N.C. collected record debt from lottery winners

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dopey7719 — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:12:18 GMT

I called the lottery office in South Carolina and they do it differently. When a friend went to cash in 1000.00, she was scared since she owes so many medical bills and student loans. Only, they didn't do anything but give her a check and it was a really quick process, so of course she didn't say anything!

I called the next day to ask what the law actually is and they told me that the state of SC only does a background check if the winning amount is over 5000.00. Otherwise, they just cut you... [ More ]

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HaveABall — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:09:23 GMT

Well, the only thing I can think of being a shame is that, in the case of back property or income taxes or judgments, if the owed amount is withdrawn from the state lottery commission BEFORE it is paid to the lottery winner, that can ruin the winner's sincere plans to pay the fair amount of the debt.

Perhaps the lottery winner's plan was to hire a consultant to negotiate DOWN the often OUTRAGEOUS interest charged. It is a shame to win a large amount and not be able to pay to receive that valu... [ More ]

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louise black — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:41:23 GMT

In defense of this guy sometime the child their paying for isn't really their,not to say this was the case.Make sure your T's are crossed and I's dotted.

Comment #2

jeffrey — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:52:49 GMT

You have to pay to play, in more ways then you think. His kids won't have to live in poverty for a while. What a piece of work to owe that much for his kids. Man, do you want that kind of person for a friend

Comment #1

billyloco — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:33:07 GMT

I have a very successful engineer friend who WAS a dead beat

dad. About 2 yrs ago Jules won $100,000 in some lottery

promotion in Georgia. I went with him to p/u his $.......I almost passed

out from laughing so hard when he walked out of that Lottery ofc with a

check for a little over $6,000.....JUSTICE SERVED

N.C. collected record debt from lottery winners

Lottery Post — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:21:18 GMT

The North Carolina Lottery collected a record $1 million during the past year from prize winners who were also debtors.

The lottery scans big winners against a list of people who owe child support, back taxes, hospital bills and student loans. So as you dream about spending the piles of money you plan to win in the lottery, don't forget those bills you never paid.

The big collection comes in a record year for lottery sales, which topped $1.4 billion, a 10 percent increase from the previous... [ More ]