[FLASHBACK: Atlanta Man Wins Million Dollar Lottery Two Times in a Row!]
Meet Ira Curry (pictured above). Curry is a 56 year old wife, mother of adult children and a grandmother who neighbors in her upper middle class subdivision in Stone Mountain (an Atlanta suburb) refer to as “sweet” and guess what… she’s now a ‘sweet’ millionaire after claiming her share of last week’s $648 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot!
This story could possibly fall into that category, but it may all work itself out in the end.
[FLASHBACK: 'Food Stamp' Lottery Winner Found Dead! + 5 Things NOT To Do When You Win The Lottery... ]
Two brothers in New York are being charged with attempted grand larceny and conspiracy after they waited six years to claimed a $5 million lottery scratch-off ticket. Waiting that long isn’t an issue in NYC, but it probably triggered an investigation that resulted in their charges.
Apparently the two scammed the ticket from a customer at their family’s convenience store in Syracuse, N.Y., which is the reason they held on to it til the very last day to claim the multi-million dollar prize!
Details + Mugshots below… Continue Reading…
Remember that chick who was put on blast for still receiving food stamps after she’d won a million dollar lottery prize?
[READ: WTF?!? Million Dollar Lottery Winner Explains Why She's On Food Stamps (VIDEO)]
Besides the food stamps debacle, the 25 year old lottery winner broke several rules of lottery failures past and now she’s not around anymore to spend her winnings OR collect her government subsidized meal assistance.
Details…
The Baltimore McDonald’s worker who claims to have the winning Mega Millions ticket, refuses to produce it at this time.
Mirlande Wilson made headlines when she came forward claiming she was the holder of one of 3 jackpot winning tickets sold across the country last week but she was ridiculed after her co-workers at a local McDonald’s restaurant claimed they deserved a share of the winnings because they were part of a lottery pool.
[READ: WTF: Mega Millions Lottery Winner Refuses to Split Dough... ]
Wilson, a single mother of 7, appeared in an interview yesterday rocking her new weave and still maintains that the money is all hers.
Details + video of Mirlande Wilson’s interview below… Continue Reading…
It’s quite common for co-workers to “pool” their cash when playing the lottery, in hopes of increasing their chances of winning the bulk of cash. It’s also quite common for disputes to arise if a winning ticket is amongst the “pool” of tickets purchased.
Hence the story of Merlande Wilson, the holder of ONE the THREE winning tickets sold in the $656 Million dollar jackpot… Continue Reading…
Clayton, a 24-year-old single mother of two, may have won $1 million in the Michigan state lottery, but she still receives $200 a month in food stamps!
It wasn’t long before someone snitched, and acting on a tip, Local 4 news in Detroit confronted Clayton about it and she attempted to explain, stating:
I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn’t, I thought maybe it was OK because I’m not working.
Asked by Local 4 asked if she felt she had a right to the money, Clayton responded, “I mean I kinda do.”
Video + more details below… Continue Reading…
25lb Mark:Jump Start Your New Year's Diet Resolutions...
50lb Mark:The Incredible Shrinking Blogger..(VIDEO)
♫TheAPod.com♫ Atlanta Gossip Mugshot Mania![RECAP: Married to Medicine Season 2, Episode 17 – ‘Secrets Revealed’ – [FULL VIDEO]](http://cdn.straightfromthea.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/m2m-s2-secrets-revealed-sfta-4-520x473.png)
![Flexin’ FAIL! Souja Boy Busted Flashing Fake Cash… [PHOTOS]](http://cdn.straightfromthea.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Soulja-Boy-StraightFromTheA-101-520x483.png)
