Jr. Ballah: 21-Year Old Lottery Winner Keeps Waitress Job

[onedef92]

21-Year Old Lottery Winner Keeps Waitress Job

Posted on February 3rd, 2012

Alexandra Chaar, 21, of Clearwater, FL happens to be a great waitress as well as the winner of a $1,000,000 Monopoly™ scratch ticket.

Chaar always got her $10 scratchers at the same old local food mart where she was considered a regular. The store had never had a big winner – that is, until a few days ago.

“I kept going back to the same store to buy them; the people who work there got to know me,” Chaar told the lottery commission. “They said that up to this point, their store had never had any big winners, but I just had this lucky feeling.”

Most people would quit their day job and live the life they always imagined after hitting a jackpot like this, but not Chaar, “No way,” Alexandra Chaar told Florida Lottery officials on Wednesday. “I love where I work.”

And where she works is a Mexican restaurant in Clearwater Beach, FL, a job she’s held for a little over one year.

According to Mail Online, Chaar’s manager, Linnea Vann-Lang, said, “I can’t think of anyone more deserving of the money. She has the biggest heart of anyone I’ve ever met. I’m so happy for her. It’s so cool,” adding, “I wasn’t surprised to hear Miss Chaar would be returning to waiting tables, because we’re a family here,” Vann-Lang added, “Honestly, it’s not just work.”

Choosing the one-time lump-sum payment, this lottery winner plans to put some of her $700,000 winnings toward her continuing education where she is a straight-A student at St. Petersburg College.

According to the Florida Lottery, there are still two $1 million top prizes remaining. The overall odds of winning are one in 3.33.

Would you quit your job?

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[onedef92]

Meh, statistically speaking, she'll prolly be tits-up broke in a year, anyhow.....

But good for her. You go, girl! :seasix:

[Stangkiller]

Would you quit your job?
As a waiter I probably would. But since i'm in a job with great benefits...nope, I'd try and sit on the cash and not tell anybody until the investments were mature enough to live comfortably off the investment income and never touch the principal balance.

[C5SilverBullet]

$1 million isn't enough for me to quit my job, but I would put up with less shit.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

At 50, I could pull the pin with a million. Could a 20 year old? NFW

[onedef92]

$1 million isn't enough for me to quit my job, but I would put up with less shit.

My wife would quit her job if she popped the mill, but I would stay on for a minute longer like my man Stangkiller said.

[Sea Six]

Odds of winning are 1 in 3.33 ??!

All I have to do is buy four tickets and I'm rich!

[Stangkiller]

Odds of winning are 1 in 3.33 ??!

All I have to do is buy four tickets and I'm rich!

If a small coke is all you need to be rich, i think you're doing pretty damn good for yourself :dance:

[kingpin]

Pfft! $700k. I use more to wipe my ass in the morning.

[onedef92]

I'll bet her boyfriend's happy! Mofo's prolly thinkin' "I'ma get me a dope ZL1 Camaro and shit!"

[ConstantChange]

I wouldn't quit my job immediately if I won $700,000, but I'd try to use that money to get my own business going.

[island14]

At 50, I could pull the pin with a million. Could a 20 year old? NFW

Not sure, but I think if you invested it right, you might make it go the distance?

[Jobaka]

Odds of winning are 1 in 3.33 ??!

All I have to do is buy four tickets and I'm rich!

Ticket Price: $10.00
Overall Odds: 1-in-3.33

Odds of Winning


$1,000,000.00...1-in-1,200,000
$10,000.00......1-in-120,000
$5,000.00.......1-in-30,000
$1,000.00.......1-in-4,800
$500.00.........1-in-2,400
$200.00.........1-in-1,200
$100.00.........1-in-73.17
$50.00..........1-in-100
$30.00..........1-in-120
$25.00..........1-in-60
$20.00..........1-in-15
$15.00..........1-in-15
$10.00..........1-in-8.57

Source (http://www.floridalottery.com/inet/scrathoff$GamesDetailMain.do?gameNumber=1109)


The top prize is paid as an annuity with a minimum of 20 years.
She took a lump sum payment of $700,000 on which she will owe over $200K in federal taxes (lottery winnings are generally exempt from state income tax but not federal). She'll be left with substantially less than a half-million dollars.

A 21 year old with a mid six figure investment portfolio has a bright future.
A 21 year old on a mid six figure spending spree is doomed to a life of misery and disappointment.

[Stangkiller]

Not sure, but I think if you invested it right, you might make it go the distance?

Not in todays market. Most investments are paying less than 1% interest right now, which is less than $10k a year. As a 20 Y/o there's pretty much no possible way to responsibly go the distance.

Unless you consider $30k a year or less, an acceptable life style. If she were much older with the house paid off and such already, yeah it might work.

[snide]

Rich people's problems. :rolleyes:

[...Whitepower...]

$1 million isn't enough for me to quit my job, but I would put up with less shit.

:iagree:

I would keep working and let the wife stay at home and handle the real estate stuff and kids. Besides we would need the health bene's from one of our employeers anyway.

[Chuck A]

No i wouldnt because having 3 kids , which means college tuition , paying for the insurance, were they live food, NFW can i quit, i may quit working 6-7 days a week though , may just work only 5 days a week, and i agree as to what julian said, good for her, i wish her good thoughts
very nice, indeed

[86RAG]

I could do it, but then again, I'm 55 with a pention coming after I retire and a 401k too, so yeah, I could make it work :seasix:

[Torqaholic]

Should buy herself a better job.

[ApexOversteer]

So $1MM in lump sum is $700K, which probably $400K after taxes... not a bad haul for $10 and a couple minutes of scratching.

I'd grab a Z06 and a new Laptop, mattress the rest and keep my mouth shut and my head down.

[ft laud mike]

I'm just glad to see someone gainfully employed, under 65 y.o. won. Seems like many times it is some old guy or person living on govt handouts that wins

[vtelvr]

On $1m? Nah...couldn't retire. However, I would be a bit more comfortable in my day to day life, and sure wouldn't owe anyone anything, except maybe a mortgage. Bank the rest for rainy days...because we all know that they will come.

[VITE1]

As a waiter I probably would. But since i'm in a job with great benefits...nope, I'd try and sit on the cash and not tell anybody until the investments were mature enough to live comfortably off the investment income and never touch the principal balance.

:iagree:

Even as a waiter I'd stay working until I could live of the dividends.

[Truck Guy]

Pfft! $700k. I use more to wipe my ass in the morning.
But that's in Canadian dollars, so no big deal :D :lol: