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Spain's El Gordo dishes out €2.6 billion in annual Christmas lotteryReply
I like the x200 top prize amount. What's the payout percentage? The State of Spain wins from the taxes, even with 100% payout.
Dec 23, 2023, 8:18 pm - Wavepack - Lottery News

Kentucky man who "coasted" into gas station on empty tank wins $1 million in lotteryReply
1) Who is the other country? 2) I will note that USA is not alone in taxing lottery winnings. I know for sure Italy has a 20% tax and Spain also extracts about 20%. Not sure if they tax on winnings from lotteries not run in their country --where tax is extracted before paying out (like, if an Italian won the Euromillions lottery (Italy is part of Eurojackpot) )
May 26, 2023, 6:51 pm - kao1632 - Lottery News

Spain's El Gordo dishes out €2.6 billion in annual Christmas lotteryNews Story
Winning numbers announced during event that lasted four hours By Kate Northrop Millions of households have been tuning in to watch El Gordo (The Fat One), the world-famous lottery that doles out over two billion in prizes every year. This year, the lottery is distributing a whopping 2.6 billion (US$2.86 billion) in prizes to winners across the country. It's not uncommon to see people rushing out into the street and erupting in celebration as the event progresses, perhaps popping a bo
Dec 22, 2023, 12:20 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Post's guide to 2023 holiday raffles across the USAReply
Wouldn't it be great if the USA had an el Gordo jackpot raffle much like Spain does? Maybe Christmastime and independence day. I think it would bring people together. Imagine how much $$$ would wound up in USA el Gordo? And all the winners with there shares of the prize? And because it would be a federal raffle ...those states without a lottery could still play. Maybe sell the raffle at the post office in each town or city? Just saying. BTW thanks for the article Ms Kate
Nov 2, 2023, 8:41 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

California man asks clerk to choose a lottery game for him, ends up picking out a ticket worth $10MReply
Nice gesture on your part ... since I am the 1st to respond to your post .... would you be kind enuff to give me exclusive rights to the winning numbers to powerball megamillions next time it reaches $1 billion or more? Thank you in advance oh wise one. PS: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. You are wise enuff to figure out what I just said in code. Others here on this board, I'm not too sure they would be able to but, I could be proved wrong. Welcome to the board.
Oct 21, 2023, 11:46 am - ShagE3 - Lottery News

Winner of $95 million Lotto Texas lottery jackpot gamed the odds to winReply
Well, I use a courier service to buy tickets in overseas lotteries.. The service I am currently using allows me to buy tickets in Powerball and MegaMillions (but not powerplay/ multiplier -- a previous service did.. Different purchasing model.. More on that later) and various other international lotteries (Euromillions, EuroJackpot, SuperEnaLotto, Uk, France, Spain, Poland, Germany...) The tickets are sort of 2.25 x face value.. A Powerball / MegaMillions ticket is US$4.55. IIRC, the
Apr 30, 2024, 1:58 am - kao1632 - Lottery News

Lottery Post's guide to 2023 holiday raffles across the USANews Story
U.S. states to host annual holiday raffles this year Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in five hours By Kate Northrop Within a mere five hours of sales for Montana's Millionaire raffle going live, all 380,000 tickets were sold out. This year marked an unheard-of demand for the Montana Millionaire raffle, even more so than the unprecedented response that Montana Lottery officials saw to their statewide raffle last year. For reference, tickets sold out in 29 hours after g
Nov 2, 2023, 7:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News