Millionaire Marriott President’s 25-year-old Son Wins $107 Million Lottery

[HipChick]

http://gawker.com/5838405/25+year+old-marriott-presidents-son-wins-107-million-lottery

25-year-old Brian McCarthy of McLean, Virginia won $107 million in July's Mega Millions lottery. A tipster points out, and public records confirm, that he happens to be the son of Marriott, Inc. Group President Robert J. McCarthy, who earned $1.2 million in 2009.

Brian bought the winning ticket on a whim while he was withdrawing money from an ATM at the grocery store. After winning, called up his grandma after learning on Facebook that he'd won the prize and she replied, "You deserve it. Can I make you a grilled cheese sandwich?" Aww. Brian's taking a single payment of $68.4 million, which he said he'll be using to take a trip to buy a BMW M3 and go on a golf trip to Ireland.

Congratulations to all of the McCarthy's, for your soul-crushingly good luck! Meanwhile, an Ohio guy is suing his coworkers at the Kraftwork factory because he claims they cut him out of their $99 million-winning lottery pool. Poor people can't get a break even in a game of random chance.

[anarch]

1. El Oh El

You can't even make this shit up.

[teddy51]

2. Good for him, he is now free from his rich family! Of course I don't expect that he would

give any of that money to a charity or someone who could really use it.

[HipChick]

6. To be fair, he did donate $100K to local charities...McLean is Dick Cheney neighborhood..

Rethug stronghold area..Powell lives in that area too

[DrunkenBoat]

7. Isn't McLean more US intelligence services/US military neighborhood?

[HipChick]

8. Nope..here's a list of residents

McLean is known for very high wealthy $$$ per capita

Spencer Abraham, 10th Secretary of Energy<21>
Amanda Abel, Sales Specialist for National 4-H Youth Conference Center<21>
Elliott Abrams, Special Assistant to Former President Bush<21>
Sharyn Alfonsi, correspondent for ABC World News, Good Morning America and Nightline
Joe Allbaugh, campaign manager for George W. Bush<21>
Pat Buchanan, political analyst.<22>
Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter<21>
Frank Carlucci, former Secretary of Defense, former chairman of the Carlyle Group<21>
Steve Case, co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online<21>
Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States<23>
Lynne Cheney, former Second Lady of the United States
Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney <21>
John Dingell, Dean of the United States House of Representatives<21>
Senator Byron Dorgan<21>
Kenneth Duberstein White House Chief of Staff for Ronald Reagan<21>
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House<21>
Chuck Hagel, former United States Senator from Nebraska
Frank Keating, former Governor of Oklahoma<21>
Bill Kristol, political analyst<21>
Jim Kimsey, co-founder, CEO, and first chairman of America Online<21>
Senator Patrick Leahy<21>
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, lawyer, and former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (2001–2005)<21>
Fred Malek, former assistant to United States presidents George H.W. Bush and Richard Nixon<21>
John Sununu, former United States Senator from New Hampshire
Don Nickles, former Republican Senator from Oklahoma<21>
General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State<21>
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia<21>
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States<21>


Former residents:

Bandar bin Sultan, former Saudi Ambassador to the United States<21>
Jacqueline Bouvier, wife of John F. Kennedy<21>
William E. Conway, Jr., founder of the Carlyle Group<21>
Richard Darman, senior Carlyle Group affiliate<21>
Ethel Kennedy<21>
Ted Kennedy, senior United States Senator from Massachusetts<21>
Queen Noor of Jordan<21>
Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, former Saudi Ambassador to the United States<21>
Politician and talent Gore Vidal<21>
Alice Sheldon, science fiction author better known by her pen name, James Tiptree, Jr.<25>

[DrunkenBoat]

10. Here's a list of residents: 'CIA Headquarters, McLean, VA 22101"

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=mclean+virginia&gs_upl=1313l12407l0l14063l17l5l0l0l0l0l2078l4422l3-1.6-1.1.0.1l4l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1005&bih=563&wrapid=tlif131553885064010&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89b635ecb18a793b:0x8e62ba5eadfaeaf1,McLean,+VA&gl=us&ei=r4dpTsOMGqPUiAKB9ti7Dg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q8gEwAQ


Oh & BTW -- there are folks on your list with intelligence background. For example, James Tiptree Jr:




Even if one is not interested in science fiction and has never heard of Sheldon/Tiptree, Phillips’ book may still be a fascinating read, as it details the life of a woman from the Greatest Generation. Sheldon actually enlisted – to the extent that women could – in the U.S. military in WW II, and later worked in intelligence, specializing in photographic interpretation, and later worked briefly for what became the CIA.

[HipChick]

12. Most of DC area and suburbs population have some affilation to Govt work

Contractors in some form...I doubt if any of them could afford to live in McLean..

[reformist2]

3. Life is unfair, and quite often corrupt. But who's to say when?

[hack89]

4. I would not be looking for social justice in a game of chance. nt

[roamer65]

5. Everyone is free to buy a ticket and deserves equal chances.

Don't worry, he'll blow all the money anyway.

[Demit]

9. I like the grandmother saying, "You deserve it." I guess he's really been down on his luck lately.

[bluestateguy]

11. Andrew Jack Whittaker won the 300 million $ Powerball

I think his payout was like 190 million. He was already a millionaire businessman.

As I recall his life spiraled downhill. His marriage disintegrated, his granddaughter OD'd on drugs (now she had plenty of money to buy all the drugs she wanted), Whittaker had some brushes with the law, but as his Wikipedia page says "he tipped the woman who worked the biscuit counter at the convenience store where he bought the winning ticket by buying her a $123,000 house, a new Dodge Ram Truck and giving her $50,000 cash."

[HipChick]

14. He is now broke...he used to carry around 500K in a suitcase....2 deaths..

http://www.karemar.com/blog/lottery-winner-loses-114-million-four-years-plus-look-biggest-winners-all-time

In August of 2003, while spending over one hundred thousand dollars at the Pink Pony strip club in Cross Lanes West Virginia, thieves stole $545,000 in cash from his car. Two strip club employees were later arrested and charged with drugging Whittaker's drinks and arranging the robbery, however the money was never recovered.

In January of 2004, thieves again broke into his car and stole over $200,000 in cash. This cash was later recovered. Next Whittaker was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly threatening the life of a bar manager. This suit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. A couple of months later, Whittaker was sued for allegedly groping a woman at a dog racetrack. Again, he settled this suit out of court for an undisclosed amount. When interviewed about his legal run ins around this time Whittaker replied, "It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off!"

[and-justice-for-all]

13. Oh joy, just what he didn't need...

If your fucking rich, why are are you playing the lottery?? Oh, because your a greedy fucking asshole, thats why.

[TalkingDog]

15. Of Fucking Course He Does.

I sincerely wish him all the best.
And I sincerely hope he and his grandma choke on their grilled cheese sammiches.

[Zax2me]

16. Heh. That's funny.

So is life.