N.C. woman takes $8 million lottery prize as $400,000 a year annuity

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welington — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 21:03:48 GMT

@bluedog101 She is 53 years old

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sweetie7398 — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:50:38 GMT

Very smart decision. Congratulations

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dickblow — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:52:33 GMT

congrats to her lucky too first time wow

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play4shekels — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:56:35 GMT

Enough money to be happy, not so much that everyone and their brother can beg you to tears for a loan . And if they do, you just pull out the inflation card... Sorry, but I never get a raise and twenty years from now, I'll be lucky if this money buys half of what it used to.

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Justing618 — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 03:11:13 GMT

Smart lady. This is what I'm gonna do if I get lucky. I wish I could hear from someone took annunity payments. I gotta Lotta questions........

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noise-gate — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:25:04 GMT

* Agreed. Should she screw up in her first year with her $400K via bad investments or decisions, she has 19 more years to get it right!.

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journey4780 — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:56:53 GMT

KUDOS to her!! Congrats!!

I would do the same thing, dont need to make big decisions with lots of money and ppl targets you!!

This is very much manageable, bc if I should ever win such large amount of money, I too will take annual payments and place monies in a TRUST.

God bless her

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:50:04 GMT

Congratulations to her.

Wonder how old she is? 20 or so years ago before researching annual payments tax liability, I'd have taken annual payments too. Now I'm older and wiser that idea is gone---plus none of my plays have that option

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Powerball765 — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:05:34 GMT

Am very Proud of her Decision $400,000 per year for 20 years is like being on Vacation for 20 years. If you are happy with your annuity then take it. It won't stop you from making investments just that never use your money to fund any investment lol congratulations

N.C. woman takes $8 million lottery prize as $400,000 a year annuity

Lottery Post — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:04:53 GMT

A North Carolina woman tried her luck on a $50 scratch-off and won the $8 million top prize that she will collect in $400,000 annual payments for 20 years.

Latonya Rayford of Charlotte bought her lucky $8 Million Money Maker ticket from the BP Food Mart on West Sugar Creek Road in Charlotte.

When Rayford arrived at lottery headquarters Monday to collect her winnings, she had a decision to make. She could choose to receive her prize as an annuity of $400,000 a year over 20 years or a lump... [ More ]