Connecticut Powerball mystery deepens

Comment #60

rdgrnr — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:47:39 GMT

I'm going to erect a monolithic marble obelisk on top of one of my ridges and dedicate it to America's rich people.

Everyone will be invited for the unveiling and to pay tribute to America's rich people.

I'll be needing some seed money to get started.

Comment #59

NoShame — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:38:18 GMT

You know it is quite possible that they bought just 1 QP with no serious intentions of winning. They know the odds are high for anyone regardless and perhaps they bought the ticket just for kicks. It could be just coincidence that that ticket happened to be the winner. I know that's hard to believe when the rich win the lottery.

Comment #58

rdgrnr — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:23:19 GMT

That's the balance that's hard to reconcile.

We want anonymity for ourselves but we want to know who the other winners are so we're sure there's no hanky-panky going on with our beloved lottery officials doling out jackpots to friends and relatives.

And we can't have it both ways.

Comment #57

dk1421 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:26:02 GMT

But that's the thing.... we feel we are being lied to. That's the entire reason for our questions.

Most of us here do believe in winners staying anonymous. However, 3 guys on 1 quick pick? C'mon! And with the knowledge they have - they would remain anonymous if they were the real winners! And if they did buy more than 1 QP, they probably would have said something about that.

It's fishy alright.

Now, if they came out and said Yes, you are all correct, we are fronting for someone who want... [ More ]

Comment #56

dk1421 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:15:46 GMT

KY Floyd - you might have hit the head on the nail

Comment #55

ChaosX — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:48:29 GMT

Actually that's wrong.

I know this for a fact because I know one of my mom's friends who won a large jackpot. I believe it was over 100 Million, cash option.

This person was not an insider or whatever you think.

That's all I will say.

I also know a personal friend's father who won 1 million (cash option again) in NJ's Pick 6 like 15 years ago.

Comment #54

JWBlue — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:26:32 GMT

100% agree.

The United States culture is such that it feels the public has the right to know just about everything.

Comment #53

Mark2 — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:28:56 GMT

Great advice. Thanks

Comment #52

rdgrnr — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:51:32 GMT

Sorry to hear that but you know the odds on the lottery say you're going to lose almost all of the time.

You have to bet accordingly.

On the big jackpot games, it's basically just a shot in the dark.

Spending all your money on the lottery is like taking a leak in the ocean - it really doesn't have much effect on anything. The odds are like 195 million to one on Powerball. Whether you put one dollar or one hundred dollars on it doesn't make a whole lot of difference. The odds against you... [ More ]

Comment #51

Mark2 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:30:41 GMT

I lost everything. Because of the lottery addiction, I did things I never thought I would do. I had to lie and sometimes steal.

Comment #50

Mark2 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:11:36 GMT

In the past three years, I've lost $25,000.

Comment #49

rdgrnr — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:08:21 GMT

So, exactly how much did you lose recently

Comment #48

Mark2 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:52:39 GMT

Here is the truth people. Listen very carefully. I already know they will block me for telling the truth, but I have to tell the truth. According to a secret insiders, the whole lottery thing is a scam. There is no random in the lottery because they already know which numbers gonna come up. they let people when small jackpot, but when the jackpot get really high, the money go back to them. How? They will have somebody act like a winner, and they pay the person under the table. The lottery is per... [ More ]

Comment #47

HaveABall — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:42:09 GMT

Comment #46

myturn — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:08:13 GMT

Just let winners have to the right to remain anonymous. I can't understand the media's obsession with knowing the identity of lottery winners. We don't have that in Australia, people are happy for the winners and hope it will be their turn next week. People also feel that if they do win, they don't want the media hunting them down.

Comment #45

fastball 9 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:03:17 GMT

Does Connecticut give winners a choice if they win, or do have to claim publicly?

You'd think if the state was progressive enough to allow a choice, then these mugs should have taken it.

Does Lottery Post still have that link which lists how you can claim in each state? Might be neat to see if now.

Everyone who wins should have a choice. We can't have any more players end up like Abraham Shakepear down in Florida.

Comment #44

Mark2 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:33:06 GMT

Are you kidding me? Those state win often

Comment #43

Mark2 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:32:01 GMT

C'mon man. These are already rich. They won't even appreciate the money because they already filty rich. They just steal the dream of someone who really need to win the money away. This is not fair. That money won't do them any good. The rich people are to greedy.

Comment #42

GiveFive — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:40:52 GMT

Much of what you said in your post, LottoLin, is very true.

I guess I could be called a computer geek too. I'm a retired data processing professional. I worked hand in glove with many IBM mainframe computer programmers for over 30 years in a large datacenter. You're right, a computer can only do what a programmer tells it to do. And, a computer program can be tampered with, or a program might simply have a bug in the code which could cause it to provide erroneous output. There are even some p... [ More ]

Comment #41

freeobama — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:37:51 GMT

Connecticut is a fishy spot, New York and California should get together and create a 2 state game they will do fine.

Comment #40

Mario38 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:52:20 GMT

Ask the President at the bank you deal with if they personally own all the money in the vault.

Good luck.

Comment #39

TheGameGrl — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:45:49 GMT

Pardon, Here in America when the title is President and CEO/CFO, they pretty much run the business and its FINANCIALS. IT has ZERO to do with the policy of management for its accounts. If you care to disprove such then follow thru with evidence , please do so, otherwise recheck the facts jack.

ANd to the folks here who are natural skeptics on these guys, what does it really matter to YOU?? Its clearly not your money and not your real business to know if they are fronting . I still beleiv... [ More ]

Comment #38

LottoLin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:07:19 GMT

The reason they ask is, if you take the 10 picks on one ticket the numbers run concurently if you take 10 seperate tickets the computer has to generate 10 seperate tickets with 10 different sets of numbers that they have to generate not just run them concurent with the first set of numbers.

Buy $5.00 worth on one ticket and $5.00 on seperate tickets and see how the numbers will be a lot different on the seperate tickets. That on the all on one ticket you get repeat Powerball numbers where on

Comment #37

GiveFive — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:07:34 GMT

I once bought a $10 PB QP. The kid behind the counter asked me if I wanted ten separate tickets or was 10 lines on one ticket OK?

I said; What the hells the difference? It dont make no neverminds tuh me!

To my surprise, the kid said; I dunno what the difference is, but you'd be amazed at the number of people who want 10 separate tickets.

Live and learn and to each his own.

Comment #36

GiveFive — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:59:17 GMT

A good and valid point RR. It's very possible he did buy three $1 tickets, or who knows how many indivdual one dollar tickets??

And I think it's a pretty safe bet that with the exception of that single winning ticket, all of other tickets were losers. Nobody talks about tickets that are losers the way people talk about the ticket that wins big.

And to you last point, hell, trying to develope a theory based upon the word of people who are under oath, can be an exercise in futility too... [ More ]

Comment #35

jjtheprince — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:45:29 GMT

Here's an idea, kick Connecticut out of MM and PB along with New York and California.

Those states can have their own lottery and win it all day long. People from Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, etc. never win.

Comment #34

GiveFive — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:45:28 GMT

While it's true those 3 guys werent identified as wealthy, if you know the region where they hail from, and you take a look at Belpointe's website, it can easily be seen they're very well heeled. The Bel in Belpointe stands for Brandon E. Lacoff, one of the three winners . Belpointe is a company started by Lacoff. It's also true his firm is a boutique asset management firm, in that it's small in comparison to the major Wall Street asset management firms. But believe you me, he aint hurtin' when... [ More ]

Comment #33

Stack47 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:36:11 GMT

But how do we know he didn't buy three $1 tickets or fifteen $1 tickets or thirty $1 tickets?

Or how do we know if the other 2 guys didn't buy one ticket, three, fifteen, or thirty with the idea of splitting all the tickets?

When people go to lottery headquarters to validated their winning ticket, I seriously doubt they bring in all their losing tickets too. After reading some of the remarks, I'm wondering if some have ever bought multiple tickets because many stores give me 10 separate... [ More ]

Comment #32

savagegoose — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:23:38 GMT

there seems to be some disbeleif in the fact 3 RICH guys would only buy 1 ticket.

you people obviously dont know many rich guys; they're real cheapskates.

Comment #31

NY216 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:01:18 GMT

I am sick of people obsessing over who the real winner is. If a real winner exists (which I do think is the case), it is their business to remain private. The media needs to find real things to report on.

Comment #30

ChaosX — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:54:42 GMT

HAHAHA!

That's a good idea to do if I win. Tell them it was my first time buying a lottery ticket!

I love it

Comment #29

KY Floyd — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:30:00 GMT

These guys are brilliant. They claim they only bought one ticket, and then get one of their friends to claim they're a front for somebody else. 24 hours after coming forward half of the people already think they aren't lottery winners. It's almost as good as being anonymous and as a bonus their business gets millions in free advertising.

Comment #28

gocart1 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:08:47 GMT

I think the three guys got payed to hide the fourth guy out of the limelight..Its no big deal...No laws were broking ..Think about it ..If you hit a huge jackpot and the people that will come out of the woodwork...Just look at what happened to Jack Witterker ...His whole life became a huge mess..There is a really big lesson to be learned from Jacks troubles.....STAY OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT......But you knew the three guys were full of donkey dust in the vid on tv...it looked like a bad sitcom.

Comment #27

Mario38 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:41:29 GMT

I think you do not understand how money managment companies work.

Comment #26

TheGameGrl — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:20:09 GMT

Please do your homework- Mr Lacoff is the founding partner of Belpointe, Mr Skidmore is President, so yeah..I'd say they own the money from this company and control its destiny for succeeding and being managed.

Comment #25

TheGameGrl — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:08:22 GMT

Thanks Chaos...and if I may Repeat for the mass's.

ITSTHEIR MONEY!

DONT TELL ME HOW TO SPEND MY MONEY AND I SURE WONT OPINIONATE HOW YOU GOT YOURS :)

Thats the story in a NUT SHELL.

Comment #24

rdgrnr — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:18:04 GMT

A $1 ticket won the jackpot, yes. And it sounds unreasonable that three guys would split one $1 ticket.

But how do we know he didn't buy three $1 tickets or fifteen $1 tickets or thirty $1 tickets?

They have no legal obligation to give us any details.

There's a member here who has a friend who says if he ever wins a jackpot he's gonna tell the press it was the first time he ever played, just to piss people off.

So trying to develop a theory based on the word of people who aren't unde... [ More ]

Comment #23

Mario38 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:12:05 GMT

Several people have claimed the 3 asset managers are weathy. No where in the news stories were they identified as wealthy. They do not own the money their company manages. Just like a bank manager does not own all the money in the bank.

Good luck.

Comment #22

GiveFive — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:51:32 GMT

The key to this whole thing is the $1.00 ticket. Three wealthy guys pooled their money to buy a $1.00 ticket???? How believeable is that? I dont care how much money any of them has. The guy who spent the buck just aint gonna share 104 million dollars with his co-workers. Nobody is going to convince me his attitude wouldn't be It was my dollar, and I won it ! And he'd be correct in his thinking!!!

Along with that, consider the fact that most money handling professionals will tell you that work... [ More ]

Comment #21

weshar75 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:12:12 GMT

Their is always another jackpot to win so if 3 asset managers want to split a ticket and win more power to them. I do not care if they won. Once I check my tickets and see that I have not won. I hope for a rollover so I can have another shot at it. But their is always more jackpots to win you just have to wait your turn to get them. Good luck!-weshar75

Comment #20

ChaosX — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:44:59 GMT

My final thoughts on this whole thing...

Someone won, who wasn't me, oh well better luck next time.

Who cares who actually won, or what they do with the money, it's not my money, it's theirs to do however they wish.

I'm just glad the mystery of the where the ticket was has been solved. No more people claiming to have lost it.

Hiring a lawyer or an asset manager is probably a smart move on their part, if that's what really happened.

If not, who cares, it's not my money. Every... [ More ]

Comment #19

gonnawinwatchme — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:28:36 GMT

I agree that something fishy is going on. Do I think they should be investigated? No. I think this is being done to protect the real winners identity. More power to them!!

Whether the real winner is a billionaire (before the win) or not, leave them alone. Let them enjoy their win or enjoy donating it away.

Comment #18

LottoPools — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:48:38 GMT

I do think there's something a little fishy here. I just hope the person who bought the ticket gets the money when it's all said and done.

People do, however, participate in small buy-in lottery pools. I run three big pools but when the jackpots are high, me, my niece, and a couple of coworkers will put in .25 apiece to play a $1 ticket. Those 3 people pools are a pain tho because of that extra penny.

Comment #17

freeobama — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:50:07 GMT

Something is very fishy here, i never heard of a lottery pool or any group getting together and spending $1 dollar on a jackpot.What if Powerball riged the game and had these 3 rich stooges claim the money to put it back into their own pockets, this could have been a planned out scam! If the jackpot was like $20 million i dont think we will be seeing these money pros claiming it! There is a big rotten fish in the tank that knows what machine the winning ticket is coming out of,what neighborhood,... [ More ]

Comment #16

Win$500Quick — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:37:40 GMT

If it doesn't make sense, it's not true

Comment #15

Empress-N — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:03:36 GMT

Maybe, just maybe when they went to get gas they found the ticket that someone lost. No one pools .33 in a lottery pool.

And what took them so long to collect the prize, If you are a money manager you should already know the tax rules/laws.......right, so what was there to work out before coming forward to collect the winnings.

Unless it is the lost and found ticket (gas station clerk don't remember any of them)........huuuuummmmm.

with you Louise....they are lying like a rug, and... [ More ]

Comment #14

Hot Sauce — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:48:09 GMT

I, too, am inclined to think that these three men are fronting for someone. But it's B.S. that the press/public is bent on trying to expose the 4th party. They're likely just some smart individual who took the time and money to ensure their anonymity and privacy. Why can't they be left alone?

And why should the lottery office investigate? They already said that rules were followed, it's perfectly legal for a trust to claim the winnings.

Comment #13

louise black — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:36:26 GMT

I must say the entire US has seen this ,do you really think someone who may have purchase the ticket wouldn't get their share they would really lawyer up and come after these trio.I still say there is more to this story ,however we may never know what it is.I am sure this saga will continue.

Comment #12

winwi5 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:35:30 GMT

These guys are not the real winners whenever their are 3-4 people they usually purchase 10-40 tickets at a time.

I'm not buying this story these guys did not comment much at the news conference, and the store owner is right

he don't remember seeing this guy in his store because he was never their one ticket yeah right. The lottery office should investigate

they should hold up the check until their is a investigation. These guys did not want to talk at the news conference they

were sc... [ More ]

Comment #11

RJOh — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:24:09 GMT

The lawyer creating the trust is suppose to take care of those details, that's why you hire him.

Comment #10

RJOh — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:20:43 GMT

They probably didn't do anything illegal but showing up with their lawyer and revealing their ocupations when their lawyer could have handled it all without them just made the public want to know more.

Comment #9

Nino224 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:16:29 GMT

Just out of curiosity, after you hire a lawyer or asset managers to collect for you; How do you prevent from being left out once they collect? Are you married to these lawyers

Comment #8

Nino224 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:10:25 GMT

I'm still waiting to hear what they've done that's illegal or immoral.

This is my nightmare: that after going through great trouble to collect and remain anonymous, someone will out me.

Comment #7

RJOh — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:07:24 GMT

Three money managers winning a $254.2 million Powerball jackpot on a $1 tickets is as suspicious as 210 players hitting 5+0 on their Powerball tickets for a single drawing a few years ago. Like then it wasn't talked about but I'm betting PowerBall security is investigating to to be sure no trickery was involved.

Strange things happen sometimes.

Comment #6

TheRightPrice — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:54:47 GMT

Comment #5

sully16 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:46:57 GMT

I understand, I grew up in Detroit.

Comment #4

TheRightPrice — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:40:11 GMT

I don't think that's it.

I say each state should allow for anonymity, so people wouldn't have to come up with these strategies.

Let the winner enjoy his/her winnings in peace.

I'd say there is a 0% chance we'll be seeing these guys on The Lottery Changed My Life episode on TLC.

I live in Florida and I FEAR for my life if I ever won.

Comment #3

sully16 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:29:21 GMT

Maybe it's someone who isn't supposed to be playing the lottery.

In Michigan state lottery officials aren't allowed to play.

Comment #2

foragoodcause — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:10:52 GMT

Wow a new twist to the story,stay tune

Comment #1

cbr$ — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:08:44 GMT

How they did this money in a trust fund is great, it nice to know that other name can be added to the fund at a latter date. If these gentlemen are really stand - in for a 4th person , the 4th person life stay private . no one will be pesting them.

Connecticut Powerball mystery deepens

Lottery Post — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:26:14 GMT

Includes video report

Three money managers who claimed the state's record-breaking $254.2 million Powerball jackpot on Monday may still have a fight ahead of them in the court of public opinion.

A day after the trio announced they had scored the windfall on a $1 ticket one of them bought at a gas station, media reports surfaced Tuesday that the men had in fact acted on behalf of an anonymous client.

The speculation started almost immediately: Who could the mystery buyer be? A lucky hedg... [ More ]