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$254M Ct. Powerball jackpot claimed by 3 asset managersNews Story
Includes video report The mystery winners of a $254 million Powerball jackpot, a record for Connecticut, need only look in the mirror for wealth management advice. All three work for a boutique money management firm in Greenwich, which has fewer assets under its control ($82 million) than their newfound winnings. Greg Skidmore, Brandon Lacoff and Tim Davidson of Belpointe LLC revealed themselves as the winners during a check presentation Monday at the Connecticut Lottery headquarters in
Nov 28, 2011, 8:12 pm - Lottery News

Another man claims to have lost $254M Powerball ticketNews Story
So close to $254 million and yet so far away. That could be the case for a 21-year-old Danbury customer who said he had the winning ticket for the Nov. 2 Powerball drawing but lost it. The $254 million prize was the biggest Powerball jackpot in Connecticut history and the 12th biggest jackpot in Powerball history. At a 7-Eleven on Mill Plain Road, owner Abu Sayed said a 21-year-old customer claimed to have lost the winning ticket: 12-14-34-39-46, Powerball 36. Sayed is skeptical.
Nov 17, 2011, 8:53 am - Lottery News

Ct. Lottery still looking for $254.2M Powerball winnerNews Story
The search is still on for the $254.2 million Powerball jackpot winning ticket for the November 2, 2011 drawing the largest prize ever won in Connecticut Lottery history. Lottery officials confirm that the winning ticket was sold in Fairfield County. Further details will not be available until the winner comes forward to make the unprecedented claim. The winning numbers on November 2 were 12, 14, 34, 39, and 46, with Powerball number 36. The Power Play multiplier number was 4. The Conne
Nov 9, 2011, 9:37 am - Lottery News

Ct. man claims he lost $254M Powerball ticketNews Story
Includes video report Someone in Connecticut bought a lottery ticket worth $254 million but, so far, nobody knows who it is. Powerball officials say someone in Fairfield County bought a Powerball ticket matching all six winning numbers 12, 14, 34, 39, 46, and 36. Local rumor has it that the ticket was sold at Belltown Superette in Stamford, a store with a reputation for selling winning tickets. My grandfather right here, number 29. He played my aunt's ... that's my aunt's birthday. He
Nov 6, 2011, 8:45 am - Lottery News

1 ticket sold in Connecticut wins $254.2M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Powerball's biggest cash value in 5 years Powerball's biggest jackpot in 18 months $254.2 million was up for grabs Wednesday night. It was won by a single ticket sold in Connecticut that matched all the numbers drawn: 12, 14, 34, 39, and 46, with Powerball number 36. The Power Play number was 4. The cash prize, about $150 million, was the biggest in five years. Just missing, by failing to match only the Powerball, were tickets in a dozen states. One in Arkansas is worth $1 million fo
Nov 3, 2011, 9:47 am - Lottery News

Ct. to deduct back taxes from lottery winningsNews Story
Stamford resident's idea inspired legislation Legislation (HB6270), introduced by State Representative Gerald Fox III (D-Stamford) requiring the Connecticut Lottery to deduct delinquent taxes and penalties before distributing a lottery prize of $5,000 or more to a winner, was ceremoniously signed into law Friday by Governor Dannel Malloy at the State Capitol. The new law applies to winning lottery tickets redeemed on or after January 1, 2012. There is currently about $400 million in state
Aug 15, 2011, 6:02 pm - Lottery News

Millions in lottery jackpots expire every yearNews Story
If you are the ticket holder for the winning Massachusetts Mega Millions consolation prize with the numbers: 2, 7, 10, 16 and 29, we have some bad news for you. You have just missed your chance to claim $250,000. The jackpot expired Wednesday. In six more days, on Aug. 3, a $900,000 jackpot is in danger of becoming little more than wishful thinking for some unlucky winner in Florida. ABC News have found at least six other jackpots ranging from $10,000 (two in Arizona expiring Aug. 8 and Au
Jul 29, 2011, 9:31 am - Lottery News

Ct. Senate votes to collect delinquent taxes from lottery winningsNews Story
Connecticut state Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) said Thursday that the Senate has approved a bill he co-sponsored that would deduct delinquent taxes from certain awards paid to Connecticut Lottery winners. Allowing lottery winners who don't pay their taxes to collect prizes without contributing what they owe is unfair to everyone else who plays by the rules, said Senator Leone. Our state is in the middle of a fiscal crisis, and we are asking everyone to sacrifice in order to resolve it. N
May 15, 2011, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Vacationing man wins $1M scratch-off lottery jackpotNews Story
Most folks pick up a T-shirt or a mug commemorating their vacation, but Wilman Bravo of Puerto Rico is bringing home a fat wad of green after winning $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket. Bravo, 66, spent 40-plus years raising his three children and working as a press operator in central Connecticut before retiring to Sabana Hoyos, Puerto Rico, last year. He returned to the Constitution State last week to visit his kids. On Wednesday, Bravo popped into one of his old favorite pit sto
Jul 23, 2010, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner doesn't have to shareNews Story
Judge: Woman, 87, doesn't have to split windfall with sister An elderly Connecticut woman does not have to share her half of a $500,000 lottery windfall with her sister who sued her over it, a judge ruled Wednesday. Eighty-seven-year-old Rose Bakaysa and her 84-year-old sister, Theresa Sokaitis, have been fighting over the money in court since 2005. That was shortly after Bakaysa and their brother won the Powerball jackpot. Sokaitis argued they had signed a notarized contract a decade e
May 12, 2010, 7:40 pm - Lottery News