Lottery winner donates jackpot to church. https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520 Lottery Post Forum Topic: Lottery winner donates jackpot to church. en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Reply #9 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108649 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108649 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:02:54 GMT pacattack05 I think I'll start a church. Lots of fringe benefits.

Bingo night is gonna be very interesting in my church...

]]> pacattack05 Reply #8 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108629 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108629 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:28:22 GMT RJOh According to this article:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2069761/posts

The church will receive $150,000 a year, minus taxes, for 20 years. Because True North, a nondenominational Christian church with 650 members, is a nonprofit, the church can file for refund claims for a portion or all of the taxes withheld by the lottery.

]]> RJOh Reply #7 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108612 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108612 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:55:45 GMT Coin Toss MillionsWanted,

Not sure what they do in Norway, but in the U.S. in order for the person to donate anonymously (which is actually what they did by putting the ticket in the collection basket) they would still have to had cashed the ticket and thus be taxed on it.

]]> Coin Toss Reply #6 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108595 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108595 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:02:02 GMT ThatScaryChick Not all churches and faiths consider gambling a sin.

]]> ThatScaryChick Reply #5 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108557 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108557 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:42:02 GMT myturn08 That is a very noble thing to do, but like someone mention earlier, churches do consider gambling a sin..i wouldnt have dont it...maybe they had it in the bundle of ones and it fell out and they would have felt embarrassed to pull out a lottery ticket while the basket was being passed around in front of everyone

]]> myturn08 Reply #4 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108548 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108548 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:21:21 GMT MillionsWanted The best thing is to donate the money anonymously without telling where the money came from, else they may be rejected.

]]> MillionsWanted Reply #3 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108537 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108537 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:10:01 GMT Stack47 Most churches believe gambling is a sin so the real question is who will take the ticket to the lottery headquarters and cash it

]]> Stack47 Reply #2 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108535 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108535 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:07:21 GMT JackpotWanna I just saw the news. It was a $3,000,000 New York Scratch off. Not many people would have done that, me included. WTG

]]> JackpotWanna Reply #1 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108531 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520/1108531 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:59:43 GMT GamerMom How generous! I wonder how the taxes work on that being as the church is non profit and all.

]]> GamerMom Lottery winner donates jackpot to church. https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/180520 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:09:03 GMT keepitreal A parishioner leaves his winning lottery ticket in the collection plate.

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