Woman Gives N3m Lottery Cash to Beggar
07.17.2009
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A woman who won the national sports lottery has given all her prize money to a street beggar an hour after being given the cheque, a website said.
Rosemary Obiakor, 46, of Lagos , won more than three million naira in the National Sports Lottery, said a report culled from the website.
When asked what she planned to do with the money after she was presented with her cheque in a ceremony on local TV, Mrs Obiakor said she'd give it to a "lucky beggar".
"I have heard a lot of stories about how people win the lottery, and they get broke in the short run and come across a lot of misfortune. I am scared, and so I'll give it to a lucky beggar on the street," she told TV reporters.
She collected her cheque, cashed the money and gave the money to a female beggar who was sitting by the street side with her two-year old baby.
When Mrs Obiakor and a team of lottery executives handed the beggar a bag full of banknotes, she screamed with delight, and hugged them all.
She thanked her benefactor profusely and promised to start a food retail business immediately.
Before she went away with her money, the new 'millionaire' gave handfuls of money to other beggars on the street.


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Not so smart.

"I have heard a lot of stories about how people win the lottery, and they get broke in the short run and come across a lot of misfortune. I am scared, and so I'll give it to a lucky beggar on the street," she told TV reporters.

So, it was a transfer of perceived evil spirit and not philanthropy. This woman wicked o.

^ I mean, why bother to play in the first place?

yamakuza:

^ I mean, why bother to play in the first place?

her brain is filled with saw dusts