Timing Is Everything

Thought you guys would get a kick out of this over the weekend. Timing truly is everything. British bus driver Kevin Halstead just won the lottery. That in and of itself is pretty amazing; I don't know what bus drivers make, but I'm guessing it's a lot less than the $3.3 million he won. But what makes this story even better is when he won the lottery.

In a great cosmic F-U to ex-wives the world over, Kevin Halstead won the lottery the day after his divorce was finalized. If his divorce had taken one day longer, he'd have had to fork over $1.6 million to his ex. Now she gets nothing. Utterly fucking heartwarming.

He's obviously not a bright guy, however, because he already has a new girlfriend. He'll no doubt sprint down the aisle again, and lose it all. But it's cool for right now.

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That's funny. Isn't that a lot less after taxes? He said he's going to buy a mansion? Football season tickets and a trip abroad aren't relatively too expensive, but that property purchase isn't going to leave him with much, if it really is a "mansion". I guess he's never heard about planning for retirement lol

 
giants92That's funny. Isn't that a lot less after taxes? He said he's going to buy a mansion? Football season tickets and a trip abroad aren't relatively too expensive, but that property purchase isn't going to leave him with much, if it really is a "mansion". I guess he's never heard about planning for retirement lol

In the UK, lottery wins are tax exempt. (How it should be - **** the IRS)

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giants92That's funny. Isn't that a lot less after taxes? He said he's going to buy a mansion? Football season tickets and a trip abroad aren't relatively too expensive, but that property purchase isn't going to leave him with much, if it really is a "mansion". I guess he's never heard about planning for retirement lol

Well, he's fifty so I'm sure he's been planning for quite some time..

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lottery = tax on people who suck at math

And yeah if he buys a mansion with £2.3m he's gonna get a nice little surprise when property taxes are due.

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