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Single Michigan mom, 24, with two jobs wins $66 MILLION lottery
NY Daily News ^ | 7/31/14 | Sasha Goldstein

Posted on 08/01/2014 4:52:42 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Kelsey Zachow bought the ticket on Friday the 13th last month, but didn't even know she had the winning slip until 11 days later. The mom of a 7-month-old, Zachow will take home $27 million in the lump sum payment after taxes, and plans to quit her jobs.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: gambling; michigan; rich
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To: Durus
She already made a gigantic mistake by publicly claiming it and having her picture taken.

Not sure about Michigan, but in Pennsylvania it says clearly on the ticket that you agree to let the Lottery Commission use your name and likeness for promotional purposes as a condition of claiming the prize.


41 posted on 08/01/2014 5:35:25 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: kevkrom

I’d add a third professional to financial planner and accountant, too - get a good lawyer to help you get things set up the way you want or need them.


42 posted on 08/01/2014 5:36:14 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: driftdiver

Unfortunately bump.


43 posted on 08/01/2014 5:37:42 AM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

See my 37. People have been creating LLCs and Trusts to collect winnings for years. Look up past winners of megabucks or powerball, and you will see that a good portion of them do not have anything other than the name of the trust/LLC and if there is a picture it’s of the lawyer/agent collecting the symbolic check.


44 posted on 08/01/2014 5:38:07 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Politicalkiddo
I concur. If I were to win the lotto, then I wouldn’t tell anybody I couldn’t trust.

I'd bet it's practically a requirement that winners participate in the publicity because that's advertising to sell more lottery tickets in the future.

45 posted on 08/01/2014 5:40:38 AM PDT by Will88
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To: BenLurkin

She’s pretty cute!


46 posted on 08/01/2014 5:40:40 AM PDT by Cheapskate
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To: SoFloFreeper

:: and plans to quit her jobs ::

Not always the best of decisions when one is the beneficiary of the lottery.


47 posted on 08/01/2014 5:41:04 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: kevkrom

vtinx or vwinx or 50/50 each and kick back


48 posted on 08/01/2014 5:44:27 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
I stole this from another FReeper's home page ...

I think it would fit for a lottery winner;


10. You never know when it will strike but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.


Probably immediately after clocking in, is my guess.

49 posted on 08/01/2014 5:44:36 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Congratulations to her! I hope she makes proper financial decisions that allow her and her children to have a lifetime of positivity as a result of the win.
50 posted on 08/01/2014 5:45:17 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Mom MD

So she can win 66mil.
2 jobs, its her money,not like she bought a dollar ticket with an EBT card.


51 posted on 08/01/2014 5:46:08 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: George from New England

How do you know she has one?


52 posted on 08/01/2014 5:46:53 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Mom MD

hey- don’t talk about my future wife like that...


53 posted on 08/01/2014 5:47:02 AM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: kevkrom

Saw a show once about a guy who won a big lottery and did things right. He took the lump sum and hired financial planners to help him invest most of it. After everything was said and done, including blowing a few million for fun, he arrived at the point where after taxes he was earning $3000 a day for the rest of his life. That was his rule: Don’t spend more than $3000 a day.
Think about that- every day you wake up with $3000 added to your bank account. Any you have left over at the end of the day is added to tomorrow’s $3000 and it never stops.
I think I could live like that.


54 posted on 08/01/2014 5:48:01 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Mr. K
slacker ...

"Her beau of three years has been unemployed for nearly a year."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/single-michigan-mom-24-jobs-wins-66-million-lottery-article-1.1887780#ixzz398ztzYa0

55 posted on 08/01/2014 5:48:38 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: servo1969

I would demand spiritual counseling/direction ...


56 posted on 08/01/2014 5:49:59 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s called present value. There is even a function in excel to calculate it.


57 posted on 08/01/2014 5:51:04 AM PDT by wordsofearnest (Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis)
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To: Durus

Have never seen that in PA. Even in cases where ten co-workers go in together on a Powerball ticket the state holds a press conference with all ten.


58 posted on 08/01/2014 5:52:22 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: knarf

I’ve always had the thought that I would notify my employer that “my circumstances have changed and I’d prefer to stay on as a ‘contract staffing employee’ for the short term to assist in any transition efforts”.

Slow transition is better than telling your boss (i) to pound sand, (ii) to piss up a rope and (iii) your wife is lousy in bed.


59 posted on 08/01/2014 5:54:56 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Yes! LOL


60 posted on 08/01/2014 5:55:15 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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