Mega Millions ‘winner’ a loser of winning ticket
Imagine the joy of winning millions in the lottery.
Mirlande Wilson, center, will be able to afford even fancier hats if she finds the 'misplaced' winning Mega Millions ticket. (AP Photo)
Now imagine losing that winning ticket.
Now imagine lying about everything to any reporter who will listen.
That would seem to be the case of alleged Mega Millions winner Mirlande Wilson, 37, of Maryland, who’s claimed to have won a third of the world record $656 million lottery jackpot.
As you’ve doubtless read before, Wilson refused to share her presumptive millions with her McDonald’s co-workers, whom she had purchased tickets with in a pool.
Wilson, a Haitian immigrant and mother of seven, quit her fast-food gig by calling in to tell her former friends she was a millionaire and would not be sharing because she purchased the winning ticket separately from the office pool.
Today, NBC News reports Wilson has “misplaced” the ticket.
When asked if she was a teller of tall tales, Wilson told NBC “I did not make up no story to get no attention.”
Even her own attorney has never seen the alleged winning ticket, which makes me wonder about his mental state as much as his client’s.
So far, winners in Kansas and Illinois have yet to step forward. Baltimore must be full of tricksters — another man there claimed to have been the Maryland winner, but it was a cruel joke that made his mother cry instead of laugh.
Maryland lottery officials are urging people who bought tickets to check their numbers again to make sure they don’t have the winner. The fear is that the real winner may have thrown out a ticket worth millions because they thought someone else had already won the big prize.
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142 comments Add your comment
curious
April 6th, 2012
12:15 pm
I think I had it. Went through the drive-thru. It was stuck to my wrapper. Kind of greasy. I tossed it.
GatorGreg
April 6th, 2012
12:16 pm
Her angle is to say she lost it and when the real winner steps forward she is just setting it up so she gets a piece of the action.
On a separate note, she only voted for Obozo 10 time last election and will vote 20 times next election, why? Just look at her. You can tell the only thing she stands for is anything free to her….what a joke. She should end up in prison, in Haiti….
Atlanta Native
April 6th, 2012
12:17 pm
If no one comes forward with the winning ticket, what happens to the unclaimed money? Wouldn’t it be a better win for the country if the money goes back to the states for education, etc.? (Notwithstanding that the governments of these states will likely waste most of it…)
Occupy A Job Loser!!
April 6th, 2012
12:21 pm
She is a Occupy Loser and like all the Other Occupy Idiots she is a lazy ass slacker expents to get something for nothing and someone give it to her…go Occupy A Job LOSER
stilldefiant
April 6th, 2012
12:22 pm
@ pb – Agreed. She is obviously nuts. Produce the ticket or move on. And Stan, stop being so scared and use the other word instead of ‘thug’. Grow a pair. Or are you just too stupid to know one person is not indicative of an entire race of people?
MyPatootie
April 6th, 2012
12:22 pm
Last sentence in the article: “The fear is that the real winner may have thrown out a ticket worth millions because they thought someone else had already won the big prize”. Anybody stupid enough to do that without checking the numbers first does not deserve to win anything, period. Why would they even say that unless they think Maryland is full of dumb people? Well, then again maybe they know something I don’t. BTW, this woman is probably here in the first place illegally, drawing welfare benefits of $200 per child per month, plus on food stamps. Is anyone surprised she is working at a McDonalds?
savannahdawg
April 6th, 2012
12:22 pm
Send her and the idiot lawyer back to Haiti. She has been lying the entire time and he was dumb enough and greedy enough to believe her.
The Judge
April 6th, 2012
12:24 pm
Bottom line – no tickee no washee! That’s the way it works. Oh, and before we go any further let’s check her immigration status – 7 kids and no husband(s)? Boy, they must have really relaxed the immigration requirements.
anita
April 6th, 2012
12:27 pm
If she wasn’t gonna share, oh well, there’s karma for ya!
bobsig
April 6th, 2012
12:27 pm
One time I lost my way but I found it……there is still hope. And give me the change.