Wisconsin truck driver lands $1 million "big one" in the lottery while on route in Virginia

Comment #10

dromt — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 03:01:12 GMT

I agree! When I won $1,000,000 on 500X the Cash in Florida, the lump sum payout was $820,000.00 and after taxes it was about $475,000.

Now when you hit a $1,000,000 the lump sum on the new tickets are $640,000.00 and minus taxes will net you about $370,000.

Comment #9

Artist77 — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:55:28 GMT

Offsetting credits and no double state taxation.

Comment #8

sdw1000 — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 01:19:20 GMT

Good for him. But now he has to pay Virginia and Wisconsin taxes

Comment #7

dickblow — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:15:48 GMT

really I did same thing nothing waste my money

Comment #6

JustMaybe — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:36:42 GMT

Full disclosure - I am not yet buying $100 worth of lottery tickets a day because I did not win anything last night

Onward we go.

Comment #5

JustMaybe — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:35:13 GMT

Patrick opted for the 30 year annuity payment which comes in at $33,333 a year before taxes.

After taxes am not sure that would be enough to do that, but if it is that would be awesome

Comment #4

sully16 — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 07:26:05 GMT

Congrats Patrick, you can trade you truck in for a mobile home and see the Country at your leisure.

Comment #3

JustMaybe — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:57:06 GMT

I am so happy for Patrick. That is a decent win.

I would really struggle to dish out $50 for a single ticket, let's not even talk about getting two of them

But, should I win tonight's PB jackpot, I would spend $100 every day on different games.

That would be $36,500 a year, not a bad dent

Now how about I get my PB ticket

Comment #2

winterhug — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:00:57 GMT

Actually the Virginia lottery has four $50 scratch-offs with different amounts for the top prize. It just depends on what top prize one is willing to accept for the price of the ticket.

500X The Money = top prize 7M

$326,000,000 Fortune= top prize 5M

Gold Rush= top prize 1M -- This is the one the guy purchased

Cash Surge= top prize 10K

Maryland has a $10 scratch-off with the top prize being $200. As you can imagine very few people buy this one.

Comment #1

billybucks — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:59:30 GMT

Top prize for a 50.00 scratch ticket is only one million and now they want you to take it over 30 years. Of course no one would do that but the 500k cash seems rather low to me. Shouldn't it be 670k with taxes knocking it down to around 460k. I would think twice about playing the Virginia lottery. Actually wouldn't have to think twice about it.

Wisconsin truck driver lands $1 million "big one" in the lottery while on route in Virginia

Lottery Post — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:34:42 GMT

A lucky occurrence hundreds of miles from home

By Kate Northrop

A truck driver from Wisconsin was on his regular route through Virginia when he stopped and landed the big one a $1 million prize in the lottery.

A Wisconsin truck driver's route was anything but regular last week when he won a $1 million lottery prize during a routine stop.

Driving through Virginia is very familiar to Patrick Golz, who frequents the state while working as a truck driver. One day, he stopped for gas... [ More ]