Millionaire Marriott hotel president's 25-year-old son wins $107m lottery jackpot

[underpants]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035318/Millionaire-Marriott-hotel-presidents-25-year-old-son-wins-107m-lottery-jackpot.html

He was a 25-year-old who had money coming to him, whatever happened in life.

But for Brian McCarthy, son of the millionaire Marriott hotels president, his payday came much sooner than expected when he won $107 million on the Mega Millions lottery.

The son of hotels boss Robert McCarthy bought his winning ticket on a whim as he was withdrawing money from an ATM in inside a grocery store in Herndon, Virginia.



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[lunatica]

1. Well everyone knows God loves the rich

That's why they're rich. Jeez!

[HipChick]

2. its a game of chance..not going to hold it against him winning

[HipChick]

3. its a game of chance..not going to hold it against him winning

[JHB]

4. Why is this a story now?

The date on the big cardboard check is Aug. 10, 2010.

[Obamanaut]

6. Could well be a misprint on the big cardboard check. Another article

I read said it was the July mega-lottery.

[MineralMan]

9. Excellent question. Interesting.

[Obamanaut]

10. It's possible a printing error on the cardboard check. This link is

a fairly new one -> http://abcnews.go.com/US/marriott-millionaires-son-wins-107-million-virginia-lottery/story?id=14483086

[DJ13]

5. The son now has more money than dad after years of working

Now dad knows how the other 95% of the populace feels about people like him who lucked into wealth by becoming an executive.

[BeyondGeography]

7. We need to keep his taxes right where they are

[MineralMan]

8. Lucky guy! Chance is a funny thing.

You just never know. That's why so many people buy lottery tickets. I don't, but my mother-in-law always does. Good luck to her, too.