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01-06-2010, 10:49 PM
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#26 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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maybe his winning numbers are cursed  | 
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01-30-2010, 04:04 PM
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#27 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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They found his body @ the boyfriend of the lady who was handling his finances http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8489582.stm Quote:
Body of lottery winner found buried in Florida
Abraham Shakespeare
Mr Shakespeare said the winnings had ruined his life
The body of a former truck driver's assistant who won $17m in a lottery in 2006 has been found buried under a concrete slab in a backyard in Florida.
Abraham Shakespeare, who was barely literate, went missing nine months ago after complaining of being exploited by hangers-on who tried to take his money.
His body was found on Friday behind a home belonging to the boyfriend of a woman who befriended him in 2007.
Police believe he was murdered, but have not yet arrested anyone.
Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives used fingerprints to identify Mr Shakespeare's body, which they found covered by a concrete slab in a backyard in Plant City.
Police do not yet know how he died, but they believe the woman, named Dorice Donegan "Dee-Dee" Moore, may be able to shed light on what happened.
'Better off broke'
A tip-off led detectives to the grave behind the home of Ms Moore's boyfriend Shar Krasniqi.
Mr Shakespeare bought the winning ticket at a store in the town of Frostproof but his brother, Robert Brown, said he often wished he had never won.
"'I'd have been better off broke.' He said that to me all the time," Mr Brown said.
Samuel Jones, a childhood friend of Mr Shakespeare's, said: "He really didn't understand it at all. It was moving so fast. It changed his life in a bad way."
When he won the lottery, he forgot about being saved
Samuel Jones
Mr Jones said his friend would tell him: "I thought all these people were my friends, but then I realised all they want is just money."
Among the new acquaintances was Ms Moore.
Property records show her company, American Medical Professionals, bought his home for $655,000 a year ago.
Not long afterward, detectives said, she helped him open a company and gave herself the ability to sign for money.
She withdrew $1m and later told detectives Mr Shakespeare gave her the cash as a gift. She bought a Hummer, a Corvette and a truck, and went on holiday.
Mr Jones said his friend lived a humble life, and just before he bought the winning ticket he joined a church and was baptised.
"When he won the lottery, he forgot about being saved," Mr Jones said.
Mr Shakespeare's friends and family said when he went missing, they had hoped he was on a beach somewhere in the Caribbean.
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01-30-2010, 04:53 PM
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#28 | | manage the cap you say????
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ouch
poor guy
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01-30-2010, 05:16 PM
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thats fucked up.. dumb bitch lol "She withdrew $1m and later told detectives Mr Shakespeare gave her the cash as a gift."
wonder who gave the tip
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01-30-2010, 07:02 PM
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#30 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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probably the boyfriend lol
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01-30-2010, 08:05 PM
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#31 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Police believe he was murdered
| Ya think? Maybe people end up under concrete slabs in back yards due to natural causes.  | |
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01-30-2010, 10:37 PM
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01-30-2010, 10:49 PM
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#33 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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rip, now i feel bad for the lost reference  | |
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01-30-2010, 11:01 PM
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#34 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by Jah Gekko  | black jesus christ
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02-01-2010, 03:05 PM
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#35 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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guess winning the lottery isnt such a good thing afterall?
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02-01-2010, 03:27 PM
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#36 | | Say NO to blade grinders!
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Originally Posted by q0192837465 I was thinking. If i ever win a lottery ticket, would it be wise to fly to another province, say, PEI cuz no 1 gives a shit about that island anyways and claim the ticket there. Open an account there and slowly channel the money back to BC. That way no 1 in BC or Western Canada (apart from the government of course) will know u won the lottery and u'll be safe from all those gold diggers and gold digging "charities" | Pretty sure you have to claim the ticket where you bought it and its part of the agreement to publish your name and use it for marketing. Pretty sure if you win anything over $10M someones going to report it lol.
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02-01-2010, 03:31 PM
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#37 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by HachiSix Pretty sure you have to claim the ticket where you bought it and its part of the agreement to publish your name and use it for marketing. Pretty sure if you win anything over $10M someones going to report it lol. | I dunno. Whenever I read the paper, it'll say, "Mr. John Smith from Vancouver and a guy from Quebec won the 100million jackpot" or something like that. It seems that if u'r from somewhere else, the paper won't bother printing ur personal info while if u'r from within the province, everything gets shown.
it's sad how ppl exploit him for the money. He is almost illiterate so his education level is low. It's easy to exploit these ppl. On second thought, he's now safe in the arms of The Lord.
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02-01-2010, 04:52 PM
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#38 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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u have to claim the ticket @ the province u bought it from
and its at the discretion of the lottery company to advertise u
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04-20-2014, 08:46 AM
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#39 | | they call me the snowman
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| Lottery Murder: DeeDee Moore Found Guilty - ABC News
Just a quick update since this was a pretty fascinating story, Dee Dee Moore was found guilty of the murder. Plus she is an ugly bitch...
Pwned.
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04-20-2014, 09:08 AM
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#40 | | Throw yo paws in da air!
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That article is from 2012. But never knew and a good read. Dam that sucks
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04-20-2014, 04:36 PM
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#41 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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While it would obviously be nice to win the lottery, its stories like this (and others similar to it) that make me happy to be squarely in the middle class. I personally don't think the money would change me per se, rather it would change everyone around me. Which IMO would be much worse
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04-20-2014, 04:40 PM
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#42 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Bring it on lottery!
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04-20-2014, 07:02 PM
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#43 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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04-20-2014, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero maybe his winning numbers are cursed | Just started watching Lost and loling hard at this post 
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42!
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04-20-2014, 09:20 PM
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#45 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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Originally Posted by PARANOiA-R34 While it would obviously be nice to win the lottery, its stories like this (and others similar to it) that make me happy to be squarely in the middle class. I personally don't think the money would change me per se, rather it would change everyone around me. Which IMO would be much worse | You would be a fool to think that.
Anyone that gets 30 million over night will change whether they realize it or not.
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04-20-2014, 09:58 PM
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#46 | | ESKETIT
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lol 4 year old thread, don't know if it was me or not that posted that before, but reading that back makes me sound retarded  | |
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04-21-2014, 12:11 AM
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#47 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by nah | that's an awesome site (if you're a but morbid). very interesting to see the sentences they get, stories, etc.
humans are fucked up
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