These are weird
1. $2.04 billion
The largest lottery jackpot to date, a Powerball drawing, was won on Nov. 7, 2022. The ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, Calif., just north of Pasadena.
Lottery officials said the ticket holder was the first lottery billionaire in the state. It was unclear as of early January 2023 whether the winner had claimed the prize. A spokeswoman for the Powerball said the vetting process for winners in California could take months.
I had to google what they mean by vetting. Apparently it's checking the signatures match, store surveillance video and many other things. I would be freaked out i didn't win. My signatures don't even match, when i first learned to sign something i panicked and Made fist capital letters with random nervous scribbling, Now i have been doing that my whole life and they are always different.
And how bad could the system be if you need months to check it? I mean i understand they don't want to pay it to wrong person, but how would that wrong person arrange that scam?
7. $768.4 million
Manuel Franco of Wisconsin won a $768.4 million prize in the Powerball drawing on March 27, 2019. The sum was enough for Mr. Franco to quit his job within two days of winning.
Wisconsin has no law protecting the identities of people who win lotteries, which means Mr. Franco was required to come forward publicly.
This feels just wrong. And i can't find a single reason for this. Let the winner at least buy security before calling them out.
8. $758.7 million
A 53-year-old health care worker in Massachusetts became a millionaire when she won the Powerball on Aug. 23, 2017. The winner, Mavis Wanczyk, opted for a lump-sum payment of $480.5 million. After taxes — 25 percent to the federal government and 5 percent to her state — she took home $336 million.
This is something i don't understand either. Why does US citizens want to keep this up that prices and prizes are before taxes. Everything in Finland and i think in whole eu are after taxes. Lottery winnings are just Tax free. We wouldn't really care if they would actually be after taxes because that wouldn't make any difference to winner.
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2. Is there any online lottery casino available where it is possible to win such as enormous amount of money? Please share ..
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So guys, i hope you all find the article interesting, so lets discuss..
You can play American lotteries from any country. Which makes it weird for them to have such a long vetting period. If my account is already kyc:ed why would i need 2 months of more kyc:ing?