Georgia Lottery cracks down on 'shadow winners'

Comment #27

garyo1954 — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 06:58:10 GMT

jimmy6146,

Not Applicable inasmuch as private business is none of the governments concern.

Should we ask the person selling us a cell, a car, a lawnmower, or having a garage sale, if they owe child support and refuse to do business with them for that reason? Does Nazi Germany teach you nothing?

You follow the money. If you do half the research or knew half as much as you think you do about this particular law, you would know it is not about the children as you claim, but all about maki... [ More ]

Comment #26

jimmy4164 — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 04:24:22 GMT

Not applicable ?

Follow the money.

Surprising that you didn't choose GormlessHunter as your member name...

Comment #25

mrsoneal777 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:59:05 GMT

In some cases they aren't purchasing tickets but getting out of the trash or off tables. I was in a store a few months ago and saw a cashier get left over tickets and scratch the bar code to see if they were winners. Thats why I always take my tickets with me to make sure. I've picked up tickets in TN(some retailers have lock boxes in stores that they get the tics and put them in a bag so I know they are taking those home) and keyed them in for second chance drawings and they've been a winner no... [ More ]

Comment #24

Coin Toss — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:23:18 GMT

Stack47,

Interesting article here on Regulation 6A:

Regulation 6A - Nevada State Casinos

By Sean Toth

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Contributing Writer

Well, it took awhile, but the federal government has invaded Las Vegas and has intimidated all the casinos into repealing a regulation -- one that has made Vegas a great place for those who like to gamble relatively large sums of money -- in the name of fighting terrorism. I'm talking about Regulation 6A.

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Comment #23

Dr Lottery — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:07:08 GMT

This is so true the patels even win cars from the ga lottery

Comment #22

nina09 — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:43:31 GMT

Money owe to the government and child support are criminal matters not civil.

Comment #21

luckyladie — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:42:15 GMT

Thank you

Comment #20

One-Day — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 23:11:36 GMT

How about the Georgia lottery paying the darn money in full instead of getting involved in private matters deducting money they shouldn't. That's a civil issue for the courts and the parties affected to resolve.

Comment #19

Stack47 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:47:09 GMT

The ten percentors are at horse and dog racing tracks too, but they don't get the same scrutiny as the lottery winners. And some of those winners are dead-beat dads. It's been a while since I signed a W-2G for slot machine win at a casino, but that was for taxes only and no questions are asked cashing in over $600 worth of casino chips either. It's my understanding no questions are asked or any tax forms required when cashing in less than $10,000 in chips.

IMO, policing the current ten percen... [ More ]

Comment #18

Stack47 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:06:01 GMT

It's more likely the opinion of the person writing the story than an illegal effort to turn the Georgia Lottery into a collection agency. In Ohio I had to swear/affirm to a Notary I didn't owe any child support even though I was never ordered to pay any. The claims form assumed every winner js a dead-beat dad, even the winners with no children. Why stop at child support when it's possible some of the winners owe back Federal, State, and/or Municipal taxes?

I agree about dodging paying child s... [ More ]

Comment #17

Coin Toss — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:02:50 GMT

ELUCKYDREAM*,

A lot of store owners and managers are named Patel. That being the case I don't think they're buying all these tickets, just scarfing up the losers that players throw away and entering them in second chance contests.

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I guess Georgia really doesn't like any one sending in a beard but this guy had to know that eventually the lottery would get suspicious.

Comment #16

CDanaT — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:52:30 GMT

Unfortunately your prolix comment went off the point being made about the topic at hand.

To kindly answer your 2 questions

1.) Legal and without a doubt, not what may or may not be

2.) Gormless question based on attempts to imply an alledged scenario by an unknown..Not applicable

Have a good day and best of luck to you in the next lottery drawing

Comment #15

maringoman — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:26:42 GMT

The state rejected his claim for a $1000 scratch off winner citing highly improbable results of his past wins, including a day last October when Wise cashed in nine winning tickets at one time.

He's one of 11 winners rejected by the state this year.

I am sure state lotteries that are more efficient than GA in parting lottery believers with their hard earned money are watching this keenly. NY, MA, CA, FL, PA, NJ

Many people support dodging lottery winnings taxes but disapprove dodging c... [ More ]

Comment #14

luckyladie — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:10:50 GMT

I think the state should report it but let the court decide how much to take. Why allow them to keep a large portion of it after they take what's behind? Seems to me, the mother could come out with more if this dude is $10k behind but he just cashed a $10 million ticket.

Comment #13

jimmy4164 — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:52:04 GMT

So let ME get this staight scratching head

In most states, low income child support recipients find it much easier to qualify for cash assistance through welfare when their exes fail to pay what they have been obliged to pay.

Apparently, you would rather contribute to their support through your taxes rather than have the state dip in to their winnings.

By the way, what methods would you approve of the state using to collect from dead beat parents?

Are your payments up to

Comment #12

luckyladie — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:34:02 GMT

I wonder how much they spend to help those addicted to gambling. They supposedly have set aside funds to help those too. But you don't see any stories about that. You have a good point. I could have sworn I have seen the same ppl claiming prizes of a different sort. hmmm...there is always shady about this though. *sips Kermit's tea

Comment #11

luckyladie — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:28:56 GMT

I survived without child support and I lived in Fla. It's not about not paying child support. The lottery was not set up for that. This is why ppl have their wages garnished. Remember, a portion of what you lose is going into the lottery pool to pay winners. So yeah, I will be moving first chance I get because I don't play to pay for someone else's responsibility.

What law says a person can't claim more than one ticket? How many times is a person allowed to win? I hear a civil rights lawsuit... [ More ]

Comment #10

noise-gate — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:41:38 GMT

Georgia is not in the Top Ten States for unwed Mothers, but Florida Mississippi are- Georgia may simply be trying to make certain that if it does end up in that pool that these Mother's do get the support they deserve. They thinking outside the box.Move if you must, just don't forget to pay your child support.

Comment #9

pwm2003 — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:36:50 GMT

Thanks Toney725 for posting this info , this is something that we in ga. need to know.

Comment #8

luckyladie — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:25:49 GMT

Wow! The state of Ga is giving me more reason to move away from here. smh

Comment #7

RedStang — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:26:34 GMT

Protect our players() . Mean-while, nine out of ten Georgia Lottery employees will be trying to figure out how to cash in their winnings.

Comment #6

CDanaT — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:53:46 GMT

So let me get this staight scratching head The lottery system was designed to make money for the state and to help pay for education and create a form of entertainment for the people(winnings) and now they are adding Are you collecting for someone who may owe child support . Don't get me wrong on this.While I am 110% for collecting that money for those who owe it and parents being responsible for child rearing. This has to be one of the most GORMLESS attachments to a lottery payout system I have... [ More ]

Comment #5

sully16 — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:14:45 GMT

That's a good thing. Pay your child support.

Comment #4

Scratch$ — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 05:18:03 GMT

The GA Lottery and state officials better be careful - they're walking a fine line here. If they start cracking down on lots of people for something that apparently isn't illegal at this time, they may very well cause many individuals to quit playing the GA Lottery all together. They might end up hurting revenues, not helping them.

Comment #3

myturn — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 03:10:46 GMT

They should allow winners to remain anonymous, as they do in Australia and the UK

Comment #2

ELUCKYDREAM* — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:07:42 GMT

If this is the case, they should investigate the Patels; they win on every second chance drawing, sometimes more than once. Retailers are making a killing. They should not be allowed to buy tickets. I rarely buy scratch offs in the store because if you buy a bunch and don't win; they purchase tickets behind you. If you're a drunk you can't sell booze (you would drink up all your product) So if you are a gambler , you shouldn't be allowed to be a retailer. 2 million is kind of low for the amount... [ More ]

Comment #1

Sherita — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:42:26 GMT

GLC's new motto should be By any means necessary

Georgia Lottery cracks down on 'shadow winners'

Lottery Post — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:30:18 GMT

The Georgia Lottery is launching a full-scale effort to crack down on so-called shadow winners people who take a percentage of the prize to stand in for the real winner.

Anyone with a winning ticket over $600 must show the Georgia Lottery proof of ID to collect their money. Before that cash is handed out, though, the Georgia Lottery checks to see whether the winner owes any back taxes or court-ordered judgments such as child support or educational loans.

If that's you, a shadow winner can... [ More ]