Who has the Golden Ticket?

[LoKyBuckeye]

I'm hoping it was someone here on BP that won because I need to borrow some money....

LINK

Record Jackpot Winner May Not Rush Forward

(AP) LINCOLN, Neb. Someone, somewhere held the only winning ticket for the record $365 million Powerball jackpot, but likely wasn't in a rush to come forward, Nebraska lottery officials said Sunday.

The only ticket matching the winning numbers drawn Saturday night for the multistate lottery was sold at a U-Stop convenience store in Lincoln, Nebraska Lottery spokesman Brian Rockey said.

It was the biggest jackpot on record for any lottery in the United States.

No one had come forward to claim the jackpot Sunday, Rockey said.

"We don't know if the winner knows yet," he said.

Even when the lucky individual or group realizes it, they might not leap into the public eye.

"We have found ... that they tend to wait until they have sought legal counsel or financial counsel," Jim Haynes, acting director of the Nebraska Lottery, said of large jackpot winners.

Whoever it is, U-Stop store clerk Stacey Carey has a message for them.

"If I sold the ticket to 'em I hope they'd share in the winnings — at least, even one-tenth of a percent would suit me just fine," Carey told AP Radio in a telephone interview.

Rockey said lottery officials planned to go to the store Sunday to verify the sale, which would entitle the store owner to a $50,000 bonus.

The store was swarmed with reporters and customers Sunday, said owner Mick Mandl.

"Everybody wants to talk to us," he said. "They're excited."

The winning numbers drawn Saturday were 15, 17, 43, 44 and 48, with a Powerball number of 29, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association of Des Moines, Iowa, which runs the game for the participating states.

The ticket holder has the option of taking the money in one lump sum or installments over 30 years. The cash option is $177.3 million, or $124.1 million after taxes. On the installment plan, the first payment would be $6,507,986 after taxes.

The previous U.S. lottery jackpot record was $363 million for the Big Game, the forerunner of Mega Millions. That was won by two ticket holders in Illinois and Michigan in 2000. Powerball's previous record jackpot, $340 million, was won by an Oregon family in October.

Powerball is played in 28 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

[exhawg]

I'm hoping my office wins the Mega Millions here soon. I'm already planning what I'll do with the 4-5 mil.

 

[BuckBackHome]

A million bucks a day. That is a concept I cannot get my head around.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

i didn't want it anyways. it's probly only like 280 million after taxes

 

[craigw99]

I'm hoping my office wins the Mega Millions here soon. I'm already planning what I'll do with the 4-5 mil.

Yeah, today is the first day my office plays, we only play when it gets above 150 million.

My close circle of friends and I have an agreement that if we ever win a multi-million dollar jackpot or anything, that we will pay off eachothers student loans, and buy eachother one car each.

 

[Thump]

i didn't want it anyways. it's probly only like 280 million after taxes

Less.

The cash option is $177.3 million, or $124.1 million after taxes.

 

[jwinslow]

Less.

I think that's the one time payment option

 

[tedginn05]

These idiots never made much sense to me. They have the winning ticket and wait 4 months before turning it in. If that was me, i would turn it in the next day.

 

[jwinslow]

I'd offer to give them 20 million back if they could give it to me anonymously. Put it in an offshore account that I could drain from time to time.

 

[AJHawkfan]

I don't blame them for laying low. I would too. It would take quite a while to get everything in order before being thrust into the public eye like that.

And I sure as hell wouldn't bring it the the damn quickie mart or wherever I bought it.

 

[exhawg]

I don't blame them for laying low. I would too. It would take quite a while to get everything in order before being thrust into the public eye like that.

And I sure as hell wouldn't bring it the the damn quickie mart or wherever I bought it.

I would never come forward. With that much money on the line you can go through a lawyer. If anyone you know finds out that you won that much money you will never hear the end of it. It would probably be best to say you got a job someplace else and move there to live the good life. Just come back and visit every once and a while.

 

[Thump]

I think that's the one time payment option

Would still be around $195 million if they picked the payment plan.

 

[exhawg]

Would still be around $195 million if they picked the payment plan.

With that much money you should make more than $10 million a year on interest. Their family is pretty much set for eternity now.

 

[daddyphatsacs]

I'd lay low, there is no way in hell I'd want anyone knowing that I won that much money, especially if I had kids.

I've always said that I'd buy a golf course if I hit the lotto.

 

[buckeyefool]

Hey how has everyone been? Sorry I haven't been around much, I just got back from Lincoln Nebraska. Picked up a Powerball ticket while I was there, still haven't checked the numbers. Anyone know if anyone hit it this weekend?