Wisconsin man claims $14.4M lottery jackpot

Comment #11

Guru101 — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:52:42 GMT

Congratulations Mr. Peters! Go buy yourself a Corvette

Comment #10

Litebets27 — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:39:03 GMT

SHOULD READ:

Terry Peters...sole winner of 5.4 million dollars....after taxes

Wisconsin and Feds...winner of 9.0 million dollars...after players donations

LOL

Congratulations Mr. Peters....spend, save,invest it well.

litebets

Comment #9

DoubleDown — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:44:56 GMT

I do too- this has worried me ever since I saw he won.

Comment #8

Just6ntlc — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:14:17 GMT

I hope Mr. Peters doesn't have financial problems later in life.

Comment #7

Todd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:47:23 GMT

Who said it was submitted to any state?

That aside, I have addressed that issue many times in the last two days. I'd suggest reading the many posts I've made on the subject, rather than repeating it here. (Especially since it has nothing to do with this news story.

Comment #6

Raven62 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:02:05 GMT

Has submitting the Petition to any of the RNG States had any impact on their decision to implement an RNG instead of a Mechanical Ball Machine

Comment #5

Todd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:26:09 GMT

You're kidding, right? (Maybe the folks on Lottery Post should sign a petition against RNG's?)

Have you ever seen this graphic, which has been on every page in this whole site for the past 4 years??

(Currently almost 4,000 signatures)

Regarding your other points, OF COURSE somebody wins in a computerized drawing. That is completely irrelevant to the idea that computerized drawings should be banned.

Saying something like that only plays into the hands of these people trying to s... [ More ]

Comment #4

Raven62 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:13:20 GMT

Wisconsin is an RNG State, and RNG's seem to be a Hot Topic at this time.

Even though RNG's are not welcomed by many players (me included) when it's the only game in town people will play it, and this news item is an example of a player winning under these circumstances.

Maybe the folks on Lottery Post should sign a petition against RNG's

Comment #3

spy153 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:32:33 GMT

congratulations Terry Peters

Comment #2

Todd — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:18:26 GMT

Relevance

Comment #1

Raven62 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:41:25 GMT

One Wisconsin Player that's Happy he didn't Boycott his State's RNG Games

Wisconsin man claims $14.4M lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:01:00 GMT

Terry Peters, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, became a millionaire Tuesday.

Peters validated the sole winning ticket from Saturday's $14.4 million Megabucks drawing at state lottery offices. Earlier on Monday, Peters had stopped by the store where he purchased the ticket to check if he was a winner.

He chose to take the lump sum cash payment of $7.6 million. He will receive about $5.4 million after taxes.

Peters will take part in a news conference at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the GV Unimart in... [ More ]