The GoFundMe crowdfunding page of a Tennessee woman who claimed she lost her family fortune buying Powerball tickets to win the nationwide lottery has been shut down. She claimed that she had expected to win the record-setting 1.6 billion jackpot but did not have a winning ticket. "Cinnamon Nicole" asked donors to give $100,000 to provide her with another chance at winning Powerball.  

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Nicole's campaign page was set up on January 14, Thursday.  She asked for small donations of $1 or more and one share, according to New York Daily News. The Tennessee woman claimed that the money would give her a chance to spend another "fortune" to hit the jackpot.

The campaign page did not state how much money Nicole had spent on Powerball. However, she claimed that she won $4 from the lottery tickets she bought.

Some commenters believed the request was fake. That was due to her audacious request for people to fund her family's lottery expenses.

However, others believed that the crowdfunding campaign was real. One person wrote that the request was "stupid" and the site should not be used for irresponsible people who wasted all their money.

The GoFundMe page received about $800 from seven donors in seven hours. However, it was then taken down.

GoFundMe media director Kelsea Little shared in a statement that the campaign was closed for violating the site's terms and conditions. The site also refunded the campaign's donors.

Nicole thanked her supporters on Facebook the day after launching the campaign. She observed that people can quickly judge others, and that the campaign page was not a "serious post," according to The Huffington Post.  

John and Lisa Robinson of Tennessee announced on the Today" show on January 15, Friday that they were one of three winners of the Powerball jackpot. This was before lottery officials had received the ticket.

Many experts were shocked by the family's actions. New York attorney Jason Kurland told Yahoo News the announcement would cause relatives and tricksters to ask them for money. Meanwhile, Michigan attorney Danielle Mayoras told Yahoo it put the Powerball ticket and the Robinson family at risk.