New York seizes $20 million in lottery prizes from people on public assistance

Comment #21

TheOtherOne — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:24:44 GMT

Definitely. Yet another reason I avoid multipliers. Seriously considering dropping Powerball and Mega Millions altogether. They've made them non winnable

Comment #20

Rayj11011 — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 10:58:18 GMT

I understand where N.Y. is coming from. If I had been on Welfare and won a big lottery, I think I should give part of it back to help others, being that I have been paying for their Welfare checks. I hate to feel that I am being used or some one is stealing from me.

Which brings up my next comment.

Has any one, other than myself noticed how often the Power Ball multiplier comes us as 2? Some thing is amist in the Power Ball Studio! No way the Power Ball can come up as many times as it... [ More ]

Comment #19

KY Floyd — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 00:04:56 GMT

Sounds like NY thinks of welfare as a loan.

Sounds pretty reasonable to me. If I win a big jackpot I'm sure I'll give a fair amount to friends or family whether they're hard up or not, but I won't be giving anything directly to strangers simply because they need money. It may not amount to much, but since I haven't won a jackpot I'm definitely not interested in making any outright gifts to strangers, but that's exactly what happens if my tax dollars are given to people on public assistance.... [ More ]

Comment #18

Kingofearth — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:55:33 GMT

Yes. Its largest city is Syracuse, also known as the Detroit of NY.

Comment #17

Soledad — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 12:27:45 GMT

I believe it is true that any assistance from the gov't is to be paid back when and if possible. And no I believe NYL's revenue increased by about $500 million last year.

Comment #16

jarasan — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:09:57 GMT

Liveth by the welfare dieth by the welfare. @someone above ....BTW, there is a huge diff between unemployment benefits and welfare programs, there are millions of people that have never been gainfully employed their entire lives for countless reasons.

Comment #15

zephbe — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 11:28:49 GMT

Sounds like NY thinks of welfare as a loan. People should play what they can afford anyway. They get to keep half of what they win over $600 and NY keeps half. Doesn't look like it is keeping anyone from playing.

Comment #14

My317favNum — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 00:39:10 GMT

It shouldn't matter public assistanc3 our Nottingham, poor ppl cash in soda cans for money, what is the it takes a dollar and dream and win big. It's the way out of the struggle they had, and now got taxes u on ur win then takes it back yes the frauds go after but ppl struggle to survive and win and loose it cause of mishaps in the past kinda crappy

Comment #13

TheGameGrl — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 23:46:39 GMT

Firstly, most who are on welfare paid in thru earnings! There is no shame in a person receiving what they already paid into.. New York is double dipping...as some of these welfare programs are federally aided...

Going back ten years??? Pathetic.

New York is a shambles...

Comment #12

EdG1955 — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 23:13:51 GMT

It sounds like more people ought to appeal since 71% of those who appeal win their case.

Also, there should be a deduction from what the state claws back for the amount the people lost playing. I'm sure very few win more than what they spend.

Comment #11

noise-gate — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 22:10:39 GMT

l guess the NY State authorities have not been following through on Mark 14:7.

Comment #10

eddessaknight — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 21:58:28 GMT

You can't win that kind of m oney and not owe up!

Do the right thing pay the man the $2 dollars -

Eddessa_Knight

Comment #9

Cassie8620 — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 20:41:10 GMT

I'm remembering this in the news. I think it was 1 of the most tragic lottery-related stories. She yep, still wanted her um food stamps,even though she was rich $

I recall she was later, a short time dead,from drug overdose allegedly, as some family members, an ex was on news talkin'bout she was also still using, but it was so much easier $$$ to score drugs, with cash at every turn.Or something like this i read. so sad.

So very tragic for her, rip.

Comment #8

Groppo — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:55:52 GMT

.

Greed is not good. Please, all LP members, if you win, remember not only me, ha ha,

But the government too. They want to know about any windfalls, that benefit you.

Don't try to rip off Uncle Sam. That's a big no-no. We need to make sure our

Armed Forces are well equipped, especially in light of North Korea's threat, from young

Uncle Blimpo.

Mr. Groppo

Comment #7

MillionsWanted — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:33:08 GMT

A lot of welfare recipients in Onondaga county

Comment #6

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:19:34 GMT

This is the story you were referring to....

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/251311?q=Amanda+Clayton

Comment #5

JoeBigLotto — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:36:44 GMT

The state of NY is not really smart. The best thing to do is charge winners that owe a maximum of 10 to 15 percent at a time extra and let the winners enjoy their remaining money. Because winners are lossers too they don't win all the time. This way the state legally put middle dealers out of business. They are in business now because the state is too greedy to collect every penny . Remember never over fish the ocean so fish carefully so players won't mind your little shark bite off .

Comment #4

OneTrickpony — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:48:23 GMT

I remember that story. She won $1 million, then couldn't understand why everyone was up in arms about her still using food stamps. I think she died of a drug overdose not long after she was charged with welfare fraud. Sad.

Comment #3

Ron5995 — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:37:09 GMT

Easiest way to avoid such problems is to play games with prizes of $600 or less. One can play multiple times to win more than that, such as $10 worth of Pick-3 straight tickets for the same number to win $5K total.

Obviously, many players are seeking to hit the big one, so playing small isn't an ideal option. In which case, it's likely best to play super-large so that the prize will more than cover whatever is owed to the government, etc while leaving a bundle of cash remaining. The proposed... [ More ]

Comment #2

wander73 — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:49:06 GMT

I didn't get to read all of it. However it was mentioned they want to hit big. They want to spend money everyday yet they complain about other things. That's not good. I recall someone in Michigan who was on welfare kept it even after winning then finally was kicked off because the state obviously knew about it. The article might be archived in this site somewhere.

Comment #1

Raven62 — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:42:00 GMT

The government collects taxes to finance public assistance programs. this program should help reduce Taxes

New York seizes $20 million in lottery prizes from people on public assistance

Lottery Post — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:27:36 GMT

New York state has reclaimed nearly $20 million in lottery prizes since 2013 from winners who had received public assistance in the last 10 years.

The little-known program, one of the toughest of its kind in the country, has grabbed back prizes from an estimated 30,000 winners in the last four years.

At least six other states have similar programs, but New York is the only state that seizes prizes of those on public assistance, experts said. Other programs take back unpaid child support pa... [ More ]