But for three people, their dreams have come true. Lucky ticket holders from Illinois, Kansas and Maryland will split the massive jackpot. After taxes, each winner will receive a cool $105 million. No doubt, these folks are about to spend some serious time stimulating the economy. But the winners in Illinois and Kansas may get a head start on that shopping spree.
Let's get back to the lucky lady from Maryland. First off, she shares my last name (Wilson) and lives in my home state. I only mention this because it's probably about as close as I'll ever come to hitting the jackpot myself. But nonetheless, Miss Wilson has a bit of a dilemma to deal with. And I'm not just talking about choosing between the red or the black Ferrari. The problem is that her McDonald's coworkers are saying that they, along with Wilson, went in as a group to buy the winning ticket. But Miss Wilson has basically given them an emphatic "Hell, no!" and told them to keep flipping the burgers. Can you imagine the pissed-off work crew at that McDonald's this morning? Sorry kids, we're out of Happy Meals today...
Wow! That's some pretty cold stuff right there. So, instead of fifteen lives being instantly upgraded, only one (at least for now) will be turning in her resignation to Mickey D's. What would you do? Even if the woman is telling the truth, and did purchase her private stash of tickets, couldn't she at least kick a measly million bucks to each one of her colleagues? That would still leave her with $90 million! I think she could survive on that...
A similar situation occurred a while back in New Jersey. A guy hit for $24 million and tried to shaft his fellow "group members". In the end, a jury ordered him to share the winnings with the group. Will the same thing happen in this case? We'll see......
One thing's for sure, there is going to be a bunch of disgruntled workers at one Maryland McDonald's for the time being. You might want to eat at the Burger King until the dust settles on this one......
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