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Jan 18, 2016 10:07 PM CST This Takes The Cake - IDIOT
secretagent09
secretagent09secretagent09New Jersey Girl in, North Carolina USA198 Threads 4 Polls 7,230 Posts
Isn't it unbelievable how stupid some people are



After reportedly spending her life savings on Powerball tickets, a Tennessee woman tried to open a GoFundMe page so others could reimburse her while she “spend another fortune trying to hit it big again.”

Cinnamon Nicole from Cordova, Tennessee, allegedly bought as many Powerball tickets as she could afford, hoping to win the jackpot of $1.5 billion on Jan. 13. It is unknown exactly how much money the family spent on their lottery dreams.

Although the odds of winning are a mere 1 in 292.2 million, she and her family were “expecting” to win the jackpot with such an investment, Vibe reports.

Upon realizing she didn’t win, she asked the internet to reimburse her through a GoFundMe crowd-funding page.

Cinnamon managed to raise $800 in seven hours before her fundraising page was taken down, according to Vibe. Part of her plea read as follows:

Please help me and my family as we have all of our funds. We spent all of our money on lottery tickets (expecting to win the 1.5 billion) and are now in dire need of cash. With your small donation of at least $1.00, a like and one share, I’m certain that we will be able to pick ourselves up from the trenches of this lost and spend another fortune trying to hit it big again! PLEASE, won’t you help a family in need. DONATE NOW.

As a token of appreciation, Cinnamon pledged to give donors the honor of being her “#MCM” or “#WCW.”

However, quite a few people did not support her crowd-funding endeavors.

One such person wrote an opinion piece for Bar Stool Sports about the GoFundMe page, questioning who would donate to Cinnamon's cause.

It is unknown whether GoFundMe removed her profile or if Cinnamon took the page down herself.

Sources: Vibe, Bar Stool Sports / Photo credit: GoFundMe via Vibe, WNC Times
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Jan 18, 2016 10:43 PM CST This Takes The Cake - IDIOT
2intrigued
2intrigued2intriguedMississauga, Ontario Canada11 Threads 18,576 Posts
Me thinks this woman needs help in other ways besides financially....cripes. doh laugh
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Jan 18, 2016 10:54 PM CST This Takes The Cake - IDIOT
kidatheart
kidatheartkidatheartFruitvale, British Columbia Canada30 Threads 16,544 Posts
Seems to me she's at least an honest idiot, explaining her stupidity to the world. laugh
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Jan 18, 2016 10:55 PM CST This Takes The Cake - IDIOT
2intrigued
2intrigued2intriguedMississauga, Ontario Canada11 Threads 18,576 Posts
kidatheart: Seems to me she's at least an honest idiot, explaining her stupidity to the world.


laugh
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Jan 19, 2016 1:26 PM CST This Takes The Cake - IDIOT
Len05
Len05Len05Antwerp, Antwerpen Belgium33 Threads 11 Polls 972 Posts
haters gonna hate.

i consider it a made up story
but the cry for attention got answered
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Jan 19, 2016 2:07 PM CST This Takes The Cake - IDIOT
Da_Moose
Da_MooseDa_MooseWestlock, Alberta Canada57 Threads 1,839 Posts
kidatheart: Seems to me she's at least an honest idiot, explaining her stupidity to the world.


Yup...and I do like honesty. Was it greed? Or was it desperation...?? Ask yourself the next time you gamble what the reasons are? I do feel for her, but not a dime do I put forward....need it for my next scratch ticket!
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Jan 19, 2016 2:15 PM CST This Takes The Cake - IDIOT
pedalguy59
pedalguy59pedalguy59Burlington, Ontario Canada28 Threads 1 Polls 6,976 Posts
Totally blinded by the jackpotconversing A 1 in 290 million
chance of winningwow Learned my lesson in Las Vegas(twice),
25 years ago, I have maybe bought 5 Lottery tickets since then,
and that is with a 1 in 20 million chance. Simple, can't afford
to lose, so can't afford to gamble.
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Jan 19, 2016 2:23 PM CST This Takes The Cake - IDIOT
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
Da_Moose: Yup...and I do like honesty. Was it greed? Or was it desperation...?? Ask yourself the next time you gamble what the reasons are? I do feel for her, but not a dime do I put forward....need it for my next scratch ticket!


Just look at the odds would you back at 20-1, when you get at over 200-1 you might as well bet on being hit by lightning twice while on the nestbeer grin
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Jan 19, 2016 7:43 PM CST This Takes The Cake - IDIOT
lifeisadream
lifeisadreamlifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico156 Threads 20 Polls 16,713 Posts
secretagent09: Isn't it unbelievable how stupid some people are
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That is a pathological behavior.
People that gamble without limits are sick and need help.
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