Woman sets up Go Fund Me effort to earn back money she blew on Powerball tickets
A woman named Cinnamon Nicole from Cordova, Tenn. apparently spent a lot of money on Powerball tickets, chasing that $1.6 billion pot like thousands of other people.
And, like thousands of other people who played, Cinnamon lost.
So then she set up a Go Fund Me campaign to recoup her money, sharing her story of loss with strangers in hopes they would bail her out.
Her Go Fund Me page has since disappeared, but here’s part of what it said:
“Please help me and my family as we have exausted all of our funds. We spent all of our money on lottery tickets (expecting to win the 1.5 billion) and are now in dire need of cash. With your small donation of at least $1.00, a like and one share, I’m certain that we will be able to pick ourselves up from the trenches of this lost and spend another fortune trying to hit it big again! PLEASE, won’t you help a family in need. DONATE NOW.”
In exchange, she promised to make her benefactors #MCM (Man Crush Monday) or #WCW (Woman Crush Wednesday).
Bet you saw these reactions coming, didn’t you?
Disbelief.
let me get this straight,a lady by the name of cinnamon nicole made a go fund me page so ppl can donate cus she spent all her $ on lottery?
— $. (@claudia__sfc) January 15, 2016A lot of anger.
This #CinnamonNicole chick has to be kidding.. "You can't fix stupid."
— Bry Michael Crabtree (@brycrabtree) January 15, 2016I see @CinnamonNicole #blocked her profile, I would too after trying to take advantage of others because of her #stupidity #WelfareHo
— Jillian (@CloverJewel) January 15, 2016What's more embarrassing: spending your life savings on #Powerball tickets OR going by the name of "Cinnamon Nicole"?
— Nicholas D. Dyer (@NicholasDDyer) January 15, 2016Even, yes, admiration.
A lady named Cinnamon Nicole made a gofundme because she lost all of her $ playing the powerball. She's raised $800. She's the real MVP.
— Kristen Koon (@KOON_KRISTEN) January 15, 2016This story was originally published January 15, 2016 at 11:17 PM with the headline "Woman sets up Go Fund Me effort to earn back money she blew on Powerball tickets."