Group Claims $129 Million Lottery Ticket Purchased at Michigan Porn Shop
- Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:34pm by
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — It’s “Team Victory” all right.
A $129 million Powerball lottery ticket sold at an urban porn shop is being split by members of a group primarily from southeast Michigan.
The group calls itself “Team Victory.” A representative wasn’t saying Friday whether the winning ticket was bought inside Uptown Book Store or at an outside, walk-up lottery ticket window frequented by many in the depressed Highland Park neighborhood.
Mike Greer of Farmington Hills also wouldn’t describe the group members or how they know each other.
Greer picked up the check Friday. He says he didn’t buy the ticket himself or know how it was purchased. He also says that doesn’t matter to the group members.
The ticket was bought just outside Detroit for the Nov. 6 drawing.
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Superbird
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 2:26amPerverts! wait! rich perverts…
Report Post »inferno
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 4:07pmThis is disgusting. Any decent human being would refuse to accept the money won by a ticket that was purchased in such a location. I’m outraged !
Report Post »If anyone believes what I just said, I have a winning lottery ticket I will sell for $100,000.00. It’s a sure multi million dollar winner. I await any takers.
HUGE FRONTAL LOBE
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 11:36amIt would have been a shame if that ticket would have stuck to another.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 10:56amThat happened in Boston and they got caught. They had figured out a way to make certain balls pop up to the top by making them a different weight!
Report Post »PS: TEAM VICTORY? Let‘s hope it’s not a group of radical RESIDENT Muslims. :(
LukeAppling
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 10:48amI would investigate the ticket, the purchasers and the lottery itself for fraud. In florida I believe there are far too many questionable winners from Hialeah and Miami that makes me doubt the honesty of the games.
Report Post »itsmyfirstday
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:03am5.95 for a DVD??? What a bargain…they are 20 bucks here…so I hear…
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 2:53amI originally heard that they were all in a Church group.
Oh well, it‘s said that we’re all sinners.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 12:50amNo justice in this world.
Report Post »LittleLordFauntleroy
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 10:18pmI thought people rented porn because they could “get lucky.”
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:26pmThey will have fun for a little while. Good for them.
Report Post »tnturner
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:36pmNow they can afford to hire porn stars like Charlie Sheen did. : )
Report Post »lbsm
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:45pmBingo!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:32pmThe only city that has Detroit beat is Chicago. Those two cities are the garbage cities with the politicians screwing over the crooks just as bad as they are their citizens.
Report Post »Capt_Spalding
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:27pmThey’ll all be broke again within five years. Wait for it…
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:05pmthey’ll all be broke after getting a mouthful of diamond teeth within a year.
Report Post »HillCountryPatriot
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:26pmIs this what the porn industry means when they say,”the money shot?”
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:17pmLets get the hell out of here.
Report Post »JohnnyJT
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:07pmDouble Fireworks.
Report Post »DonoRomantico
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:03pmWith that kind of money, they can afford plenty of batteries.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 2:16amHeck why battries, they can afford plugin now!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:56pmEverything else in Detroit is tainted …..from the former mayor / convicted felon, K. Kilpatrick, the city council and the police to a good portion of it‘s welfare cheating citizen’s. SO, WHY NOT THE WINNING LOTTO TICKET? ….Regardless, the winner’s spokesman claims a large amount of the winnings will be given to his church?! How fitting!! …After all, in these times, Detroit’s survival is based in large on porn shops, strip joints, casinos and …………….. (you name it).
Report Post »cantdrive55
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 11:00pm“everything else in detroit is tainted”??? hey skippy – why don’t you get your facts straight and not make absolute statements that are simply false???
Report Post »lbsm
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:49pmIndeed…who cares where they bought it. Congrats to them!!
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:44pmWonder how many of them will try to hide their identity now. Of course, that kind of money tends to trump pride, so who knows.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:42pmHope they have gotten solid financial advice because I bet they will have to deal with friends and relatives they never knew existed. Hopefully the money is safely tucked away. Congrats!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:02pmOf course, with money now suddenly showing up not only relatives will come out of the woods, so will all manner of alleged ‘bill and debt’ collectors; scam artists; and not to mention the friendly neighbor hood KGB-IRS to get ‘their fair due’ off the top.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:58pmI think I am kin to all of them – LOL
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joseph Fawcett
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 2:13amYep I am a long lost cusin, twice removed and then three times returned but then lost and almost forgotten about until the money showed me the light to come holding my hands out (in greetings of course). ;-) LOL!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »Make the Stupid People Shut Up
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:39pmNow they can afford better quality sex toys
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:43pmNow they can afford to move to a higher class slum like NYC or Dearborn.
Report Post »Thirteenth Paladin
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:08pm@ Water Board’em – Why not move up? I’d just upgrade to black velvet artwork, displayed in my new ranch near Phoenix.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:09pmso what, why is it ok for TSA to grope people and have naked body scanners
Report Post »but we get all worked up over some Porn store ??????
Wake up !