California man receives $44 million Powerball lottery payout after nearly 12 weeks of waiting

Comment #20

welington — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:12:42 GMT

Impatient man. Hope he be more patient spending his fortune.Powerball mega millions takes 2 to 3 months to verify winners not sure why in a modern world. Congrats and good luck spending

Comment #19

play4shekels — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:55:33 GMT

Wouldn't surprise me to find out that SuperGovernor dipped into the Lottery pool to pay other bills and had to wait for the kitty to fill back up before he could pay out the jackpot.

Comment #18

justadream — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 19:51:54 GMT

Glad he finally got his money after 12 weeks. Hey...maybe now they will let the Super Lotto mega ball #12 drop since it's been elusive for over 100 draws.

Comment #17

dickblow — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 08:11:10 GMT

lottery is the biggest ripoff why did he have to wait so long glad its over he can relax now

Comment #16

kao1632 — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 07:04:49 GMT

There is cooling off and then there is waiting 3 months to learn if they were going to give you your money so that you can start consulting lawyers etc (Not really worth doing that if they don't give you your money, unless you are suing them).

What if.. You win , and you need surgery for something non-life threatening (at least not immediately) but which has a massive impact on your quality of life... Knee surgery, hernia, hip replacement.. oral repairs...

.. While your health notic... [ More ]

Comment #15

NJJim — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 06:57:24 GMT

I suspect the ability to continue to earn interest on the money, even when after taxes the winner is not getting the entire amount. It should not take longer because of the dollar amount either. Are they waiting to see what scammers are going to step up? I heard it's a thing to claim you were entitled just to get a settlement for being a nuisance. All the other stuff about establishing a trust makes me nervous because it involves exposure to the financial experts that could easily be corrupted b... [ More ]

Comment #14

Brock Lee — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 02:17:58 GMT

in california there are many things that could hold up a lottery claim. he might have forgotten indicate his pronouns on the claim form. or he filled out the form in english and they needed to find someone to translate.

Comment #13

dannyct — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:58:21 GMT

Whatever about this case, cooling off periods are a good idea. When people win a large amount and get it immediately, they can, in all the excitement, make very unwise decisions. A cooling off period along with good financial advice and the right to anonymity, would be very beneficial for lottery winners.

Comment #12

TheGameGrl — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:41:23 GMT

For every draw where there is no winner,the state is banking that money. All of it! Less the 5% at best they are paying out from the overall haul. Non sense that they have to wait til all other states deposit . This is a well oiled more in then out. The meticulous investigation is more likely then not a rubber stamp got lost and they had to get Jimbob to look under his desk. Six weeks is more then feasible in this day of technology.

Comment #11

MADDOG10 — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 20:29:47 GMT

That's totally ludicrous. He should go after them for the interest they earned

Comment #10

Cmoore50 — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 17:20:19 GMT

They just want to collect on the interest as long as possible. Let's say they earn 4% on a lottery fund. So three months is 1%. 1% on 25 million before taxes is a cool 250k. If he wouldn't have reached out. I'm sure they would've dragged it out even longer.

Comment #9

kao1632 — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 07:12:47 GMT

Eromillions seem able to do it a lot faster

https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/19/what-actually-happens-when-you-win-the-euromillions-lottery-2-16671355/

As soon as the winning ticket is verified and the ID of the winner confirmed, the Lottery can pay the winner their money on that very day.

However, once the money is paid into an elected bank account, it takes two days for the money to process before it can be withdrawn.

This means that the longest you have to wait before getting... [ More ]

Comment #8

kao1632 — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 07:07:53 GMT

But the interest should belong to the winner.

Just because it takes them so long to verify that they won, once that has been determined the winner should get 'everything (after tax winnings plus interest on that money)

Mind..

apparently you can be spending your Euro millions within three days of discovering that you have won'.. And two of those days are banks processing the transfer...

Note that EUROMILLIONS is a multi country lottery, so not just a single jurisdiction, so c... [ More ]

Comment #7

gatorsrok — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 02:54:12 GMT

I'm sure the state doesn't mind earning interest on the winnings while it investigates the claim.

Comment #6

launcelot69 — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:57:25 GMT

I would have thought it would take much longer. Three months seems more than reasonable.

Comment #5

mightwin1 — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:32:43 GMT

I'm sure the winning state has to wait until all other states gather their money from retailers, and then process that correctly before sending the money to the winning state lottery. A lot of cooks in the kitchen that are not efficient with basic procedures on any given day.....lol

Comment #4

PrisonerSix — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:24:10 GMT

It's about time. I am very happy for him and I hope he enjoys his winnings and has a happy life for a long time to come.

Comment #3

DrMiracle — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 19:28:55 GMT

It took me about 8 months to resolve a $55 credit to my property tax at my local county office in Maryland. So, for $44 million, I guess that's a reasonable time frame.

Comment #2

JohnGalt3 — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:46:52 GMT

Things take time in California, America's Banana republic.

Happy for the lottery winners but sad they had to wait that long but it should not come as a surprise to those who know what is going in the state.

Comment #1

zephbe — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:25:31 GMT

What did the lottery need to verify for this gentleman that took 12 weeks

California man receives $44 million Powerball lottery payout after nearly 12 weeks of waiting

Lottery Post — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:07:59 GMT

Winner who expressed concern over lengthy payout timeline finally received prize

Includes video report

By Kate Northrop

A California man who had raised concerns over how long he had been waiting to receive his $44 million Powerball jackpot from the California Lottery has finally received his prize after nearly 12 weeks.

After almost 12 weeks of waiting, the lottery winner of a $44 million Powerball jackpot has finally received his check.

Four weeks ago, a lottery enthusiast b... [ More ]