Michigan woman learns she won $5M lottery prize while scrolling Facebook

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Curious22 — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:00:08 GMT

Are the taxes deducted from the $5 million dollar payment or the $3.2 million dollar amount

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EdG1955 — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:22:57 GMT

Minus about 45% for Federal and state taxes, of course. Even then, a nice ROI.

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brees2012 — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:42:32 GMT

Congrats to the Winner !!!!

It has to feel good to win it , so close to Christmas

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music* — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:34:43 GMT

Merry Christmas to this lucky woman! Now she can pay cash for all the gifts that she will give on 12/25/2019.

$3.2 million is a good return on the purchase of her ticket.

Michigan woman learns she won $5M lottery prize while scrolling Facebook

Lottery Post — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:20:34 GMT

A woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, says she had no idea she'd won a $5 million Lotto 47 prize until she was on Facebook the night after the drawing.

I usually only buy Lotto 47 tickets when the jackpot gets over $10 million, said the player, who chose to remain anonymous. When I was at the store, I saw the jackpot was only at $5 million, but I decided to get a ticket anyway.

The night after the drawing, I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a news station had posted that someone... [ More ]