Retired Brooklyn bus driver hits $7M Cash4Life jackpot

Comment #33

maringoman — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 00:02:01 GMT

I see where the confusion is coming from. I think you're confusing the $2,500 a Week For Life/$5,000 a Week For Life instant games with this Cash For Life game. Cash For Life is a draw type game with draws on Monday and Thursday evenings while the first two are scratch cards.

I think the odds of hitting that $7M are about 1 : 21,846,048.

Comment #32

Drenick1 — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 18:55:56 GMT

I tried doing another search on NY news site but had no luck. Perhaps the error was fixed or it was a mistake on my part where I mistook the $4.3 million lump sum as before taxes.

This prize still doesn't make sense to me as $1,000 per day comes out to $365k per year with a 20-year max cap. That means if the winner took the annuity payments it would amount to $7.3 million before taxes. I don't think anyone in their right mind would choose that option if they can get $7 million right up front.... [ More ]

Comment #31

maringoman — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:51:09 GMT

The website I provided is the official NJ Lottery website. I'd like to see that article when you get a chance.

Comment #30

Drenick1 — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:28:15 GMT

I got the info from an online article. I saw the NJ website you provided and I think it is wrong, think about it this is a $7 million prize that is paid out over 20-years. The prize is suppose to be $1,000 per day for life but in reality it's only 20-years. Why would they even pay out the entire prize value as a 1-time lump sum when no other lottery agency would even do that.

It would be nice if all jackpot prize amounts were valued as advertised but unfortunately it is not.

Comment #29

maringoman — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 23:14:16 GMT

I'm curious to know where you got your $4.3M figure from. It is my understanding that $7M is the lumpsum payout as can be seen here under the Odds and Prizes tab

http://www.state.nj.us/lottery/games/1-9_cash4life.shtml

Comment #28

Get paid — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:03:50 GMT

Good Job Fred. Retired with several mill in the bank. Enjoy ur life you an ur family.

Comment #27

sanman$ — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:54:52 GMT

No reason why he couldn't keep working. I worked with Sergio martini, a NYC dept. of sanitation worker who won $10.3 million dollars playing powerball on January 6,1996. He kept working for a year and a half in order to get a fifteen year pension. About twenty of us would give him a dollar to buy us powerball tickets. He used to give us our tickets a day or two after the drawing. No one ever complained. After he won he would now give us our tickets a day or two before the drawing. He used to als... [ More ]

Comment #26

mypiemaster — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:04:06 GMT

Congrats. Stay away from liquor stores and don't drink up your windfall.

Comment #25

CDanaT — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:20:54 GMT

Nice story, very nice payday, enjoy retirement. I believe I will be right there with him in the near future.

Comment #24

myturn — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:25:04 GMT

Congratulations and jubilations!

With his identy made public he will be unable to continue working as a bus driver.

Comment #23

sanman$ — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 04:45:42 GMT

Retired bus driver waits two months to collect his pot of gold. He purchased his winning ticket in a liqueur store. What did he do ?

Did he start celebrating an go on a two month long lost weekend

Comment #22

Gleno — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:02:08 GMT

Congrats to Mr McClendon.

Comment #21

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:14:06 GMT

Congratulations Mr. McClendon

Comment #20

prosperity1 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:57:21 GMT

Halsey street in the house...... i use to play when i was a kid on the corner of halsey n stuyvasent.....and bridge st church is right there congrats all the way from fl....

Comment #19

HaveABall — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:56:32 GMT

Well, professional writers have been trained to NEVER accept supplied/stated figures as accurate. The writer (or their proofer/facts checker) is supposed to check/research each sentence BEFORE an article goes to press.

Did the facts checker for this article get fired or laid-off and not replaced

Comment #18

eddessaknight — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:42:58 GMT

Congrats=

Sounds like something out of the Honeymooners sitcom with yhe 'great one' , Jackie Gleason, driving the old Brooklyn Bus line LOL

Fortuna Smiled Upon Him

Eddessa_Knight

Comment #17

Drenick1 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:36:19 GMT

Congratulations to the retired bus driver! but once again the lottery officials just love to exaggerate what the winner actually received. The annuity prize value is $7 million and the cash lump option is $4.36 million BEFORE taxes.

The New York lottery conveniently mentioned that his take home pay after taxes was $4.3 million when in fact it will be just a bit over $2 million after all federal and state taxes are paid. Too bad the NY lottery won't be held accountable for the entire $4.3 mill... [ More ]

Comment #16

surimaribo24 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:30:43 GMT

congrats to the winner.

is on tonight get your tickets.

Comment #15

DDOH937 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:51:48 GMT

Well i guess my neighbor who won $61 million then quit her job as a medical assistant was a very very highly paid actor all this time then???? And all this time i thought...

oh wait..

Comment #14

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:50:18 GMT

Really?

You create an account just to log on and spill your crap?

LOL. You are simply a troll. Now do something constructive like clean your mom and dad's basement you're living in.

Comment #13

jack27 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:19:08 GMT

They hire actors and pay them a small amount to appear as winners with the promise that he or she wont open their mouth to talk about it or they will be killed if they expose the truth.

Comment #12

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:34:25 GMT

How so?

Congrats to Frederick McClendon on his nice win

Comment #11

jack27 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:17:42 GMT

Im not buying it. The lottery is not real.

Comment #10

DDOH937 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:50:25 GMT

Good for you man, be wise, relax and try to enjoy. Happy for you brother. Be smart and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy

Comment #9

shadowlady — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:31:21 GMT

Congratulations to the lucky winner.

Comment #8

Technut — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:30:45 GMT

Good for Mr. McClendon glad to see another guy hit easy street. (c8

Comment #7

maringoman — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:30:36 GMT

Good luck.

I hit small prizes on this game more often than I do on the 2 big games

Comment #6

sweetie7398 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:39:28 GMT

The game is called Lucky 4 life. I guess it's the same concept, just a different name.

Comment #5

sweetie7398 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:34:27 GMT

Definitely. This game's first drawing is tonight in South Carolina.

Comment #4

maringoman — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:22:07 GMT

Nice win to end 2014.

Comment #3

haymaker — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:20:08 GMT

Ralph Kramden : Hey Alice, just wait til you see how this furniture looks in a park ave apartment ! LOL

Comment #2

IPlayWeekly — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:02:28 GMT

Big time congrats

Comment #1

PrinceRene — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:48:32 GMT

Congratulations Mr. McClendon.

Retired Brooklyn bus driver hits $7M Cash4Life jackpot

Lottery Post — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:47:02 GMT

The next stop for this retired Brooklyn bus driver is Easy Street.

Frederick McClendon claimed his $7 million prize Tuesday in the New York Lottery's Cash4Life draw game.

I usually play the Powerball or Mega Millions games, said McClendon, who says he spent 15 years driving a bus in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Instinct told me to buy a Cash4Life ticket this time.

McClendon said he bought his ticket to a bright new future on Nov. 24 when he walked into MX Wines Spirits in Halsey St. in Bro... [ More ]