$550 MILLION: Mega Millions holiday bonanza!

Comment #220

Viking Orayk — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:58:17 GMT

You misinterpreted what I said............ I said (legally) maximize your tax advantage.

I did not say anything about paying a million dollars or excessive wages

Believe it or not there are companies and corporations out there that do pay benefits and perks.

like matching your 401 K dollar for dollar or fully funded pension,

use of corporate housing.......that just happens to be on the Hilton Head Island

or a penthouse a New York City,

Company car, Company paid major medical h... [ More ]

Comment #219

Teddi — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:06:12 GMT

This is simply not true. First of all, once you split the JP with someone, at the time of the claim, that intent is pretty darn clear. Second. Why would you be going to tax court? Unless you do not pay the taxes, you have no reason to go to tax court. The IRS doesn't care if that JP gets split 5 ways as long as you pay them.

If you don't pay, you get audited, the auditor then tells you how much is owed and gives you a date to make payment. IF you don't make that payment THEN you are taken to... [ More ]

Comment #218

Teddi — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:48:37 GMT

Again, this is inaccurate. That waitress never bought the ticket, a regular customer (who was a trucker I believe) gave her the ticket. He always bought tickts and gave the waitresses the tickets as their tips. She was sued by her fellow coworkers because they claimed there was a verbal agreement that if ever they won they would split it. She said she was never in that agreement with them. Other than the word of the fellow waitresses, who might be seen to have a motive to lie, they could not pro... [ More ]

Comment #217

Teddi — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:30:54 GMT

Doing this will land you in court or jail. You cannot give your family money to start a business outside of the gift allowance unless either you have a partnership in the business or you charge them interest. And interest can't be a ridiculously low number either, it has to be at current permissable rates otherwise it's deemed as a gift and counts towards your lifetime exclusion or the yearly $14,000 per person.

You cannot hire a family member into your business and pay them an inflated sala... [ More ]

Comment #216

Teddi — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:16:13 GMT

Sorry, but this is not really true. Perhaps in your state is the exception. But the IRS does not require you to prove you had an agreement to split the winnings ahead of time. All they have to do is claim the jackpot together and split the jackpot together. If they try to split the winnings AFTER the claim is when there's a problem and the lifetime gift tax goes into effect.

Comment #215

Teddi — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:10:09 GMT

You can still pay off their student loans as long as you pay Sallie Mae or whomever directly and do not give the student the money directly. Ditto with medical bills. Completely exempt as long as you pay the medical facility directly.

Comment #214

mypiemaster — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:23:33 GMT

Caveat Emptor...with that kind of money, one can afford the best tax accountant/lawyer/financial advisor. Kind of dangerous to listen to faceless people on the internet.

Comment #213

Pita Maha — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:52:07 GMT

It's great having tax and finance savvy people on this forum. Thanks for your input - you never know if one of us might need it.

Comment #212

LottoLucy — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:31:26 GMT

You don't have to have a formal agreement in place before you win but if you are forced into tax court you will need to prove that the intent to share was there before the drawing. The court has used a pretty consistent set of criteria to determine if a gift was made or not.

Comment #211

Justwinbaby — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:30:34 GMT

I pray God's protection and wisdom over the winner(s).

Comment #210

Jon D — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:30:21 GMT

The Waffle house case had a few differences from normal partnership or trust claims:

- she was given the winning ticket by the customer, she did not buy it, and was deemed to have not acted on behalf of the group

- she formed an S Corp instead of a Trust, and some other complications that caused the ruling in favor of the IRS

Comment #209

Jon D — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:26:26 GMT

Right. Group wins don't require formal agreements before buying the ticket. It's nice, but not required.

In single payee states, they can form a partnership for the group, after the win, but before the claim, so each person can get his own share of the winnings.

Other states like CA will do multiple payee for group ownership claims, partnership not needed.

Comment #208

LottoLucy — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:25:17 GMT

First of all it isn't accurate that all state lotteries will allow multiple claimants.

I stand by what I said. The most recent case is Dickerson v Commissioner where a Waffle House waitress was given a lottery ticket as a gift before the drawing (so the value of the gift was the price of the ticket), that ticket won, and she turned around and tried to split the ticket with family members giving herself 49% share. They formed a corporation to share the ticket. The court found there was no proo... [ More ]

Comment #207

helpmewin — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:50:00 GMT

Comment #206

KY Floyd — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:47:33 GMT

A gift is a gift. I've never had occasion to find out, but since you can pay for somebody's medical and educational expenses without incurring a gift tax it's possible that you can also pay off loans for medical and educational expenses.

Comment #205

VFR95 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:46:02 GMT

It might not break the record by tomorrow, but I'm sure it will, come this Friday for Sure.

I predict it'll be over the Billion Dollar mark on or about time for the Christmas Eve drawing.

Dreamer,

Comment #204

KY Floyd — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:45:10 GMT

You can give as many gifts valued at $14,000 or less as you want to. Until the drawing, any ticket you buy is worth a lot less than that, so all you have to do is give people shares in the ticket(s). Of course the IRS is going to want proof, so you'll need to be able to document the gift.

The IRS might be fussy, but I know there have been at least a couple of cases where judges were more cooperative about accepting whatever proof winners were able to offer. Figuring the majority of winners do... [ More ]

Comment #203

KY Floyd — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:37:39 GMT

Wait 8 days and you may hear that Santa was seen over northern Ohio. The advertised jackpot has to go over $656 million before MM officials will claim they've set a new record. Based on the curent cash/annuity ratio it needs to be over $878 million to set a real record. It will take some serious hysteria for that to happen by tomorrow night.

Comment #202

LottoPerro — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:48:01 GMT

Bigger jackpot now, should hit $600 mil before the drawing tomorrow.

Comment #201

Advice — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:39:19 GMT

Well that sucks. I just got my Masters degree and can't Find work in my field. My friends are struggling as well I was gonna pay off their student loans if I won

Comment #200

dpoly1 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:38:56 GMT

The Jackpot is growing

Comment #199

Viking Orayk — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:28:07 GMT

This would be my thought..... to help out family and friends, buy or start a business, with them on the payroll and give them perks like CEO have.

Corporate ...education, trips, condos, cars, retirement and health benefits.

max out whatever tax benefits that you can from the business.

Corporate bigwigs makes as much if not more on the perks and benefits, then they do from the paycheck.

Over the years with the companies that I have work for, I have seen a lot of Deadwood on the payro... [ More ]

Comment #198

mightwin — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:27:54 GMT

Raised! $586 mil

Comment #197

TheGameGrl — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:15:12 GMT

Inaccurate advisal.

State Lotteries allow more then one claimant on ticket wins. Its a Primary contact and all others are listed with percentage amounts . The IRS does NOT force a winner to show proof prior to the win date that an agreement was in place. The winners need only show the win form and all members as listed.

Consult with a tax attorney for proper administrations of any gifted funds....

Comment #196

One-Day — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:06:24 GMT

Those who care about the IRS/law, follow the law, report the over the limit payments and pay the needed taxes. Those who don't care about the law, take money out of their bank accounts, give the cash to their families with a note to hide it under the mattress or they'll pay most of it in taxes, and that's it. The latter would claim they blew it all at indian casinos and partying, if anything comes of it, which I serioulsy doubt. I seriously doubt the cat has a fifth leg.

Comment #195

LottoLucy — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:59:33 GMT

Good advice to enter into an agreement BEFORE the drawing if you want to give shares of your win to family and friends. You have to be able to prove to the IRS that there was an agreement in place BEFORE the drawing to split any winnings. The have been multiple court cases where the IRS sued the winner for gift tax, and in some cases won, because the person could not prove conclusively that there was an agreement to share before the drawing. If you gve shares after the drawing that it considered... [ More ]

Comment #194

LottoLucy — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:43:52 GMT

Paying off loans like that still counts against the annual exclusion amount of $14,000 ($28,000 married couple). The only way around that is to pay for someone's medical or education expenses and the catch there is you have to make payment directly to the institution or provider.

Some good news is that while the $14,000 annual exclusion stays the same in 2014 the life time exclusion raises to $5.34 million on January 1st. Double that if you are a married couple and agree to do what is called... [ More ]

Comment #193

Kumo — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:41:04 GMT

I am not sure about this, perhaps there is a CPA or Tax Attorney on these forums that might be able to go into more detail.

One thing I do know is that you run the very real risk of having them audited by the IRS. It will raise a red flag with them if they see that the recipient suddenly got a large chunk of money.

Comment #192

Kumo — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:30:40 GMT

You're welcome.

One way to get around it is to split it at the beginning with family, if your state allows it, have the lottery commision write you folks multiple smaller checks instead of the big one.

In my state of Texas we are not allowed to do this as they have the one claimant per ticket rule, but there is a loophole. You may enter into a legally binding lottery pool (entity) with family and friends and have the document with all the members names and signatures notarized. This... [ More ]

Comment #191

mrcraft — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:27:21 GMT

Are these limits for straight cash gifts? What if you pay off their student loans, mortgages, credit card bills, etc.

Comment #190

LottoMetro — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:09:10 GMT

Just an update. The jackpot increase is both a result of last Friday's sales and tomorrow night's projected sales.

Last Friday they projected about 104 million in sales (lol)....turned out to be 168 million.

For tomorrow night they had projected about 206 million in sales.....now they are projected nearly 242 million.

No word yet on the prospective rollover jackpot, I will have that tomorrow afternoon as usual

Comment #189

Pita Maha — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:06:56 GMT

Valuable info, thank you. So if you go around thinking you can make all your family and many of your friends millionaires themselves, you end up with a whacking big tax bill the next year? What's the best way around this? Or how to minimize the tax hit

Comment #188

Kumo — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:43:12 GMT

Sorry for the error. The $28,000 figure is for the max nontaxable gift given by a married couple.

Comment #187

Jill34786 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:15:16 GMT

Cash value is now $316 million.

Comment #186

Kumo — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:09:08 GMT

Not to mention unless someone wants to use up their lifetime gift tax exclusion of $5,250,000, only the first $14,000 ($28,000) of a gift per person, is nontaxable each year (2013 rates). Everything you give a single person over that amount per year, may be taxed at up to 40% by the IRS.

This is another area where big lottery winners quickly fall into trouble.

Comment #185

Guest — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:57:41 GMT

Breaking news. Cnn said Jackpot is now 586 million dollars now

Comment #184

Jill34786 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:48:09 GMT

Even worse is mentioning giving $450 million away to family and friends and keeping just a $100 million for themselves. What these people don't realize is that the cash value ($295.3M) after all Federal tax obligations are paid would only net roughly $178 million. If their state has an income tax and they happen to reside in NY city the burden would be another $35 million in taxes due.

The broadcast I saw was from NY and it might be kind of hard giving away $450 million especially when you o... [ More ]

Comment #183

Jill34786 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:33:29 GMT

Even if the annuity got bumped up to $685 million it would still be 4th overall in terms of cash value.

Comment #182

delS — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:29:28 GMT

I think it will be $620,000,000 by tuesday night at the drawing time.......

Comment #181

One-Day — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:01:17 GMT

That's what I was thinking. With a bigger jackpot, people will spend more heavily and more people will get in on the action. And being constantly on the news now... Most people that will be buying tickets this week wouldn't recognize a T-bone about MM's odds, the MM rules or even know that the MM rules have been changed. They are just buying a piece of paper with a chance to win big money. Fatigue? That's a joke.

I'm sure the MM willl be $800m before Tuesday's drawing and a $1B+ before Friday... [ More ]

Comment #180

Saylorgirl — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:56:23 GMT

You wouldn't have enough left to turn on the electricity in the house or to fill up the jet with jet fuel.

Comment #179

hearsetrax — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:05:39 GMT

Comment #178

dpoly1 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:56:18 GMT

Thanks for the info

Comment #177

RJOh — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:55:18 GMT

I just heard on the radio that this jackpot could set a new record when MUSL issures a jackpot update later today which could be well over $600M.

Comment #176

Shelby Mustang — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:06:53 GMT

LOL a few years?? If you spend money like that you'd be the biggest loser by the end of this sentence LOL

Comment #175

BuyLow — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:42:39 GMT

The main stream media is the WORST. It's funny listening to them give out wrong cash value amounts and flashing 30 million dollar jets and 100 million dollar real estate...as a possibility with a 550 million dollar jackpot. After taxes if you bought a 100 million dollar home and a 30 million dollar jet you would be on Lotterys Biggest Losers in a few years.....

Comment #174

helpmewin — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:38:50 GMT

Cute

Comment #173

helpmewin — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:36:54 GMT

good idea

Comment #172

Bleedblue21 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 05:25:07 GMT

.....game now boasts a swelling jackpot of more than a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.

Hmmm...I don't know who they are kidding. But being among the wealthiest?? Haven't they seen the damage the government does in taxes?? And how much they gank BEFORE taxes?? Sheesh...

Would be a nice chunk to play with nonetheless.

Comment #171

Viking Orayk — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 05:01:07 GMT

or maybe $625 mil. come Tuesday night's drawing

I'm renting ($1) that dream till then

Comment #170

peppy007 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 04:42:47 GMT

Agree. Like I said on a previous thread, most players play mm or pb for the jackpot. So they rather have more chances at it then less chances for a higher minor prize. If u wanna play for a smaller prize, u r better off playing the state games which have much better odds of winning those smaller prizes. As I once learned from reading a book on casino games. The house would never introduce a side bet to a game if the odds weren't in the house's favor of winning that side bet.

Comment #169

zinniagirl — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 04:07:13 GMT

Splurged, bought a ticket in one state and a ticket in another state.

Comment #168

dk1421 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 03:36:06 GMT

Agreed. Usually, when the jackpot is high, I'll just buy one megaplier and a couple regular ones.

Question - does anyone else usually buy their tix at a couple different stores? Friday night I drove around to 3 stores buying 1 or 2 tickets at each for a grand total of $6. I also try to buy on the day of and towards dinner time as I've noticed some winners have bought them at those times.

Comment #167

Stack47 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 03:11:01 GMT

If we're playing to win the jackpot two chances are better than one, but I won't knock anyone purchasing half as many tickets trying to get better payoffs on the prizes they are more likely to win either. Proportionally to ticket sales, Megaplier tickets for Friday drawing were less than for Tuesday.

If this jackpot turns into the same type of frenzy as March 30, 2012, it will be interesting to see how many Megaplier tickets are sold.

Comment #166

Stack47 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 02:48:38 GMT

Of course they are more likely to win a 1 out of 15 chance compared to a 1 out of 258 million chance, but if they are just playing for the 1 out of 258 million chance (the $550 million jackpot), players get twice as many chances buying 2, 10, 20, or 1200 $1 tickets.

Comment #165

Stack47 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 02:35:01 GMT

Wait!!! I take that back. The Blind Trust is actually a TERRIBLE idea i think. Because its you who will have little control over the Trust i think.

Some of our members call all thrusts blind trusts probably not knowing there is a huge difference.

Comment #164

DDOH937 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 02:03:08 GMT

Which would almost guarantee another roll right? Hope so

Comment #163

DDOH937 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:54:37 GMT

LOL!!HAHAHAHA.. Good one Burns..

Yep 2 jobs down here in the cold.....mostly with penguins though. For my day job i gather poop from penguins for lab testing. Night Job: Ice cream maker!!! Shhhh, don't tell anyone but both my jobs overlap in very very interesting ways!!! Hahaha

Comment #162

savagegoose — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:51:02 GMT

tks man i thought it appropriate this time of year.

here in Aust. we have PB at $40M, and Oz lotto at $70M. no taxes, lump sum. kind of exciting pre xmas fervour building here to. i got fingers crossed for the double this week.

Comment #161

RedStang — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:24:06 GMT

Good find.

Comment #160

savagegoose — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:12:50 GMT

Comment #159

mightwin — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:58:14 GMT

If they don't raise it, prob be the snow storms fault. ...lol

Comment #158

BBLL — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:29:03 GMT

625

Comment #157

dpoly1 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:52:34 GMT

Anybody have a guess how high this will be on Tuesday

Comment #156

Coin Toss — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:32:39 GMT

Arrowhead,

Call the 'marketing test' scenario one of those 80/20 things, 80% joke, 20% just maybe....but if the just maybe came in it wouldn't surprise me.

Another thing I could see is someone hitting the jackpot and some lottery exec. freaking out saying, No one was ever supposed to hit this #!$$^* .

Comment #155

FrankBurns — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:38:12 GMT

Hey you can't grow a Garden at Antartica it's too cold.

But 2 Jobs WOW!!

I didn't know they had a Walmart and a Micky D's Down there.

Comment #154

FrankBurns — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:04:09 GMT

I'll go along with that

I'd rather have 10 tickets than 5

They didn't buy the Megaplyer either or their win would have been 2,3 or 4 times

Comment #153

helpmewin — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:07:49 GMT

but someone may get a smaller prize worth the extra $1.00 check the odds

Comment #152

DDOH937 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:35:54 GMT

That's exactly what Stack47 was saying i think. I was merely pointing out that another strategy to consider would be going for the second prize and upping your chances for a bit more dough by getting the multiplier. I get what you're saying though and you are not at all wrong, its just that after reading most of these winners stories you see that they purchased anywhere from 1 - 5 tickets/set of numbers. Its not like they were going 20/30 deep. Well, at least that's what they say, you never real... [ More ]

Comment #151

BBLL — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:27:38 GMT

Thank you

Comment #150

DDOH937 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:21:47 GMT

If you are from Chicago then that's only half the story unfortunately. It ONLY applies to Illinois residence who had a Trust or LLC established BEFORE winning. If you win and then decide to create one to claim your prize, then you are out of luck. The cloak of the LLC or Trust wouldn't apply then. These States have all these crazy rules hidden within their rules. But you are right in the fact that in Illinois, you can use a LLC and or Trust to claim while having your name withheld. Its just that... [ More ]

Comment #149

DDOH937 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:18:36 GMT

Oh, ok then. I'll just move tomorrow morning. Silly me, what have i been thinking all this time working 2 jobs, saving for my future and being prudent with my finances. Crazy crazy me, i'll just up and move first thing tomorrow morning....to a house with a back yard where i can plant a garden just like you right? The madness that exists out there is beyond me, you have a great day RJOH and good luck to you.

Comment #148

BBLL — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:18:30 GMT

My state has a blind trust and keeps your name private.

Comment #147

RJOh — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:14:19 GMT

Did you ever think that THIRTY NINE million dollars winners won because they brought more tickets rather than less with the chance to double their money only if they won

Comment #146

RJOh — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:09:29 GMT

If you don't like where you live then move. I wasn't always where I live now.

Comment #145

helpmewin — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:47:47 GMT

Just something i noticed from the show MOST people that have won the Lottery Jackpots buy odd number of tickets.

Comment #144

schmuckatelly — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:43:38 GMT

Well I thought the 1 billion mark would be Jan 10th, but it will be before the years.

On another note, I bought 2 QP, and 2 Self pick with megaplier. Good luck to me

Comment #143

Coin Toss — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:43:35 GMT

Stack47,

Because they are much morel likely to win $2 to $5 million than the jackpot. Or 2 to 5 X $5,000, etc...

G26GRACE27,

Interesting that your horosocope has evidently adjusted ti the new MM matrix

Comment #142

DDOH937 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:24:48 GMT

Fair point. I get your logic but think of this.....since the new rules have been implemented, there have been 39 million dollar winners, THIRTY NINE!!!!. Most of which only won $ 1 million. Had they bought the megaplier, their winnings would have ranged from $2 million - $5 million. And since NO ONE has won the big prize and there have been 39 second place winners, i think that suggests that the odds of winning the second place prize is MUCH MUCH higher. Hence the need for multiplier

Comment #141

golfer1960 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:22:00 GMT

The question is DDOH937, will you move from Antartica if you win

Comment #140

DDOH937 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:20:39 GMT

You are clearly living in a different country from the one I'm living in. Plant a garden in their backyard ???? Really??? hahahah, that's a joke rihgt?. A where exactly is this backyard that i'm/we're supoosed to have?? You certainly are kidding right??

Well, i'm always surprised to hear people talk about the country they are living in but really have no idea of how or what life really is like for many if not most in the same country you are talking about. I live in a very nice neigborhood an... [ More ]

Comment #139

Stack47 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:20:38 GMT

The megaplier doesn't multiple the jackpot so why would anyone trying to win a $550 million jackpot spend an extra buck on it when they could spend it on another chance to win the jackpot

Comment #138

dpoly1 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:12:44 GMT

Good luck to you also!

Have a Merry Christmas no matter what happens

Comment #137

golfer1960 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:10:48 GMT

Nice Poly! Good luck mate.

Comment #136

RJOh — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:07:58 GMT

Winning the Ohio Classic Lotto with its present jackpot would be just right. It's enough to feel comfortable without the burdens of being considered filty rich by those around you.

Comment #135

G26GRACE27 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:06:19 GMT

the lucky horoscope pick told me these are my lucky jackpot numbers

lets see what happens

11 12 24 66 71 12

Comment #134

dpoly1 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:04:45 GMT

Comment #133

RJOh — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:03:38 GMT

I'm always surprised to hear people talk about not eating well in a country where nobody bothers to plant a garden in their back yard and many don't even bother to learn how to prepare food even if it's available to them.

Comment #132

mightwin — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:02:35 GMT

Sounds like winning Ohio classic lotto is a headache! Lol

Comment #131

dpoly1 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:57:37 GMT

He was on private property and was caught red handed trying to break into a car ON PRIVATE PROPERTY ...........

Comment #130

DDOH937 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:56:27 GMT

Its already a headache now dealing with all those people and i'm broke!! LOL.. So i'll gladly take the cash and the new problems that may arise as a result. I'll trade my current problems for new ones any day. At least with those new headaches, I'll be able to eat exceptionally well, get the best healthcare, travel at will and quite comfortably, have the freedom for myself to nurish and rejuvenate by simply getting away. Trust me I'll find comfortabe ways of dealing with these suposedly new prob... [ More ]

Comment #129

Masone — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:55:34 GMT

Wow. I better not wear a hoodie and eat skittles in your neighborhood.

Comment #128

RJOh — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:49:26 GMT

Sounds like winning could be a headache for some people with all the expectations of relatives, friends, neighbors and even strangers. The first thing the winner might has to look into is security before even talking to a lawyer or financial planner.

Comment #127

dpoly1 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:39:36 GMT

Someone in PA collected via trust their name the name of the trust was published! Mission NOT accomplished

Comment #126

dpoly1 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:38:09 GMT

We are very active in our own security out here in semi-rural Pennsylvania.

Last evening a druggie got 1 warning shot into the ground. He was held by the neighbors until the State Police collected him.

We do not play nice protect oursleves according to PA State Law.

Comment #125

DDOH937 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:55:30 GMT

Blind Trust is a good idea but wouldn't do you any good in most States. The reason for this is because in MOST States, not all, even if a prize is claimed under a Trust, the person/trustee/beneficary's name is STILL public knowledge. It all depends on the States you're in. No winner Tuesday will certainly yield a $800-$900million range.....EASILY!!!

Wait!!! I take that back. The Blind Trust is actually a TERRIBLE idea i think. Because its you who will have little control over the Trust i thin... [ More ]

Comment #124

BBLL — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:49:50 GMT

I have two questions. Who would do a blind trust? And if nobody wins Tuesday how much would it be on Friday

Comment #123

mypiemaster — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:40:27 GMT

F.Y.I. These gated communities are not devoid of nefarious activities.

Comment #122

DDOH937 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:33:33 GMT

Highly, highly, highly Unlikely!!!! Sales might plateau but certainly not fall precipitously. Remember, most tickets sold this time around were a mere $1 or $2. If it gets to that prize range those people will up it to $5 or $10 dollars. Furthermore, people won't run out of money for the lottery, the darn thing cost a buck to get in on the action. Worst case scenario they'll simply skip the friday night movie, skip the dinner date, give lottery tickets as gifts, have lottery parties, join big an... [ More ]

Comment #121

dpoly1 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:21:53 GMT

It would be that much elsewhere.

And the property taxes are about $15,000/year