Adding insult to injury, 11% taxes are retroactive back to Jan. 1
Local Mega Millions winner calls it "Pathetic money grab", as feel-good story about workers' winning jackpot is transformed into an example of oppressive government that finds it easier to take from a few lucky winners than to stop wasteful government handouts and spending.
The limits of luck are becoming clear to Lynn Sellari, whose Cash 5 lottery ticket left her with a windfall of money in May.
The Arkansas Lottery Commission voted Wednesday to join the multi-state Powerball games, tickets for which may go on sale in the state as soon as this year, the state's lottery director said.
The commission accepted an invitation from the Multi-State Lottery Association and the Powerball Group to join Powerball, which is played in 30 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
State Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue said previously he expected Arkansas to start selling Powerball tickets in early 2010, but he told the commission Wednesday it may be possible to start this year, before tickets for daily numbers games go on sale.
Two $1M winners rush to get prizes before taxes skyrocket
Will higher taxes have the wrong effect — and reducerevenue to the state?
The day before a massive 10 percent state tax on lottery prizes went into effect in the Granite State, two winners claimed separate $1 million jackpots — something never before witnessed by a 20-year veteran of the lottery.
A new company began running the Ohio Lottery's computer system on Wednesday, causing frustrating problems for some retailers and leaving some winning tickets incorrectly coming up as losers.
A couple from Queensland state and a man from South Australia will share more than A$106 million (US$86 million) as the only jackpot winners in the nation's record lottery drawn last night.
Lottery tickets have been selling like wildfire since Kings Mountain resident Jeff Wilson won $88.1 million playing Powerball, said Angi White, assistant manager of the Petro Express in Kings Mountain where the winning ticket was sold.
At 11:59 p.m. today, in an office park in Strongsville, state officials and a gaggle of computer technicians, some from Greece, will change how Ohioans get their lottery tickets.
A man who works three jobs to support his family -- including one as a limousine driver -- has won a $39 million jackpot in California's SuperLotto Plus.
