'Infrequent buyer' claims $34M Powerball lottery jackpot

Comment #19

sirbrad — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:26:58 GMT

The lottery does not want anyone remaining anonymous because they think it hurts sales. If they give out all that money you can bet they want everyone knowing. This comes with the territory. I for one am very skeptical until I see the cash. This will never change because winners are the minority, and are the only ones who care about privacy. The majority however who do not win, will always want to know who won for legitimacy reasons.

Comment #18

Palmmer — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:03:57 GMT

No, you mean it needs to come a little further south. It's already been east in Bardstown, then north in Shepherdsville, now come home to Hardin County

Comment #17

Stack47 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:00:14 GMT

There wasn't as much potential harm in giving out the winner's information and taking their picture holding a huge check when lotto jackpots were $1 million. Most payouts were $50,000 before taxes for the next 20 years so how much a person could give away was limited.

With jackpots of $50 to $100 million, winners should get the right to be anonymous up to a point. If a lottery wants to get a group of players complaining and saying the lottery is rigged, all they have to do is say the winni... [ More ]

Comment #16

KY Floyd — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:46:22 GMT

what if someone wins and they owe money or child support?

You know that the state knows who the anonymous winner is, right? If they have a debt that's part of the public record (which means past-due child support and any debt for which a judgement has been filed) the state will know.

Comment #15

KY Floyd — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:43:30 GMT

The $11 million is after the withholdings. When he files his return he can expect to find most of his income in the top bracket, which means 35% for federal and 6% for Kentucky. The 59% of the cash value he gets to keep will still be a bit over $9.5 million, though. I'm guessing that's enough to get by for a while.

Comment #14

Omniscient — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:13:05 GMT

It's human nature to want to tell someone you won, but NOT human nature to want to share it. I'd do what Mr. Huff did and go away for a bit and relax and plan out the rest of your life and live a modest down-to-earth life.

Comment #13

Jack Pot — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:08:17 GMT

. But the son is so happy- he just cannot keep his mouth shut and pretend it was nothing. I think that's the hardest part about winning the jackpot, your brain says it is for your best interest to remain anonymous, but the heart is jumping up and down and wants to shout the news to the whole world.

Comment #12

Jack Pot — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:02:16 GMT

WOW!!! I am speechless. This is the most post I ever read on LP. I hope you are joking, LckyLary.

Comment #11

MissNYC — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:47:59 GMT

Actually, 34 mil is just the pot prize. It even said the lump sum was worth 16 mil, and after taxes he only gets 11 million, which is nothing to laugh at in general, but having 11 million in the bank is very different from having 34 mil.

Comment #10

go4it-andwin — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:46:14 GMT

And another player claims the big prize, congratulations to him.. I hope the Gold diggers dont bother him too much...He has the right idea....Go away till things calm down some...ENJOY your money and have a great life Mr Huff

Comment #9

JackpotWanna — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:48:35 GMT

Huff claimed the cash option of $16.4 million $11.3 million after taxes and was an infrequent lottery player, Polston said.

Oops. My mistake.

So interest comes to $550,000 a year. I can live with that.

Comment #8

fbird — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:24:36 GMT

was just over 11 million after taxes...cash option.....but still a nice chunk of change...lol

Comment #7

justxploring — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:09:16 GMT

In fact, not only do I agree with you, but LuckyLry proves that we all have a right to remain anonymous. As far as owing money or child support, the state always runs a person's social security number before giving him/her a penny. You don't get the money the day you walk into the lottery office. A criminal and credit background is done. If you owe child support you are in violation of the law. If you have unpaid traffic tickets, or haven't paid a judgment, that money will be paid to your c... [ More ]

Comment #6

JackpotWanna — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:27:58 GMT

It must feel good waking up each morning with 34 million in your bank account. With 5% interest that is $1.7 million, he can live off the interest alone. No more money worries.

Comment #5

ThatScaryChick — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:47:52 GMT

What if it's someone I know? Someone being stingy with me maybe they won and aren't telling me?

And they have to tell you why? Judging from that comment, it's no wonder people want to remain anonymous. If I had the choice I would remain anonymous also. So what? I wouldn't owe you or anyone else anything, but the point is moot for me because the state I am in doesn't allow it. I do plan on being vague and boring if I do win. I have no desire for old friends and family members thinking the... [ More ]

Comment #4

LckyLary — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:59:03 GMT

It's no fun if you don't get to know who won. Maybe they could make the store anonymous also, I mean are they sure they want hordes of people beating the doors down to buy tickets at the new lucky location and maybe buying out all the milk, etc.? It should go with the territory, you want to play, you want to win, you don't get to keep it secret.. what if someone wins and they owe money or child support? What if it's someone I know? Someone being stingy with me maybe they won and aren't telling... [ More ]

Comment #3

tnlotto1 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:44:38 GMT

congratulations to the winner but the dad claimed it anonymously so when the newspaper asked the lottery for his name and hometown and the son answered the phone he should have declined to comment and respect his dads privacy.

Comment #2

chasingadream — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:29:17 GMT

wow.....congrats to him.....he shoooo didn't waist no tiiiiime goin down yonder to git that money

Comment #1

spy153 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:17:22 GMT

Hope he enjoys it. Just a little further east, next time, will ya

'Infrequent buyer' claims $34M Powerball lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:51:04 GMT

Winner described as 'down-to-earth'

The winner of Wednesday's $33.6 million Powerball jackpot was Linville Lee Huff of Bullitt County.

The Kentucky Lottery Corp. released the winner's name, but nothing else, yesterday in response to an open-records request filed by The Courier-Journal.

Efforts to reach Huff were not successful.

Reached by phone yesterday at his home in Louisville, Linville Lee Huff Jr. confirmed that his father had the winning ticket.

He said his father, who is... [ More ]