Couple gives away $11 million lottery win

Swede

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:25 AM
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Couple gives away $11 million lottery win

The phone hasn't stopped ringing at Allen and Violet Large's home over news the elderly Nova Scotia couple has given away almost $11.2 million in lottery winnings.

Allen Large said they've been overwhelmed by calls from across the country since a story about their philanthropy appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald on Thursday.

"We're not used to all this attention," Large said as he fielded another call at the couple's modest home in Lower Truro.

"We're just plain, old country folks."

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/ns-couple-gives-away-11m-million-lottery-win-to-family-charities-106689403.html

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Lucy Goosey

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:39 AM
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1. Interesting that she's receiving cancer treatment...

...yet they aren't worried about hanging on to more of that money for medical bills because they're in Canada.

What sweet people, I hope they at least bought themselves a few real luxury items.

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Strelnikov_

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Thu Nov-04-10 12:33 PM
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12. Yes it is n/t

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Canuckistanian

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:42 AM
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2. One obvious question

Why did they buy lottery tickets?

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:43 AM
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3. That was my first thought. n/t

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alcibiades_mystery

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:44 AM
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4. That's what I thought, too

I get that people can be comfortable as they are, and don't want or need anything other than that, but then why buy the tickets?

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lumberjack_jeff

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:47 AM
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6. Maybe because they could then afford to be charitable.

I can think of many worse reasons.

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IDHow

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:44 AM
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5. Probably because they wanted to give them away to good causes

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Better Today

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:47 AM
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7. Are lottery tickets there not connected to school funding? They are here,

and nearly everyone will try to buy at least one or two a year, just to put an extra two cents into the school budgets.

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IndyPragmatist

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:52 AM
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10. its a thrill for some elderly people.

My grandmother would buy the $1 lottery tickets nearly every day. She didn't expect to win, but she enjoyed the game. Some people will spend $5/day on coffee, others will spend that on lottery tickets. Neither are a necessity, but it makes them feel good.

Although, I doubt she would have given the money away if she had won.

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lumberjack_jeff

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:47 AM
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8. One obvious answer. So they can do what they did. n/t

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Lochloosa

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Thu Nov-04-10 11:49 AM
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9. Because they can...

:shrug:

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Swede

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Thu Nov-04-10 12:21 PM
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11. "After taking care of their family"

Pay off debts,credit cards,mortgages for family is number one on my list if I ever win.

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