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$1.9 BILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT SETS WORLD RECORD OF UNIMAGINABLE WEALTHNews Story
Jaw-dropping prize money on the line for Monday drawing Cash option nearly $1 billion By Todd Northrop Last night Powerball didn't just set a new lottery jackpot record, it crushed the old record, putting the concept of a $2 billion lottery jackpot within reach. When the 40th drawing of the current Powerball jackpot run was conducted last night, it produced a combination of numbers that most lottery players typically wouldn't choose on their own: All the numbers except one were
Nov 6, 2022, 7:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

MEGA BILLION LOTTERY DRAWING FRIDAYNews Story
$1.025 BILLION Mega Millions jackpot is 4th largest the world has ever seen Cash value is $602.5 million By Todd Northrop The most commonly-heard phrase this week just might be, Did you get Mega Millions tickets? That's because nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing Tuesday night, sending the Friday jackpot to heights only seen three times before in history. The multi-state game is now sporting a jackpot of more than $1 billion, with a cash value of nearly
Jul 27, 2022, 1:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Editorial: Study of lottery winners still receiving food stamps is flawed but raises good pointsNews Story
Independent group finds that more than 65,000 lottery winners stayed on food stamps after their wins By Kate Northrop An independent group surveyed government data and found that over 65,000 individuals who won significant lottery prizes have continued collecting food stamps. A think tank called the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to all 50 U.S. states for data on lottery winners collecting food stamps since 2019 and found
Oct 23, 2023, 6:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$910 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot making another historic runReply
let me know what your thoughts are after reading the below and the article . I think that getting tax advice for free can be risky. While it's also free, this comes from the state of NJ , which is the state your source thinks might not continue to tax a winner that moves out of state. If you don't want to read it all, How Residents and Nonresidents Are Taxed at the bottom of page 6 says For nonresidents, New Jersey Income Tax liability is based on the percentage of their total income that c
Jul 28, 2023, 5:59 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Delaware woman wins $300,000 on her way home from claiming $100,000 lottery prizeReply
Rhode Island is the smallest state. Will admit the many times driving from being stationed in the greater DC area for eight years to Massachusetts, Delaware seemed to be blink of the eye and you were in New Jersey!
Nov 11, 2022, 11:23 am - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

$1.35 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthReply
Compared to the total sales, Maine had a 0.2% chance of the winning number being sold there. Maine sold about a half million tickets compared to around a combined 73 million tickets in California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Texas. Overall 173 million tickets were sold with over a 50% chance of one winning ticket. There were 351,812,406 tickets sold for the last billion dollar plus MM jackpot in July when the jackpot was slightly lower than on Friday. Wonder if just one winning ti
Jan 14, 2023, 8:48 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Rush of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts officials to raise jackpot estimateReply
Dude, what are you talking about? You act like the winning lottery numbers decide that THEY want to be won buy top businesses and high earning people. Tuesday's jackpot that was 830M, the second prize of 1 million was won by on 9 different tickets. 2 in New York, 2 in New Jersey, 2 in Ohio, 1 in California, 1 in Florida, and 1 in Illinois. A few of these tickets got an extra million because of the added multiplier. The winning numbers were: 7-29-60-63-66-15. These 9 tickets were quick picks whic
Jul 29, 2022, 6:32 am - winterhug - Lottery News

Winner of $95 million Lotto Texas lottery jackpot gamed the odds to winNews Story
New Jersey based group turned the odds to win in their favor By Kate Northrop Around this time one year ago, the Texas Lottery's Lotto Texas jackpot was bursting at the seams, boasting the game's third-largest prize ever at a mouthwatering $95 million. One New Jersey-based group gamed the odds to win the jackpot. Following a seven-month period without a winner, the Lotto Texas jackpot had ballooned to $95 million for the drawing on April 22, 2023, the game's largest in over 12 years.
Apr 28, 2024, 12:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$910 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot making another historic runReply
This is indeed interesting. My understanding has been that tax is based on residence especially for the annuity after the first payment. I have read widely on Taxes and have wanted to know what are the best tax strategies. Unless the CPAs and CFAs are totally wrong, I don't know who to believe. Below is an extract and a link to some articles from Tax Advisors. @KY Floyd: let me know what your thoughts are after reading the below and the article. From a state tax perspective, an
Jul 28, 2023, 8:45 am - JustMaybe - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball offer $1.11 billion in combined lottery jackpotsNews Story
Chance to win $460 million tonight and $650 million tomorrow By Todd Northrop Lottery players have two massive multi-state jackpots to try to win this week, adding up to a whopping $1.11 billion in total. According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $650 million with a cash value of $308.6 million, while tonight's Powerball drawing offers a $460 million estimated jackpot with a cash option of $220.4 million. Powerbal
Mar 4, 2024, 7:20 am - Todd - Lottery News