Jury awards jailed illegal immigrant $750,000 lottery ticket
A jailed illegal immigrant in Georgia is the rightful owner of a $750,000 lottery ticket, a jury decided Thursday.
The Macon Telegraph has an excellent write-up on the tale of suddenly rich but soon-to-be-deported Jose Antonio “Tony” Cua-Toc, 27, a native of Guatemala who entered the country illegally in 2000.
Cua-Toc, a day laborer in the employ of Fort Valley business owner Erick Cervantes, bought the winning Jingle Jumbo Bucks lottery ticket in November 2010. Cua-Toc said he asked Cervantes to cash in the ticket because he was in the country illegally, but Cervantes kept the money.
Cervantes claims he gave Cua-Toc $20 to buy the ticket for him, but jurors watching store video of an exultant Cua-Toc decided that was not the behavior of a man who had just won a fortune for someone else.
The verdict in the civil suit would seem to set precedent — the jury determined the owner of a lottery ticket is not who pays for it, but who actually purchases it, which has me reconsidering the AJC office pool.
Cua-Toc’s winnings after taxes total $517,500. The Houston County jury also awarded him $207,000 in attorney’s fees and $25,000 in punitive damages. He is currently jailed on a DUI charge and will likely be deported after completing his sentence.
According to Georgia law, Cua-Toc could have claimed the prize as an illegal immigrant, which would have made this story a lot less interesting.
Now, I’m off to buy a $1 Mega Millions ticket. The drawing tonight is worth $148 million, and, if I win, I can assure you I won’t be asking my boss to cash it in for me.
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Beans
March 9th, 2012
3:33 pm
UNO
tdavis
March 9th, 2012
3:34 pm
“He will likely be deported when he completes his sentence”????? Really, why WOULDN’T he be deported???? Get ALL the illegals OUT!
pete
March 9th, 2012
3:36 pm
the american way ???????????????/
shane
March 9th, 2012
3:41 pm
At least the state gets the tax revenue for the winnings, because none of the rest of it will probably be sent in the US.
Me
March 9th, 2012
3:42 pm
Before he’s deported we should find out how much money the American tax payers has paid for him and his family since 2000 before he’s deported and get reimbursed while the rest of us slugs keep working away to make ends meet.
wrong
March 9th, 2012
3:44 pm
Wrong on precedent – it is more likely that the jury simply disbelieved the employer’s testimony that he funded the purchase of the winning ticket.
HPUCK
March 9th, 2012
3:44 pm
This guy is illegal, the guy who hired him did it illegally, both are criminals. Our justice system has gone to the dogs. If the average American citizen broke this many laws, they would throw away the key. Our country is lost.
Don't assume
March 9th, 2012
3:46 pm
Actually, many of the immigrants, legal or not, do spend a large portion of their money here. The amount they send home is comparatively small. $10 goes a lot farther in some of these other countries than it does in the US.
doh!
March 9th, 2012
3:58 pm
God I HATE people that will do anything to make a better life for themselves and their families even if that means sneaking into another country where the people hate you and doing jobs NONE of them want to do… What is wrong with these people?!
Bob in Sandy Springs
March 9th, 2012
4:00 pm
Unfortunately, companies hire illegals as independent contractors. After the WSB or TV46 undercover news story over the summer. As a result, deductions are not made by the employer for SS, FICA, GA taxes etc. So big deal they spend 20% of their pay in the state and send 80% to their families.
The next time you are in an emergency room, take a look at the other users of services there. Medicaid sure is great when you don’t pay taxes. Take a look at our schools and the number of students that can’t speak English. They don’t pay taxes, but sure do use the services.
butterfly diva
March 9th, 2012
4:02 pm
I agree with Me. We have probably been supporting his wife and 20 kids since he went to jail and probably before that. Get our money back before giving him his.
George P Burdell
March 9th, 2012
4:03 pm
Thank you for the “droll” writing…
And I agree about reconsidering the office “pool”.
TGI
March 9th, 2012
4:11 pm
FRIDAY ma fuxaz
Just to let you know
March 9th, 2012
4:11 pm
You know theres a price for a green card . I wouldnt be suprised if he wasnt deported for a fee lol
Old Violin
March 9th, 2012
4:36 pm
I’m still trying to figure out the meaning of the word “Illegal” ! If the guy is in this country illegally then his gains are illegally gained ! I have stopped buying tickets, and plan to never buy another one. We pay illegals, we give hope scholarships to illegals and folks from out of state, and we spend millions on advertisements to be pocketed by lottery cronies even though we’re the only game in the state. I am fed up with it, I will talk bad about it, and if given a chance I’ll join a class action lawsuit to clean it up……Billions of dollars spent on education ? Where the heck are the results ?
Sonia Christian
March 9th, 2012
4:37 pm
He bought the ticket with his hard earned money. He deserved to be happy. His boss is a crook and should be arested for his evil deeds.
jsmith
March 9th, 2012
4:39 pm
The good news is that he will not have to work (illegally or legally) anymore
benito
March 9th, 2012
4:39 pm
Awesome. He won the lottery in America. So, now we kick him out and he gets to spend American money in another country. But hey, at least all the anti-immigrants are happy with one less illegal employee in this country. And, I bet he was only holding a job that an American refused to take. I bet Americans could be doing his job, but they’d rather collect money on unemployment.
Denise
March 9th, 2012
4:41 pm
I feel so sorry for you people. Get a life now!!! The more the hate keeps building in your heart, it will eventually manifest in your bodies…cancer, strokes, bad hearts, etc. Try reading up on that instead of unsing the internet for porn…LOSERS!!!!
Latino Voter
March 9th, 2012
4:44 pm
Bob if you are referring to Peachcare – one of the primary qualifications is that you have to be a US Citizen or Legal Resident. Almost half of Americans do not pay federal income tax any yet they still hold their hands out each month for their government handouts. If you want to solve the Immigration Problem, we need immigration reform. Instead of spending billions of dollars sending people back home, why not offer the non-crimal immigrants a path to citizenship which requires them to pay back taxes and refuse goverment assistance for a period of ten years.
JoeQPublic
March 9th, 2012
4:49 pm
I just hope he stays out of the country after he get the money. DWI with all that cash … lots of liquior to be bought … lots of driving down the highway in the wrong direction … let it be Mexico.
Farher A. Long
March 9th, 2012
4:50 pm
We have equal protection. Illegals should not get preference over those who went through the legal process.
smores
March 9th, 2012
4:53 pm
Wlecome to the 1%, congrats and adios amigo. God Bless.
hl
March 9th, 2012
4:54 pm
Bob, You wrote ……..The next time you are in an emergency room, take a look at the other users of services there. Medicaid sure is great when you don’t pay taxes. ……..
Illegals do not qualify for Medicaid but you are right that they must be treated in emergency rooms due to a law that Reagan signed called EMTALA.. The hospital then writes this off but makes up the difference with the rest of us. The uninsured is a problem and it’s not caused just by illegals.
nacho libre
March 9th, 2012
4:55 pm
Congrats Amigo! Welcome to the 1%
Trey
March 9th, 2012
4:55 pm
How about this. If he wants to stay in this country, he can spend that money on becoming a citizen, now.
nacho libre
March 9th, 2012
4:56 pm
Who would Jesus provide medical care for….
Big Schtick
March 9th, 2012
4:59 pm
ha ha ha. You bunch of crybaby losers.
HA HA HA. You are too dumb to do anything meaningful with your lives and you whine because somebody had the cajones to pack up and move here. You were born here. Born here. Didn’t wrestle a gator to get here or anything. Just a dumb little ginger baby, crying and pooping your pants.
But you think that makes you better than this guy.
I say let all the hard working Guatemalans in and YOU crybabies GET OUT. Go back to Scotland or Germany or wherever your ugly ginger great great grandpappy came from.
gforce
March 9th, 2012
4:59 pm
Trust me…he has no reason to stay in the US now. With this kind of money, he’ll live like a king in Guatemala.
D
March 9th, 2012
5:00 pm
bs don’t assume. they spend money on food gas and necessitites. wooh. they live in apartments with 10 others. most of their $ goes to s and central america.
Trey
March 9th, 2012
5:01 pm
Big Schtick, go back to Spain where your ancestors came from.
Big Schtick
March 9th, 2012
5:01 pm
How about this. He takes his money and spends it however he pleases. Gives it all to his parents in Guatemala and then slips back across the border and goes back to work here.
And you just sit there with your bald spot and your bad breath pecking away at your keyboard.
LOSER.
Trey
March 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
Big Schtick, two people can play that bigot game.
Trey
March 9th, 2012
5:04 pm
Big Schtick, I could sit here and argue with you, but I have a life, unlike you. By the way, I know I’m not bald, nor do I have bad breath. Don’t believe me? Your mother does.
William Carson Jr.
March 9th, 2012
5:04 pm
I love this story. It is so heart warming.
I hope he uses some of the proceeds to buy a new car and a fifth of Patron and proceeds to drive his car straight through that gaping hole between Ted’s wife’s legs.
Delta Hog Moss
March 9th, 2012
5:07 pm
Well if he’s an illegal, than legally he shouldn’t have been paid American money to be able to purchase the ticket. Then again, if a 16 yr old gives his mommy money for a lotto ticket and he earned that money by cutting the grass, then should he not be rewarded for the winnings or would he not because he was not the purchaser as well as not of legal age? Should mommy be considered a bad parent for somehow promoting gambling to her 16 year old son even if the ultimate goal of that gambling is to put him through college so long as he makes good grades? I dunno you figure it out.
hmmm...
March 9th, 2012
5:09 pm
If he is here illegally, why is he sitting in jail using more taxpayers services. When the authorities arrested ham and find out he was illegal, why did they not go ahead and deport him?
What???
March 9th, 2012
5:10 pm
Everyone on Medicaid is not illegal. Also, there are those of us (Americans) who have had to stop working for health reasons and have to get on Medicaid. Please, don’t put everyone in the same basket.
Too bad the money will be taken to another country and spent. We could have used it here in America.
go big schtick
March 9th, 2012
5:13 pm
I own a small business, and the “americans” generally won’t show up for work. Half are on drugs, the other half will rob you blind, and others have 2 or 3 kids by 2 or 3 women. We need to take a lesson from these hard-working immigrants and copy their ways if we want this country to be great again. Face it, Americans are lazy. and it’s killing the nation.
Capt. Courageous
March 9th, 2012
5:13 pm
Only lazy ignorant Southern white trash like Ted have anything to fear from undocumented workers.
Everyone else knows their jobs and well-being are safe because they have the skills, education and work ethic to take care of their own.
Don’t you babies worry. With Gov. Deal and the other idiots at the Capitol, we won’t have to worry about illegal immigration in Georgia for long because laborers only go where the jobs are. And there won’t be any jobs left in Georgia by the time they’re finished praying and peeing on each other’s backsides instead of working on the local economy.
go big schtick
March 9th, 2012
5:14 pm
hey hmmm –
the deportation process is not immediate. it requires transportation, background checks and discussions with the receiving nation.
Five-year-old
March 9th, 2012
5:18 pm
Trey rhymes with Gay.
Only gays hate immigrants.
Trey hates immigrants.
Trey is gay.
Trey the gaywad.
Big Sctick
March 9th, 2012
5:19 pm
Gotta run. Got some expensive drinks and dinner and attractive ladies waiting for me.
I guess if I didn’t have so much going for me I’d be sitting around whining about illegal immigrants.
Later losers.
Big Schtick
March 9th, 2012
5:20 pm
One more thing . . . ah, never mind.
BB Gunn
March 9th, 2012
5:23 pm
I wish people would quit downing us unemployed. Not ALL OF US want to be on unemployment. When your employer comes to you and says, “today is your last day”, what do YOU DO??? You still have to eat, still have to look for work, we or I am not unemployed and getting $249.00 a week because I am lazy… WHO CAN LIVE OFF OF THAT??? I LOST MY DAMN JOB. I AM NOT A DEAD BEAT., I DON’T GET MEDICADE NOR MEDICARE…BUT BENITO do you seriously think that everyone is on unemployment because we don’t want to do certian jobs? How about if you go and look for work…see what you find. Just see…there are sooo many people over qualified and even they aren’t getting jobs. People like you piss me off.
Denise
March 9th, 2012
5:23 pm
@ GO BIG SCHTICK…you can’t even bend over to tie your own shoe. Go for a walk!!! Stop being so hateful and judgemental. Until your heart changes….your business will remain SMALL. Oh, I apoloigze, you have personally met EVERY single person in this country and you have it all figured out.
BB Gunn
March 9th, 2012
5:26 pm
BIG SCHTICK, you don’t have anywhere to go…if you did you wouldn’t be on here…what comes around goes around…don’t choke on that expensive dinner…
xenophobic a-hole
March 9th, 2012
5:30 pm
If only we were this concerned about issues that really matter, maybe something of real priority would get accomplished. Thanks for the $6 peanut butter, dickwads.
Everyone was an immigrant once, after we stole this land and all moved in.
Lazy
March 9th, 2012
5:34 pm
Big Schtick don’t choke on that expensive dinner of tube steak!
Here we go again
March 9th, 2012
5:41 pm
Any government assistance that this ILLEGAL immigrant received when he came into this country should be deducted from the $750,000.00. Why should tax payers continue to pay bills for people that are not LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS!!!
Enough is enough.
deegee
March 9th, 2012
6:04 pm
Big Schtick is a mensch.
Sid
March 9th, 2012
6:05 pm
ok, obviously this isn’t the case (at least any more) but I thought I remember hearing years ago that lottery tickets are effectively bearer bonds – (s)he who signs it & turns it in gets the $. not sure I want juries & lawyers deciding this – too much potential for abuse…
Laughing out Loud
March 9th, 2012
6:08 pm
It is very easy to express your opinion when one speaks in generalities which is what most posters do. They lump all illegals and legals in the same boat and make judgements about all. It’s just easier that way. Not all are takers and partakers of services,benefits with out making some contribution to society. Justice and mercy for all ought to be given. God bless people who want a better life for their families. Would to God some of our naturalized citizens would seek to better their own lives and that of their families without playing the “victim” seeking entitlement living.
Steven
March 9th, 2012
6:09 pm
Illegal immigrant wins!!
Alonzo
March 9th, 2012
6:21 pm
Even if the man was in the country illegally, he does not deserve to be cheated out of his winnings by someone who was born and raised her simply because of that fact. He went to his employer because he thought that he could trust the man. It is my bet that his employer was paying him far less than he would have paid an American to do the same job – if the employer could find an American who would take the job.
We spend so much time complaining about Latinos being in this country illegally. How many times have we read about a Latino trying to blow up an airplane or a federal building? The people who commit those kinds of acts usually have passports, visas, or even american birth certificates.
Orange12
March 9th, 2012
6:22 pm
I may be wrong but I thought you had to be a lawful U.S. citizen to win anything from the GA Lottery.
Alonzo
March 9th, 2012
6:24 pm
Even if the man was in the country illegally, he does not deserve to be cheated out of his winnings by someone who was born and raised here simply because of that fact. He went to his employer because he thought that he could trust the man. It is my bet that his employer was paying him far less than he would have paid an American to do the same job – if the employer could find an American who would take the job.
We spend so much time complaining about Latinos being in this country illegally. How many times have we read about a Latino trying to blow up an airplane or a federal building? The people who commit those kinds of acts usually have passports, visas, or even American birth certificates.
Do the Math
March 9th, 2012
6:30 pm
He should definately stay and buy a house with his money. Georgians can’t see the forest through all the trees.
Ralph Christian
March 9th, 2012
6:46 pm
Next time you are at the table eating, think about those that work under extreme hardship conditions to pick up the fruits and vegetables that you enjoy. The original illegal immigrants in America: Europeans.
Jeremy
March 9th, 2012
6:47 pm
The white man is here illegally just cause chris columbus got lost and got the indians high and took there land and gave them reservations now who was in the wrong did he discover america or pull sumthin shady all i say is how you discover america when indians were here yea ok
MeaneyMouse
March 9th, 2012
6:50 pm
HEYYYYYY YOU DANGED WOODCHUCKS STOP CHUCKING MY WOOD!!
Proud Native Georgian
March 9th, 2012
6:50 pm
To be very honest, I just wish the U.S. Constitution gave us a little more flexibility: there are a whole lot of honest, hard-working illegal immigrants I’d like to keep. And an equal number of sorry-assed U.S. citizens I’d like to deport (if we could only find some poor, unsuspecting country to take them)…..
KT
March 9th, 2012
6:52 pm
You White folks make me laugh.He will get deported to his native country.When will ya’ll go to ya’ll native country,because it’s not the USA.Go back to Euorpe or Sweeden or Germany
missnadine
March 9th, 2012
6:54 pm
Judging from this response, it appears as if many people don’t know that you can be perfectly legal in this country, and still not be a citizen? All of the comments here about only benefits being for American citizens are simply not even valid. Ever heard on a green card? Some of the smartest people have these – doctors, engineers, scientists, and more. They want to work here, pay taxes (more than most due to their positions), but do not acquire citizenship. I realize that this guy is illegal, but some of these comments are so dumb.
Some people marry a spouse from another country, live in that country, but retain their original citizenship. I did, and have lived in the US for over 25 years, with a Permanent Resident card. I own a business, hire US Legal Residents, and pay a boatload of taxes since I am a small shop. In the early 80s, I did live here illegally, worked at resturant jobs, and never took any handout. But guess what – no one noticed or cared, because I was white and spoke English.
KT
March 9th, 2012
7:11 pm
You racist White people never seem to amaze me.Ya’ll are always talking about sending someone who’s not white somewhere.When will ya’ll go back to Germany,Europe or Sweeden.Once ya’ll do that,i’m sure everyone else would be glad to return to their native country.How can you say that Christopher Columbus discoverd America,when someone was already lives there.Ya’ll are good at 1 thing and 1 thing only STEALING.
Orange12
March 9th, 2012
7:11 pm
Sorry, missnadine. I should have typed resident.
S
March 9th, 2012
7:21 pm
The Jury made the right decision. The employer should be brought up on charges of hiring an illegal immigrant.
Proud Native Georgian
March 9th, 2012
7:22 pm
Geez, KT, give it a rest, dude. Not all white people are racist. Yes, some are, but the same can be said for a certain number of people of color.
You’re right about Columbus: he didn’t discover anything (other than maybe sunburn from the open deck of a big sailboat). But you’re wrong about all white folks being thieves. You need to chill a little….
missnadine
March 9th, 2012
7:31 pm
BB -Gunn -I agree with you. The backlash toward unemployed people, who have worked hard until then, is just awful. It is terrible that after working as long as you did, and paying taxes as long as you did, that someone would question your integrity or work ethic. I think it is also criminal for some lawmakers to want to require drug tests for the unemployed.
Turd Ferguson
March 9th, 2012
7:50 pm
I Agree With ME,
Turd Ferguson
March 9th, 2012
7:52 pm
To,KT You Need To Let It Go.
sandy
March 9th, 2012
8:04 pm
effing beaner needs to be sent back with what he came here with.. NOTHING
Garry Owen
March 9th, 2012
8:13 pm
He should be made to pay for the expenses incured while in State custody!
4 jacks
March 9th, 2012
8:44 pm
Give the money back to honest tax paying legal citizens of OUR country and run these illegal drunk driving pos aliens back to there own sorry a$$ countries. What the hell are the people on these jury’s thinking, or maybe that is the problem they do not think. God this is what is wrong with America, it is NOT America anymore.
PR
March 9th, 2012
8:48 pm
Illegals should not be allowed to claim the money…THEY ARE CRIMINALS! ship them all home.
DEPORT IMMEDIATELY
March 9th, 2012
8:59 pm
Deport the SOB immediately and have him pay all the bills of the deportation! He is not worthy to breath one more minute of our air…..put this sorry POS of the next bus out of here.
Laurie
March 9th, 2012
9:20 pm
most sweepstakes require winners to be US residents. We should have a simular law for the lottery.
Jose
March 9th, 2012
9:20 pm
good god, what’s wrong with some of you. Can’t you all just admit you want Jim Crow be placed back on the books instead of this veiled “patriotism”
Snatchandgrab
March 9th, 2012
9:32 pm
Well, at least the state of Ga and the Fed gov will get taxes out of the money…A whopping 40%
A real American
March 9th, 2012
9:49 pm
This should have been a no brainer. No, an illegal should not have the right to bring a case to trial, no he should not get the money and YES, he should be deported. When are we going to get serious about this issue?
ld
March 9th, 2012
11:33 pm
it should occur the judge that he can now afford to pay a fine in lieu of his sentence
Laugh@losers
March 10th, 2012
1:15 am
Wow I am surprise with how many losers n haters inthe state of Georgia. Hey don’t be mad just because you are not the winner. Remember what your God teaches u? How irony, with all this holy rollers in here.
me
March 10th, 2012
1:17 am
laugh – there is no god so keep him out of it
FU Big Schtick
March 10th, 2012
2:47 am
Yeah we were born here and we pay taxes here. If the illegal idiot wants to pay back taxes for the whole time he was here and then go through the process of getting legal citizenship, then more power to him. He is more than welcome to do the jobs that nobody else wants to do. This country is called the melting pot for a reason, everyone is welcome legally. So you can jump back on whatever boat you came from and GTFO of this country if you don’t like the laws!
Larry
March 10th, 2012
4:25 am
Attention Unemployed Americans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08qq3087OUQ&feature=player_embedded
BBro
March 10th, 2012
6:47 am
It’s not the ones that enter into this country illegally that most Americans are upset with it’s the ones that come in illegally that doesn’t pay taxes but then the huge problem is the ones that suck our welfare system dry with democrats approval. There needs to be an employement center setup at the U.S. – Mexico border and when there’s a need for labor they issue the company in need however many labors they need. Say the labor work pay $10 an hour the employment angency charges $12 perhour and the $2 extra per hour goes back into supporting the employment center and the Mexican workers can go back n fourth to Mexico on work visas without the worry of jail, etc. Our lame headed government rather sue our own U.S. states rather than coming up with a solution to the problem and paying out BILLIONS for illegal health care, welfare and the over 50% in our prison system.
Prissy Fezzik
March 10th, 2012
7:32 am
wrong, whether they meant to or not, the jury DID set a precedent.
3d
March 10th, 2012
7:47 am
doh, that is just a tired weak argument that illegals are doing jobs that no one else wants.
If they weren’t here, then business would be forced to pay competitive wages to attract workers that will do the work. stop making excuses for illegal activity
btw, no one hates them; we just want law abiding citizens in our country, that’s all
if we hated them, don’t you think we’d be turning them into immigration officials left and right
this country has been very accommodating to say the least think about it
RIC
March 10th, 2012
8:01 am
hey people dont be so envy… the fact is that this guy is more rich than all of you can be on your earth life!
wang fu dong
March 10th, 2012
8:03 am
may you have4 good luck for3ver
Buzz144
March 10th, 2012
8:04 am
Deduct from the proceeds the cost of arresting him, incarcerating him, prosecuting him and deporting him and then, if there is anything left, hand it to him as he crosses back into Mexico. He’ll probably be attacked and robbed by a mob in Mexico.
Justine
March 10th, 2012
8:29 am
There is no requirement lottery winners be US citizens. In fact many US citizens play foreign lotteris and many foreigners play US lotteries.
This man was working. He had a job and if he had a job he was paying taxes. It has been my experience that millions are paid by working illegal immigrants who never get a tax refund. There has been no indication he did anything but work. Secondly and most importantly, the lesson is of the greed and exploitation of those who hire illegals. It has always been said the best way to stem the illegal problem is to give jail time to those who get caught more than 2 times hiring illegals.
If you want to stop the illegal problem jail the employers. As long as you only deport or jail the illegal, the employers will simply replace them with a fresh batch of illegals. We saw that when states passed strict immigration laws and immigrants refused to come there. Now those states, including Georgia are stating they have a shortage of certain types of workers.
The most troubling of this situation is the continuing exploitation of illegal immigrants. I think the person who attempted to take the money should also be tried criminally. It was low life for him to do that and he knows he attempted to take this man’s money. And trust me, if he had given him the money when he won it, he probably would have returned to his homeland and lived happily everafter.
Mr "C"
March 10th, 2012
9:41 am
Congrats to the guy – now deduct any welfare, healthcare and or all free b’s he has gotten – also pay for his fines and jail time, buy him a tkt home give him his change and adios amigo !
Tonya w
March 10th, 2012
9:45 am
I’m glad he won his case. But forget the lottery fiasco. Here’s my issue. He is an illegal immigrant who was arressted for dui. He is receiving Clothes, food, a place to live, medical care and other things i may not know about. Seems to me “They” should have made him pay monetarily and deported him already. GA is one of the states that has the harshest immigrant laws (which I do not support) But if that is the case, why are “They” giving away all our valuable resources $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$?????????
sleestak
March 10th, 2012
10:24 am
I think 10K is all you can leave the country with.
rob
March 10th, 2012
10:44 am
Enter your comments here
rob
March 10th, 2012
10:49 am
HL Bob is right look in the emergency rooms they are not on Medicaid but guess wat,I bet all their children were born here which makes the kids American born citizens which they are eligible for Medicare
Julius
March 10th, 2012
11:02 am
I agree with all the comments here am a Hispanic living in GA for about 16 years and I get annoyed when hispanics that come here illegally or legally don’t get with the program. I paid my taxes, I have health insurance, I spend my money in the States, I learned the American culture, but am just a small percentage of hispanics that get with the program, the rest just don’t get it and that’s insane.
Antavius
March 10th, 2012
11:42 am
This should be the cue for the legislature to make it illegal for border jumpers to receive $ from the GA Lottery. The $ could be put back into the lottery pool, or donated to charity …just about anything other than allowing it to migrate to Guatemala.
John
March 10th, 2012
11:58 am
Funny…
Jim Tavegia
March 10th, 2012
12:20 pm
The winners are the attorneys…$207,000….THAT is the outrage. Now, what is happening to Cervantes? You might have finished the story completely.
glee
March 10th, 2012
12:28 pm
Thank you to the illegal immigrants for keeping hope alive. It is a shame that they are not allowed to earn a higher education in this wonderful state of hate. Hope scholarship is funded by the purchase of lottery tickets a large percentage of the tickets are purchased by illegals yet GA wants to deport and block them from earning a higher education. Stop the hate continue to educate a mind is a horrible thing to waste remember Georgia the state to busy to hate. This kind of hate fuels bulling and we wonder why are kids behave the way they do lead by example a positive loving welcoming example.
The People
March 10th, 2012
12:28 pm
Ok, Jimmy “Outrage” Tavegia, the next time you have a complex legal matter, by all means represent yourself since you don’t think the attorneys earned their money.
You’ll have a fool for a client.
RallyG
March 10th, 2012
12:30 pm
Deport both of them.
Laugh@losers
March 10th, 2012
3:17 pm
Truly it’s a state of hatred. At least the majority of them. I thought people who cares about news are those who are at least fairly educated. So much of education that they are blind folded by jealousy, hatred, and superiority. Wake up already. Go downtown and look at those so called born and raise here drain the crap out of federal money, welfare scam. How about that female American citizen who won the lottery and still want to use her food stamp? Where is your moral? It’s not about where were you born, it’s more about moral issues and dissatisfaction of life.
ihope_glee_getskilledbyanillegal
March 10th, 2012
3:38 pm
stupid liberal – please go drown yourself
Aaron
March 10th, 2012
6:24 pm
sure he may have won it fair and square; but before you go deport him, make him spend it ALL here in the USA. This is part of the reason this country has gone into the gutter; us hiring legal (illegal, doesn’t matter) immigrants and allowing them to send all of their money out of the country, and not keeping it in our economy.
GH
March 28th, 2012
5:21 pm
lottery ticket=bearer instrument, sign the back!
Amiah
April 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
Did he have to pay taxes on the winnings? If so, SHUT UP about it