Man donates $40M jackpot to charity

[JLova]

A Calgary man who won a $40-million lottery jackpot says he will donate every cent to charity.

Tom Crist found out that he’d won the Lotto Max jackpot in May, but did not claim it until Monday. For months, he didn’t tell anyone about his big win – not even his kids.

Crist told CTV Calgary that he is putting the money into a family foundation he started, which will distribute funds among charities he chooses to support.

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Tom Crist from Calgary, Alta., won a $40-million lottery jackpot and says he is giving every cent to charity.

He told other media outlets that cancer charities will be on the list, because he lost his wife to cancer two years ago.

Crist plays both Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49 by subscription, paying for his tickets a year at a time. The numbers on his tickets are checked by the Western Canada Lottery Corporation after each draw.

Crist said he was on a golf course in Palm Springs, Calif., when he received a call last spring telling him he’d won $40 million.

After the initial shock, he said he put the prize out of his mind, deciding to “deal with it” down the road.



Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/calgar...ottery-win-to-charity-1.1596550#ixzz2nmhhWd6E

 

[Remote]

He's a better man than me.

 

[Remote]

That's sad about his wife though.

 

[I'm Billy FUCO!!]

I gotta give him MAJOR props for this.

That COULDN'T have been me, though

I mean, I'd donate a small portion, sure.....but the WHOLE shebang??

 

[Taadow]

Canada STAY fuccin' up...

 

[kermit da hustla]

he's lying.

 

[Costanza]

he was on the golf course in palm springs california... and hes from calgary... theres your answer.....

 

[sanityovar8ted]

id donate some to charity most definitely , but aint no way i wouldnt keep a nice chunk for myself

 

[Desirous]

His kids must be like

 

[ChrisDorner]

Every cent my ass

This is going into some fake charity so they don't tax the shyt out of his winnings.. But the money will all go back into his wallet

 

[No_bammer_weed]

he was on the golf course in palm springs california... and hes from calgary... theres your answer.....

beat me to it...hes already well off and very comfortable. Hes a good person who knows he's already been blessed in life, and that the money should go to much needier people. If all well off people thought this way....

 

[Lavish]

What he doesnt realize is that cancer research can find the cure for cancer. Hell they probably already have the cure. But you know how much money thry make to continue cancer research? Its about money..as sick as it sounds, having patients rely on treatments until they die from cancer makes everyone alot of money

So dude donating is just making them richer..aint no cure gonna come from this

 

[MacDaddy]

what a kind man

 

[a murda]

fuuuuuuuuck that

 

[USSInsiders]

at anyone believing that none of that "charity' money isn't siphoned back into his pocket