Lotto Winner Death Furthers Lottery Curse Myth, Lawyer Says Fraud Charges Weighed Heavily On Amanda Clayton

DON'T FORCE WINNERS TO BE 'MOVIE STARS; they can keep their anonymity and privacy! don't kill rich-po' folks with stress.

Rest in peace, child.

Sorry this happened to you.. RIP

I am not feel sorry for her.

It weighed heavily on her because she knew she wasn't doing the right thing; it wasn't th fault of the lottery; lottery winnings don't make people become deceitful and lie; no one is accountable anymore; not even her attorney. The facts show she was greedy keeping the welfare benefits; I feel sorry for the other individual or family who couldn't get help because she was taking it….that is who I feel sorry for.

Karma.

Money isn't everything, and it shows here

god bless

I am in my 40's and i have worked since I was 18!! I have been on unemployment for a year now and actively looking for work and I can not get FOOD STAMPS!!! WTF

Love, guidance and acceptance would have saved this girl from suicide. If it was suicide. People judge others too quickly. A young mother gone forever from her children over money. Have a heart! I find this very sad.

Renounce your citizenship and become an illegal alien. Then you'll get all kinds of assistance.

Overdoses are common without lottery wins. Someone with a lot of money could easily get their hands on and ingest overdose amounts. Someone with a lot of money might feel privileged to waste some of it on a crazy night. Someone with a history of poverty(food stamps) might already have a latent drug history(self medication). This could be easily excited by excess amount of money. In the article it makes the point "she never got in any trouble"… yet

No it weighed heavily on her because she gave value to what the public thought about her and let it wear her down. It had nothing to do with the money. Let some of your skeletons come out of the closet and see if you are tempted to let judgement and public opinion weigh you down. Whether you are innocent or guilty, no one has the right to judge you because chances are, they are guilty of the same thing at some point in their lives. Now tell me you have never lied in your life.

METH….Myth solved.

METH….Myth solved.

AS WELL AS THE MID-EASTERNERS IN HOLLYWOOD, GLENDALE AND BURBANK , CALIFORNIA, THEY JUST OFF THE BOAT AND ARE IN THE SSA AND WELFARE OFFICES SIGNING UP TO RECEIVE BENEFITS AND MONTHLY CHECKS WITHOUT EVER WORKED ONE SINGLE DAY IN USA, IS THIS FAIR?, BUT EVERYBODY IS READY TO BLAME THE ILLEGALS FOR THE MONEY FRAUDS THESE PEOPLE COMMIT.

AS WELL AS THE MID-EASTERNERS IN HOLLYWOOD, GLENDALE AND BURBANK , CALIFORNIA, THEY JUST OFF THE BOAT AND ARE IN THE SSA AND WELFARE OFFICES SIGNING UP TO RECEIVE BENEFITS AND MONTHLY CHECKS WITHOUT EVER WORKED ONE SINGLE DAY IN USA, IS THIS FAIR?, BUT EVERYBODY IS READY TO BLAME THE ILLEGALS FOR THE MONEY FRAUDS THESE PEOPLE COMMIT.

Jaime Burgen Cherry , PLEASE READ MY POST SOMEWHERE UP THERE,

Jaime Burgen Cherry , PLEASE READ MY POST SOMEWHERE UP THERE,

She should have pd. it back whether she admitted it was wrong orwas an addict.when i seen her alive Pedro she looked like something was wrongfully different about her.On another subject if you believe in parables this dream i had about possibly the columbian and the other earthquake-the dream in part was that i came close to knocking over this 20 oz. pepsi bottle.Ayoung boy came over to look at it and picked it up and was taking it to another young boy-brothers,black hair-and i told him don't shake it up.One more point,besides the drugs and chaos in the area,trying to talk to a newspaper online ihave to go to an American source first.Why?Is it like that in Mexico and other counties also.Ondalay.Oh yeah!People better believe in Christ because sometimes Christ takes all thier lives andsorts them out!!!!.

She should have pd. it back whether she admitted it was wrong orwas an addict.when i seen her alive Pedro she looked like something was wrongfully different about her.On another subject if you believe in parables this dream i had about possibly the columbian and the other earthquake-the dream in part was that i came close to knocking over this 20 oz. pepsi bottle.Ayoung boy came over to look at it and picked it up and was taking it to another young boy-brothers,black hair-and i told him don't shake it up.One more point,besides the drugs and chaos in the area,trying to talk to a newspaper online ihave to go to an American source first.Why?Is it like that in Mexico and other counties also.Ondalay.Oh yeah!People better believe in Christ because sometimes Christ takes all thier lives andsorts them out!!!!.

Tracey Scott , you are right, like the mid-easterners flooding the government offices looking for undeserved benefits.

Tracey Scott , you are right, like the mid-easterners flooding the government offices looking for undeserved benefits.

VOTE FOR PEDRO !

BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKES!BEWARE OF THE SAME NAMES COMING UP ON THE IMPORTANT TOPICS IN THE WORLD AS SOME PEOPLE TAKE OTHERS CREDIT.LIKE THE QUEEN BEE TO THE DRONES-HOW MANY TIMES HAVE PEOPLE DIED FOR THAT-ALOT MORE THAN YOU PROBRABLY HAVE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT.WHEN THE LORD SORTS THEM OUT HE'LL SEPERATE THE QUEERS I PRAY.I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DIE IN DREAMS 1-2 WEEKS BEFORE THEY DIED.SHOW THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS IN MEXICO!!IF HELL THINKS THEIR BAD THE LORD AND HIS FATHER GOD HAS A MORE TWISTED SENSE OF HUMOR THAN THE DEVILWILL EVER KNOW!WHY DO YOU THINK THE DEVILS SO SCARED OF THEM.YOU CAN FIND ME ON FACEBOOK IF YOU WANT.

Hmm…has anyone bothered to ask how much money she had left from the lottery winnings? And who might be the beneficiary if she has any money left? Who was she associating with at the time of her death? Could someone have slipped her something unawares? Sooooooooo quick to judge! Have any of you walked a mile in those ruby slippers?

There is a difference between judging and stating an opinion. You heard my opinion and I am sticking to it. Yes I have walked a mile in her shoes. I was laid off in 2011 and have yet to find a full time position. My unemployment has run out. I'm It not judging about whether or not she was using foodstamps but i know for a fact that if i got foodstamps, then found a full time job, i would report the job to the state. Its a simple word. Integrity. There were other individuals and families in need; she was no longer in need after winning the lottery.

if the young mother,, gone forever, overdosed then it was on her. she chose the drugs and she chose to accept two forms of income. i am saddened that she took from the state of Michigan when those foodstamps could have gone to someone else. that is sad.

no shit that's sad. oh well. I kind of feel bad she didn't have to be in the news after hitting the pot but guess she had to be in the news after hitting too much pot. that's so freaking sad to me.

A drug addict dying of a drug overdose is NOT a "curse" it's an inevitability if they don't quit.

Ha ha your funny!

no, not by a long-shot.

May your soul rest in peace.

My last pay check was $9500 working 12 hours a week online. My sisters friend has been averaging 15k for months now and she works about 20 hours a week. I can't believe how easy it was once I tried it out. The potential with this is endless. This is what I do, Buzz17.cøm.

My last pay check was $9500 working 12 hours a week online. My sisters friend has been averaging 15k for months now and she works about 20 hours a week. I can't believe how easy it was once I tried it out. The potential with this is endless. This is what I do, Buzz17.cøm.

She obviously had a sense of entitlement. Why else would she accept government assistance after winning a million?

what people seem to forget is even if you win millions your still the same person you were 5 minutes before you won!

you are a nut case

At least she can be buried in style!

what?

geopo31 is the one you're always looking for in stories like this……I'll still take the problemas that come.
with winning lotto dinero……muchos gracias…..than you very much……press 1 for english…………

Geopo, what are you talking about, here, yours is a different tale, where, how and what?, state your email for contact

"separate the queers…." you need to have a longer talk with your god….it seems you have forgotten one of his original commandments.or two or three…

She might have been one of Romney's 47%, felt that the government owed her and she was entitled to both her welfare, food stamps AND the lotto money. Also, might have been an "emotional hoarder" felt she never had enough of….. and/or felt she was entitled to it all and compelled to live large, which might have contributed to her demise. Very tragic, her ship comes in, hits a reef and sinks.

She chose willingly to fill her body with toxins, causing her own death. I'm for legalizing drugs, cause people have to be allowed to make their own choices in life. They excerise their personal habits, regardless of what the authorities want them to do. Its nobodies business, really. Unfortunately all freedom comes with responsibility. Do drugs, and you fuck up your life. In some instances you loose it. That's the deal. She made her choice and died. RIP. But I refuse to feel sorry for her. And the lotto-connection is a shot in the dark by a blind person. Hopeless article

There is know turning back… I just pray and hope she knows our lord and Savior Jesus christ amen! !!?

this is a ridiculous 'story.'

If u ask me..Karma's a bitch!!

its spam.

Some state say you can still get social security, because the lottery is not considered an income, im sure alot of people made her feel horrible and had many friends she didnt even know

wtf

This woman is or was "NUTS" and she killed herself, weather buy accident or on purpose, no excuses for this nutjob!

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I remember when she was interviewed about still receiving food stamps and her response was "they keep sending it so why not take it?" She was thrust into the spotlight in a negative light because she allowed herself to be. All she had to do was report the winnings, give back the food stamps and then she could have said "I use to need foodaramps but now I was lucky enough to win and someone else who needs them can have then" and she would have been given many kudos. Its sad that her greed has led to her demise.

I remember when she was interviewed about still receiving food stamps and her response was "they keep sending it so why not take it?" She was thrust into the spotlight in a negative light because she allowed herself to be. All she had to do was report the winnings, give back the food stamps and then she could have said "I use to need foodaramps but now I was lucky enough to win and someone else who needs them can have then" and she would have been given many kudos. Its sad that her greed has led to her demise.

"Money doesn't buy happiness. That quote should end with "Just kidding" Money buys a wave runner… Ever seen someone sad on a wave runner?" Daniel Tosh.

I am sorry she is dead. as I would be for anyone. but I am sorry there are people out there who need welfare assistance and once she won the lottery even if she had not reported her new income once welfare became aware she was still receiving benefits she should have dropped from them and made to pay back any assistance given from the day of her winning forward…. it is fraud and is not right.

geopo stop trying to scam innocent people

and people want to ban drug testing for welfare recipients …i had to be drug tested to earn all the taxes i pay to help people on welfare so why shouldn't they have to to receive help

and people want to ban drug testing for welfare recipients …i had to be drug tested to earn all the taxes i pay to help people on welfare so why shouldn't they have to to receive help

and people want to ban drug testing for welfare recipients …i had to be drug tested to earn all the taxes i pay to help people on welfare so why shouldn't they have to to receive help

and people want to ban drug testing for welfare recipients …i had to be drug tested to earn all the taxes i pay to help people on welfare so why shouldn't they have to to receive help

It's really sad that $$$ can/will change people. I have always said if I ever won anything huge I wouldn't change anything in my life……I'm very sad for this young woman that she felt she had to end her life (if that's actually what happened). Cathy is right, they should investigate, because who knows if someone slipped her something. People like us are always quick to judge others without proper information and that's very sad……RIP young lady. You left this earth way too soon…….my daughter is 25 and I cannot imagine her not being here…….too sad!

It's really sad that $$$ can/will change people. I have always said if I ever won anything huge I wouldn't change anything in my life……I'm very sad for this young woman that she felt she had to end her life (if that's actually what happened). Cathy is right, they should investigate, because who knows if someone slipped her something. People like us are always quick to judge others without proper information and that's very sad……RIP young lady. You left this earth way too soon…….my daughter is 25 and I cannot imagine her not being here…….too sad!

It's really sad that $$$ can/will change people. I have always said if I ever won anything huge I wouldn't change anything in my life……I'm very sad for this young woman that she felt she had to end her life (if that's actually what happened). Cathy is right, they should investigate, because who knows if someone slipped her something. People like us are always quick to judge others without proper information and that's very sad……RIP young lady. You left this earth way too soon…….my daughter is 25 and I cannot imagine her not being here…….too sad!

It's really sad that $$$ can/will change people. I have always said if I ever won anything huge I wouldn't change anything in my life……I'm very sad for this young woman that she felt she had to end her life (if that's actually what happened). Cathy is right, they should investigate, because who knows if someone slipped her something. People like us are always quick to judge others without proper information and that's very sad……RIP young lady. You left this earth way too soon…….my daughter is 25 and I cannot imagine her not being here…….too sad!

It's really sad that $$$ can/will change people. I have always said if I ever won anything huge I wouldn't change anything in my life……I'm very sad for this young woman that she felt she had to end her life (if that's actually what happened). Cathy is right, they should investigate, because who knows if someone slipped her something. People like us are always quick to judge others without proper information and that's very sad……RIP young lady. You left this earth way too soon…….my daughter is 25 and I cannot imagine her not being here…….too sad!

It's really sad that $$$ can/will change people. I have always said if I ever won anything huge I wouldn't change anything in my life……I'm very sad for this young woman that she felt she had to end her life (if that's actually what happened). Cathy is right, they should investigate, because who knows if someone slipped her something. People like us are always quick to judge others without proper information and that's very sad……RIP young lady. You left this earth way too soon…….my daughter is 25 and I cannot imagine her not being here…….too sad!

It's really sad that $$$ can/will change people. I have always said if I ever won anything huge I wouldn't change anything in my life……I'm very sad for this young woman that she felt she had to end her life (if that's actually what happened). Cathy is right, they should investigate, because who knows if someone slipped her something. People like us are always quick to judge others without proper information and that's very sad……RIP young lady. You left this earth way too soon…….my daughter is 25 and I cannot imagine her not being here…….too sad!

Judge not lest you be judged!

Judge not lest you be judged!

My thoughts exactly.

My thoughts exactly.

My thoughts exactly.

My thoughts exactly.

My thoughts exactly.

My thoughts exactly.

My thoughts exactly.

I'm not judging her, I'm looking at her attitude and lifestyle ,and think a person "reaps what they sew." Its not for me to judge her, I wish her soul "fair wind and following seas" in its journey its for GOD to judge her decisions.

Louis Takacs she DID pay it back! every dime of it!

Yes, collecting food stamps after was wrong but do you people realize SHE PAID BACK what she took AND THAT SHE PAID MORE TAXES TO THE STATE WITH THE WINNINGS THAN MOST OF YOU HAVE IN THE PAST 40 YEARS? Respect the dead and get a life, be glad you HAVE ONE!

James StClair maybe she felt entitled to it after paying 400,000 in taxes????????

James StClair maybe she felt entitled to it after paying 400,000 in taxes????????

James StClair maybe she felt entitled to it after paying 400,000 in taxes????????

James StClair maybe she felt entitled to it after paying 400,000 in taxes????????

James StClair maybe she felt entitled to it after paying 400,000 in taxes????????

James StClair maybe she felt entitled to it after paying 400,000 in taxes????????

she did pay it back! she also paid damn near 400,000 in taxes, why aren't you crying about that??

May she rest in peace…. I was bothered most by the way they initially reported she was found dead holding her child. I pray if she had anything left it goes to them. The loss of such a young mom is tragic:(

May she rest in peace…. I was bothered most by the way they initially reported she was found dead holding her child. I pray if she had anything left it goes to them. The loss of such a young mom is tragic:(

May she rest in peace…. I was bothered most by the way they initially reported she was found dead holding her child. I pray if she had anything left it goes to them. The loss of such a young mom is tragic:(

I guess the moral is What comes around goes around, and if its true that she used the system to her advantage than, than she got what she deserved….. It all boils down to peer pressure of being in the spotlight and how she went about handling it….

I guess the moral is What comes around goes around, and if its true that she used the system to her advantage than, than she got what she deserved….. It all boils down to peer pressure of being in the spotlight and how she went about handling it….

I guess the moral is What comes around goes around, and if its true that she used the system to her advantage than, than she got what she deserved….. It all boils down to peer pressure of being in the spotlight and how she went about handling it….

She was taking it long before she paid $400,000 in taxes!!!!!! I pay a HUGE amount of taxes every year and I don't believe that gives me the right to fraud the welfare system. That just means I have to work more to continue to pay for my stuff and then pay taxes on top of that for these frauds…. and trust me I have never been handed $600,000 either!!!!! AND she's collecting welfare and buying lottery tickets. Guess what…. lottery tickets aren't in my budget. Perhaps they would be if my taxes weren't so damn high!!!!

Vicki Norways Because EVERYONE who has a job pays taxes. Why shouldn't she pay taxes on the million dollars she got for free??? Yeah, she bought a ticket. So what??? She was using my tax dollars to do so.

Boo hoo…. she paid more taxes on more money she was handed….. please…. if you want money work for it!!!! This girl lived off the system and felt entitled to do so. Don't act like she was out there busting her ass and couldn't get by on her minimum wage job. She was HANDED $1,000,000 and had to pay taxes??? Hand me a million and I'll be happy to pay taxes!!

Go eat some more

Oh. She was never in any trouble before the lottery? The lottery drove her to drugs? Wake up, She was just living off of the charity of others and the system that shields these lazy malcontents.

Oh. She was never in any trouble before the lottery? The lottery drove her to drugs? Wake up, She was just living off of the charity of others and the system that shields these lazy malcontents.

Oh. She was never in any trouble before the lottery? The lottery drove her to drugs? Wake up, She was just living off of the charity of others and the system that shields these lazy malcontents.

Oh. She was never in any trouble before the lottery? The lottery drove her to drugs? Wake up, She was just living off of the charity of others and the system that shields these lazy malcontents.

She should have closed her food stamp case…duh!

Very sad story RIP.

Karma?

Yes, please knock it off, especially on my post. Troll.

I am sure that the stress was unreal and the public "scrutiny" or jealousy is also, unreal. People destroy one another these days. And often there is a mob connection. I am sure that if she was still receiving Food Stamps and welfare that the settlement had not yet come through for the lottery. She may have won but he proceeds had not gotten to her at that point I would imagine. Now she is dead! And all over what? Jealousy which is a form of mental illness. Very sad story. I don't believe in curses really, but I do think that being happy for her, happy that she would not need welfare any more and sharing in her joy would have been better. "They rob widows and orphans so guard that settlement when it does come through. I would be further suspicious in this case. Pamela Bunting Lewis October 2, 2012.

Blah blah blah don't blame the media for her death! She was a druggie!

I unfairly lost my job from AT&T because I was sick , on unemp 2 years, took a nothing job with a retailer , I'm tired of seeing women with real louis vuitton bags and dressed better than me pay for there food with foodstamps while I struggle daily.

I unfairly lost my job from AT&T because I was sick , on unemp 2 years, took a nothing job with a retailer , I'm tired of seeing women with real louis vuitton bags and dressed better than me pay for there food with foodstamps while I struggle daily.

I unfairly lost my job from AT&T because I was sick , on unemp 2 years, took a nothing job with a retailer , I'm tired of seeing women with real louis vuitton bags and dressed better than me pay for there food with foodstamps while I struggle daily.

I unfairly lost my job from AT&T because I was sick , on unemp 2 years, took a nothing job with a retailer , I'm tired of seeing women with real louis vuitton bags and dressed better than me pay for there food with foodstamps while I struggle daily.

Karma……..

People can be horrible to their fellow man.

So sad…she was just a young kid.

So sad…she was just a young kid.

Honest non-arrogant slackers don't die of drug overdoses. Welfare, are ya listening?

that meth is bad stuff… real bad….

that meth is bad stuff… real bad….

that meth is bad stuff… real bad….

that meth is bad stuff… real bad….

that meth is bad stuff… real bad….

that meth is bad stuff… real bad….

that meth is bad stuff… real bad….

that meth is bad stuff… real bad….

Won, earned, inherited, or found. HER MONEY HER TAXES PAID. HER contribution in taxes is more than yours will ever be so stop your judging and bitching!

Paula Merriman White And how do you know she felt entitled? Have you been to that area? Not exactly opportunity after opportunity there. And notice you are willing to take a HAND OUT yourself typing, "HAND ME A MILLION," yet you judge. rme

You have NO PROOF to back up your tax dollar was used to buy her ticket you shallow woman. Where did it read she got cash assistance? Many earning over 2000 a month get food stamps, fool!

May she finally find peace. I think a drug addicted person winning the lottery is a death sentence instead of a blessing. It's probably hard enough to surround yourself with positive minded people when you're poor, but almost impossible when you have money. An addict with money. She probably had all kinds of new and old drug friends that came around again and the binging most likely caught up with her. The woman is only 25 years old and looks much older. A sure sign that she was a habitual user of most likely Meth. My prayers go out to her family, friends and love ones that truely cared about her.

May she finally find peace. I think a drug addicted person winning the lottery is a death sentence instead of a blessing. It's probably hard enough to surround yourself with positive minded people when you're poor, but almost impossible when you have money. An addict with money. She probably had all kinds of new and old drug friends that came around again and the binging most likely caught up with her. The woman is only 25 years old and looks much older. A sure sign that she was a habitual user of most likely Meth. My prayers go out to her family, friends and love ones that truely cared about her.

Wrong again!!! If you add up what we paid in taxes over our lives it comes to much more than $400,000. Yeah I judge if someone wants to take the money I work hard for while they sit on their asses and do nothing then I've paid for the right to judge!! I've NEVER accepted welfare. When my son was 2 and injured in an accident I didn't have insurnace and almost $50,000 in medical bills. I worked three jobs to pay it off and when that just wasn't enough I joined the military to pay it off. I could have accepted welfare but I didn't have a kid for someone else to support (and I was only 18 myself when I had him). And between me and my husband our taxes are over $40,000 a year so you have no idea what you talking about. We aren't rich by any means…. we are hard working civil servants. We no longer have children in the house and don't get any tax breaks. BUT as I said even as a teen mother I never took what I didn't work for!!!

If I may say/most people would have in spite of how good we would light to sound in the spot light /no one know what they will honestestly say or do in the same situation/why most people don't play for reason that are exceptable/most people who have more than there fare share of this here American pie/would say the samething/not to confuse greed with hunger would you have the nerve to give you portion to another/when you are both hungery/sound dumb to me/we want food because we need to eat/not because we won the lottory. Please understand some of us can not even imagine in our worst nightmare the kind of life this poor woman has had/my god this is America do we not realize /think those dollars she spent on that ticket was a chance she was willing to take to be free/only to have to be put under a curse or myth because she took a chance to play the lottery/it was only food stamps/ they knew she would be able to pay back what ever she burden the government with/this is very shamful!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I may say/most people would have in spite of how good we would light to sound in the spot light /no one know what they will honestestly say or do in the same situation/why most people don't play for reason that are exceptable/most people who have more than there fare share of this here American pie/would say the samething/not to confuse greed with hunger would you have the nerve to give you portion to another/when you are both hungery/sound dumb to me/we want food because we need to eat/not because we won the lottory. Please understand some of us can not even imagine in our worst nightmare the kind of life this poor woman has had/my god this is America do we not realize /think those dollars she spent on that ticket was a chance she was willing to take to be free/only to have to be put under a curse or myth because she took a chance to play the lottery/it was only food stamps/ they knew she would be able to pay back what ever she burden the government with/this is very shamful!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would think because everyone is entitled to have food /yes even people that have durg issues too/it might be hard for some to belive but those taxes are not putting food on the table/because if they were looks like tto me she was awful thin to say not to food.

I would think because everyone is entitled to have food /yes even people that have durg issues too/it might be hard for some to belive but those taxes are not putting food on the table/because if they were looks like tto me she was awful thin to say not to food.

I would think because everyone is entitled to have food /yes even people that have durg issues too/it might be hard for some to belive but those taxes are not putting food on the table/because if they were looks like tto me she was awful thin to say not to food.

I would think because everyone is entitled to have food /yes even people that have durg issues too/it might be hard for some to belive but those taxes are not putting food on the table/because if they were looks like tto me she was awful thin to say not to food.

I would think because everyone is entitled to have food /yes even people that have durg issues too/it might be hard for some to belive but those taxes are not putting food on the table/because if they were looks like tto me she was awful thin to say not to food.

YOU GIVE STUPID PEOPLE LOTS OF MONEY, AND THIS IS THE END RESULT. IM SURE HER SO CALLED FRIENDS HELPED HER SPEND AS MUCH OF THAT MONEY AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD, NO SYMPATHY FOR THE WEEK.

THATS BS

pardon me but we all pay taxes and that has nothing to do with the curse of the lottery and being labled lottory winning welfare receipent/I think the lottory gave the poor women a chance to buy her freedom /she was honest in her reply and was able to make restatution for her burden on government so why was she not treated fairly /being on food stamps is not against tthe law/and she was honest in her response when ask/so why did they continue to send them to her/and because she won the lottory did'nt mean she could not eat/most family's spend more on i pads and i phones and even gas and things that far out weigh humane basic need, regardless of where or how we get them/we are talking food stamps here

pardon me but we all pay taxes and that has nothing to do with the curse of the lottery and being labled lottory winning welfare receipent/I think the lottory gave the poor women a chance to buy her freedom /she was honest in her reply and was able to make restatution for her burden on government so why was she not treated fairly /being on food stamps is not against tthe law/and she was honest in her response when ask/so why did they continue to send them to her/and because she won the lottory did'nt mean she could not eat/most family's spend more on i pads and i phones and even gas and things that far out weigh humane basic need, regardless of where or how we get them/we are talking food stamps here

No, she was probably using HER tax dollars to buy that ticket, but yeah, she should've reported it, and stopped the foodstamps. I have a job, pay MY taxes, and still need food stamps, so I wonder if it's MY tax dollars that are paying for MY foodstamps ??? LMAO No need to reply to this comment; just ranting, but if you feel the need to hate, feel free to do so XD

my dear it is not aganist the law to be on food stamps/trust me looking at other women and how they dress and because they look better then you/has nothing to do with being hungery/don't get me wrong there is a lot of unjust thing's that go on try to be humane here/I my self would not give a hoot what someone else did or did'nt do have or not have if you are hungery nothing will take the pain away exceptt food/no one should have to had suffered this because they won the lottory and was on food stamps/apparantllly before she won she had no money just food stamps.

Physically yes, but mentally far from the same.

Physically yes, but mentally far from the same.

Physically yes, but mentally far from the same.

Physically yes, but mentally far from the same.

a classic case of more money than brains.

a classic case of more money than brains.

a classic case of more money than brains.

a classic case of more money than brains.

a classic case of more money than brains.

a classic case of more money than brains.

if she had been willing to pay it back then she would have instead of making excuses. Some would argue that maybe she wouldnt need food stamps if she hadn't wasted her money on lottery tickets, then to couple that with her taking more welfare after winning? It was greedy and disgusting and part of the reason why people like Mitt Romney are against helping those in need. Instead of giving back she used the money to buy drugs. You want to talk about shameful? How about the disgusting example she has now set for her children who will have to grow up without a mother, how about that?

my goodness…she was so young, just 25 years old…just won the jackpot…and now her family is planning her funeral arrangements…this is such a tragedy. R.I.P. Amanda

my goodness…she was so young, just 25 years old…just won the jackpot…and now her family is planning her funeral arrangements…this is such a tragedy. R.I.P. Amanda

my goodness…she was so young, just 25 years old…just won the jackpot…and now her family is planning her funeral arrangements…this is such a tragedy. R.I.P. Amanda

my goodness…she was so young, just 25 years old…just won the jackpot…and now her family is planning her funeral arrangements…this is such a tragedy. R.I.P. Amanda

Good point

okkkkkkkkkkk she should have closed her caase/she should'nt have played the lottory she should have been like some of would like to belive we are holy and with out blemish/w/t/h we are talking about food stamps / from the sound of some of these post/ she did'nt stand a chance /if she won playing lotto or not/If I was to feel anything about this ranting and raving over this poor woman on food stamps /took a chance and won enough money to be rid of poverty frome here life/but for some money is not the issue/you can barely live with out it/but with out food you will die.

No more to comment, I don't want to disrespect the dead, I acknowledge that, RIP Amanda.

No more to comment, I don't want to disrespect the dead, I acknowledge that, RIP Amanda.

No more to comment, I don't want to disrespect the dead, I acknowledge that, RIP Amanda.

No more to comment, I don't want to disrespect the dead, I acknowledge that, RIP Amanda.

No more to comment, I don't want to disrespect the dead, I acknowledge that, RIP Amanda.

No more to comment, I don't want to disrespect the dead, I acknowledge that, RIP Amanda.

what ever Karma is to you /Karma don't mean a dam thing when your hungery/you see most people think their mind is most powerful organ but low and behold when you stomach stars talking to you you don't do much thinking

what ever Karma is to you /Karma don't mean a dam thing when your hungery/you see most people think their mind is most powerful organ but low and behold when you stomach stars talking to you you don't do much thinking

what ever Karma is to you /Karma don't mean a dam thing when your hungery/you see most people think their mind is most powerful organ but low and behold when you stomach stars talking to you you don't do much thinking

what ever Karma is to you /Karma don't mean a dam thing when your hungery/you see most people think their mind is most powerful organ but low and behold when you stomach stars talking to you you don't do much thinking

what ever Karma is to you /Karma don't mean a dam thing when your hungery/you see most people think their mind is most powerful organ but low and behold when you stomach stars talking to you you don't do much thinking

what ever Karma is to you /Karma don't mean a dam thing when your hungery/you see most people think their mind is most powerful organ but low and behold when you stomach stars talking to you you don't do much thinking

@ Cathy Cameon, if u do not take a lump sum of your winnings, n u died it goes back into the pot, the money goes 2 the state!

@ Cathy Cameon, if u do not take a lump sum of your winnings, n u died it goes back into the pot, the money goes 2 the state!

@ Cathy Cameon, if u do not take a lump sum of your winnings, n u died it goes back into the pot, the money goes 2 the state!

people are addicted to the lottory too/this was enough money she could have her freedom/think about it they took her food stamps and she died.

people are addicted to the lottory too/this was enough money she could have her freedom/think about it they took her food stamps and she died.

people are addicted to the lottory too/this was enough money she could have her freedom/think about it they took her food stamps and she died.

Anita Brokaw please…get off your ass and work…i have to…why should i support you …you did not seem so hungry when you bought that ticket… i am personally tired of supporting people on the system……thank you obama binladen for making this country a country of lazy ass people who think someone else owes them a living…..

@anita brokaw…ur a moron !

Anita Brokaw get a job

maybe for some that would think money make's you strong/so would this appiy to dumb peope too/when they sent their little capsuale into space on its way to mars/all I wantt to know is w/t/h did they find what ever is on mar's has been their all of our life span and the one's before and how much of that money could have been spent assisting our country in stabalizing our economy .like our agraculture and renovating along with all this modern technology/that would be something to brag about/not these so called tax's dollars that everone seem's to base their opinion about/this is so shamefull/let me tell you when your hungery no sympathy will do you are not sitting around dreaming about mar's/or sympathy/and if she did have children/you people must have a gang of skeloton in you closet/mybe stupidity iss not the issue here/dam no food stamps this month no lottory win today what the hell am I gonna do I hungery as hell /I gonna go find sothing to eat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this woman coul have been dying any why/this is sicken!/it could have been her last wish and god granted it to her/look at her in the photo/even if she was using drug it's misrepresentation/and because she not here to defend hersellf/using the fact's that caused all of this controversey for reason's to show how ignorant people really are aboutt the real world that we live in/please excuse me but I meant to the real true colors of the heart/what are you really thinklng!!!!

this woman coul have been dying any why/this is sicken!/it could have been her last wish and god granted it to her/look at her in the photo/even if she was using drug it's misrepresentation/and because she not here to defend hersellf/using the fact's that caused all of this controversey for reason's to show how ignorant people really are aboutt the real world that we live in/please excuse me but I meant to the real true colors of the heart/what are you really thinklng!!!!

this woman coul have been dying any why/this is sicken!/it could have been her last wish and god granted it to her/look at her in the photo/even if she was using drug it's misrepresentation/and because she not here to defend hersellf/using the fact's that caused all of this controversey for reason's to show how ignorant people really are aboutt the real world that we live in/please excuse me but I meant to the real true colors of the heart/what are you really thinklng!!!!

this woman coul have been dying any why/this is sicken!/it could have been her last wish and god granted it to her/look at her in the photo/even if she was using drug it's misrepresentation/and because she not here to defend hersellf/using the fact's that caused all of this controversey for reason's to show how ignorant people really are aboutt the real world that we live in/please excuse me but I meant to the real true colors of the heart/what are you really thinklng!!!!

this woman coul have been dying any why/this is sicken!/it could have been her last wish and god granted it to her/look at her in the photo/even if she was using drug it's misrepresentation/and because she not here to defend hersellf/using the fact's that caused all of this controversey for reason's to show how ignorant people really are aboutt the real world that we live in/please excuse me but I meant to the real true colors of the heart/what are you really thinklng!!!!

glade she dead give money to those own need it not scamming the goverment.

Disgusting… she should have been ashamed of herself, & thankfully I guess she was in the end because she had no conscience in taking welfare money that didn't belong to her any longer! Horrible!

Chantal Roberts Exactly. Had the chance to be a success story, but no…

One million dollars isn't much today, especially when the government took their cut.

We are NOT talking someone who needed foodstamps at this point. We are talking someone who had $600,000 in cash and STILL ILLEGALLY collected foodstamps.

Anita Brokaw DUH!!! She NEVER turned in the change of circumstances that's why they kept sending them to her. What is wrong with you people???? She had $600,000 after taxes. She felt entitled to keep it!!! Let me tell you, I can certainly see by responses who would or do fraud the system!!

She didn't die because they took the thiefs food stamps. She died because she was once again breaking the law by doing illegal drugs!!!!

She didn't die because they took the thiefs food stamps. She died because she was once again breaking the law by doing illegal drugs!!!!

Ding Bat she had $600,000 AFTER taxes!!!! She could afford food. If she couldn't it was because she was buying drugs!!!!

Ding Bat she had $600,000 AFTER taxes!!!! She could afford food. If she couldn't it was because she was buying drugs!!!!

I KNOW!!! Can you believe that she would commit fraud for those food stamps that some poor person could you. I guess what goes around comes around.

Are you on meds?? If not may I recommend a good psychiatrist?

It is enough to not commit fraud and steal food stamps!! Trust me I make it every year on much, much less than the $600,000 she recieved in taxes and I ahve never thought about frauding the system to do it!!!!

The fact still remains even if she commited fraud you can bet the blood sucking lawyers will be involved and the same for this goverment.

ive read she only had 67k left.. if i find the link i will post it.. Might of fact the still pic. of her above is from the video when she stated she received the lumps sum that was around 700k she set her kids college funds she paid back the fraud case and etc.. My question is why she didnt just leave all the hagglers.. if it was too much for why she didnt just leave with her kids she way enough money to move and start over??

Also what get me why do the media wants to blame the lottery for people(s) deaths.. They make it like hitting the lotto is a bad thing.. Its the people not the lotto.. Its like what you do with a gun.. I take a gun and provide food for an entire village, but some one else can take that same gun and commits a murder.. now who's fault is it the gun or that person.. The lotto is a great thing to win people just know don't know how to act and don't know how to say no.. then at the end when its all gone they want to say " I wish I never had bought that ticket or the lotto winnings was the worst thing that ever happen to them" BS!

Juan Benavides mentally it just depends on that person.. compare labron to Dez.. labron trouble free staright out of high school and wayy more money and know how to act.. dez.. well you all know the story…

Tim Draughan.. Wrong dont blame money isnt everything because she died… no way.. money is everything…

@A Shirley Bell – So you are mad that someone else dress better than you just because they are on food stamps?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5_ZP1bcTA&sns=em

shame

We're not saying that she wasn't wrong!! ( Well, at least, I'M not saying she wasn't wrong); I'm simply questioning whether she bought that ticket with her own money LOL, but that's a very callous and hateful thing to say, and I sure as heck hope that you're not talking about me (I'm working my butt off to get OFF of foodstamps) and would not "FRAUD" the system.

what a poor soul Im just glad she is at peace now what a shame

Paula, you seem like a bitter woman miserable on your low income. Go buy a lottery ticket and a ho ho and go outside, smile. Lighten up. This young beautiful woman had a rough life, it got great, she was so wrapped up in happiness and wonder she didn't think about stopping the stamps, perhaps assumed they'd stop on their own, habit? who knows, but she paid it back, she's dead now….did she pay the price enough for you now? You are a hateful woman.

I feel sorry for your dog.

Wow! No wonder our country is so messed up! Not hard to see…if you come into any money over the limit for food stamps…your case gets closed lottery or not…just sayin…

I believe that money can make your life more comfy but it doesn;t make you happy.

I was too quick to judge her, I feel bad that I agreed she should of faced charges, I wish I could take it all back and hope she never read a post I placed on here. We all are human and capable of mistakes. This was a sad ending especially for her children. prayers for them!

Rip Amanda. To the family of Amanda: I am so sorry you have to go through this. From reports of people who DID know your beautiful daughter, she sounded like a wonderful woman. I too lost a child to accidental overdose. So hard to lose a child and cannot imagine having heartless people saying such cruel things. She is gone and the ones who love her are the ones they are hurting with their cruelty. We (parents in our position) know how one would feel if they were in our position. It is easy to separate the ones who have lost a child from those who have not. May God bless you and give you strength as you grieve your child. And as for the father of Amanda's children, please don't add to the grief of these poor parents. They will need their grandchildren to help them through this. Grandchildren give us a purpose to keep going on. Only a very cruel person would deprive a grieving parent of their grandchildren. It really is no longer about Amanda, but those left behind to care for her children and most of all her children. People: Stop inflicting more pain on this family with cruel comments and let them know that many feel their grief. They didn't ask for any of this. All your cruel statements only show what inhumane people live among us.

I agree. I thought the exact same thing and that is what her children will one day wonder. I feel so sad for her parents and children. Their life has changed forever. It is so hard to lose a child but then they have to listen to all these negative posts. Why aren't more people sending condolences?

what i mean is the same bad habits. if you were a drug addict 5 minutes before you won your addiction don't magically go away just because your rich, if you were a bad person before your going to be a bad person after.