$699.8 million Powerball winner from California steps forward to claim jackpot

Comment #16

KY Floyd — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:57:57 GMT

Apparently California reduces the State budget for education by the same amount that it gets from the lottery

That's how it works in a lot of places. They tell you truthfully that the money from one pocket will go to some particular place, but then they quietly take less money out of the other pocket. Besides the lotteries the same thing can happen with money from vehicle registrations, hunting licenses, or any other ways states collect revenue in addition to taxes.

Comment #15

redaxe — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 21:30:44 GMT

If Lotteries didn't exist what would education be lacking? Just curious, not meaning to sound snarky..ooops

Comment #14

Rexer90 — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:07:29 GMT

Apparently California reduces the State budget for education by the same amount that it gets from the lottery use it elsewhere so it does no good whatsoever.

Comment #13

hearsetrax — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:55:12 GMT

couldn't have put it any better myself, Rdg

Comment #12

eddessaknight — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:52:32 GMT

Wish you the same luck,rdgrnr, should help moving expenses for about anywhere you want to escape to......

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:37:04 GMT

Now he can afford to get the heck out of California.

You can't get luckier than that.

Comment #10

Ranett — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 19:51:40 GMT

Well done Godfrey.

Comment #9

TheMeatman2005 — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:26:35 GMT

Exactly

Comment #8

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:24:03 GMT

Well, you know that's not chump change he won. Maybe he was getting his ducks in a row? Being smart about it. If I won that kind of money I wouldn't be scampering to Austin the next day. I'd be meeting with my tax adviser, my financial adviser, etc.

Comment #7

fellini — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:39:13 GMT

Yeah I wonder what he was doing for two months

Comment #6

Mata Garbo — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 03:13:23 GMT

Mr. Godfrey has the patience of a leopard in a tree. How on earth was he able to sit on a 700 million dollar ticket for almost 2 months without going insane thinking that somehow he would lose the ticket? I would not have been able to sleep, work or go out on dates. Every day I would have been worried sick. The only thing that wpuld have given me peace of mind would have been putting it in a safe deposit box at a bank. Anywhere else I would have not felt comfortable. 2 months is a long time. Con... [ More ]

Comment #5

Raven62 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 21:54:10 GMT

Congrats to the Winner

Comment #4

Stack47 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 21:38:47 GMT

the lottery is supposed to help education

Where lottery profits are spent differ from state to state. In PA most of the profits go to older Pennsylvanians and it looks like none of their net 23% profit money goes directly to education. In some states the money goes into college scholarship funds and one or two actually have quota systems and expect the lottery to lower prize payouts to meet it.

I agree with your education comments; it should be much more than teaching kids how to say woul... [ More ]

Comment #3

Bleudog101 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 20:55:18 GMT

Congratulations to this huge winner. Didn't realize my birthday and upcoming age were among the #'s of the winning ticket...12 15...and double 66

Comment #2

Mobile Merchant — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 20:47:48 GMT

Congrats to Mr. Scott Godfrey and family! I can imagine he and his family will be having a Merry Merry Christmas and deservedly so. Now, to all the nay saysers who thinks that buying quick picks are a waste of time and money i am afraid you may want to rethink your views on that notion. As another lottery post member opioned.... you don't have to buy all the combinations just the winning one and as luck would have it this gentleman surely did

Comment #1

Tony Numbers — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 20:41:50 GMT

Funny how the lottery is supposed to help education, yet education depts. are all crying poverty. The students are lagging behind. Someone is getting rich off the lottery money.

$699.8 million Powerball winner from California steps forward to claim jackpot

Lottery Post — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 20:27:06 GMT

The winner of the seventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history now has a name

Includes audio report

By Kate Northrop

The California Lottery announced on Thursday that the winner of the largest jackpot ever won in the state was finally claimed by a winning ticketholder from Morro Bay.

Just a few months ago in October, the nearly $700 million Powerball jackpot had lottery players across the country on the edge of their seats. Now, there is finally a name to the winner of the fif... [ More ]