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Tennessee may cap lottery winnings at $600 for poorReply
I am outrage at the fact that some of you people say that asistance shouldn't be given the poor and needy. where your compassion this maybe the land of milk and honey but we still have people sleeping on the street and children that goes to bed hungry The people should be OUTRAGE in Tenn.at this injustice bestowed upon them by lottery official. Yes if anyone on welfare as you put it wins the lottery they should get their money just like any one else. what the HELL wrong with you people agreeing
Apr 8, 2009, 9:50 pm - louise black - Lottery News

Lottery tickets may soon be sold on military basesNews Story
More than 178,000 retail outlets across 41 states and the District of Columbia sell state lottery tickets. Last year these retailers earned more than $3 billion in commissions on ticket sales of almost $49 billion.Military exchanges want a piece of that action.Congress is weighing a first-ever proposal from the Department of Defense to amend current law to allow lottery ticket sales in stateside exchanges, except where such sales would pinch the businesses of blind vendors already selling lotter
Sep 12, 2005, 8:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

My Calc for Welfare Shift form Players to Corp for BGMM 2nd
Assume Fair Gambling!Payout =$ Bet x1/CombinationsPayout =$ Bet xOddBG 2nd Tier Price Should bePayout =$1 x1/2,179,296Payout =$2,179,296BG MM 2nd Tier Price Should bePayout =$1 x1/2,649,920Payout =$2,649,920BG Corp Adv %=($2,179,296 -$150,000)/$2,179,296=93.117%BG MM Corp Adv %=($2,649,920 -$175,000)/$2,649,920=93.396%Players advantage % is 100% -corp's adv %. As corp's adv % increase, players adv % decrease. Therefore, welfare loss form players to corp.If BG MM didn't ripe you off, corp's adv i
May 16, 2002, 1:15 pm - Gamma Ray - Lottery Discussion Forum

Loopholes allow some Michigan lottery winners to stay on welfareReply
I am sorry to hear about that. I hope everything worked out for you. I once worked in a welfare office as a caseworker and I believe your story. We had a very high turnover of caseworkers in my office in fact, they'd hire 15-30 every month, most of whom didn't stay long. Most treated the job as a survival job or just a stepping stone to something better. Many were lax in doing their jobs and most didn't care. I'm sure there are some good caseworkers out there and in fact, there were many i
Apr 16, 2013, 10:21 pm - PrisonerSix - Lottery News

Lottery bill could limit winner's takeReply
Did it ever occur to these lawmakers that these people are playing to get OFF welfare. Did it ever occur to you to consider the odds that they'll get off welfare that way? The lotteries generally pay out 50 cents on the dollar, and jackpots have odds starting at about 10 million to 1. On average it takes $10 million to win a jackpot of $5 million. If you think it makes sense to let people who claim to need government assistance to get by to spend $10 million so that one of them can win a ja
Oct 20, 2010, 3:50 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Florida grandmother says state agency's mistake cost her lottery winningsReply
All it takes is a dollar and a dream, and I'd say she at least had a dollar. She wasnt collecting welfare, she was collecting child support, big difference. Usually if you owe money on welfare and hit the lottery, the state takes what you owe and gives you the rest. Apparently her winnings were not much, as it looks like it was less than about 2500 and they took all of it. So I guess it covers the amount they claim she owes
Jul 9, 2019, 1:33 pm - Bluegal1 - Lottery News

Bill would send NC lottery winner info to food stamp officeReply
Maybe it was two years ago or so, but there was a story about a woman who won a million dollars. At the time she was collecting welfare payments and she continued to receive those payments even after she won. When authorities asked her why she continued to receive welfare she said something like....I was entitled. LOL! I think NC is more concerned about someone winning 50K, 100K or more, not a measly 2,500.
Jun 18, 2016, 6:52 am - LiveInGreenBay - Lottery News

Some on welfare bet big on Maine lottery in pursuit of life-changing winReply
Please don't knock people being on welfare and buying lottery tickets. The lottery is aimed at the poor whether you are working or not. It is the poor working class that buys the bulk of the lottery tickets. How many times do you think that poor people trying to GET RICH missed paying a bill or taken good food out of the mouths of thier children because of buying a lottery ticket???? The people who buy the bulk of the tickets have one foot in the unemployment line or the welfare arena.
Dec 17, 2015, 6:45 pm - pick4master - Lottery News

NC Powerball winner identifies herselfReply
Yeah now your taxes can be diverted to pay for the mess that Duke energy dumped into the rivers that we the tax payers have to pay to clean up!!! Thank Jesus for corporate welfare, the only welfare worth paying for!!
Feb 18, 2015, 9:55 am - Shelby Mustang - Lottery News

Florida lottery kicks off campaign to protect customers from dishonest clerksReply
Another factor is perhaps some of the winners were welfare recipients and didn't want to jeopardize their monthly Government support by declaring their lottery win. From what I have read, Lottery winnings are reported to not only the IRS but most government social welfare programs.
Jun 19, 2014, 4:52 pm - Drenick1 - Lottery News