19-year-old from N.Y. wins $1M lottery prize

Comment #15

DC81 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:32:15 GMT

Eh, she's only getting $50,000 a year before taxes so hopefully she and they have enough sense to not be stupid.

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pumpi76 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:35:20 GMT

Now that you say it, i feel sorry for her..They dont want to believe me that the lottery is blind and doesn't see a lot of stuff...

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Trained2beRich — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:22:38 GMT

Hmmmm...FORMER pet groomer and she wants to own a pet store? eldest of 10? when its paid in ful she will be 39...go to school first even if its community college otherwise she will be broke in 3 years ...i can only imagaine what the expectations will be on birthdays.

Comment #12

marlon39 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:40:59 GMT

Congratulations

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Halle99 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:08:03 GMT

Congrats to her.

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maringoman — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:06:00 GMT

............said DeClerck, the eldest daughter of 10 children and mother of a two-month-old daughter

wow, 10 children!!? Even today people are still getting more than 5 kids? wow. She's only 19 so it's a good thing she will get paid in annuities. If she blows her first few years payments she still has future payments to try make it right. Good luck to her.

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emerald64 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:39:03 GMT

yea sounded like it was a place near upstate ....well anyway CONGRATS to the lucky winner

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bashley572 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:24:15 GMT

Yea, I did the same thing and I live near the Syracuse area! I knew it was near Rochester but had to look it up on a map to find it. Its west of Rochester.

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pumpi76 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:14:08 GMT

smart kid...This is one story i am happy about, wish it was 2 or 3 millions that she won...

When young adults 18-26 win 1-7 million i am happy for them, but when they win 60 + millions i don't think is a good idea...well i keep forgetting the taxes anyway...

i didn't know she was the oldest of 10 kids...Good thing she won...

they need to stop giving 1 million and give 2 and 3 instead, because 1 million after taxes you are left with 500,000 and is a long way from there to go to 1 million... [ More ]

Comment #6

MaddMike51 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:53:10 GMT

You may be right TSC.I just figured that most states were like Iowa.They only recogonize 18,19, 20 year old as half adults.To young to drink gamble but old enough to pay taxes and vote.

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charmed7 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:46:43 GMT

Around the corner from tim-buc-to (LOL) just playin. If u don't know

and u stay in the state. I sure don't

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emerald64 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:42:02 GMT

lol ...MY question is where the heck is Albion ?? Its sounds like its somewhere upstate ? i am born and raised in NY and have not heard of the town ~ anyone know the surrounding areas

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ThatScaryChick — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:37:00 GMT

I thought in most states the age to be able to start playing the lottery is 18.

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MaddMike51 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:09:48 GMT

Talk about luck,at 19 she's to young to play the lottery in most states.

Comment #1

charmed7 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:37:42 GMT

Just goes to show never know where your blessing may fall from.

I'm sure she will help her parents out, being the eldest of 10.

WTG. Good Luck with her winnings, now she a full time tax-payer!

Welcome to the REAL world of taxes, begging relatives.....

19-year-old from N.Y. wins $1M lottery prize

Lottery Post — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:21:46 GMT

Albion, New York, native Brittanie DeClerck dreams of owning her own pet shop someday; a dream she now wants to make real with part of the $1,000,000 top prize she won on an Emerald 8s scratch off ticket from the New York Lottery.

The 19-year-old former dog groomer said she looks forward to seeing her dream come true.

We all have our dream jobs, but not everyone gets to see that dream come true, said the future entrepreneur. This is my chance to make it happen.

DeClerck credits her gr... [ More ]