N.J. Powerball winner comes forward to claim $338M jackpot

To: nascarnation

"Is citizenship required to legally purchase a lottery ticket in NJ?"

I can't imagine that.

I go to Spain, Mexico and other places that have national lotteries.

I don't play lotteries, but I know that I'm welcome to do so, am approached to buy tickets in "El Gordo" and other games all the time, and I know everyone in these countries would expect that I be honored and protected as a winner.

Same here in my home state. We'll sell you lottery tickets regardless of where you're from and we run an honest game. Plus, we'll sell you cigarettes and beer for less than you would pay anywhere else in New England. With no bottle deposit. That's right. No container deposit at all.

Wait, it gets even better.

There's no state income tax. None at all on earned income.

There's no sales tax either. No sales tax and free two day shipping if you have Amazon Prime.

I crossed the border at St. Albans on my way back into the States last summer and the customs guy asked,

"What are you bringing back from Canada?"

"Nothing." I replied.

"You spent two months in Canada and you bought nothing to bring home?"

"Yeah, that's right. I live in tax free New Hampshire and have Amazon Prime. What the hell do I want to bring back from Canada?"

Oh, I guess here's the kicker.

You can hunt on Sunday in NH.

21 posted on 03/25/2013 6:27:39 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)

To: nascarnation

All the more reason to see a lawyer and accountant. Maybe even have the lawyer sign the papers and pick up the check for you rather than get stuck in a press conference.

22 posted on 03/25/2013 6:27:51 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)

23 posted on 03/25/2013 6:28:33 PM PDT by EDINVA

I have Amazon Prime too.
Are we allowed to mention that on FR?

24 posted on 03/25/2013 6:30:41 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)

To: ClearBlueSky

I don’t think an illegal could own a bodega with all the regs in NJ.

25 posted on 03/25/2013 6:32:58 PM PDT by EDINVA

To: nascarnation

Fred C Dobbs was an illegal immigrant in Mexico when he won the lottery (see Bogie in Treasure of the Sierra Madre)...but desperadoes got him in the end.

26 posted on 03/25/2013 6:57:06 PM PDT by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)

Pedro, you're a dunce. Anyone who wins that much money and then tells the world his name, his age and where he lives is just a marked man. He's going to be miserable.

If you ever win, change your phone number, get a PO box, get a lawyer and an accountant, set up a charitable foundation and never, ever, ever hold a press conference to announce you won.

27 posted on 03/25/2013 7:18:50 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)

Give him 1 million and seize the rest for redistribution. Oh, and then tax the 1 mill.

28 posted on 03/25/2013 8:49:59 PM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)

He’ll likely be dead in 12 months.

29 posted on 03/30/2013 6:33:22 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)

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