Five friends win lottery after a decade of buying tickets together

Comment #32

PrisonerSix — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 23:27:31 GMT

Me too. We did win $2 on MegaMillions this weekend, which will go to future additional tickets. We just keep trying.

Comment #31

noise-gate — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 03:23:22 GMT

l hope your ship comes in any day Now PrisonerSix.

Comment #30

PrisonerSix — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 01:53:50 GMT

I feel the same way, congrats to them.

It also gives me hope since I've been running a lottery pool in my office for over 10 years too. It started with just 2 of us and it grew to 13 members at one point and is currently at 11. Maybe we'll be the ones to hit next. We've been at it a long time, so why not

Comment #29

ElinaSammy2081 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:17:39 GMT

Congrats to the winners .

Comment #28

haymaker — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:41:33 GMT

Thanks,

But that same chart shows Jersey W/3 % so I thought there must be more...devil in the details !

So a NYC res. would pay about 12.7% YIKES ! Makes Jersey look good, and that ain't easy.

Everything there costs a fortune, someone I know there pays $3800 a month for a 600 sq. ft apt.

Comment #27

Get paid — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:22:08 GMT

Congrats to the winners.My wife an her co workers play together,hope that luck comes this way.

Can,t win if u don,t play.

Comment #26

haymaker — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:15:01 GMT

Thanks,

I suspected as much, no one gets ahead of Jersey when it comes to taxes.

Comment #25

zephbe — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:32:28 GMT

Patient persistence--play 'til you win.

Congratulations to them

Comment #24

sully16 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:32:51 GMT

Congrats to all the lucky winners, nice to see so many get the prize.

Comment #23

Bleudog101 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:09:05 GMT

Congratulations on this great win and great friendships. It is so refreshing to have a positive, upbeat story about lottery winners for a change.

Comment #22

gocart1 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:27:46 GMT

Just so happy that no one is sueing anybody over this..Lotto groups always seen to be sueing one another..I never liked being in a lottery pool because of that.

Comment #21

KY Floyd — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:27:29 GMT

Pajes, the only Jersey resident of the bunch, will take home $8.67 million about $200,000 more than his friends thanks to smaller taxes in the Garden State.

That might be true for the initial check, but he'll lose out when he files his NJ return. The Yonkers tax is 16.75% of the NY state tax, so the maximum NY rate of 8.82% becomes a hair under 10.3% for residents of Yonkers. New Jersey's maximum rate for most income is 8.97%, but for lottery winnings it's 10.8%. There will be some minor var... [ More ]

Comment #20

Seattlejohn — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:57:57 GMT

I hope one thing for them (besides happiness): I hope that, should they have played with other people over the years, they've documented that they, and ONLY they, were in the group this time around. We've seen so many lawsuits where people claim I was part of that group for this drawing, and now they don't want to pay me ...

Comment #19

noise-gate — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 05:10:05 GMT

Yes

Comment #18

VenomV12 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 04:17:38 GMT

Good deal, congratulations to them. I missed by one number last week from being the first person on this board to win a big jackpot on a lottery (I think), but I am still determined to do so. Was going to give Todd an interview and everything

Comment #17

ekem6078 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 03:13:23 GMT

Congrads to all the winners. Glad they weren't from ILL. If so you won a bunch of IOUs. lmbo

Comment #16

sweetie7398 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 02:12:41 GMT

Congratulations

Comment #15

amber123 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:49:55 GMT

Good for them

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MzDuffleBaglady — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:30:15 GMT

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luckyk — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:09:17 GMT

Sure makes my heart glad to read a story like this. Congrats. and best wishes to all

Comment #12

ohiopick3 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:04:31 GMT

Good Hit for the group, congratulations

Comment #11

Teddi — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:59:08 GMT

LOL. Ain't that the truth. It's usually one friend who cashes it and absconds and the others have to sue. But they seem like decent folks and their perseverance paid off.

Can't see any reason why the money would come between them since they each get pretty much the same amount. I can see it being an issue with other friends, but not with each other.

Comment #10

rgse90 — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:32:12 GMT

I am glad to see that they did not fight that the one with the ticket did not run away with it and that their friendship so far made it this far. I hope that the money never comes between them and they are as happy s they can be now. Congratulations to good friends.

Comment #9

ArizonaDream — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:03:37 GMT

Congrats to the group! May they enjoy their winnings

Comment #8

HoLeeKau — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:47:48 GMT

According to USA Mega, NY is 8.82% and Yonkers imposes an additional 1.323%. Lucky they didn't live in NYC, that additional tax is 3.876%. Yikes! Well actually, if I won 13 mil I probably wouldn't complain about high taxes TOO much.

With Federal taxes, they'll end up with approximately half of the cash value, so 6.5 mil or so.

Comment #7

Gleno — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:26:33 GMT

Congrats to these tenacious friends who were lottery players, who pursued their dreams and won

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haymaker — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:54:39 GMT

Good for them, glad to see a group that stuck together for so long win it.

Hard to believe the one from Jersey will pay less.

Anyone know the tax rate for NY and Yonkers ?

I thought Jersey would be more @ 10.8

Comment #5

Shelby Mustang — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:50:54 GMT

That's Awesome I Hope They Are Life Long Friends And Don't Let Anything Come Between Them

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maximumfun — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:15:48 GMT

Congratulations to the long-suffering winners! This is another story of patience and persistence paying off. The winnings will definitely totally fund each of their retirements. Now that is a really great win

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Erzulieredeyes — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:52:54 GMT

I love when the underdogs hit the lottery. Seems to be a group of Hispanics in underpaid jobs, except maybe the business owner. Congrats

Comment #2

delS — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:24:29 GMT

Patience is a virtue.....

Comment #1

Lildarryl — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:14:02 GMT

nice

Five friends win lottery after a decade of buying tickets together

Lottery Post — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:52:27 GMT

Money won't be an issue for five friends from Yonkers anymore.

A decade of buying lottery tickets together paid off big for the group of pals who hit the $106 million jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions game on Sept. 11.

It was 52-year-old limo driver Edgar Lopez's turn to pick up the tickets so he stopped at Yonkers Grocery and Convenience to grab a Mega Millions quick pick.

The following weekend, he got his friends together to share some big news they were all millionaires.

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