Small Town Speculates On Lottery Winner

Comment #10

CASH Only — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:05:18 GMT

I'm still taking the lump sum. I might die before I move

Comment #9

KY Floyd — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:32:13 GMT

The top tax bracket in Michigan is 3.9% compared to 7.1% in Ohio, so clearly a Michigan resident gets no benefit from buying in Ohio. Since they'd owe taxes to both states, an Ohio resident doesn't gain by buying in Michigan, either. I don't think very many people think about taxes before deciding where to buy their tickets, though. I happened to be in southeastern Vermont the Saturday that Powerball was at 365. I could have bought tickets in Vermont, but if I won they'd have taken about 9.5%,... [ More ]

Comment #8

Chewie — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:11:56 GMT

Probably not. If I win MM in JN, no state tax - this year. If I win MM in NY, I pay NY and NJ 8%+! If I win PB in PA, NJ charges me 8% up front! Then again, I'd change residence in the darkness of night. I have friends in PA and NY that would let me live with them; and swear that I've lived there for 90 days. Change licenses Monday, and rich Tuesday - with fewer taxes! Just because I live in NJ, doesn't mean I have to join the mind dead of the voting populace

Comment #7

CASH Only — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:08:55 GMT

Suppose the winner(s) is/are from Michigan. Would there be an advantage for a MI resident to winning MM in Ohio, vs Michigan

Comment #6

Chewie — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:55:12 GMT

Ya gotta wonder, where are the security camera's. Why aren't they being confiscated and viewed by the Lottery Officials? Where is ABC when we need them? How can there be leaks when no one is investigating?:

We want leaks!

We want leaks

Comment #5

CASH Only — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:41:04 GMT

A US Senator from New Hampshire won over $800,000 in Powerball in October. He won on a Match 5 Bonus ticket.

Comment #4

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:12:26 GMT

i wonder if any powerball winners have decided to become politicians....

Comment #3

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:38:41 GMT

When you win $267M dollars, there is no wrong choice. Your are the winner! Only one winner. The decision goes to the winner. All the schudda, cudda, and wannas don't impress the winner. Me, when I win, will make what ever decision is best for me. I will be a winner, therefore I will be the best decision maker about what to do with MY winnings. Take a vote, how many will think I will care whether your think I should choose cash or annuity? How many of the past 25 winners cared whether yo... [ More ]

Comment #2

CASH Only — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:53:26 GMT

Only if they choose cash. If they make the wrong choice, they will more than double the US record for an annuity prize (1993; Powerball did not have a cash option then).

Comment #1

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:36:43 GMT

Sounds like the winner should be able to buy the county, and still have plenty left over to buy a few politicians.

Small Town Speculates On Lottery Winner

Lottery Post — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:09:00 GMT

Facing odds of 176-million-to-one, someone in the Buckeye state bought the winning ticket to Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars.

That winner bought the ticket in the small town of Lyons, Ohio up in Fulton County. It is a farming community with just one stop light in town.

Fewer than 600 people live there and now everybody's wondering if their neighbor has won $267 million dollars.

The ticket was bought there around noon Tuesday, and al... [ More ]