Ct. Powerball lottery winners signed affidavit swearing they are only members of trust

Comment #33

louise black — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:50:30 GMT

There is something just not right with this story,like I said before we may not ever know and maybe we will know if we live long enough it will all come out in the wash . I hope no one get hurt over it ,it's a large sum of money really to be lying about,well good wishes and see you in the news in the years to come.

Comment #32

gocart1 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:53:18 GMT

Some people just love to be in the spotlight.. Just like the first two guys that said then lost their ticket....And then there's the WINNER IN THE BACKROUND

Comment #31

gocart1 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:48:55 GMT

Comment #30

KY Floyd — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:53:09 GMT

Why would the landlord lie? He's got nothing to gain.

It got him his 15 minutes of fame, and people lie for a lot less than that. Why would one of the partners have told the landlord? What would they gain by doing that

Comment #29

golfer1960 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:26:22 GMT

Hi GiveFive,

Your comments make the most sense to me. I don't know why the others can't feel it. Why would the landlord lie? He's got nothing to gain.

Nothing wrong with anonyminty (we all know how to do that) but lying and dishonesty feels wrong. That is why this story has legs. I'm not saying they broke the law (they didn't) but....it stinks.

Comment #28

gocart1 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:39:32 GMT

Thanks buddy

Comment #27

Todd — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:05:05 GMT

No, it's a C5. I'm actually not that big a fan of the C6 design - I much prefer the sexier C5.

It's easy to get up to high speeds very quickly in a Vette, because they're super-stable, even at twice the speed limit.

Comment #26

joshuacloak — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:58:47 GMT

rundown you can remain anonymous using the trust

these 3 just came out and told the world

ofc for prioritizing purposes of their business for advertisement

via announcing who they are and what their businesses yes

the fact is these people use a trust with in a trust that is one of the most brilliant ways to hide whoever the real winners are

the lottery itself only has access to the first trust papers

as when you claim with the trust the lottery gets to see the trust papers... [ More ]

Comment #25

golfer1960 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:51:43 GMT

Hey rundown,

Just my opionion but these 3 guys would have been anonymous if they didn't show up at the press conference. The only entity who would have known their identity would be the IRS and the Lottery Commission. At least that is what I read somewhere online.

Even if you claim the money under a trust they'd be the only ones to know the true identity. I read they do a social security number sweep to see if you owe child support or income taxes. Then they'll deduct that amount from your... [ More ]

Comment #24

KSplayer — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:09:40 GMT

That is one thing that is good about living in Kansas you can stay anonymous

Comment #23

rundown99 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:07:38 GMT

This just shows that the only true way to remain anonymous is by winning the lottery in a state that allows anonymity

Comment #22

grwurston — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:09:03 GMT

Well, maybe they normally buy ten tickets and bought 9 at one store and the 10th at another. Maybe they already had their their tickets and the guy decided to buy one more on a hunch. I don't buy all my tickets at the same store all the time. Sometimes I'll go to different stores the same day.

I think the only reason there is such a big to-do about all this is because, being money managers they took their time getting everything in order, instead of rushing down to cash the ticket 10 minutes... [ More ]

Comment #21

dpoly1 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:14:15 GMT

This is nobody's business, but the winner's

Comment #20

faber98 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:05:38 GMT

some of you are right that we shouldn't care if they are covering for someone who has irs problems or whatever or not. it's just that the lengths they are going to explain this seems fishy. and i don't care no one splits a 1.00 ticket 3 ways (i believe ridge that only 1 was bought) especially these rich guys would at least throw in 5.00 min apiece and would have purchased 3 tickets with 5 lines each.(not single separate tickets at a gas station) what would be their motivation to buy single ticke... [ More ]

Comment #19

haymaker — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:40:48 GMT

is it a c6?

this sounds crazy and is.

i just remembered my 78 vet,

and doing 140 mph on the g.s.p. going south

where it crosses over the egg harbor.

still scares me to think i did it.

don't know what got in to me.

esp. knowing there might be a trooper on the cape may side of the bridge.

Comment #18

Todd — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:21:21 GMT

You got it. It's gotta be on a nice day so we can ride with the top down.

Comment #17

haymaker — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:29:48 GMT

totally agree,but are you still the average joe after you win ?

what i'm tryin to say is does the average joe ever win ?

and does he stay average

Comment #16

GiveFive — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:26:06 GMT

I agree.

Here's another fishy part of the whole thing. The rumours surfaced after a guy named Gladstone, who is a personal friend of one of the three winners, and who also rents them the office space their firm occupys, immediately blabed to the press that it was not them who really won. Why would he do that???? What's his motivation for doing such a thing???? He couldnt gain anything by doing it. Why would a guy who is supposedly a friend make up a story like that, and then run to the newspa... [ More ]

Comment #15

gocart1 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:23:09 GMT

I agree with you T12U...the real owner of the ticket doen't want the spotlight on him/her...no people calling your house at 3 a.m. .....nobody begging outside your door as your just getting into the car to go get some milk... Yes ....I would love to hit a jackpot but i dont want and never will want the spotlight....but i do want a ride in Todd's vett..lol..I just want to be left alone, to go throug life as the average Joe..thats it ....So yes i would hide it at all possible from the news people.... [ More ]

Comment #14

rdgrnr — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:04:15 GMT

A few people who seem to be fixated on the single one dollar ticket aspect of this win by three people are apparently still missing (ignoring?) the point that they may have purchased multiple single one dollar tickets.

But I'm not going to say a word about it.

Comment #13

T12U — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:02:39 GMT

Looks like a job for Seal Team 6 to raid their compound and obtain evidence of their cover up. Seriously though, who cares if they are trying to cover up. Someone won, it was claimed, and jackpot resets. End of story. And also to people who are saying how can they split a one dollar ticket.. well if you had an agreement with others to take turn buying the lotto, you can split the winnings into however many you please, even if it's just a dollar. This is what they call fractions people.

Comment #12

TheRightPrice — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:37:00 GMT

Comment #11

hearsetrax — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:48:03 GMT

I swear a few of you people R enough to drive to the rest of us to drinking moonshine

Comment #10

mcginnin56 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:23:06 GMT

Ok......, so if these guys are responsible for a MEGA COVERUPwhy don't we just contract the FBI, NCIS, CIA and all local, state and federal authorities to bring these snip s to justice???

Do I hear death penalty ??? Forget about our economy in the toilet, global wars, starvation, human rights violations, global warming, depletion of our natural resources....... these guys had the GALL, to win powerball

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Comment #9

HaveABall — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:17:36 GMT

I believe it is only these three winners [congratulations, by the way]. It is a whimsical, doable idea ... one $.33, one $.33, and one $.34 gamble on rotation.

A great way for three responsible people, who also want to be gamblers, to ALWAYS have enough money to play each large, multi-million dollar net drawing; without a spouse getting, understandibly, upset with greater odds of losing each draw and taking $$$ away from the family's savings or groceries monies.

Comment #8

golfer1960 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:13:13 GMT

Hi Faber,

I agree with you something wrong here. The three way split of $1.00 is suspect plus when someone wants to protect their privacy, they usually hire an attorney and form a trust and then stay out of the press conference with the Lottery Commission.

These guys formed the trust, hired the attorney spokesperson and then showed up at the press conference and refused to answer questions. Why show up then? Did they want to promote their investment company?

Here is what I believe: They... [ More ]

Comment #7

winwi5 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:39:06 GMT

These guys collected this money for one of their investors they are still covering up their is no way that 3 people purchase 1 lottery ticket impossible.

When 3 or more people play the lottery they purchase anywhere from 10-100 tickets together now that would sound believable.

Comment #6

faber98 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:17:16 GMT

still not buying it. they just claimed that no one ineligible to win it didn't. doesn't mean they aren't covering for someone eligible. having trouble with the 1.00 ticket split 3 ways. makes no sense at all. don't care but still something's rotten in denmark on this one.

Comment #5

KSplayer — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:16:35 GMT

We were just talking about this the other day at my husbands company Christmas Party and someone asked what we would do if we won 100 million dollar jackpot maybe it is a sign of good things to come lol. Hope these people enjoy their winnings i know if it was me i would

Comment #4

Starr920 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:26:02 GMT

The trust hired the powerful New York public relations firm Rubenstein Associates, denied there was a silent partner and pledged to use some of the money they had won for charitable purposes. On Sunday, it announced it was donating $1 million to four charities that work with war veterans.

Pretty much says it all right there - issuing press releases through PR firm to clear their names

Mega Millions is now $100 million - as soon as someone hits, the media will finally drop the Putnam... [ More ]

Comment #3

CLETU$ — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:20:45 GMT

Give it a rest.

Comment #2

mcginnin56 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:07:27 GMT

Let these guy's enjoy their limelight. They won, let them have fun. There are so many swirling conspiracy theories about an anonymous winner, did they give enough to charitable causes, are they a front??? Blah, blah, blah.....

Let it go, we all (hopefully) will have our big day, you wouldn't want someone raining on your parade.

Comment #1

PERDUE — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:57:04 GMT

Why is there such a big deal over this jackpot?

It boggles the mind. Let these folks enjoy their winnings!!

If this is what happens when you win a jackpot, then I'll be happy to win on the lower tiers on a regular basis.

This is beyond stupid

Ct. Powerball lottery winners signed affidavit swearing they are only members of trust

Lottery Post — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:11:56 GMT

The trust fund established by three Greenwich men who claimed the $254 million Powerball prize last month will expire in one year and the money will then go into a second trust, according to a copy of the trust agreement obtained by local media.

The three men signed an affidavit the day after a press conference announcing the Putnam Avenue Family Trust as the winner, swearing that the second trust named the West Putnam Avenue Trust has no silent partners and that no person ineligible to win t... [ More ]