NC man glad he didn't throw away losing scratch-off lottery tickets

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cottoneyedjoe — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 07:11:46 GMT

LOL, you should become a copywriter for the NCEL advertising department.

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itpmguru — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:56:51 GMT

Just another feel good story from the North Carolina Extortion Lottery (NCEL). Second change are nothing more than another way for them to track your play habits and what you spend. No thanks, stopped playing scratch offs 2 years ago (at least in NC) and never looked back. Good for him, glad he got something from these NC crooks

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Stack47 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 01:00:53 GMT

But still a very nice pay day

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kao1632 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:30:57 GMT

State tax on $600,000 (5.8% flat rate) $34,800

Federal tax on $600,000 (we'll assume no other income.. ) $187,689.50

$600,000 - $187,689.50 = $412,310.50 ( $424,500 - $412,310.50 = $12,189.50 still to pay federal..

plus state tax... ($34,800)

additional tax to pay $46,989.50

If he has other income, then he owes more (And I'm betting he has other income)

He'll walk out with less than $377, 510.5

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music* — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 18:18:17 GMT

A classic when Derrick Suber exclaimed, Is this really happening?

His student loans and mortgage are history.

Who would say NO to $424,500.00 But beware he might still owe a little bit more to the tax man.

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partlycloudy07 — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 16:30:57 GMT

LOL I have to agree you hear all these feel good stories about people who NEVER played winning big money .....they broadcast it on tv to make sure everyone hears about it why b/c it drives the scratch off ticket sales up . They had a story a few years back about a homeless man that won , the lady who played her Christmas numbers when she went shopping having never played before , least we not forget about the one who won b/c she was told to get out of bed at 9:30 pm go buy the ticket and she end... [ More ]

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 13:59:33 GMT

reddog time for you to win on your NCEL.

Congratulations to the second chance millionaire.

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reddog — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 13:18:08 GMT

I'm glad to see he woke up from the coma that he was in. That ticket has been out since last Aug. and another $30 ticket has joined it also with a second chance drawing. North Carolina Educational Lottery is notorious for writing b.s. feel good stories and that one is on the top of the list. Stores everywhere advertise the second chance drawing for the $30 ticket. The one he won on is the second drawing of three. The recent $30 ticket has it's first second chance drawing the first week of next m... [ More ]

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sully16 — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:49:57 GMT

Congrats to him, love second chance drawings.

NC man glad he didn't throw away losing scratch-off lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:41:36 GMT

A North Carolina man was about to throw three scratch-off lottery tickets away after none of them won much.

Then he saw the second-chance heading on the Colossal Cash tickets, according to a lottery news release on Thursday.

Until I read that, I didn't even know there were second-chance drawings, Derrick Suber of Charlotte told NC Education Lottery officials.

Suber entered his tickets into the $10,000,000 Colossal Cash Second-Chance Drawing on the lottery's website and won $1 million.... [ More ]