What Happened to the Winner of McDonald's $1M Flexi-Disc Contest? (munchies.vice.com)

16 points by ProAm 8y ago ↗ HN

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After reading the article the statement "I think McDonald's owes Galax, Virginia some kind of debt." is ridiculous. McDonalds kept their side of the bargain and gave the winnings. After that it's the winner's responsibility to be wise with the money. McDonalds owes nothing. Scotty should be (This is my opinion. I have no affiliation with McDonalds)

burritofanatic 8y ago ↗

The podcast from KCRW goes into further detail as to what happened: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/lost-notes/a-million-...

future1979 8y ago ↗

I don't understand why mcDs owes him.

notslang 8y ago ↗

Yeah, if anything it's his mother who's to blame.

thiscatis 8y ago ↗

What's up with that last sentence? So someone couldn't handle dealing with 1M USD and somehow the company that gave it owes them anything? They even had the option for annuity?