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Ind. Single Mother Claims $95M PowerballReply
Advice to the 16 Minnesota women holding the other ticket: Even solo winners almost always take the lump sum. You have 16 reasons to take the cash instead of the annuity.
Oct 30, 2003, 8:11 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

$219. an hour!!Reply
last tax year, the federal top tax rate was something like 39.6%YOU, after winning are responsible for paying the rest in installments during the rest of that tax year... choose annuity and do it EVERY year you get a check.This is but one of the many reasons that 1/2 to 2/3 of winners of 1,000,000 or more end up WORSE off than they were before they won... within 2 years...
Oct 23, 2003, 9:07 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Jersey woman claims $12 million Mega Millions jackpotReply
That's NOT TRUE a REAL LOTTERY PLAYER is a PLAYER that WINS MONEY or selects his OWN NUMBERS.How he ACCEPTS his MONEY has nothing to do with it as long as he GETS HIS MONEY be it CASH or ANNUITY.
Oct 22, 2003, 7:40 am - Pick-4_Master - Lottery News

PA's Stupid-6 finally hit
Well it would have been 1 year worth of rollovers on November 12th, but it appears that someone hit the Stupid 6 tonight. The PA Lottery website is having trouble right now, so I don't know if their was multiple winners, but they do list Tuesday's drawing as being for $500,000 Annuity/$300,000 Cash.
Oct 17, 2003, 7:06 pm - smd173 - Jackpot Games Forum

Texas signs contract with Mega Millions; game to begin soonReply
If TX were to dump Mega Millions and switch to PB, then MUSL presumably would force TX to allow the cash/annuity choice to be made the same as in all other MUSL jurisdictions.
Oct 17, 2003, 10:03 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

Texas signs contract with Mega Millions; game to begin soonReply
Multiplier available only in TX? I bet Texas will join NY as the only Mega Millions states to require the cash/annuity choice to be made when you PLAY instead of after winning.
Oct 17, 2003, 7:09 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

wash. state lotto numbersReply
Diva:WA Lotto is fine the way it is (perhaps the cash value should be 60% or more of the annuity.) Replace Quinto with an all-NUMBER (and fewer numbers than 52) game, and retire Lucky for Life .
Oct 15, 2003, 7:45 am - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

Mass. Lottery needs to replace 2.2M defective scratch ticketsReply
Vince:Some scratch games in Mass. and NY (and the 6/42 and 6/49 games in Mass.) DO NOT allow winners to choose lump sum in lieu of the annuity. That is arguably corruption; it's wrong regardless. All lottery games, online or scratch, SHOULD allow the player/winner to choose the cash value if the advertised amount is annuitized (except for lifetime prizes).
Oct 15, 2003, 7:42 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery Board launches national search for CEOReply
Georgia can have DiFrancesco. NY needs someone who will push for all scratch prizes to be paid in lump sum, give Mega Millions players (within NY) the right to choose cash/annuity AFTER winning, and a 50% prize return in Lotto (currently 40%; a 3/6 match wins $1).
Oct 14, 2003, 7:13 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery needs to replace 2.2M defective scratch ticketsReply
All the Jubilee scratch tickets (and of a number of other scratch games) are defective because the top prizes are annuity-only. AFAIK all the $200,000 prizes mentioned above are paid in lump sum.
Oct 14, 2003, 7:08 am - CASH Only - Lottery News