Hi 4 idiots.  Bro/law won lotto/said am in tr.fund/when? I kno U don't kno plus R jealus. + can't answer....
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I read the original post. I read the original 4 answers. I'm confused.  I didn't see smartass remarks (well, one was borderline), what I see is a question that cannot be answered in this forum as asked.  There are too many variables to consider.  BTW, before you say I'm jealous, let me just ask:  Jealous of what? YOU haven't won anything, and you are trying to mooch of your brother in law.
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Hi Amy, not sure what the previous post was about, but it was clearly uncalled for.\n\nAs a lawyer who has seen the movie (albeit a while back) I am sure there are many issues you could raise.  This is all just sort of stream of consciousness off the top of my head, so I apologize if it's not too organized, but here are a few thoughts.\n\n1)  It seems to me that much of the protagonist's (I've forgotten his name) actions are designed at misleading others.  If he does this for his own material gain he may be comitting fraud (for example, doesn't he mislead the former Marlboro man into accepting a cash settlement of some sort-?--that could be a fraudulent inducement into a contract).\n2)You also might want to look into whether or not there are any applicable lobbying laws he violates.\n3)  Are there laws against "pushing"cigarettes to minors (I'm thinking of the little classroom lecture he gives) or something similar.\n\nThe best way to do legal research for applicable cases or statutes is using lexis nexis or Westlaw.  To the unitiated these databases can be daunting, but if you are at a large university you may be able to get access at the law library.  Failing that, you might want to go to a local law library and ask the librarian for help (call ahead and explain the situation to clear access ahead of time).  Yet another option is to check out www.findlaw.com, which generally provides access to cases and articles free of charge, but is no where near as sophisticated as Lexis or Westlaw.  Finally, you might call your state bar association's relevant sub group or a Washington Lobbying or ethics organization (I do not know but suspect there are several) and see if they have any suggestions.  Research is about getting your hands dirty and hitting dead ends until something clicks into place.  Good luck!
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ask his bookie..its against teh ruels of baseball to bet on baseball...while playing...how would you liek to be betting for the reds to win...while he is managing them and betting they will lose? it amzes me the eyar after he was no longer their manager...they won the world series...before then pathetic--wonder why
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It's a scam.  Pay no attention to it.\nIf you didn't enter a contest or buy a lottery ticket, how do you expect to win it?
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pros: Mo Money™\ncons: Mo Problems™\n\nyou know the saying...\n\n\ncheck this out.. lottery winners turned losers:\nhttp://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Savinganddebt/Savemoney/P99649.asp
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Its a scam!\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to    "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is
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It is a scam. Beware.\n\nThe UK Lotto requires you to buy a ticket.
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Thank you for asking this!!  I don't see what the big deal is, either.  Any of us could pull off his gig...  Hopefully he's putting his cash in a 401K or something so when his 15 minutes are up, he'll have something to fall back on!
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Here is a link to Yahoo's finance message boards:\n\nhttp://messages.yahoo.com/yahoo/Business___Finance/Investments/\n\nHappy hunting for J.C. Cramer!
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Were you reading the posts earlier?  Someone was saying "now that the libtards have won, watch our stocks tank" or some crap like that.  No tankin' on Wall Street, EH???  They must be incredibly SHOCKED.  hee hee hee
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If you haven't played a lotto then I would say it is some kind of fraud. If they ask you to call them, especially if they charge a premium rate then I would definitely think it is a fraud.
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i would raise a contract....in my place of employment we won the national lottery a few years ago, there were 15 members and we would have got £330,000 each thats if the bastard responsible hadnt been pocketing the money himself and not putting the numbers on each week, we couldnt sue because we had no contract with him! it works both ways.
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I followed all the procedures to get this prize. I sent a donation of $475 to Nigeria as they directed me to do so. However, i didn't recieve my prize till now. Who can help us? YAHOO staff, plese reply us is it from your side and you are going to send the money or not?!?!?!?!!
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Questions:\n    1. What is your age? Are you 18? Since you're not qualified to \n        play the lottery, why did you buy the lottery ticket? If you are \n        found to be the one who bought the ticket, you'll be \n        disqualified (see rules of the game). There are specifics \n        about age in the rules re lotteries.\n    2. Considering the situation, you have relegated the claim to \n        somebody else (by all means, it should be a member of the \n        family). Your family should get a finance manager to work \n        out some financial management in order to manage your \n        money (now the family is involved). You said a million is \n        being given to you, there are technicalities on this. Even \n        giving you a million is not easy, it may be in the form of a\n        gift, atrust fund, etc.? \n   3.  If you are found to be the one who bought the ticket, you\n        might be be disqualified (see rules of the game). There are\n        specifics about age in the rules re lotteries.
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can u play poker? if so why u keep losing ur chips...lol...jk\nIn one of them picky-funny moods tonight.\ntake some one eles chips...
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Whoa! It's a nice mail regarding lottery wins. You must have already seen those attractions. Kool!! I know what they do. First, they are gonna ask whether you are interested or not. I remember..... they wouldn't pay much interest to you. This way or that, the would require your registration. And a......... it's like this: -\n\n"We greatly invite you to our community, sir. Our correspondence office in your city is going to contact you for the details of ########## sum for money transfer. Prior to this short process we need your registration and again a short sum of 5000 Rupees (~$120) to continue with your coinfirmation to our central office. We hope your response for the same."\n\nAnd who cares for 5000 if there's 500000000. Then you reply and send the money, for you see those registered sites and technical e-mails. And then there is nothing left for you to be done. You see it was all clear and so wonderful, you get up like a model millionare and end like a millionare model. Finally, you get a heartattack and next day you find yourself in a hospital. Loosing 5000 was a good experience for you and you again found an email saying " YOU WON ####################################### SUM IN A LOTTERY"\n\nor else switch on your spam blocker kit........
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Do you recall entering this particular Lotto?Most likely you did not and it is most likely a scam. I receive silly emails of pictures of money,checks,won lotto's ,all kinds of junk telling me somebody died and left money in other countries.Don't believe any of this junk stuff.Just Delete it.If you get in the snail mail(postal)destroy it.