NY takes $5 million from lottery winners for child support, welfare

Comment #10

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 05:18:19 GMT

no they most likely don't,they should....

Comment #9

CASH Only — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:30:30 GMT

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Badger — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 01:11:20 GMT

Here in Wisconsin they've been doing this for some time already. When you win a jackpot, you have to fill out all the forms and turn in your ticket. You have to come back the following day in order to receive any winnings, because it takes them a day to run a check on you. They check for owed child support, and also any money owed the state for parking tickets unpaid, and traffic tickets unpaid, as wel as a few other things. Anything you owe is deducted along with the taxes. I've got no problem... [ More ]

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JAP69 — Thu, 26 May 2005 21:56:30 GMT

Does the state look over the mothers shoulder to see that the child support money goes to the kid(s).I hardly think so.

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starchild_45 — Thu, 26 May 2005 18:09:06 GMT

i agree about the child support and welfare. unemployment is where i draw the line. i pay to have that as a back up and comes out the employer's money. if they didn't pay their child support witht the unemployment that is a different story.

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Littleoldlady — Thu, 26 May 2005 17:53:37 GMT

I agree!! Many ,many children NEED that money..now if only there was a way to insure the money goes to the kids instead of everywhere else.

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MillionsWanted — Thu, 26 May 2005 17:42:46 GMT

Those idiots had it coming.

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bd2lucky — Wed, 25 May 2005 22:00:35 GMT

If your responsible enough to have kid then you have a responsibility to the kid.

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LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 25 May 2005 19:17:45 GMT

anybody who doesn't support their own kids deserves to have winnings taken away....

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BabyJC — Wed, 25 May 2005 13:27:35 GMT

My husband was once in the MA lottery office and there was a guy in front of him cashing in a scratch ticket. Apparently he owed child support, so they withheld his winnings and he freaked out! There is a police officer right there though, just for these type of people. It is sad how a person would be upset, instead of proud, that they rightfully support their children

NY takes $5 million from lottery winners for child support, welfare

Lottery Post — Tue, 24 May 2005 22:38:54 GMT

New York lottery officials announced Tuesday that the state has taken nearly $5 million from thousands of lottery jackpots before they were released to winners and applied the money to owed child-support payments or to recover a portion of welfare given to winners over the last decade. The move is part of the state's Lottery Intercept Program that has diverted nearly $10 million in winnings to child support, and more than $25 million in winnings toward public assistance since it was adopted in 1... [ More ]