LAPEER, Mich. — Michigan is suddenly a richer place this weekend, first with all that Olympic gold coming in from London, and now with the wining ticket to the Powerball Lottery purchased by someone at a Michigan gas station. Local residents may be hoping it wasn't someone passing through to Toledo or Indianpolis.
In the meantime in the town of Lapeer in Michigan's thumb the wait continues for the ticket purchaser to surface. It just happens to be "Lapeer Days" their three day summer festival in the sleepy town of 9,000 and the number one topic is of course, the lottery and speculating about who might have won it.
Folks are a little charged up, like having lightning strike close by. Lapeer Mayor William Sprague is happy because of all the reporters in town. He says they are doing okay, but could always use the boost in tourism the spotlight from the Lottery is bringing their way.
Meanwhile back at Lottery headquarters in Lansing they are getting ready to roll out the red carpet, call in the media. Spokesperson Andi Brancato says the fact that no one surfaced immediately is no surprise, they often advise big winners to seek tax advice before they assume the tax liability. They also have to decide whether to take the 337-million paid in installments or the 224-million dollar lump sum.
That's just the first three questions. With this much cash, it might be a good idea to have a team of advisors, a lawyer, an tax accountant and an auditor to watch the other two. If it's a lottery club, it just gets that much more complicated.
The State Lottery doesn't allow Powerball winners to remain anonymous, no matter how much they may want to. Brancato says it's for the credibility of the game. They have to demonstrate to all the millions that are buying tickets that there are actual winners, because most of them know first hand there are a lot more losers.
The wait goes on. The clerks at the Sunoco station where the ticket was sold have been bombarded by questions about who might have won it, but it's anybody's guess. Brancato says those clerks can expect to be busy for a while. The stores that sell winning jackpot tickets are usually besieged by ticket buyers who think that history might just repeat itself. It rarely does.In the meantime the wait continues, and the lucky winner has up to a year to cash in.
Life is my friend
Rake it up to take it in
Wrap me in your cinnamon
Especially in Michigan
Well I could be your friend
(RHCP)
Huh?
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Golfer!
Oh, hell yeah!
What I've got, you've got to give it to your mamma
What I've got, you've got to give it to your pappa
What I've got, you've got to give it to your daughter
You do a little dance and then you drink a little water
What I've got, you've got to get it put it in you
What I've got, you've got to get it put it in you
What I've got, you've got to get it put it in you
Reeling with the feeling, don't stop continue
Realize, I don't want to be a miser
Confide with sly, you'll be the wiser
Young blood is the lovin' upriser
How come everybody wanna keep it like the Kaiser?
Give it away, give it away, give it away, now
Give it away, give it away, give it away, now
Give it away, give it away, give it away, now
I can't tell, if I'm a king pin or a pauper
Greedy little people in a sea of distress
Keep your more to receive your less
Unimpressed by material excess
Love is free, love me say hell yes
I'm a low brow, but I rock a little know how
No time for the piggies or the hoosegow
Get smart, get down with the pow wow
Never been a better time, than right now
Bob Marley, poet and a prophet
Bob Marley, taught me how to off it
Bob Marley, walkin' like he talk it
Goodness me can't you see I'm gonna cough it?
Give it away, give it away, give it away, now
Give it away, give it away, give it away, now
Give it away, give it away, give it away, now
Oh, oh yeah
Give it away, give it away, give it away, now
Give it away, give it away, give it away, now
Give it away, give it away, give it away, now
I can't tell, if I'm a king pin or a pauper
-RHCP
"With this much cash, it might be a good idea to have a team of advisors, a lawyer, a tax accountant and an auditor to watch the other two."
Yeah, he better get a couple guys to watch the lawyer, lol, and make sure they ain't lawyers.
Otherwise he gonna give it away give it away give it away now...
Why is it every time the winner isn't at the lottery office the next day we get these kinds of stories?
Not to mention I find the part with the MSL rolling out the red carpet and alerting the media a bit disturbing...
Whoever it is, they better have them a trust (preferably offshore) and/or and LLC (again preferably offshore) ready to directly transfer the money to and immediately have it burning up the lines straight overseas, and have their butts firmly planted in a first class seat on a plane going to wherever the money is going. Since Michigan won't let them claim anonomusly, then it is all the more important to have this done as quickly as possible.
No, but he will steal it away, steal it away, yes sirreee.
Congratulations to the winner/s
No one is paying that much attention to a lottery winner!
Oh, thank you Ridge!
I was reading one of your post earlier and you said that you play $4.00 PB and you multidraw it. SO DO I!!! That way I stay on budget and I don't have to stand in line every week for tickets.
See you later, I'm off to play some golf!
The comment in the article about Lapeer being a sleepy little town is totally off. If you've ever been to Lapeer you'd see nothing but a strip mall both sides of M-24, constant traffic, and small manufacturing companies down side streets along with more stores.
Just driving through that area yesterday, and I see what you mean Sramster!
Must be the only town that still sells Pontiac.
I call BS. All the cars in that picture are older. Pontiac signs came down a while ago
The camera is over 10 years old, that would explain the decade of "aging" after the pictures were taken. Had I used my newer camera, the Pontiac
signs would have not appeared, and the vehicles pictured would have been more contemporary.
Funny how that works, eh..?
That would also explain why the picture my wife took of me, looked more like me from 2002 than 2012.
In the camera business, I believe they refer to that as the "Time Machine Effect". Quantum physics, 4th and 5th dimensions, worm holes,
black holes, and all that geeky Einstein stuff.
You're on it.
Look close @ the sign on the right side of the road,
see the rt.3 sign ? only rt. 3 in MI. is in SE detroit near lake st. clair.
Now look again at the pontiac sign, has a big GM at the bottom.
Its white letters w/ a red background, in the grand old U.S.A. they are white letters w/ blue background.
its somewhere in canada.
I can't believe some people actually thought mcginnin was posting a legitimate picture. Haven't you been paying attention? All he does is post random crap because he thinks it's funny.
hey, it really is funny. If not for him, this place would be boring. Rejoyce, as due to these posts, Force is running strong in this place.
The "Time Machine Effect" depending upon the make and model of camera used, has been known to have a geographical quantum variance
factor of +/- 1250 miles. The clues that that your observing, are providing invaluable tracking information for any future "aging effects" of this
particular model of the Samsung digital camera.
Congrat's on the narrowing down of the exact latitude/longitude of location Haymaker.
The only remaining mystery, would be the exact time this abnormality occurred. Looking forward to any additional clues to provide final closure.
Everything posted here is "legitimate" brat. The only remaining quagmire, is for the viewing audience to conclude their own unique relevance.
The forces are indeed running very strongly here tvboris. Upon your arrival here, there is also much cause for celebration!
Roger that, GG!
You're welcome, golfer.
Yeah, I do a month at a time that way. Saves a lotta comin' down from the mountain.
If I win a little though, it's hammer time. Dam the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Look out mama, Big Daddy's on the road again!
It's Maine.
That seems to be the trend on LP lately where any lottery related discussion is quickly turned into a side show. The thing is, it takes participation to make a good message board and if all the off topic remarks were deleted, there would be very little to read. This topic is a good example because there really isn't much to discuss until the winning ticket is validated, but there are 28 replies and over 8000 views.
I agree the large number of off topic posts and now pictures are going way over the top, but haven't seen anyone from management pointing out any of the "Golden Rules" to mcginnin or anyone else so it must be fine with them. It's all about credibility and we can decide for ourselves which members have any lottery related credibility and which members don't.
"If not for him, this place would be boring."
Mediabrat,
I rest my case. They've been a member for 11 whole days and believe it's boring discussing better ways to play and win lottery games.
Not every member here is necessarily a stone faced serious, all business, hard core lottery system geek.
Be thankful for the range and diversity of membership that we enjoy here.
That is the overriding success formula for Lottery Post.
"Not every member here is necessarily a stone faced serious, all business, hard core lottery system geek."
I don't recall anyone else saying what most, some, or a even a few of the members should be, but you had to say something because that new member likes your posts even if they are irrelevant or unrelated to the topic. Personally I don't care if you say you were driving through Wasilla, Alaska and post a photo of Times Square or say your ancestor won $1 million playing penny-ante poker when they came to American on the Mayflower.
I was simply pointing out that a new member is bored because the majority of members are discussing lottery related topics on a lottery related message board. Maybe if you ask management, they will create a new forum just for non lottery related topics.
"Be thankful for the range and diversity of membership that we enjoy here."
You must have missed it when I told Mediabrat "it takes participation to make a good message board and if all the off topic remarks were deleted, there would be very little to read.". Do you expect a gold star for repeating what I already said?
"That is the overriding success formula for Lottery Post."
As I already mentioned participation is important, but when there is too much diversity and when the majority of the participation is non lottery related, I doubt LP will get very much credibility from any state lottery. How much credibility will your idea of a successful formula add to the petition to ban computerized drawings?
Appreciate your enlightened feedback Stack47!
Dc81,
nice call, I see MC56 awarded you the pot of gold from the end of the rainbow,
was there something in the pic. that tipped you off, or have you been to that town ?
I like to study pics. like that, they have a lot in them,
ya know, a pic. is worth a thousand words.
OK, but does it have the capability of the twilight zone camera ?
maybe you could get a pic. of future winning ticket ?
Very good question Haymaker!
BTW that was season 2, episode 46. December 16, 1960. It was entitled "A Most Unusual Camera"
That episode was more comical than anything else.
I believe that technology is in the works! Can you imagine what the patent on that "unusual camera" would be worth.
Good job again by you and DC81 on narrowing down the location of pic!
Yes, thanks for the details, I liked that one because they went to the racetrack, if serling were writeing it today it would prolly be a casino,
maybe one that forgot to check if the cards have been shuffled. LOL
Well i did,t do that good a job,
I should have realized it was somewhere in the east w/ the rt 3 sign
only thing i was sure of is that it was,nt MI.
Mcginnin, who the heck is Stack? The forum police!! Is he serious? LP will lack credibility? With the state lotteries? Give me a break! Why does this site need crediblity! Is LP vying for state funding or something?
When you read all these stories, how many times can you say you didn't win, or the person was foolish for spending all their lottery winnings or that some store clerk defrauded somebody and should go to jail. Boris was right, if not for mcginnin, there would be nothing new to discuss!
I like your post, pics and enlightened feedback!!!! You're a quality person no matter what these guys say.
Love,
Golfer, dag gone it!!
scrutinizing eyes of the state lotteries.
Guess we must be getting some failing grades on our state issued report cards as well. 
I am a strong advocater of diversity here, or anywhere else for that matter. My position is to encourage a spirited engagement, critique and
exchange of ideas on all topics, lottery related or not.
If having a little fun here, or going off topic is angering some members here, then
I guess we just need to respect them for their viewpoints, and learn how to co-exist.
Thanks for weighing in golfer, and I thank you for your very kind words! Good luck this evening.
I am a twilight zone junkie! There used to be a magazine on the episodes that I subscribed to...I think it was before I was in college.
You see a lot of actors/actresses that later had TV shows.
Best Episode: To serve man!
Same here!
William Shatner got his early start in one of the Twilight episodes. Shatner kept seeing this gremlin on the plane he was on, that was trying to
rip the wing apart. Remember that one Artist.
It was called "Nightmare At 20,000 Feet".
He was in two of them.....yes that is definitely top 2. Can you name another one he was in. No cheating.
I used to make jokes when I was flying (family, friends, coworkers) about something being on the wing of the plane...pre 9-11 only....don't want to get kicked off the plane
OK, I'm not cheating promise!!! No google going on.
I remember the one where he and his wife were in a restaurant, and decided to play a penny into this fortune teller machine.
Don't remember title, but he became very obsessed with it's vague answers, that sounded like they were giving him some clues about his life.