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Some people say the world isn’t fair.

Others say that events essentially unfold by chance, meaning circumstances can change for better or worse no matter who you are.

Take the story of Timothy Dale Poole, a convicted sex offender who recently won $3million on the state lottery.

In 1999, Poole plead guilty to sexually battering a nine-year-old boy in Orange Country, Florida.


He served 13 months in jail, and was given ten years probation.

Poole has always claimed his innocence.

His victory hasn’t sat well with neighbours. Speaking to Local 6, Howard Johnson said, ‘that’s pretty crappy if you ask me’.



Whether he’s guilty or not, or the situation’s crappy or unfair, a lottery’s odds don’t change when confronted by a criminal history.

If this story teaches us anything, it’s that chance makes no dispensation for any man.

So let’s all go out and buy a lottery ticket!