How do you claim a $267,000,000 prize?

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Amazing Grace — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:38:43 GMT

you go with a smile. dont tell anyone you have the ticket though.

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nannyn — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:34:25 GMT

Sure, that's the obvious thing to do once you have a winning ticket...

What's for sure, though, I am not going to hire an attorney just

to find out.... beforehand.

I would like to learn more about this, and I'm sure most of those

reading this post feel the same way. I think it would be nice if

someone knowledgeable were to share this type of info here.

I just read an interesting news story mentioning that the lucky one

from Lyons, Ohio went about claiming his prize ($270M) by setti... [ More ]

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LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:41:06 GMT

you get a real good lawyer i guess,lol

How do you claim a $267,000,000 prize?

nannyn — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:43:02 GMT

Imagine you are as lucky as the guy in Michigan who won such an amount...

How do you go about claiming this huge a prize? I mean can you imagine the security issues that immediately would come up to grab your attention? So, just like so many of us, I am interested to know what a proper, well thought out strategy would be. I mean, you don't walk up to the claiming office and just hand out your $267M ticket - the only document in existence that indicates you are the winner - to the first lotter... [ More ]