The Mississippi Lottery Corporation issued the following statement.
Jimmy Keene of Pelahatchie was on his way to work when he stopped at Hwy. 51 Chevron in Ridgeland.
Wanting to try something new, he purchased a $100,000 Jackpot scratch-off game. He scratched off the ticket and was thrilled at what he saw, that he won $100,000. When he got to work, he asked his boss to make sure he was seeing the amount correctly. His boss told him to immediately return to the store. The store associate told him to head to the lottery office.
Jimmy called his wife Becky to tell her the news.
“’What’s the matter with you?’ I asked him, because he was breathless,” she said laughing. “He told me he won $100,000, and I told him to quit lying to me!”
They arrived at Mississippi Lottery Corporation (MLC) headquarters to validate their winning ticket. Once they received their check, the two screamed and embraced in excitement.
$20,000 Winner!
A Greenwood woman stopped at Double Quick #21 in Greenwood to grab an energy drink on her way to work. While there, she also purchased the Triple 7s scratch-off game and won $20,000. Player chose to remain anonymous.
$2,000 Winner!
Carolyn Cleveland of Hickory stopped at Cefco #506 in Newton. She purchased the Happy Holidays, Y’all scratch-off game and won $2,000.
26 comments:
Apparently he didn't read the claim form section about staying anonymous. NO WAY I would ever let the lottery give out my name and publish a photo of me. I guess he doesn't mind ever relative and old friend knocking on his door.
Gosh, I bet he fells stupid for paying thay stupid tax. And he's the last person who should be buying lotto tickets.
I'm sure he's not the last winner we'll hear about. Have fun y'all!
Now the grand prize has been claimed, will the state pull all unsold tickets?
@Anon-e-mouse,
You should check the www.mslotteryhome.com website. There are 4 grand prizes per game. And no lottery company pulls the game when all grand prizes are won. There are still plenty of lesser cash prizes to win. Louisianalottery.com lists how many jackpots are left per game.
One down, three to go:
https://www.mslotteryhome.com/players/games/
@5:43
According to www.mslotteryhome.com the top jackpot prize count at the launch of the games are as follows:
3 Times Lucky= 24
Happy Homidays Y'all= 4
Triple 7= 8
$100,000 Jackpot= 4
If you check the MS Lottery site it also lists the numbers for the lower prize amounts per game. Just click on the picture of the game for prize details.
Overall odds for winning anything in is about 1:8 for these scratch offs.
He may net $50,000 after Uncle Sam and the state get their "tax on tax" from him, come April.
Overall odds for winning anything in is about 1:8 for these scratch offs.
Nope.
He may net $50,000 after Uncle Sam and the state get their "tax on tax" from him, come April.
A working stiff? No. He'll net well north of that.
@8:19
Yup, he might as well just give that $50k back to the MS Lottery Corporation. It's only $50k, right?
@8:29
Yup. Some of the games have even better odds than 1:8. One of the new ones released today has 1:4 odds.
WLBT provided superb free advertising for the Mississippi Lottery. I can't wait to go see Mr. Patel my own self.
How's that 8:19?
He still cannot afford even 1/2 the cost of a dinner with Tate.
Just making poor people poorer.
How many kids won't get Christmas presents this year because of the lottery?
Think how that's going to effect the kids. At school "Whatyou get for Christmas? Nothing. My folks spent it on cigs, booze, dope, & lottery tickets.
Irresponsible.
@ 10:44 AM - I totally agree with you. Many buy lottery tickets for hope, not entertainment. However, paying $250,000 for a dinner with Tate is also based on hope. Purchasers of both are irresponsible.
Is it considered "redneck" to give lottery tickets for Christmas presents?
Stop 9:18 AM. NO Mississippi scratch off game is close to 1:8.
@9:21
You are going to be shocked when they begin broadcasting the Powerball and Mega Millions drawing results 4x a week at the end of the 10pm newscast. I think they still use pingpong balls in a vacuum to draw the mumbers!
Per the www.mslotteryhome.com website all scratch off games currently have 1:4 odds of winning any prize.
Odds aren't for the Jackpot. Odds are given for ANY prize. Including winning a free ticket.
He's from Pelahatchie. Wonder if he'll donate some money to the Pelahatchie Mayor.
8:19, You should go back and take your tax courses again, unless, of course, you have never taken one.
The tax rates on this additional $100k are not about to approach the 50% level unless of course this gentleman was already in a very high income bracket.
Yes - if you ever win those MEGA million lottery numbers that have more zeros in them than you can count, you can start calculating in the 50% range. But this guy - he won what would be a good one year salary for many folks. And that is not taxes (fed and state) at a gross 50% rate.
Even if it was, I'll bet he would be glad to pocket the $50 grand that you allow. But he'll be even happier to pocket the $70 or so he will probably net.
That is my Pappie!!!
You guys are not as learned as you make out to be. How could the tax possibly be more than 38% plus 5% for a total of 43% ?
And effectively less than that unless the whole thing is taxed at the max, which appears unlikely from looking at the picture.
My long lost brother has been found (Thank you lottery)
Some states have a little "hidden" (because it's generally not known) gambling or lottery tax of 2% +/- on top of fed and state income tax. Bubba should also start collecting losing tickets from gas station garbage cans. Losses offset winnings. I'm sure Bubba could convince that in dropped $300/week on scratch off tickets by the end of the year.
Some states have a little "hidden" (because it's generally not known) gambling or lottery tax of 2% +/- on top of fed and state income tax.
Which states? Please name them.
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