MILWAUKEE - U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, already a millionaire and heir to the Kimberly-Clark fortune, is on a lucky streak. The Republican hit it big in 1997 with a $250,000 jackpot in the District of Columbia lottery. Then, last spring, he won $1,000 prize in the Wisconsin lottery, and he won another $1,000 in that lottery last week.

"I got lucky," Sensenbrenner said.

Sensenbrenner, 64, was born into a family that helped build Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Kleenex tissue and Scott paper towels, and he recently reported a net worth of about $11.6 million. He said he spends about $10 a week on lottery tickets.

The latest winnings came in a Super 2nd Chance drawing, in which people who mail in at least $5 in losing tickets vie for 10 $1,000 prizes each week. Lottery officials put the odds of winning just one time at 1 in 5,000.

That's not greedy, stupid maybe, but not greedy.

I'd have to say greedy.

Why? The man spends $10 on lottery tickets a week. He lost more than the $1000 he won in less than two years. That's stupid investing for someone who has that much money.

If I'm not mistaken he also won $250,000.00 awhile back.I can assure you if I had his kind of money I would not be playing the lottery period.The man is quite wealthy.

Sorry, don't have a problem with anyone buying lotto tickets and winning, no matter how wealthy they are. Buying lotto tickets is a voluntary tax. And $11 million really isn't that wealthy anymore.

Wow Cuz! I guess that qualifies me as dirt poor!

Nah cuz, its just that a million just isn't what it used to be :-)

I certainly would like to test that theory.

That still doesn't make him greedy, just lucky. Now, that is unless your insinuation is that he is rigging the lottery to increase his fortune, but I really don't see that happening.

GEEEEEZ! Are you related to this guy or something?! I believe anyone who is fortunate enough to be a multi-millionaire especially in this INSANE economy has no business playing the lottery.That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.In other words,when is enough,enough?

If we're going to stop multi-millionaires from playing the lottery because they don't need the money they might win, can we also, for example, stop senior citizens from spending their Social Security checks on the lottery or casino gambling because they can't afford to lose the money they'll most likely lose?

No, but I really don't see a reason to come down on the guy for this. You can stick to your opinion all you want eddie, but that doesn't make it logical.

Joe,
It's not about stopping anyone from playing the lottery.I,personally feel that someone as wealthy as this guy doesn't need to be playing the lottery.This is just a statement about greed.Gambling is a whole other issue.I think those senior citizens spending their social security money are probably a lot more desperate than the Representateve from Milwaukee,who by the way is old enough to get Social Security.
Either way whether it's greed or desperation,it's kind of sad.

What's sad is people who can't afford to pay for the bare necessities blowing their money on the lottery or slot machines. And gambling is not a whole other issue. The lottery is just another form of gambling. If he won this money playing the lottery or poker at The Venetian in Vegas or at the Kentucky Derby, it's all gambling. He enjoys playing it and his odds of winning are no better than yours or mine.

And since you have no idea what he is doing with his winnings, perhaps it's unfair to call him greedy. If he's using it to buy gold plated toilets, yeah he's greedy. But maybe he is using the money to help support some charities.

So greedy, no. Lucky, hell yeah.