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Daughter of Lottery Winner Tells All

I am always asking y’all out there to write and tell me stories about people you know who have won or play.

I get those letters and I thank you.

I want to share a note someone sent me about a recent posting of mine. It is not a pleasant letter… but it does reveal a bit about a lottery winner that I didn’t know. Is what the letter writer true or not?

Keep in mind: this is Gena’s story. I have no way of confirming whether it is true or not, although I have no reason to doubt her.

If her father wants to respond to his posting, by all means, I invite you to do so.

Thank you Gena.

Here is what she wrote me:

I’ve read a few articles about how deserving Jimmy Lunsford is in winning… so here’s another perspective to share with everyone:

Jimmy has 3 grown kids, as you might have figured out by the name, I’m one of them. I am sickened to read about “how deserving” and “what a great guy” he is. Try growning up one of his kids and not having any acknowledgment, love, encouragement, or kindness come your way. I’ve called him for years to try to stay in contact, he’s never returned phone call to me and we’ve only spoken if I’ve been lucky enough to catch him at home. Even notice how he mentions that he’s 1 of 17 kids… nothing mentioned about his own kids.

I gave up trying to stay in contact 2 years ago when I had my son. My little boy was very sick when he was born, we didn’t know if he was going to make it. I thought of my own Dad daily… wondering how someone could have a child in the world and not know (or care) if they were alive and well. To me, my children are everything so I gave up trying to understand or care anymore.

I have mixed emotions about his winnings. Of course I’m happy for him, and not because it’s him, but I’m happy to see anyone that works hard get a break in life. I’m also irritated with the fact that my Dad did not pay one cent of child support my whole entire life. Irritated that the lottery payouts are not more thorough in their investigations of who their winners might be indebted to before writing out the checks. And quite frankly, chapped when reading media articles about how deserving he is. Can you believe that he wouldn’t even help me to buy a prom dress? Can you believe that he still hasn’t called… I can.

Thank God that I have the best step-father anyone could ever ask for that raised me as his own and took care of me. Thank God for the step-fathers out there in the world that put food on their kids tables, give them love and support, cheer them at their ball games, and teach them right and wrong.