Ohio lottery winner to help charities, friends

Comment #6

dpoly1 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:21:12 GMT

Nice win for a nice man !

I would help others out also, but I would not make any public announcements !

Just waiting for the first Mega Millions Jackpot in PA

Comment #5

CashWinner$ — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:28:01 GMT

CONGRATS PHIL

Best wishes on a fantastic future ahead

Comment #4

HaveABall — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:19:04 GMT

Congratulations on your big Ohio Lottery jackpot win Phil.

Phil, I realize you want to share, however, you probably shouldn't give away any of it, since the $5M annuity amount after 35% federal and 6% state will only net you $2.95M at end of apx. 26 years or so of payouts.

Phil, it's never too late to change your announced plans. Probably the best plan would be to collect the apx. 1/2 cash, lump sum amount instead. Either payout method, you could use quarter of net monies prize to pa... [ More ]

Comment #3

Stack47 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:09:14 GMT

but I hope he doesn't find out he has more family and friends than he thought. Though most of us probably would share some of our winnings, I would put on my Nikes and just do it after I got the money and not mention it in the press conference.

Comment #2

rdgrnr — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:32:56 GMT

He's got a good heart, God bless him.

Comment #1

myturn — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:56:20 GMT

I hope he is not so helpful, he ends up back at square one again

Ohio lottery winner to help charities, friends

Lottery Post — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:55:19 GMT

Includes video report

An Ohio man won $5 million in the Ohio Lottery Tuesday, but even though he's dependent on kidney dialysis, he says he plans on helping friends and charities with financial gifts.

Phillip Withem, of Logan, won the second chance drawing called the Top Prized Drawing.

In 2006, Withem turned a $20 instant lottery ticket into $2,500. Then, he won another drawing out of 86 entrants. He said the fact that he is now a millionaire hasn't sunk in yet.

It's not going t... [ More ]