Canadian lotto winner gives away entire $40 million prize.

[Locut0s]

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/#!/content/1.2467975/

He's giving away every penny of the 40 million he won to charity. Mostly cancer research it seems, in memory of the death of his wife.

[Tx4obama]

1. He can afford it. His company sold for 1.4 billion

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/17/world/americas/canada-lottery-winner-charity/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Locut0s]

2. Ouch. I knew he said he was comfortably well off. Did not know that...

Wow. Suddenly this story doesn't seem so interesting.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Still super nice of him. That's no small sum, even for him.

[Amonester]

4. Not a chance in the world such a jackpot (or even smaller) would be won by

someone who'd really need it (me).

Although, I can barely afford just one ticket here and there (the article doesn't mention how many tickets he bought and how frequently).

Good gesture, though. BC billionaire not selfish.

[SHRED]

5. Isn't $40M only 3.6% of $1.14B?

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Yes...

but is still a lot of money.