California Lottery investigating $1M payout

Comment #46

Jill34786 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:21:16 GMT

It's amusing that the few clowns I have seen on TV who boast about wanting to pay more somehow never follow up on their desire. Perhaps the IRS should implement a tip line so that those fortunate few who feel the need to give Uncle Sam spending money to waste can do so.

Comment #45

mcginnin56 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:09:56 GMT

More good news!

Shouldn't we be adding an additional 4-5% tip tax as a courtesy to the government, for taking all their time and trouble to withhold this money.

Comment #44

Jill34786 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:52:03 GMT

A new 3.8% Medicare contribution tax will take effect in 2013. This new tax will be implemented even if the Bush tax cuts are extended and is based on a minimum AGI of 250k for married, 200k for single.

Those NJ resident lucky enough to win next year will be looking at a total tax obligation of 54.15% on their AGI. Those who live in states that don't have state income tax will be looking at Federal tax obligations of 43.4% an increase of 24% from 2012...if the Bush tax cuts are extended you w... [ More ]

Comment #43

RJOh — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:27:28 GMT

My guess is those guys working security need to look necessary if they want to keep their jobs.

Comment #42

jamella724 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:27:33 GMT

I feel so sad about what happened with Mr. Osejo. The fact that he won the $1 million is really amazing. I guess, he had his personal reasons of why he didn't answer some of the questions directed to him. Sometimes, we refused to answer questions for personal reason. I congratulate you in advance Mr. Osejo, soon they will award you your money. Just pray hard.

Comment #41

Ronnie316 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:32:12 GMT

My guess is, its a third party cashing the ticket.

Comment #40

sully16 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:13:42 GMT

Thats a very long time to wait for a payout, more to this story I'm sure.

Comment #39

savagegoose — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:24:42 GMT

yeah well he prob onlt turned up with the one winning ticket. when asked what else did you buy that day from lotto. maybe said nothing.

lotto would know exactly what scratchers where bought at the same time. maybe once a week they see the same set of tickets bought . $10 worth, around 6pm. maybe they still see thwe same set being bought today, yet this winner has no clue about it.

they're usually suspicious for a reason.

Comment #38

Cletu$2 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:47:55 GMT

I think you might have hit the nail on the head.

Comment #37

pickone4me — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:28:21 GMT

I thought california was broke...Maybe that is why they are dragging there feet on pay out.

Comment #36

Ronnie316 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:35:10 GMT

Oh trust me on this one hay, Im workin on it like a mad man.

Comment #35

haymaker — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:32:49 GMT

time to convert that into lotteryluck,

oh well it's 5:00 somewhere.

Comment #34

Ronnie316 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:26:51 GMT

LOL. no but strange coincidences seem to follow me. LOL.

Comment #33

haymaker — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:23:27 GMT

did you purposly post that @ 3:16 ? LOL

Comment #32

Ronnie316 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:16:46 GMT

WOW, amazing the things I had no idea about. If it wasnt for LP I would have no idea how stupid I am.

Comment #31

haymaker — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:06:36 GMT

In jersey you're not permitted to pump your own,

I believe thats true for oregon also.

Comment #30

Ronnie316 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:02:37 GMT

WAIT........ you have an attenant pump gas

Comment #29

Ronnie316 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:01:20 GMT

Yeah..... That we know of

Comment #28

haymaker — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:30:04 GMT

Nother thought on this,

If you can't remember where/when you bought the winner, but had losers from many other places,

they may have to accept that you just can't remember where/when you bought the winner.

Comment #27

haymaker — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:11:54 GMT

not wasteing time, while the attendant gases up my bad machine I'm getting tix. beer and snax, I pay they give me a receipt,

when I come out of the store my gas receipt is tucked in the door handle.

Comment #26

mcginnin56 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:36:38 GMT

That we know of.

Comment #25

Ronnie316 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:23:14 GMT

but then again, im not an illegal anything, and i don't owe taxes or child support.

Comment #24

Ronnie316 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:13:29 GMT

your wasting your time hay, they not only know where you bought it they likely have video on security cameras.

If I get asked were i bought a tic..... i say...... mmmm I dun o.

Comment #23

whiteballz — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:23:58 GMT

Federal Income Tax Brackets for 2012

Tax Bracket Married Filing Jointly Single

10% Bracket $0 $17,400 $0 $8,700

15% Bracket $17,400 $70,700 $8,700 $35,350

25% Bracket $70,700 $142,700 $35,350 $85,650

28% Bracket $142,700 $217,450 $85,650 $178,650

33% Bracket $217,450 $388,350 $178,650 $388,350

35% Bracket Over $388,350 Over $388,350

If you win a million dollars, you will obviously be in the 35% tax bracket. The entire 35% will not be due until Ap... [ More ]

Comment #22

Nikkicute — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:08:29 GMT

So the Fed Tax is actually 35% ?

I live in Wisconsin:

Fed Tax 25%

State Tax 7.75% (April right?) I thought that was it

Comment #21

rdgrnr — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:04:30 GMT

The state (lottery) withholds the first 25% for the feds and you have to give them the rest ( the other 10%) later.

Comment #20

Nikkicute — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 05:55:35 GMT

If they don't have state income tax what is the 10% in April

Comment #19

rdgrnr — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:58:31 GMT

It'd be nice if they'd quit poopin' in the lettuce fields.

People are dying from ecoli and stuff.

Luckily, I don't eat much rabbit food my own self.

Comment #18

tvboris — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:59:11 GMT

If they don't want, they won't accept them regardless of anything. This reason for developing robotics goes somewhere to the very bottom of the list.

Trust me, the wages of illegal immigrant are way less then the cost of sopihsticated robot.

Comment #17

gogidolim — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:42:34 GMT

Too many people are benefitted from illegal immigants, including agricultral sector. Unfortunately they became an integral part of American economy. Unless some genius invents cheap robots that can replace menial workers, illegal immigrants will always be problems.

Look at Japan. They are working on robotics because they don't want to accept any immigrants (foreigners) eventually.

Comment #16

grwurston — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:39:47 GMT

Here in Maryland the date and time of the ticket purchase are printed on the front of the ticket, also the terminal number and

some other numbers. The sequence number of the ticket is on the back. I would think all tickets would have this info.

Comment #15

haymaker — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:29:19 GMT

Also if you buy anything else at the same place, gas, beer, soda,

save receipts for those items w/ your tix. should have time of buy on there if bought w/credit card.

I can't take credit for this good idea,

some other LP er put that up, but can't remember who it was.

Been doing that since i read it.

Comment #14

Cletu$2 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:28:10 GMT

This is just a guess,but I'm guessing that some illegals are afraid that they would be sent back to where they came from if they tried to cash in a million dollar scratch off ticket.My own personal thinking is that they should be deported.

Comment #13

maringoman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:22:04 GMT

What we're discussing is when you're used to buying your tickets at different random places and random times and one of them turns out to be a big winner and when you go to claim it at the main lottery offices and they ask you a series of security questions such as where did you buy that ticket and what date and time. I know I'd be stumped.

Comment #12

x1kosmic — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:10:59 GMT

No maringoman

I thought that wherever you bought the ticket ( any ticket ),

that where it was bought,, is in the Bar -Code, ...or all those numbers on the side of the ticket

They know when it gets scanned

Comment #11

maringoman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:05:21 GMT

Good idea, I'll try that and if it doesnt work because of my personal weaknesses I'll just limit the places that I buy from to one.

Comment #10

maringoman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:57:14 GMT

Its crazy how indecisive the political parties are about illegal immigrants.

Comment #9

mcginnin56 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:48:39 GMT

Nowadays illegal immigrants have more rights and privileges than ever before.

Depending on their length of time in this country, they are able to work here legally, and apply for US citizenship.

And of course as previous posters have stated, may legally claim a big fat lottery prize, and laugh all the way to the bank.

Comment #8

haymaker — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:44:40 GMT

In my state the tix. have a retailer # ,but not the name,

Make a list of places you buy tix, w/retailer#

If you stop at a new place write store name on back of tix. when you sign it, also appx. time of buy.

when you get home add it to your list.

Comment #7

maringoman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:41:17 GMT

That is very true. The lottery commissions are not going to send a message to the millions of illegal immigrants that if they gamble they won't collect.

The ratio of illegal immigrants who win pales in comparison with the ratio of those who never win and since they are already here, they might as

well help us pay this voluntary tax.

Comment #6

Littleoldlady — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:29:49 GMT

An illegal immigrant can cash their own ticket.

Comment #5

Cletu$2 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:04:09 GMT

Caifornia is just checking to see if Mr.Osejo actually bought the ticket or is trying to claim the prize for someone else...like an illegal immigrant or someone else who isn't entitled to the money for some reason or other.

Comment #4

JonnyBgood07 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:03:10 GMT

pffft..6 to eight weeks to get winnings????..that's pathetic

Comment #3

whiteballz — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:59:14 GMT

even if everything checks out, Osejo is never going to see a million dollars from the lottery. He's going to get $750,000 after 25% withholding and then pay another 10% in April. So it's $650,000 after federal income tax. Thankfully California doesn't have state income tax from lottery winnings.

Comment #2

maringoman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:58:05 GMT

I'm hoping Luis Osejo gets his prize I buy many tickets and from so many different places and I never check them immediately,

I check them every other sunday. That can be a problem if I went to claim a big prize and

they asked me when and where I bought the ticket and cannot remember I hope the

stores cameras are not just fakes to keep away the hoodlums.

Comment #1

nanaimo — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:42:50 GMT

well california lottery has to go their own investigation with a fine tooth comb and make sure that no one handed over the ticket to mr.luis osejo and in fact he is the original buyer of the ticket,if he is then no problem he will get the money

California Lottery investigating $1M payout

Lottery Post — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:58:28 GMT

The California Lottery has not yet released $1 million that a Dinuba man reportedly won in a Scratcher game.

In late June Luis Osejo was identified as the new millionaire. He has yet to receive the money. Nor has the merchant who sold the winning ticket, Brain Park of Downtown Dinuba Market, received his $5,000 check from the Lottery.

Russ Lopez, deputy director for corporate communications with the California Lottery in Sacramento, verified that the winnings have not been paid because the... [ More ]