A Scream

In Jamaica, a lottery winner picked up his loot wearing a Scream mask. He wanted to head off future problems.

Amusing, but I have to agree.  As I've stated before, if a miracle occurs, and you win the lottery, you shouldn't let anyone else know.  Criminals, of course, would be interested, but then, if you bought a nice new house, they'd be interested anyway.

What's more troublesome is you'd be on the radar of charities.  While you should give to charitable causes, they should be the ones you choose, not the ones who pester you the most.  And, of course, there are your friends, and your "friends." Suddenly, everything is on you.

So be prepared.  You never know when you'll win the lottery. (Okay, you do--never.)  Have that Scream mask ready in the back of the closet.

PS  The jackpot was $158.4 million in Jamaican dollars.  The Jamaican dollar is worth about three-quarters of a penny, so that's equivalent to $1.17 million U.S..  Still pretty exciting, but is it worth wearing a mask over?

PPS In a related story, the winner of last year's $1.5 billion lottery payoff has finally stepped forward to accept the money.  Actually, his lawyer stepped forward--the winner wishes to stay anonymous.   Or was it the winner pretending to be a lawyer?  If that's a real lawyer, I hope the deal is payment per hour of services, and not by contingency fee.