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Powerball: Single ticket sold in New Hampshire wins $570 million jackpot
CBS News ^ | 1/7/2018 | Peter Martinez

Posted on 01/07/2018 6:09:32 AM PST by simpson96

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To: Durus

True but it would seem to take some time and some legal heavy lifting.

I’m thinking most folks who win aren’t always that sophisticated and the state lottery commissions probably aren’t that helpful in keeping them anonymous as they want the publicity of a real live, “ordinary” person standing up at a press conference holding the big check.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertpagliarini/2016/01/12/how-to-remain-anonymous-if-you-win-the-lottery/#3ab7990e3064


41 posted on 01/07/2018 9:12:07 AM PST by Az Joe (Gloria in excelsis Deo)
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To: mad_as_he$$

2 bucks won’t by a cup of ....


42 posted on 01/07/2018 9:13:15 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Az Joe

I’d call my Local Tony Soprano’s Crew.
Good for some laughs!


43 posted on 01/07/2018 9:15:32 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Az Joe

Forming an LLC isn’t really legal heavy lifting, but ya a lawyer should be the first person a lottery winner talks to, particularly before the lottery commission. They just want a PR spectacle and damn the consequences.


44 posted on 01/07/2018 9:16:06 AM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Durus

Reading through that article seemed to lay out a hard path but it would certainly be worth the effort. I would just hate to hang onto the ticket and not come forward right away while all the legal machinations were carried out. My inclination would be to cash it in asap fearing I would lose it or die or something


45 posted on 01/07/2018 9:34:54 AM PST by Az Joe (Gloria in excelsis Deo)
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To: simpson96

I’ve read that most big lottery winners are in bankruptcy court within a few years of winning.If I won I’d give 5 million to family,keep 5 million for myself and give the rest to charities working in Africa.


46 posted on 01/07/2018 9:56:52 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Remember: All Cultures Are Equal!)
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To: RipSawyer
On the other hand, if you don’t buy lottery tickets your chance of losing money on the lottery is zero, otherwise it is near one hundred percent, something like 99.999999 per cent.

The amount of entertainment I can get for the cost of a $2 Powerball ticket is far greater than any similar investment, with the added bonus that I have a slight chance of winning a pile of money, and I can earn the $2 in a few minutes doing something useful and productive rather than crapping on other people's fun on FR.

47 posted on 01/07/2018 9:57:55 AM PST by calenel (The Democratic Party is a Criminal Enterprise. It is the Progressive Mafia.)
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To: Leep

You could at least splurge and get a Costco card. Go all out.


48 posted on 01/12/2018 3:33:29 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets; Drew68

At that point, Lawyers, guns and money solves most of those problems. Says warren zevon.


49 posted on 01/12/2018 3:38:25 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: Yaelle

Then after cashing in the ticket, try not to become incorporeal.


50 posted on 01/12/2018 3:42:22 PM PST by Redcitizen
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