$731.1 million Powerball jackpot claimed by anonymous group in Maryland

Comment #25

lottobrain — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:44:44 GMT

I think K Y Floyd is on to what probably happened with this win in the second part of his statement. One person bought one ticket and won. He wanted to share with his family, maybe a few friends. He went to seek financial advice and a savvy tax person told him he would have to pay all of the Federal taxes on the money and then when he gave money away, he would also have to pay the gift tax on the money he gave away amounting to double taxation. The tax adviser than suggested that a lottery club

Comment #24

Bleudog101 — Mon, 31 May 2021 15:02:37 GMT

Maryland lottery never bothered to answer me email question if it was a single line on the ticket. Oh well.

Comment #23

Long Odds — Sat, 29 May 2021 20:43:36 GMT

OMG- Unfriggin real. I think we all understand that a single ticket can have multiple plays (individual games) on it; how many words are needed to state that? My curiosity was heightened based upon the actual words in the article, which I interpreted to indicate that it was a single ticket with a single game but was claimed by a group which I thought odd for a group play (especially for a $731 million jackpot). Some obviously pushed back on that simple deduction. As a result, I took it a little

Comment #22

KY Floyd — Sat, 29 May 2021 08:13:10 GMT

a lone lottery ticket which means one set or line of numbers

For online games a ticket is a piece of paper printed by the lottery terminal that shows the details of the player's wager. Those details include the game and the drawing date(s) and each set of numbers that were played. The individual sets of numbers for a particular drawing are what the lotteries refer to as a play . Not uncoincidentally, if you look at How to play on the PB website you might notice that it says Powerball costs... [ More ]

Comment #21

Clarkejoseph49 — Sat, 29 May 2021 07:41:29 GMT

I wonder where the next Powerball jackpot winner will be...

Comment #20

winterhug — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:25:11 GMT

Yes, I do understand what you are saying because most people do say I bought a lottery ticket but it is not technically a (one) lottery ticket because it usually has more than one line or (set) of numbers. This is why the article specifically said a lone lottery ticket which means one set or line of numbers

Comment #19

Long Odds — Fri, 28 May 2021 18:44:45 GMT

That is true. The question is if someone were to write about it after the fact how would they describe the ticket purchase. This article gives a description of the ticket purchase which one could reasonably conclude consisted of one play. It likely would have been written differently if there were multiple plays as part of a single ticket. It seems more of a stretch to infer into the written article what you are positing.

The Washington Post article about the Power Pack purchase contains the

Comment #18

Bleudog101 — Fri, 28 May 2021 17:33:52 GMT

IDK...emailed MD lottery this morning to ask since the article was vague about that! No word from them yet.

Comment #17

noise-gate — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:59:10 GMT

- The article does not say how many tickets were purchased by the pack as a whole. It's very possible that each member purchased 5 or more lines making up one ticket.

Comment #16

Bleudog101 — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:38:27 GMT

Look up IRS5754 and gives instructions on this. It doesn't say anything about if the group has to exist before. If it happens to me, will have a tax accountant worry about that

Comment #15

HiyoCheeto — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:07:26 GMT

I have a question. Can a group be formed after the drawing or does it have to exist before the drawing

Comment #14

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 28 May 2021 13:32:22 GMT

Well......if you say so.

I can only say that when I bought tix for my work pool, I bought A TICKET. That ONE ticket would have several lines of numbers on it. There were 8 people in the pool. Each one kicked in $2. I would buy one ticket that had 8 lines, each having unique sets of numbers.

Only one line could win.

Comment #13

winterhug — Fri, 28 May 2021 12:04:08 GMT

No, a lone ticket means it was only one ticket with one set of numbers on it. The article also says it was was the only ticket the group purchased which was a quick pick. The conclusion being one person purchased a $2 dollar quick pick, realized at some point he/she won the 731 million dollar jackpot. Upon thinking about the win, became afraid to have that much money all to themselves, decided to asks family/friends to form the group The Power Pack . All of this from one $2 QP ticket. Goes to sh... [ More ]

Comment #12

Ranett — Fri, 28 May 2021 10:59:06 GMT

Well done Power Pack.

Comment #11

CDanaT — Fri, 28 May 2021 10:42:37 GMT

Outstanding win!!! Congrats to all of you. Looking forward to the day that I am in the same position.

Comment #10

sully16 — Fri, 28 May 2021 09:57:56 GMT

Congrats to the Lucky group, enjoy.

Comment #9

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 28 May 2021 04:04:34 GMT

The lone ticket can have several lines on it and one of the lines was the winning one.

Comment #8

islandgirl5 — Fri, 28 May 2021 00:09:54 GMT

My apologies I really didn't see that sentence

Comment #7

Long Odds — Thu, 27 May 2021 23:48:18 GMT

...for selling the Quick Pick, the only ticket the group purchased for that drawing.

Comment #6

islandgirl5 — Thu, 27 May 2021 22:54:57 GMT

My reading comprehension might be bad but where does it say that the one person from the group bought just one ticket. Doesn't the lone ticket mean that only one ticket matched the lucky numbers and no one else had those numbers, therefore the lone ticket statement. The article didn't state how many tickets that one person from the group bought.

Comment #5

HaveABall — Thu, 27 May 2021 22:17:12 GMT

Would somebody with the wherewithal please let us know if this exciting The Power Pack is an LLC (or what it's officially registered as

Comment #4

Long Odds — Thu, 27 May 2021 19:56:52 GMT

Color me skeptical. Group play but the only purchase was a single quick pick ticket for a 731 million drawing? Me thinks the group was formed after the win which is all the more impressive as to the decency of the ticket purchaser. Congratulations to the winners

Comment #3

noise-gate — Thu, 27 May 2021 19:22:35 GMT

Anonymity- that is the way to go when claiming a jackpot prize of that magnitude. Out here our lottery is forcing one to show up in either a gorilla suit or Nixon mask.

Raising both arms in a V shape with a victory sign is..optional.

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Thu, 27 May 2021 16:19:36 GMT

Todd a well written article. Had forgotten all about this drawing until the article was read and media coverage of that small town. Does sound like locals which makes this huge win even better news IMHO.

Comment #1

Raven62 — Thu, 27 May 2021 16:10:20 GMT

Congrats to The Power Pack

$731.1 million Powerball jackpot claimed by anonymous group in Maryland

Lottery Post — Thu, 27 May 2021 15:12:27 GMT

It's the largest prize in the Maryland Lottery's history

By Kate Northrop

An anonymous group stepped forward to claim a record $731.1 million Powerball jackpot drawn on Jan. 20, 2021, the sixth-largest jackpot in the U.S. and the longest roll in Powerball history with 36 consecutive drawings.

A group of anonymous winners dubbed The Power Pack finally came forward to claim the Maryland Lottery's largest jackpot.

As many would expect, the group chose to take the prize as a one-time lum... [ More ]