Whartonite Wins Lottery, Feigns Interest For The Cameras

Whartonite Wins Lottery, Feigns Interest For The Cameras

The rich get richer, and the poor – well, you know.

 

For weeks, America has sat idly by watching the roller coaster known as the Stock Market rise and fall. We laughed. We cried. We made fun of greedy, overpaid investment bankers finally getting their just dues for questionable business practices.

 

However, it appears Wall Street will get the last laugh as a multimillionaire investment banker and University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business alumnus became the first person to ever win the “$1 million a year for life” scratch-off lottery this week.

 

That’s right – Keenan Altunis, 33, already lives a luxurious lifestyle, and now, he gets to pad his gluttonous living with another million dollars a year for doing absolutely nothing. To make matters worse, he doesn’t really care about winning.

 

The NY Post reports:

"Is it going to materially change my life? No," he told The Post. "I have been a very blessed and fortunate person."


And if that isn't an argument for spreading the wealth around, how about this: Since he lives in Britain, Altunis, an executive at the European banking firm Unicredit, will have to pay New York but not federal taxes on his winnings, which means he'll net $931,500 a year for the rest of his life.


Under a US treaty with Britain, income from lottery winnings and several other sources is not subject to taxation for British residents. Altunis is not an American citizen.

Luckiest man to ever live? Maybe. The most hated man in the world? Definitely.

 

Is there is no God – no justice?
 

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Comments

Anonymous
Ugh! Redistribute! Redistribute! Posted 10/30/2008 5:17 PMReply
Anonymous
from the other reports i've read, he does obviously care. he was talking about his colleagues and their situations. he talks about how his win is bittersweet.

people make it to be his fault he won. but it's a game of chance. why do people hate him? because they weren't able to grab the winning ticket first? it doesnt matter how his financial status is, he won, fair and square. i dont know the man but everyone is getting so worked up over a game of luck and he obviously has a lot of it.
Posted 10/30/2008 5:19 PMReply
Anonymous
redistribute why? he won completely fairly. Posted 10/30/2008 5:20 PMReply
Anonymous
I hate him lots. Posted 10/30/2008 5:32 PMReply
Anonymous
Why redistribute? When you can justify the fairness in this guy winning the lottery while millions around the world die every year from starvation and lack of shelter, then you can me tell why not to redistribute. Posted 11/03/2008 11:08 AMReply
Anonymous
It's cool guys, he's British, so the winnings are only half as valuable in his home currency. Posted 11/03/2008 4:24 PMReply

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