November 9, 2010, - 5:54 pm
What Do You Tell the Wife?: Giant Lottery Tix Win @ Porn Shop
It’s about the only “positive” news in Detroit . . . and, in this case (and Detroit’s case), the word, “positive” is definitely relative. Someone won $128.6 million, Saturday Night, in the Powerball lottery. The winning ticket was purchased in Highland Park, a wholly surrounded suburb of and within Detroit. It’s like a mini-Detroit in every way–decrepit, corrupt, deeply distressed. The catch is that the ticket was purchased at the ironically-named “Uptown Bookstore,” which is anything but “uptown.” It’s an “adult bookstore”–a porn shop.
Since the Saturday win, the winner hasn’t shown up to collect from the State of Michigan lottery offices (or wherever these things are collected upon). And there is a lot of wonder and speculation in the Detroit media about why the winner hasn’t yet shown up. A lot of people think he–and since it’s a Highland Park porn shop, it’s a safe assumption the winner is a “he”–is embarrassed to tell his wife, especially now that everyone knows where he bought the ticket.
I don’t buy it.
I don’t think the person is married, and if he is, I really don’t think his/her wife will care where the ticket was purchased, since the winnings are in the multi-millions. Sad to say, many women are this way. They care more about the size of a man’s wallet than anything else . . . like morals and, say, character.
Apparently, Powerball rules prohibit winners from staying anonymous, and we will always know this person as the Powerball porn winner. But I really don’t think the person cares. In today’s society, there is, sadly, no shame in it. Heck, pseudo-conservative Sean Hannity featured porn star Kim Kardashian on his FOX News show and praised her as “having a good head on her shoulders.” And he proudly posed for photos with hookers from the Bunny Ranch.
I just think the person who won is trying to figure out how to get out of Highland Park and get his affairs in order with financial people. Trust me, you wouldn’t want to set foot in Highland Park as a millionaire or with a multi-million dollar winnning lottery ticket. In fact, you wouldn’t want to set foot in Highland Park, period. That place is scary, the worst ghetto crime environment you can imagine times a million. We’re talking the killing fields of America’s bloodiest streets. People from there just aren’t worried if anyone knows they visited a porn bookstore. Not even the slightest bit worried.
So, what would you do? If you are married, would you be embarrassed to tell your wife/significant other that you won several millions in the Powerball lottery from a visit to a porn shop? Would she care, or would the money turn her eyes and ears to dollar signs?
Tags: $128.6 million, Highland Park, lottery, Lottery Ticket, porn, pornography, Powerball, tickets, Uptown Bookstore
I have a feeling that the person is plotting his next move and arranging for a safe way to collect his winnings, assuming it is a he. It is doubtful that any prudishness would deter anyone from colleting such a prize. That might be the case with a $25 or $100 win, but not with a purse as big as this.
Worry01 on November 9, 2010 at 6:08 pm