Won the Lotto!

[Danger_Mouse]

I was just informed my NOW favorite cousin won the lottery friday night.
Super 7 (Canadian Lotto) for 5 Million. She and co-workers shared on tickets and when all was divided it was $600,000 each. Shes 28 yrs old, one boy, married to a military guy. It was a relatively small jackpot this time, too bad she didn't hit a bigger one , but still. Set her and her family up now with a really good kickstart.

After losing a cousin to a motorcycle crash and our grandmother this year, its good to get some great news in my family!

(runs to store to buy lotto tickets)

[Satchel]

Wow... Small jackpot or not, $600,000 is not too shabby! Awesome news!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Aww thats wonderful news Danger!!! I'm very happy for her ..... and for your family with this uplifting news http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/smilies/yahoo.gif

[urstwile]

Yay Danger! That's great news. :) Sounds like your family needs a boost.

[morea]

holy cow, good for her!

[Danger_Mouse]

They sure did need a boost. I only wish she'd hit the BIG BIG jackpots, then maybe I would see some of it. hahaha....kidding we are all happy for them and it did give everyone a boost in spirits.

[urstwile]

LOL, well maybe get her to take you to dinner or something. :)

Good for your family, though. I'm sure everyone's got a big grin on their face right now at the happy news.

[TheBluePanda]

Wow, thats awesome! I hope they properly invest it instead of just spending it. Hopefully you get a little taste of it, maybe a few thousand or somethin. :D

[Samakimoto Graphics]

W00t!

That's approximately 43 million Kenya shillings, that would cover me, my children, and grandchildren for decades!

[mac.FINN]

Hey Danger...buddy... where in TO did you say you were? We should hang out, oh and invite your cousin's money...er...cousin.

[reuber1]

W00T for money!!!

[balou]

How exciting! Congrats to her!

[Danger_Mouse]

heh I wish I got to see some of it.

[Tyger]

Wow that's definitely great news!!!! I wish I could have won to pay off the house I'm about to buy :)

$600K that's still a sweet deal!

[Patrick Shannon]

I don't know how taxes and lottery works up north, but if it were here I'd bet Uncle Sam would take $500,000 worth of each share. >:(

[mac.FINN]

We don't get taxed on prize winnings like you do in the states. I don't know if there's no tax, but I know it's much less than you pay in the states.

[danedawg99]

w00zah! awesome, danger!

[Danger_Mouse]

You are not taxed for lotto winnings in Canada :)

[Patrick Shannon]

Well, medicine/drugs isn't going to be the only thing I'm importing from Canada from now on. ;)

[EC]

That's exciting news! :)

[Mynock]

$600,000 Kanadian, so what's that 1,000 American? :P

[jimking]

I believe 1/3 of your winnings is taxed in the US. I'm moving to Canada.

[jimking]

Canadian 600,000.=$535,260.2720 US. Much closer than I thought. I'm staying home.

[Ned]

$600,000 Kanadian, so what's that 1,000 American? :P

Exactly what I was going to say, Mynock. :) Though actually, the Canadian Dollar is up now, higher than it's been in decades (ie, since before the Mulroney era).

Too bad the cost of living is also higher than ever, and wages the same as always.

[Broacher]

Yeah, and the whole public health care system doesn't look nearly as rosy or anywhere near as sustainable as it once was. You'd be amazed at how many sick Canadians our doctors send southward for treatment because they can't in all good medical conscience, send their patients to 'get in line' with specialists or hard-to-book services. With the baby boomers starting to suck all the remaining financial juice out of the system in the next twenty years or so, I'm resolved to looking to eBay for my replacement parts, when the time comes.

[Danger_Mouse]

Canadian health care certainly isn't what it use to be. One good point is you can be unemployed and visit the doctor and its covered. But you may not be able to find a family doctor, or be put waiting for specialists for months and even years. I know pregnant women that have to go to outpatients. We are still better off than the US on most parts.

We smoke alot of weed up here too and its more acceptable than the states. If it weren't for the states it wouldn't be illegal. DAMN BUSH, DAMN HIM.

We can marry gay people too. Ye haw, grab yer rainbow pajamas.

[jimking]

So, if you are better off medical wise then why are your doctors sending patients here (US)? I've never heard of US doctors sending patients north. (only south of the border for cheap drugs and thrills.)

[Danger_Mouse]

Faster service.

"better" is the wrong choice of words. Each has its pros and cons.


This is too huge a conversation to get into right now while at work. heh

[Danger_Mouse]

http://www.torontosun.com/News/Canada/2006/09/13/1833772-sun.html

My cousin seems to have made headlines across Canada. She is on the far right, the pregnant one (Rachel).
I went out and bought some tickets for tonights 22 million.

[Red Kittie Kat]

that is so awesome... I'm sure they are a very happy bunch of ladies :D

[G-Man79]

Huzzah! Good for her, Danger Mouse. $600K is muy bueno indeed.