N.Y. Lottery's King Kong Millions makes 6 millionaires

Comment #12

CASH Only — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:15:55 GMT

I have an attorney who set up my trust. Right now she is looking over a contract that would have my sister buy out my half of my late father's house (she lives there).

Comment #11

sirbrad — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:18:50 GMT

An attorney and an accountant should be your new best friend if you win the lottery. Umm wrong! You will be THEIR new best friend. I would be looking to end each relationship as soon as possible.

Comment #10

CASH Only — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:40:05 GMT

The $55 million is annuity with a cash option. The other prizes are cash.

Comment #9

Bradly_60 — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:44:30 GMT

Was the 55 million an annuity?Was the other prizes also annuities?I know NY is known for having everything as annuities. I was wondering if this was any different?Brad

Comment #8

Chewie — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 02:01:42 GMT

Humm - weird. I don't participate in those gimmicks, especially the ones where they want my name, etc that can be placed into some database for future use. You tend to get into trouble following that mentality. NJ has one of those with a free' trip to the Caribbean. People tend to not read the fine print and wake up finding the taxes and on-site expenses are more then they considered. Blinded by the light of the prize.

Comment #7

TheGameGrl — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:50:05 GMT

Because This raffle had a sweepstakes along with it, It allowed ticket holders to enter online:Quoted from http://www.nylottery.org/ny/nyStore/cgi-bin/ProdSubEV_Cat_466_SubCat_467_NavRoot_325.htm To enter the New York Lottery King Kong Millions Sweepstakes through the mail, print your name, address, telephone number and unique 9 digit number found on your King Kong Millions ticket on a 3 x 5 card. Or use the online link. thats my surmise of how they know the ticket holders name.

Comment #6

HiYoSilver — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:58:46 GMT

That guy looks like Hurley on LOST. Did he win another jackpot while on the island

Comment #5

trent2275 — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:35:17 GMT

www.fltimes.com has one winner on the front page of the site, only minutes away from where I live.

Comment #4

CASH Only — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:21:13 GMT

I smell a conspiracy if the winner chose 26 annual payments. The draw was computerized, and NY requires the cash/annuity choice to be made when you buy the ticket, instead of after you win.

Comment #3

Chewie — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:59:00 GMT

That's strange. I can't imagine a seller knowing who bought what when, by number.

Comment #2

Todd — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:18:59 GMT

Sounds like the store clerk knows the people who bought the ticket.

Comment #1

Chewie — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:10:49 GMT

Barber said the winner had not yet come forward. The clerk, identifying herself only as Althea, said the winning ticket was held by a young couple. We send a letter to all prize winners, encouraging them to seek the advice of a financial professional before they claim their prize money, he said. An attorney and an accountant should be your new best friend if you win the lottery. How do they know who the winner is before they come forward? Did you have to register when you bought the ticket

N.Y. Lottery's King Kong Millions makes 6 millionaires

Lottery Post — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:27:00 GMT

There was one first-prize ticket in New York's King Kong Millions lottery game, worth $55 million before taxes, in Monday's drawing, which coincided with the New York City premiere of the new movie King Kong. That ticket was sold in Nassau County.Five second-place tickets had a pretax value of $1 million each. The other four were sold in Niagara, Bronx, Steuben and Ontario counties.One of the $1 million second-prize tickets was sold at the Stewart's Shop on state Route 212 in Saugerties.Lotte... [ More ]