Fort Lauderdale trucker hits the jackpot

Comment #7

CASH Only — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:14:14 GMT

hitchaser:the whole million 20 years from now won't be worth nearly a whole million today.

Comment #6

hitchaser — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:31:37 GMT

dear players,the truck driver didn't really win a million dollars. he won the right to earn one million dollars provided that he takes an annual sum of $50,000 a year for the next 20 years before taxes (federal and state). if he doesn't take that option and decides to redeem the whole value of his winning ticket, it is only worth less than half a million dollars and, when taxes are taken out, perhaps no more than a third of one million. in short, he isn't choosing between a million today and a... [ More ]

Comment #5

MrSteel01 — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 05:24:19 GMT

http://www.pigstye.net/iraq/wd.php?sort= page=8

Comment #4

fxdwg — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:00:53 GMT

give me the cash option the only way to win

Comment #3

whodeani — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:09:34 GMT

That $1 million isn't going to be worth $1 million 20 years from now. He should have taken the cash. When will people ever learn

Comment #2

CASH Only — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:09:25 GMT

Another winner turned loser.

Comment #1

fja — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:40:14 GMT

for a guy thats hooked on the lottery that much, annuity seemed like the smart way to go

Fort Lauderdale trucker hits the jackpot

Lottery Post — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:35:50 GMT

Florida's newest millionaire is a Fort Lauderdale truck driver, a habitual lottery player whose stepdaughter figures the $1 million in winnings may just get him even. He's been buying them his whole life. This is just all the money he's spent on them, said Kandice Marks, whose stepfather, Donald Ritacco, was driving back from Tallahassee on Monday.Ritacco, 48, bought his $10 ticket for the Florida Lottery's $1,000,000 Cash Spectacular scratch-off game Thursday at a Marathon gas station on Sta... [ More ]