the winners were not available, but will be announced Thursday.
That’s when the New York Lottery’s Yolanda Vega will be at the Stewart’s Shops on Route 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie, north of Marist College, for a celebration and to present an over-sized prize check to the winners. (via Poughkeepsie Journal)

Un-fucking-believable. $10 million from a $30 scratch-off ticket.

That’s ‘change your life, the world will never be the same’ kind of money and it call came from a Stewart’s Shop in podunk New York.

Can you tell that I’m jealous? Because I really, really am. There aren’t many things I wouldn’t do to hit the jackpot and be presented with one of those big ass checks like this:

If you’re not familiar with the story behind that picture above, it’s pretty awesome. One brother hit the Powerball Jackpot for a cool $291 million and the other brother demanded he also receive a huge check for his $7 payout. You can read all about that here.

(h/t HuffPo Weird News)