Piqua lottery winners unveiled to cheers, tears of joy

Comment #29

RJOh — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:44:25 GMT

MegaMillion winners, regardless of where they live, probably don't think of their wins as their state winning. They are thinking they've played the game long enough and spent enough that it's their time to win or be lucky.

That's what I like about these types of games over scratch-off or raffle type of games. There's no plans to spread the wealth around so anyone can win if they have the right combination regardless of where the last winner lived.

Comment #28

DC81 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:53:27 GMT

Michigan had three also, as did Georgia. But Ohio and Georgia's total JPs were a lot bigger when you add up the amounts.

Comment #27

fja — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:21:05 GMT

Surprisingly California, Texas New York, (the 3 largest states and 80 Million in population out of the 158 million in the mega states) have only shared 1.5 jackpots with California not getting one this year.

Comment #26

libra926 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:50:02 GMT

HAPPY SUNDAY...12/21.....

.............................May I also offer my sincerest congrats to the winners.......they played they deserve to win.......my only question is......Whats with OHIO .....3 Jackpots in one year??...And on qik pik...I live between Maryland, Washington and Virginia........we never win Jackpots like that....if we win PB or MegaMillion Jackpots it' s thru our personal numbers......;...) and thats as Rare as a Blue Moon in those states..........What is ist about OHIO, P... [ More ]

Comment #25

ThatScaryChick — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:53:30 GMT

Lol, that's true. It wouldn't have stayed a secret for long.

Comment #24

KY Floyd — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:47:13 GMT

They can still set up individual trusts (some of them may already have done so) for the financial benefits, but claiming anonymously would have been mostly meaningless in this case. When a ticket for $146 million is sold in a town of 20,000 and most of the town highway department quits within a month, how much of a secret is it going to be

Comment #23

ThatScaryChick — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:41:19 GMT

They might have been in a hurry and didn't want to set up a trust. I could understand why. They were all probably really excited about the win.

Comment #22

RJOh — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:51:53 GMT

Lottery winners in Ohio have claimed their winnings anonymously before by creating a trust. These winners probably didn't feel the need to do so since family and friends knew who they were. After the jackpot is divided among them and each share their potion with their family, they probably won't have enough left to attract the many con artists who's hoping to get rich.

Comment #21

myturn — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:07:58 GMT

I don't understand why US lotteries require winners to go public - that's crazy. Here in NSW, winners have a right to anonymity and most choose it, it is very rare for winners to go public. The NSW lottery is one of the best run lotteries in the world, the Yanks could learn from Australia.

Comment #20

myturn — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:17:27 GMT

I am happy for them and I do hope that invest the money well for their futures. I still don't understand why they must go public - to me, that seems like total madness. US state laws should changed to allow lottery winners the right to anonymity. That is the case here in NSW, and it works well. We have one of the best run lotteries in the world and winners are not badgered by the media for friends .

Comment #19

Stew12 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:03:11 GMT

Definitely a good plan!

What a great time for a win, right before the holidays

Comment #18

rundown99 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:41:48 GMT

Congratulations to the winners!

They should have remained anonymous, since Ohio allows winners to remain anonymous through a trust. However, it is usually difficult for a group of winners to remain anonymous. That is why I buy lottery tickets alone, and I will wait until I travel to a state that allows winners to remain ANONYMOUS

Comment #17

wizeguy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:34:40 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winners

Comment #16

Perfecttiming2 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:32:28 GMT

Hi Naijaman!

Thanks for sharing that!

Your uncle is making it work for him and that's great

Comment #15

naijaman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:30:46 GMT

Congrats to the group! Hopefully all of them will do exactly what my uncle in NJ did 5 years ago when he won the lottery. His after-tax check was for $6.7 million, and put away $5 million in low risk CDs @ 4% - 5%, and used the remaining $1.7 million to help relatives with mortgages and other bills. He is currently collecting around $220k a year from the CDs (or slightly more than $18k a month). He told me recently that he has more than enough money each month despite owning 3 cars and two homes... [ More ]

Comment #14

Piaceri — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:06:48 GMT

Just seeing that picture of all the winners with their big smiles brings a big smile to my face. Merry Christmas Piqua Ohio

Comment #13

corius$1918! — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:58:45 GMT

Congratulations to the winners. I also like to see large groups win. that group must let people come in and out of group at various times. I can't get over the one person putting in a dollar for his mother and collecting 12 million. of course, I'd be happy with 1 million (after taxes). smile.

don't want to be: Big Hat no Cattle.

Comment #12

SmoothJuice — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:05:15 GMT

Wow, a lot of lotto winners today are large groups. I think that's great!! Bad for the company though.... buy hey, more opening jobs

Comment #11

Stack47 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:52:40 GMT

He'll collect around $12.6 million, and his 90-year-old mother will get a new car.

Next time I'm driving near Piqua, I'll watch out for a candy apple red Dodge Viper convertible.

Comment #10

chouquounette — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:51:06 GMT

Simply beautiful! What a Christmas blessing in this time of hardship

Comment #9

Todd — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:48:25 GMT

I just love the group shot of all 15 of them that's a lot of positive energy in one room

Comment #8

s5thomps — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:56:40 GMT

Congrats to the winners!, Just in time for Christmas. I hope no when in the group invests with Bernard Madoff.

Comment #7

myturn08 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:55:34 GMT

its always nice when big groups win, i wish it was my group, next time

Comment #6

KY Floyd — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:46:32 GMT

Another article says they bought tickets at multiple locations. They presumably won with a ticket that had 5 plays on it, and had 11 plays on other tickets.

Comment #5

BaristaExpress — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:23:57 GMT

Congratulations to all the Ohio winners.

Comment #4

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:09:33 GMT

Congrats to them all! They are very lucky.

Comment #3

Lotto*Love — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:20:26 GMT

$5 wager? They collected $5 a person? Or just $5 total? I thought I read somewhere it was $1 a person.

WOW! See!? It don't take a lot of $$ to win!!!!!!!!!

Hope it grows again!

Congrats to the winners! ALL of em

Comment #2

x1kosmic — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:19:53 GMT

The guy in the Santa Hat

I'm the King of the World comes to mind. Shoot.... I get that feeling if I only win $3 dollars, $7 dollars.

....stuff like that

Comment #1

MaddMike51 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:33:10 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winners

Piqua lottery winners unveiled to cheers, tears of joy

Lottery Post — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:46:55 GMT

New vehicles and new houses are on the horizon for many of the 15 multimillionaires in town.

Even more important is the security they want the money to bring to their families, winners of the $207 million Mega Millions lottery said as their identities were revealed Wednesday, Dec. 17.

My mom, she won't stop crying. My sister, she won't stop crying, said Jolaine Routson, 46, a Piqua city Parks and Recreation department worker.

She's one of 14 city workers and one worker's father-in-law... [ More ]