California woman claims Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth half-billion dollars

Comment #24

Eighty0uts778 — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:06:26 GMT

Congrats to the winner and store owner as well.

Comment #23

Stack47 — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:21:16 GMT

I must be in the front row! .... Bob Uecker

Comment #22

Bleudog101 — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:45:40 GMT

Pat won't be there. Had read elsewhere that if you go on WOF no selfies, no autographs...bummer.

Stack has to have two WOF scratch tickets and register with KY lottery...probably too late for that. Maybe he'll be there.

Comment #21

noise-gate — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:39:17 GMT

Call up Stack Jeff, have him go along as well,nothing like the ol Meet Greet. I am sure Stack wouldn t mind leaving he s Mountain retreat seeing Vanna in the flesh.

Don't forget to get Vanna Pat s autograph.

Comment #20

Bleudog101 — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:49:52 GMT

Am thinking that since PB was won, MM should take off even faster.

BTW KY lottery is having Miss Vanna White @ the Yum! Center tomorrow night for a Wheel of Fortune party. We're going; hope to meet her

Comment #19

music* — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:33:42 GMT

Bleudog101, Thank You for the compliment. You know about the same amount of info. on LLCs and LLPs.

The winners can now pay for these Asset Protection ideas.

Personally I am waiting for Tuesday's MM drawing. I have begun calling the ATTH at

$100,000,000.00 This latest PB win in Michigan gives us hope that this MM Jackpot can be won now.

Good Luck to all LP Members

Comment #18

TheMeatman2005 — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 02:57:30 GMT

The winner isn't going to open a restaurant, the store that sold the winning ticket is.

The family that owns the store where the winning ticket was sold gets a $1 million bonus. That's the money they want to open a restaurant with.

Adrian Goro's family has sold lottery tickets at the deli mart for almost 30 years but none of their customers have ever won.

For selling the winning ticket, they get a $1 million prize.

My mom runs upstairs screaming and she's like, 'We won the lotto... [ More ]

Comment #17

noise-gate — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 01:55:13 GMT

A valid question would be, will Illinois allow a winner to hold up the oversized ceremonial check dressed up as the good doctor. In this case...Dr. Zaius.

Comment #16

Bleudog101 — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 16:54:41 GMT

Go to FAQ under Illinois lottery. The very last paragraph addresses this issue. In that the very last sentence sums it up. Do I believe they might just skip over the photo-op... absolutely not. They use the wording may be required. Guess that's to cover all bases versus saying are required to hold up oversized ceremonial check....

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HaveABall — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 13:59:18 GMT

Ha ha, because in Illinois there is NO choice to opt out or do partial media. It states so on the back of each lottery ticket.

Comment #14

HaveABall — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 13:52:25 GMT

LOL

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 12:07:01 GMT

Had totally forget about this and that was a good plan she had.

Pay down debt? Heck, pay the bills off. Sounds like having a restaurant is perhaps a passion of theirs. Certainly she's smart enough to get an LLC and an LLP for the restaurant. Our Fresno LP friend is good @ this and can shed more light on what she probably has already done. Come on music

Comment #12

sully16 — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 11:21:55 GMT

Congrats to the lucky lady.

Comment #11

noise-gate — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 05:17:31 GMT

Personally, l have no problem with people winning jackpots Stack, what l cannot understand is the relentless pursuit of lottery officials feeding the press information, and ultimately leading them to where the winner or winners live. This individual probably passed on the photo-shoot, and with good reason, wanting as little as possible to be known about themselves. Where is your secret spot?' l like Laarni's answer though.

A few years back we had a jackpot winner from Southern California as w... [ More ]

Comment #10

Rman313 — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 03:31:04 GMT

Take the money and disappear! That's way to do it

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Soledad — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 03:05:19 GMT

Jackpot winners rarely donate large sums of money. They usually end up bored. And are usually happy only when they go back to working. So yeah man what an idea you have, you have given this woman something to do with her time. Another brilliant idea!!! Wow where do you come up with all of this. Oh right tv.

Comment #8

Stack47 — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 01:34:58 GMT

And speaking of

But she now plans to pay off some debt and buy a home with her new fortune.

She won almost $1/2 billion and plans to pay off some debt

Comment #7

JeetKuneDoLotto — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 20:58:53 GMT

Thats awesome!!!!

I hope she thinks to donate 100 thousand dollars to NEO ...hopefully

to invent a water powered Motorcycle

Comment #6

dpoly1 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:35:46 GMT

A very nice tidy sum!

Congrats

Comment #5

sweetie7398 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:30:24 GMT

Congrats to the winner

Comment #4

noise-gate — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:08:01 GMT

..and people wonder why it took Laarni this long to come forward and claim.

It's one thing to win say nothing unless forced to, it's quite another to case her former residence to tell people where she lived. What's that got to do with anything? l call on that.

Comment #3

Cassie8620 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 17:45:24 GMT

music. i like how, at times, you're breakin' it down.

aw. this is a nice story. open a restaurant right next door. aw. congrats!

a new home comes easier now for them.and no health care fret,fightin' over that, or bills.

love how she assumed it was dad! awww.

how nice, for her. have much family there in san diego,

who also play at times,not alot(dad still think its rigged IF only 1 or few people win)rather than

many per or most states, let a bunch win. etc.al.,

but,... [ More ]

Comment #2

music* — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:25:08 GMT

Congratulations to Laarni Bibal! She gave a statement to the California State Lottery. She chose not to to the media availability nor the photo celebrity. She lives in a gated community.

Laarni chose the cash option. After all taxes are paid by next April 15, 2020 she will end up with $216,657,000.00 The After-Tax Take-Home ATTH.

Congratulations to Adrian Goro and his family for selling the winning ticket. A cool million dollars before taxes is sweet. $1,000,000.00 I do not know what ta... [ More ]

Comment #1

Raven62 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:10:36 GMT

Congrats to the Winner

California woman claims Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth half-billion dollars

Lottery Post — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 12:59:42 GMT

Includes video report

A San Diego woman never has to work another day in her life after cashing in her winning Mega Millions lottery ticket she purchased at a deli near Sorrento Valley.

Laarni Bibal picked up a Quick Pick ticket at the Sorrento Deli Mart at 10920 Roselle Street on June 7. The next day, she heard a winning ticket had been purchased at her favorite store.

My heart started beating really fast, Bibal told the California State Lottery.

Sure enough, the winning numbers 17... [ More ]