Before drawing, lottery finalists agree to split jackpot

Comment #6

DC81 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:41:40 GMT

How is that going to work? Are they all going to be able to claim it together? Put it into a trust? Or is the winner going to just give them their shares and have fun with the taxes, which are going to be more than what their share was. I guess with there being a story about it and an agreement beforehand, maybe the lottery is giving them each an individual share... I wonder what the story would be if one of the other two people won.

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Comment #5

tntea — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:07:48 GMT

I bet the two that didn't join felt silly after the drawing.

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mken32 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:52:39 GMT

nice

Comment #3

time*treat — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:41:38 GMT

...like a variant of the prisoner's dilemma .

Comment #2

JackpotWanna — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:22:01 GMT

Great story! I would have joined the group too. $280,000 is better than nothing. I'll bet they will be friends for life.

Comment #1

dphillips — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:07:30 GMT

What a heart warming story. Some people seem to have all the luck

Before drawing, lottery finalists agree to split jackpot

Lottery Post — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:20:59 GMT

Eight finalists agree a 4-in-5 chance of share is better than a 1-in-10 chance of winning it all

While the Maine State Lottery did not draw either of Angelina Bittues' numbers Thursday evening, the Winthrop woman could still claim a piece of $2.25 million.

Bittues was one of the eight finalists in the lottery's $2.5 million Extravaganza Instant Ticket game who agreed to split the spoils from a live drawing held Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center.

The agency invited 10 finalists each... [ More ]