Man wins the lottery a day after getting divorced

Chris Spags Founder and Editor

In most civilized countries, divorce typically doesn’t end well financially for the male. But here’s one situation where a divorce ended in the best possible outcome…a British man, down on his luck after getting officially divorced, played the lottery to cheer himself up. And — surprise! — he won.

A BUS driver netted more than £2million on the lottery a DAY after his divorce came through.

Kevin Halstead, 50, went out for a pint with pals after his decree absolute arrived in the post last Friday.

He bought a lottery ticket the next day – and was gobsmacked when his lucky numbers came up later that evening.

Kevin could have been forced to hand half the £2,302,668 to ex-wife Helen if the divorce had taken just a few days longer.

Ex Helen said: “We are the best of friends. In fact, we get on better now than when we were married.

“It couldn’t have happened to a nicer bloke. I wish him all the luck in the world – he deserves it.”

I’m sure this woman is putting up a fake front just to appear magnanimous. There’s no way you get a divorce and your ex wins the lottery the next day and you go, “Well I’m genuinely happy for him!” Unless she’s receiving a thorough boffing from a billionaire while giving that quote, I’d have to imagine that statement was made through clenched teeth. Half of a lottery win is easily worth one more day of yelling followed by awkward silence followed by more yelling.

The only way this would have been better is if a man with a really crappy job had won. I mean come on, how many breaks does this one guy need? He gets to drive a bus for a living! I’m sure he’ll just put his lottery winnings next to his already astounding collection of gold bars and delightful memories of homeless people urinating feet away from him.

Bus driver Kevin Halstead wins lotto day after divorce [The Sun]

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