View Full Version : Katrina Evacuee Hits Jackpot
SpursWoman
10-06-2005, 08:05 PM
Cool! :)
link (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/05/katrina.jackpot/index.html)
Katrina evacuee hits jackpot
Thursday, October 6, 2005; Posted: 7:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 GMT)
Hurricane Katrina evacuee Jacquelyn Sherman won $1.6 million Tuesday playing the slots on whim -- Jacquelyn Sherman had not had much luck since Hurricane Katrina sent her fleeing from her New Orleans home.
That changed on Tuesday, when the money flooded in.
The 57-year-old retired librarian won $1.6 million playing the slot machine at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, Louisiana.
When asked how she'd spend the money, Sherman replied, "First of all, I would like to find somewhere to live because my house was destroyed in Katrina."
Sherman has been staying in her sister's three-bedroom home in Opelousas with about 26 other people since Katrina flooded 80 percent of New Orleans and left her homeless.
With $20 in hand, Sherman was en route with her sister to do some shopping when, on a whim, she decided to try her luck at the slots.
"I was on the road to Kmart and decided to stop at the casino," which is around the corner from her sister's home, she told CNN. (Watch entire interview -- 1:42)
Seventeen quarters and $4.25 later, she was a millionaire.
"When you first see it happen, you just go dunce," said Sherman, still appearing somewhat dazed by her good fortune.
"You just don't realize what done happened until the person next to you hits you and says, 'Well, you done did it.'"
Shelly
10-06-2005, 08:08 PM
I think the government should let her have it all.
spurschick
10-06-2005, 08:18 PM
And some people say there is no justice in the world...
Clandestino
10-06-2005, 09:13 PM
i guess she wasn't too poor that she could afford to even think about spending her money on gambling...
Johnny_Blaze_47
10-06-2005, 09:23 PM
i guess she wasn't too poor that she could afford to even think about spending her money on gambling...
I guess your heart is still black enough to not let any light in or allow any light to escape from its clutches.
She (would've) spent $20. It would have made her satisfied and happy. God, do you always have to be such a prick?
John T
10-06-2005, 09:23 PM
Awesome!
Clandestino
10-06-2005, 09:29 PM
I guess your heart is still black enough to not let any light in or allow any light to escape from its clutches.
She (would've) spent $20. It would have made her satisfied and happy. God, do you always have to be such a prick?
:lol
so, i guess you donated money to katrina victims so they could gamble it?
Johnny_Blaze_47
10-06-2005, 10:27 PM
:lol
so, i guess you donated money to katrina victims so they could gamble it?
Where does it say that she used donation money?
So does this mean you're going to pull your donation back?
TheWriter
10-06-2005, 11:08 PM
Dude's mad because his lifetime of buying lotto scratch offs has yielded him a grand net total of 63 cents.
ZStomp
10-06-2005, 11:10 PM
How do we know it was Donation money that she used to gamble??
scott
10-06-2005, 11:12 PM
Because Clandestino says so.
TheWriter
10-06-2005, 11:13 PM
How do we know it was Donation money that she used to gamble??
Because he's a souless idiot with nothing better to be than a cynic.
Clandestino
10-07-2005, 08:58 AM
Because he's a souless idiot with nothing better to be than a cynic.
:lmao anytime you say anything all i can think of is stolen pictures being posted on an nysnc website... too fucking funny! that will go down in history of spurstalk.. :lmao
Clandestino
10-07-2005, 09:00 AM
Where does it say that she used donation money?
So does this mean you're going to pull your donation back?
she is living in a house with 26 other people... doesn't sound like she has tons of disposable income. i'm sure there are many other evacuees doing to the same thing.. maybe some of the ones who have been breaking in volunteers cars, recharging their fema card illegally, etc..
Johnny_Blaze_47
10-07-2005, 10:16 AM
she is living in a house with 26 other people... doesn't sound like she has tons of disposable income. i'm sure there are many other evacuees doing to the same thing.. maybe some of the ones who have been breaking in volunteers cars, recharging their fema card illegally, etc..
I don't doubt that, but how do you know?
Oh, wait, that's right, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.
Well, Mr. Maybe...maybe she had $20 bucks of her own. For some strange reason, maybe she had a wallet or purse with her when she left.
Whatever the situation, does that mean you're going to pull back your donation? I think you should.
Following your logic, people would have to assume the worst in everybody because you do the same.
Clandestino
10-07-2005, 10:25 AM
so you think when someone doesn't have to live on their own and is forced to live 26 to one house, they should be out gambling?
it must be the mexican in you, always thinking the next lottery ticket you buy is going to be "the one." you probably sit around talking to your family about what you will buy "when you win" all the time.
MaNuMaNiAc
10-07-2005, 10:36 AM
so you think when someone doesn't have to live on their own and is forced to live 26 to one house, they should be out gambling?
it must be the mexican in you, always thinking the next lottery ticket you buy is going to be "the one." you probably sit around talking to your family about what you will buy "when you win" all the time.
"it must be the mexican in you"???? Who the fuck do you think you are jackass?? This was a story about some good coming out the whole disaster that was katrina, and you come denouncing how she should have spent that money on groceries and shit!
and next time try and keep stupid comments like "it must be the mexican in you" for yourself dumbass, or maybe its just the "the racist in you"coming out I guess!
tlongII
10-07-2005, 10:49 AM
Good for her. However, it is strange that she was down to her last 20 dollars and she decided to drop 25% of it in a slot machine. That is illogical.
Johnny_Blaze_47
10-07-2005, 11:17 AM
Good for her. However, it is strange that she was down to her last 20 dollars and she decided to drop 25% of it in a slot machine. That is illogical.
Again, where does it say it was her last $20?
I think Clan needs to go to the Red Cross and demand his money back.
"Must be the Mexican in you..."
That's pretty funny considering....
Anyway, I guess I have this strange idea that people should be able to do what they choose as long as it's legal with their money, especially since you don't know where she had this money from.
Do you, Clan?
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