Take a look

[Sleepycat]

Somebody had some kind of fix for it, I think.

yup, jase does 
http://mysite.verizon.net/aestudios/sims2/index.htm
"No Lottery Move In Fix"  it's in the The Cracker Barrel section along with a few other nice ones.

[ZephyrZodiac]

Thanks, I might get it in case I need it.  Oh, and for the record, I didn't move Fricorith across neighbourhoods, I resurrected him in simPE and then moved him from downtown into the Students' bin.  But somewhere along the way, the game lost the idea that he was alive!

[flowerchile]

TWILIGHT ZONE......Too weird but this happened to one of my Sims who married an existing Sim.  The freaky deaky part is that it was the EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.. To the simolean...

[ZephyrZodiac]

I think it always is!  I resurrected Bella Goth in SimPE and had her move in to the Goth house, and she brought that same amount with her.  Obviously someone at Maxis has a sense of humour!

[flowerchile]

Phew, I feel better now.  I thought I was starting to relive all those dr*%s (My attempt at PG)I did when I was younger....