<p>"One 18-year-old has won $1,000 or, to be accurate, $1,000 every month for the rest of his life.</p>
<p>Robert Salo, who is graduating from high school this month, is the youngest person ever to scoop the Win $1,000 a Week for Life scratch card game.</p>
<p>The Brooklyn-based student, who came forward to claim his prize on Tuesday, will rake in more than $3 million, if he lives to be 80-years-old." ...</p>
<p>How sweet it is!</p>
<p>He’ll never starve! Do you know how much food you could buy with a $1000?? …I’m such a fatty :)</p>
<p>I think it’s more like $12,000 a year?</p>
<p>That’s still not enough to pay for any elite university!</p>
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<p>But you wouldn’t have to worry about food…</p>
<p>I think the link had it wrong. All other sources Daily News et al are reporting it as $1000 per week ( not month) which works out to $3 million if he lives until age 80 ( 60 years at 52K per annum)</p>
<p>PER WEEK??? <em>faints</em></p>
<p>everyone should get $1000 a week for life :). then all our problems would be solved.</p>
<p>Oh my gosh, I wish I could get $1000 per week. By the way, according to the Huffington Post, it was $1000 per week. I don’t know why the link said per month. It also said $1000 per week on ABC news.</p>
<p>Very lucky for the 18-yr old. He’ll still have to borrow (or get from his parents) to pay for an expensive college (if he’s interested)- especially after he pays the taxes.</p>
<p>yeah, if he is interested in things that will require he receive more than 52k a year he will have to get the money somehow (either through loans or doin’ something…).</p>
<p>most people don’t require more than 52k a year though.</p>
<p>For some reason this sounds a lot better than receiving a lump sum $10mill payment. Funny how things like that work out.</p>
<p>Anyway, 50 years from now this stream of income will be worth considerably less (though it will still be nice). I wonder what kind of guarantees there are that the lottery will continue to pay out.</p>