Quaker Oats workers claim $241 million Powerball jackpot

Comment #39

sully16 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:21:41 GMT

Congrats to all the winners, I hope you have fun and travel.

Comment #38

KY Floyd — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:31:15 GMT

Have you seen anything that specifically says they won't get the check while the case is proceeding? The article say they claimed the prize . I'd say that allows the lottery to publicize their names immediately, but the lottery willingly gave them 10 days to pursue the injunction. So long as the ticket passes the validation the lottery is obligated to make payment in accordance with law. If the law, as a result of an injunction, prevents them from releasing the names that doesn't make them ineli... [ More ]

Comment #37

haymaker — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:53:50 GMT

For a cut I'll volunteer even though I'm not part of the pool. LOL

Comment #36

Stack47 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:10:39 GMT

Since day one, everybody knew a group from the Quaker Oats shipping department won the jackpot and now that they had their picture taken, most of their identities are probably already known. They might not even know they won't get their checks until some court makes its final ruling and because we're talking about Iowa law, it could go all the way to the Iowa state Supreme Court.

If I was one of them, I'd volunteer to sign the ticket, let the lottery publicly disclose my name, get my money, a... [ More ]

Comment #35

haymaker — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 02:12:06 GMT

Stack47,

Good observation, will it cause them to break ranks

Comment #34

HaveABall — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:57:50 GMT

Comment #33

Stack47 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:37:35 GMT

Let's not forget they are paying a lawyer to ask a judge to order an injunction that will hold up their checks until a final judgment is made. RJ said some of them haven't slept since finding out they won and because they want anonymity which they already lost, it might take another month to get paid.

Comment #32

dpoly1 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:18:20 GMT

$49,800,000 will buy so many Cherrios

Comment #31

NEVNEE47 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:54:33 GMT

ALot of Series hope you are Saddle up For a Tripple ride!!!

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887/877/779/799/889/899

Play all your trips

Comment #30

sully16 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 03:43:18 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winners, enjoy your winfall.

Comment #29

dpoly1 — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:24:33 GMT

$42,000,000 tonite will buy allot of Cherrios

Comment #28

maximumfun — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:39:24 GMT

lol

Comment #27

fwlawrence — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:20:30 GMT

$241 million will buy a lot of Frosted Flakes

Comment #26

KY Floyd — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:51:04 GMT

Besides presenting the ticket, this seems to have been organized as a publicity tour for their union. They didn't just know they'd be getting publicity, they wanted it.

So, is it possible to show up on a publicity tour, then ask for privacy, and not be an idiot

Comment #25

KY Floyd — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:47:58 GMT

If the state no longer has a compelling interest, then the privacy rights of the winners could trump the state's right to publicity.

The state doesn't need a compelling reason. All they need is a law. The winners who don't want to abide by the law are the ones who need a compelling reason. If they're extremely lucky the judge might acccept an argument that releasing their names puts them at risk, but in general the pubic's right to information trumps an individual's theoretical risk. Unless... [ More ]

Comment #24

RedStang — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:18:55 GMT

They must of been steaming when they saw those cameras. That's worst then giving their names. I'm surprised no one warned them. Now the world knows what they look like.

Comment #23

Piaceri — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:11:44 GMT

Congrats to the winners! Looks like party time

Comment #22

OldSchoolHits — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:35:48 GMT

YES!!!! Happy to see some Union Brothers and Sisters win this jackpot!!!! I am a proud Union member myself

Comment #21

lincolnAbe — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:11:53 GMT

From the picture, I count 18 out of 20 winners. Looks like two of the smartest stayed away from the fanfare.

congrats to all.

Comment #20

RJOh — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:30:10 GMT

I saw parts of their interviews on CBS and many of them said they hadn't slept or thought about anything else since learning they won even though their share of the winnings was only $6M. I've seen interviews of single winners of $10M jackpots that weren't nearly as excited. I guess it's the size of the jackpots and not the share of the jackpot that people get excited about.

Comment #19

haymaker — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:05:32 GMT

Yes, that makes a lot of sense.

Comment #18

maximumfun — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:00:05 GMT

or maybe argue that since they came out in person... that that is all the 'proof' that the public is entitled to.

Comment #17

Stack47 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:27:19 GMT

If the state no longer has a compelling interest, then the privacy rights of the winners could trump the state's right to publicity.

There is a compelling precedent because by signing the back of the ticket, the prize winner is agreeing to lottery's rules and regulations. A judge could issue an injunction until it's settled in court but the prize will be not distributed until of the court makes it final ruling and this isn't the Iowa Lottery's first rodeo.

Al signed the back of the ticket... [ More ]

Comment #16

ressuccess — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:09:12 GMT

Congratulations to this jackpot winners in Iowa.

Comment #15

dpoly1 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:58:19 GMT

No no no ....... MOI

Comment #14

Cletu$2 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:52:17 GMT

Me,for instance

Comment #13

TNPATL — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:23:04 GMT

Congratulations to all the winners. I give them their due for wanting to keep their last name private. I'm very annoyed with the attitude by the Lottery big wigs who feel full names have to be revealed. People should have a right to want to keep their names private after they win.

Comment #12

Seattlejohn — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:38:20 GMT

Thaht's really interesting; I hope the judge grants the injunction. Maybe this will be the beginning of the end of states FORCING winners to be made public figures, which leads to all sorts of disasterous problems that can ruin their lives.

Comment #11

dpoly1 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:28:56 GMT

Congrats to them!

I hope the next big Jackpot goes to one person

Comment #10

MississippiMudd — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:12:14 GMT

I agree that it is an uphill battle to prevail in court. They have one potential angle that could work. We hear time and again that the rationale for disclosing names is to create confidence in the buying public that it is real people winning. They can argue that all the publicity over the years has eliminated that need and the state no longer has a compelling interest to disclose names. If the state no longer has a compelling interest, then the privacy rights of the winners could trump the stat... [ More ]

Comment #9

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:00:34 GMT

Congratulations to ALL the winners.......

Comment #8

mcginnin56 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:27:55 GMT

Truthfully I don't think the lawyer(s) will succeed against the state. This would set a huge precedent for all other states which currently require public

disclosure of identity. To win a case like this, would be a landmark change in the present state statute lottery laws.

As far as fees, hopefully the shipping twenty were insightful enough to require a proposal from the law firm, which should also require a cap, to

prevent exorbitant expenses and greedy last minute surcharges. In... [ More ]

Comment #7

LottoPools — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:25:54 GMT

Glad to see a pool win. Hope none of mine take that long to hit. Love the document samples for reference when we do win.

It will be interesting to see how the anonymity request turns out.

Comment #6

kapla — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:00:53 GMT

Nice to see a LARGE jackpot shared with alot of people. Eaching getting enough to make most of there dreams come true

Comment #5

RedStang — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:54:50 GMT

Finally hit after 15yrs. Tomorrow never knows.

Comment #4

hearsetrax — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:35:21 GMT

running gag is that .... should be curious to see how this plays out ..... but am curious how much the lawyer/s are gonna want if they succeed

Comment #3

maximumfun — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:52:23 GMT

Congrats to the winners. what fun! whoo-hoo

Comment #2

PERDUE — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:42:15 GMT

Congrats to the winners.

Glad to see that they had a strong union that represented them instead of crawling into bed with management.

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:19:52 GMT

Hurray for the shipping 20!!! 5.6 million after taxes, what a great story. Decent folks who want to give back to their community and local union.

Another feather in the cap of pro-pool advocates.

This is an unusual case where all twenty are seeking in injunction to prevent their names being given to the public. Should be interesting to

follow this one, particularly where Iowa is not an anonymous state.

Quaker Oats workers claim $241 million Powerball jackpot

Lottery Post — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:06:25 GMT

Winners hold press conference but don't reveal names

Includes video report

Winners of a $241 million Powerball jackpot, the largest ever won by an Iowa Lottery player, claimed their prize Wednesday in Des Moines, but they refused to identify themselves.

A bus carrying about 50 people from Cedar Rapids pulled up to Iowa Lottery headquarters on Grand Avenue shortly before noon. The group included almost all of the 20 workers from the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids who jointly purcha... [ More ]