Even with an extra million or two, it seems that some lottery winners are still trying to finding ways to save money -- on the government's dime.
Amanda Clayton of Lincoln Park, Michigan won a lottery jackpot worth $1 million, but a local TV news station recently discovered that despite her winnings, she's still using a state-sponsored welfare card to buy $200 of food every month, The Daily Mail reports. As a local reporter points out, those tax dollars could go a long way for residents in a state particularly hard-hit by the recession, but Clayton doesn't seem to see it that way, even though she recently purchased both a new house and a new car with her prize money.
"I mean, I have no income and I have bills to pay," she told local news WDIV. "I have two houses. I'm still struggling."
