"I want to win for YOU." Ohio woman wins $1 million in lottery for her husband

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Bleudog101 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:33:17 GMT

IDK about Ohio, and has been forever since I hit a slot jackpot on $5K We'd play in Indiana as KY didn't have gaming facilities. They would automatically take IN's 3.4% which you'd get every penny back when filing. The law has changed to anything over $2K is federally taxed (vs old $1200). Two Congressfolks pre covid wanted it increased to $5K, but the IRS just went up $800 effective this past January. Anyway if I'm correct, and who knows (?) if you hit for over $10K Federal withholding is autom... [ More ]

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ayenowitall — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:25:34 GMT

The Cash Option has a cash value of $500,000 before taxes .

Federal Withholding (24%): $120,000

Ohio State Withholding (2.75%): $13,750

Actual Net Take-Home Check: $366,250 (The reported $366,625 might not be quite right.)

If you want the million, you have to take the annuity of $40,000 a year for 25 years. You'll still have to pay taxes.

Know before you play.

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johnnyBlaze — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:03:54 GMT

I want to win for St. Judes. I'm going to manifest the Powerball tonight.

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FrostyGambling — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:25:03 GMT

This is awesome. I am going to make a code word to tell my wife as well lol!

Also what a hot streak winning slots right before winning a massive scratcher

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CHLOE$76 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:40:31 GMT

I xame here to say that.how in the world they got less than half .no way taxes at that yo unless he owes irs already

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Cruzincat — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:52:23 GMT

And when the lotteries advertise, We've paid out over x number of dollars to winners , you can bet they only use the annuity numbers in their addition.

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Jackpot777 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:51:09 GMT

The front of the ticket says Win up to $1,000,000*. Notice the asterisk? Their website says $40K/YR FOR 25 YRS and I would hope it says the same thing on the ticket. Does it show what the cash option amount is? It doesn't on the website.

Are they advertising $1,000,000* because it looks like a bigger prize and it attracts more in sales? Are they hoping to fool some people who aren't paying attention?

Our $10 tickets are advertised as up to $250,000 and $200,000. It seems more honest wi... [ More ]

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Tony Numbers — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:39:05 GMT

366K take home from a One million dollar prize? I think the lottery is benefitting more than the players!! Really unfair the player is absorbing all the risk and the facilitators collect free money.

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Lotto Motto — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:57:07 GMT

This is so heartwarming and funny, lol. I wonder if she said, Meet me at Fricker's during her first phone call to him if he would have automatically assumed that she was joking! Congratulations on their roughly $366,000 take home winnings, hope they remember to pay taxes on the take home winnings as well.

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Bleudog101 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:54:23 GMT

Beautiful story! They have good heads on their shoulders paying off the house. Much better than the measly tax write off from the IRS.

Penny slots sound cheap, but they can be expensive to play. We go once week and that's all we play. Months ago a guy on a penny slot was playing 10 cents @ $12.50/hit. I screamed when he got the bonus feature and Mega jackpot came up==$138K

"I want to win for YOU." Ohio woman wins $1 million in lottery for her husband

Lottery Post — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:23:14 GMT

Ohio woman's wish to take pressure off her partner comes true

By Kate Northrop

After an Ohio couple came up with a code phrase they'd use in case they'd ever won the lottery, and when one of them won a $1 million prize, it went by the wayside.

An Ohio man said his wife manifested a $1 million prize when she vowed to win the lottery to take pressure off him because of his long hours at work.

Husband and wife Brian and Kimberlin always dreamed of winning the lottery together. In ca... [ More ]