Ravenous Wolf Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Man's final lotto ticket wins widow $10 millionConn. retiree, 79, purchased winner the day he suffered fatal heart attackupdated 1 hour, 32 minutes ago - Associated Presshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28485679/?GT1=43001DANBURY, Conn. - On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family.Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker suffered a fatal heart attack while working in his yard in Danbury.On Friday, his widow cashed in one of the tickets: a $10 million winner which, in her grief over her husband's death, she had put aside and almost discarded before recently checking the numbers."I'm numb," Charlotte Peters, 79, said at Connecticut Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill.Donald Peters usually bought the tickets for 10 weeks at a stretch, so the winning ticket he bought Nov. 1 for the Dec. 2 drawing was among several that Charlotte Peters put aside as she, their three children and two grandchildren coped with his sudden death."I was in the grocery store and I had it checked and they told me I was a winner," she said. "I had no idea how much it was."She said she thought she had won $6 million but was surprised to learn from lottery officials she'd won $10 million.Charlotte Peters has 60 days to decide whether to take a $6 million pre-tax lump sum payment or stretch the winnings into 21 yearly payments of almost $477,300 each.She does not yet know what she will do with the money."I've always wanted a Corvette, but I don't think I'll buy one. I'll stick to a small car. I might go to Mohegan Sun," she said, referring to the casino in Connecticut. "I'm going to go home and sit and think."The Peters children think their father would have appreciated the irony."He'd be very mad, he just passed away and she won a lot of money," said Brian Peters, one of the couple's three children. "He'd say, 'Figures!'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenous Wolf Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 The Peters children think their father would have appreciated the irony."He'd be very mad, he just passed away and she won a lot of money," said Brian Peters, one of the couple's three children.That would have to be one of life's ironies. You win the lotto when you die... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Snow Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Yet another reason not to do yard work yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 My roommate and I were talking about this incident early this morning. That's something that would happen to me. When the money and the end up dead...poor guy :\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someonesomewhere Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 That would have to be one of life's ironies. You win the lotto when you die...A little too ironic, and yeah I really do think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy32 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I heard about that on the news here the town is not that far from me...That sucks he died.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustaTexan Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 A little too ironic, and yeah I really do think.Sing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenous Wolf Posted January 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I heard about that on the news here the town is not that far from me...That sucks he died....Winning the lotto is awesome... However, what is the use of it if win it when you die... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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