Orillia’s a small town. Surely someone must be able to vouch for the veracity of this win. Looking at the odd (photoslop?) photo, looks like he needs to buy some teeth before his waterfront house. I added the last two digits of his winning amount to his name to get today’s catchy title.
No tags for this post.John Mason’s first act of generosity after learning he’d won more than $20 million?
“I tipped the cab driver,” says the 75-year-old Orillia man.
You can see his teeth in this video here, 30 seconds in.
barrie.ctvnews.ca/mobile/orillia-senior-hits-20-million-jackpot-1.1935849…
It’s valid to question everything, but not seeing any teeth in a single still photo of a 70+-year-old man shouldn’t rise to the level of highly suspicious.
Ab, I think you were on to something in questioning that case of the one lottery winner that they allegedly tracked down with video footage months after the fact, after she supposedly used a debit card for the first time ever in buying a lottery ticket.
But in that case, I would think it’d be more likely that she was a genuine lottery winner that they built a fake story around to boost their reputation after it took a huge beating with several cheating convenience store owners.
A comparison of Michael Moore and the lottery winner.
Michael Moore looks like a relative of this lottery winner. I think we should see some teeth in his mouth too along with the old people when they smile or open their mouth. He can afford them,
Hahahaha, exactly. Why take such a stupid picture?
It is aesthetically more pleasing to show the teeth. A proper ad campaign would show the teeth.
The picture Ab posted is the one they chose to promote. Just not very professional.
I am still sticking to my ‘hide identities’ program. Perhaps not on this guy.
The wiki has some interesting historical information about USA lotteries:
en.wikipedia.org…
But, I’m sure that’s all changed now and modern day lotteries are all on the up & up. Ha ha ha ha ha ha …
Excellent analysis, K. I agree – never considered your thesis.
When old people smile, we usually see their teeth, or tongue. I think we should be able to see something in this gentleman’s mouth. Look at all the old people smiling below.
Since this lottery winner photo is for public release, one would think they could take a sharper picture.
Could blacking out the mouth, as in the photo of the lottery winner, so as not be able to identify dental structure, a part of hiding identities?
Unnamed lottery winner of $181 Million. Turns out this is a spoof story that has been circulating since 2009.
Notice in the photo how the woman appears to be pasted in.
Technique: Drop photo in photoshop, choose ‘image’, choose ‘black&white’ and adjust the colors until the changes are revealed.