A MAN who had won the Powerball lottery in the early 2000s spent all of his winnings and lived in a storage shed before his death. David Lee Edwards, a convicted felon from Ashland, Kentucky, won a one-quarter share, about …
The lottery, as the saying goes, is a tax on people who are bad at math. Occasionally, however, some of us get a very big deduction and a large refund check, to boot. Count Becky Bell among those lucky folk. According to …
A man in southern China is keeping his 219 million yuan (US$29.9 million) lottery jackpot a secret from his wife and child, saying he was worried that the winnings might make them lazy. The man identified only as Mr. Li …
The $1.28 billion lottery winner will only get $433.7 million after taxes, per Forbes. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 2, 2022 Congrats to the US govt for winning the $1.28 billion lottery for $846.3M!! 🏆 🥇 Also congrats to the second …
by Shaun Richards The last couple of weeks or so ( strictly speaking since the 15th of June) have seen the tectonic plates shift in bond markets. As ever they will have caught out the unwary and my choice of …
Being poor in Brandon’s America almost sounds fun now, like a trip to Vegas! Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces a $12.5 million plan to combat what she calls a “shocking” increase in gas prices with $150 gas cards to be distributed …
The vaccine lottery will award $2 million in scholarships, including 150 scholarships worth $10,000 apiece and five scholarships worth $100,000 each. https://t.co/vVEZPUAisD — clevelanddotcom (@clevelanddotcom) November 4, 2021
Pretty dark. I assumed it would be propaganda from the elites about how money makes you miserable, but it seems legit. I’m not sure those problems would affect me though because I don’t have any close relations. I think I …
Via Reason At some point in the near future, the record-high Mega Millions jackpot is going to make someone very, very rich. But as is usually the case when it comes to the lottery, the biggest winner will be the …
by TheForeverAloneOne I’ve seen arguments that state allowing the government to invest the money for you for 30 years will return a smaller percentage than if you did it yourself but the counter-argument I’ve seen is that if you let …
Brothers Eddy and Tommy Tipton are accused of taking part in a conspiracy, after allegedly rigging six lottery jackpots worth $19 million in five states. Tommy Tipton is a former Texas justice of the peace. He was arrested Wednesday in …
Internet Celebrity “Homeless Lottery Winner” Now Claiming His Charity Money Has Been Stolen (Over 27 Million Views) 1. Homeless Lottery Winner 2. Homeless Man Gets A Home 3. Former Homeless Man Helps The Homeless 4. Magic of Rahat you did …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “I wish I’d torn that ticket up.” Wolf here: The other day, I wrote about the $73 billion in Voluntary Taxes that Consumers Pay Eagerly and with Great Excitement. That $73 billion were the lottery revenues in …
We’ve all seen the lottery stats. The odds of other improbable and strange things happening is far greater than hitting the jackpot. However, the point here is not about winning the lottery, as great as that would be, but rather …
by Mark Angelides The man who authorities believe to be responsible for the New York terror attack that left eight deaths and many more injured was apparently in the US because he “won” one of 50,000 places in the American …