NY plumber wins $136M Powerball jackpot, splits it with son

Comment #29

rock_nc — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:07:11 GMT

Comment #28

KY Floyd — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:15:37 GMT

The tax implications depend on whether or not the IRS thinks the guy gave his son a huge gift or that they had a pre-existing agreement to share. If the IRS thinks he gave his son a gift of $25 million they're going to want him to pay gift taxes on about $20 million.

The story doesn't really say anything one way or the other about a pre-existing agreement. The amounts listed in the article are rounded, and the son's share was actually an even 30%, so a pre-existing agreement is certainly poss... [ More ]

Comment #27

lothob — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:22:35 GMT

Congrats to father and son. I would bet that dad will soon change his mind about working

Comment #26

belle$star3! — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 04:21:46 GMT

Congratulations on winning the lottery!!! It is so wonderful that you shared your winnings with your son.

I wish you the best

Comment #25

Shelby Mustang — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:13:37 GMT

They can text you nothing says you have to text back...

Comment #24

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 21:38:37 GMT

Congratulations to Mr. Perosi and his son

Comment #23

golfer1960 — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:15:34 GMT

How about a brand new 2 family house on the Southern Shore of Staten Island? This way he could live in one unit and rent the other.

List price: $750K, 6bd, 4.5bth, 3115 sq ft.

Oh yeah, and a brand new 2015 Chevy Camero for $48K.

Comment #22

golfer1960 — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:07:21 GMT

The son wants to buy a new house on the shore. This house is for sale and is located on the Southern Shore of Staten Island:

Cozy at 4bd, 4.5bth, 4600 sq ft, for $1.2M.

It can all be yours if the PRICE IS RIGHT

Comment #21

shadowlady — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:19:13 GMT

I agree. I am glad that the father and son have a good relationship.

Comment #20

RJOh — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:30:55 GMT

Every story of someone claiming a jackpot and not fighting with family, relatives or co-workers about its ownership is a wonderful story.

Comment #19

donnie713 — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:16:01 GMT

Great story! Love to hear about these jackpot wins.

Comment #18

mrbg — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:42:46 GMT

Wonderful story

Comment #17

RJOh — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:36:00 GMT

He probably would have had to claim the whole jackpot as his first and then gave his son some money. As they claimed it as equal partners, he probably couldn't.

Comment #16

MaximumMillions — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:52:38 GMT

Do you think the father gave the lifetime 5mil$ and deducted that from the share

Comment #15

RJOh — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 09:38:49 GMT

I wonder how that bartender feels knowing that he told his BS tale to the actual winners. I always wondered why some people feel they have to make up BS to give the impression that they are well informed.

Comment #14

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 08:52:07 GMT

Congrats to Anthony Perosi and his son on their big win

Comment #13

myturn — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:59:23 GMT

When I first won I got over 133 text messages and I don't text, Perosi said. I didn't know that many people knew me.

Another reason to stay anonymous

Comment #12

haymaker — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 01:18:17 GMT

Good ?

Both of their names are on the check so I guess they each pay the taxes on their own share.

Comment #11

haymaker — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 01:15:52 GMT

You still want to work ?

C'mon you been pullin a Ridged wrench since you were 18

Comment #10

myturn — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 19:31:52 GMT

I hope they will be strong enough to resist the pressure to help relatives.

Good luck to them

Comment #9

noise-gate — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:53:58 GMT

A Bartender usually knows whose going through a divorce because of clients crying in their beer, whose sleeping with who..but giving advice about lottery wins...

Comment #8

Lucky4Life — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:22:11 GMT

Anybody know how that works, him splitting it with his son? What are the tax implications

Comment #7

BellasBMWLucki — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:19:20 GMT

I go to this store when out on the island,visiting mi familia, and nj.

I am very happy for him! Love this 7/11 i played there last week or 2 when i won so many times one number (7320 straight)

and 732 (straight box over dozen times, and eight times(for 7320 etc.) just a great store,great people on the island,and i am very

VERY happy for a local guy winning here in S.I., NYProof you really can win when you're least expectin' to.

Felicidades!!!!

adios

Comment #6

TheGameGrl — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:11:24 GMT

to the victor goes the spoils.

some folks work for others, some to feed a family.

this guy seems grounded.

Unsure why he bought a ticket if he had no real plan ahead. He won, so it goes.

Comment #5

rock_nc — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:04:06 GMT

The younger Perosi, a salesman for a food service company, will take home $16.5 million after withholdings, according to New York Lottery officials.

Why would a young fellow, would want to keep working with that much money in his possession! Now his Father, a plumber for the past 38 years, says he plans to keep working too, just maybe not as hard. 38.6 million dollars and going to continue to work! SMH!! If I'd won that much, I would not be lifting a finger the rest of my life! I'd be traveli... [ More ]

Comment #4

music* — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 17:02:44 GMT

Congratulations to Father Son !! Anthony Perosi II is a very generous father sharing 70/30 with his son Anthony Perosi III .

Comment #3

Gleno — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:00:51 GMT

Glad to see that Tony did not throw away his ticket based of the comment from the bartender.

Wonder how many big winning tickets have been sold by the 7-11 Stores?

Congrats to the Perosi family.

Comment #2

zephbe — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 14:41:39 GMT

Congrats to the winner and his son. Now he can buy a new truck

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 12:57:07 GMT

Way to go. Congratulations. You might want to keep working, but jealous and vindictive coworkers might make it very unpleasant for you. That's why the option of staying anonymous should always be on the table. With that kind of money, you can create your own job and give yourself any title your little heart desires. Who needs jealous coworkers?.

NY plumber wins $136M Powerball jackpot, splits it with son

Lottery Post — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 12:45:19 GMT

A New York plumber and his son are multimillionaires after sitting on a winning Powerball ticket because they thought the jackpot had been won by a teacher.

Anthony Perosi of Staten Island says he was on his way to do an inspection March 14 when he stopped at the 7-Eleven where he always buys lottery tickets when he is in the area.

Perosi, 56, was at a bar a week later when another patron said the winning Powerball ticket had been won at that same 7-Eleven. The bartender, he says, told him... [ More ]