N.C. man wins two $25,000 a year for life prizes after accidentally playing same numbers twice

Comment #27

msmillionaire — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:47:47 GMT

Congratulations on your 2 Big WINNINGS

Comment #26

scentcrazy — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 17:46:32 GMT

I would have done the same thing one as a lump sum and one as an annuity.

Comment #25

Unluckyone — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:01:36 GMT

Comment #24

CDanaT — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:11:03 GMT

Great idea Maddog..... but considering you are almost 90, would you be willing to add me as the sole beneficiary to the annuity

Comment #23

rdgrnr — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 14:10:53 GMT

Yep, he's definitely a half bubble off plumb.

Comment #22

rdgrnr — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 14:07:45 GMT

Oh, it's gone beyond that now. He's rambling incoherently about some ex-lover cleaning out his bank account and leaving him with 3 kids and running off with some 18 year old or something.

The poor soul, he's just too high strung.

Comment #21

Artist77 — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:00:53 GMT

He does this all the time. I have even seen him argue with himself. I think it is a sign of schizophrenia.

And I would have also taken the cash for one win and the life payout for the other win.

Comment #20

sully16 — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:20:24 GMT

*** I think maybe Scotty ( nice name) ate the Lunch

Comment #19

rdgrnr — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 06:28:01 GMT

Hey CDanaT,

You know I try to keep it simple with that guy cuz as you can see he doesn't have both oars in the water and his clutch is slippin'. It reminds me of a quote attributed to Bill Murray. He said: It's hard to win an argument with a smart person but winning an argument with a stupid person is dam near impossible.

And I have found that to be true.

Comment #18

CDanaT — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:20:41 GMT

Someone gave you a lunch ? Hope you got some pumpkin pie for desert with a good cup of coffee.

Comment #17

rdgrnr — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 04:03:34 GMT

** In the Blogs you usually tell me I just handed you your lunch. **

** Is that what you're trying to imply? **

** That you handed me my lunch

Comment #16

noise-gate — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 02:57:39 GMT

* l hope you liked your lunch

Comment #15

rdgrnr — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 02:20:40 GMT

** So now you know who did it

Comment #14

noise-gate — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 23:03:53 GMT

* Yes l did, because someone felt it necessary to downvote the mention of the name Scotty. Perhaps a past lover that cleaned out their bank account or left them with 3 young kids took up with an 18 year old. Asked answered.

Comment #13

rdgrnr — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 21:06:57 GMT

You know you just responded to your own post and asked yourself a question, right?

I can't wait to see the answer.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 17:40:17 GMT

*So you knocking folk like : Scotty Pippen,Scotty Kilmer, how about Scotty from Startrek- Really

Comment #11

Darren$27k — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:34:08 GMT

Really. Arguing over how he took his $2 dollar investment. Regardless anything over $2 is good. Why worry about the taxes. Look what he won. His money his decision.

Comment #10

sully16 — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 10:13:06 GMT

Congrats to the lucky guy, enjoy

Comment #9

JAMORA — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 06:57:05 GMT

ditto....

Comment #8

kao1632 — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 06:36:08 GMT

You didn't include the opportunity cost of getting the $884,375 over 25 years...

so you have to discount the value of the payments (by teh rate of inflation).. Meanwhile.. paying off debt and investing in a business can give a better return

Frankly.. Just buying a house now (IF US housing prices are anything like New Zealand).. $500k into a house today would be worth a heck of a lot more than $887k in 25 years (Typically houses double every decade or so... so.. near $2m...

Comment #7

MsBee18 — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 03:28:20 GMT

Always take the lump sum. He made the right choice.

Comment #6

MADDOG10 — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 01:40:59 GMT

I think I wouldhave taken (1) in lump sum, the other in annuity.

Would always have something to fall back on.

Comment #5

grwurston — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 23:32:40 GMT

If he takes the annuity on both prizes he'll end up with $35,375 a year after taxes. 24% Fed and 5.25% state. If he lives 25 years to age 74, he'll end up with $884,375 take home. That's way more than the $551,850 he got after taxes right now. If he does all the things he wants now, there might not be much left.

If he splits it, one annuity, one lump sum, at age 74 he has $718,112 clear. And 558,925 at 65.

If he took the annuity on both and retires 16 years from now at 65, he'd have $566,... [ More ]

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:12:08 GMT

Like minds must think alike...thought the same thing. Maybe he didn't want the annual tax burden? Who knows.

Amazed that states with 'newer' membership if you will for lotteries are offering on-line purchasing of lottery ticket and many of the 'older' ones don't care enough about their consumers to even offer it. No doubt that their hands can be tied as in the case of the Massachusetts lottery...but @ least tickets can be scanned @ home...so slowly getting there. Only the 21st Century.... [ More ]

Comment #3

rdgrnr — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:25:26 GMT

He cleared $551,851.

He wants to pay off his bills, invest in his business, help out his family and buy a house.

That sounds a little ambitious to me depending on how much his bills are, how much help his family needs, how much he wants to put into his business and generally the inflated cost of real estate nowadays. Very ambitious.

He should have taken one in a lump sum and one in an annuity in my humble opinion.

Comment #2

Lynn-Lynn — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:20:15 GMT

Congratulations, on both of your wins

Comment #1

noise-gate — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:03:37 GMT

* Scotty is a lucky name.

N.C. man wins two $25,000 a year for life prizes after accidentally playing same numbers twice

Lottery Post — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:43:08 GMT

The accidental purchase of two identical Lucky for Life tickets in Saturday's drawing produced not one but two $25,000 a year for life prizes for a very lucky North Carolina man.

I was just laying in bed watching a basketball game on TV and I couldn't remember if I filled it out or not, said Scotty Thomas, a 49-year-old dump truck operator from Fayetteville. I went ahead and filled it out again and the next morning my son asked why there were two different amounts listed. I realized, 'I thin... [ More ]