Questions tagged [lottery]
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How would a small investor protect their nest egg if it goes beyond SIPC limit and bank accounts if beyond FDIC limits [duplicate]
Sometimes I wonder if I won a few million in the lottery, how would I protect it? There is news that a big company like Roku had $487 million with a failed bank (SIVB).
I wonder how the small investor ...
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Lottery Transparency
Let's say the Mega Millions jackpot carry over from the last drawing was $500M (this is the full one-time cash payment that would have been made if there had been a jackpot winner) and $600M of ...
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What are the advantages of prize-linked savings accounts over regular savings accounts?
I was looking at prize-linked savings accounts (lottery-linked savings accounts), and I wonder: is there any fundamental benefit in putting my savings in such accounts instead of regular savings ...
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How can I gamble in a "lottery" by using financial instruments?
I noticed that some financial instruments have lottery-like payoffs. If that is really the case, I am planning to play the "lottery" using financial instruments instead of the lotteries ...
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How do "cash giveaway" scams on Twitter work? [duplicate]
I noticed that some people are giving away cash to "first 500 to re-tweet this" or something like that. Sometimes it looks legitimate, e.g., the account is verified, old, and has real ...
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Lottery Taxes and Relocation
If you reside in North Carolina, buy a winning lottery ticket in South Carolina in February, and you relocate to Tennessee in that same month of February, how much tax liability on the lottery ...
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Is money rotation a profitable game?
Some of my colleagues are insisting me to join a group of 10 colleagues (namely, A, B, C,..., J) in a money rotation game. Each member has to deposit Rs 10,000 per month into a money pool. Amount ...
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Lottery tickets and tax exempt organizations [duplicate]
These might be the same scenario.
I am a pastor. I find a lottery ticket in the collection plate. The next day it wins big. I want to cash in the ticket on behalf of the church. My church is a ...
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Donating winning lottery ticket to 501(c)3 Private Foundation: cost-basis deduction + full tax free redemption for foundation?
US 501(c)3 Private Foundations are typically controlled by the primary donator, so that is a nice perk, but in exchange for that perk I realize the tax deductions for donating are significantly ...
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Won the lottery - how do I keep the money?
Sadly only a hypothetical question, but here it goes:
If you suddenly gained a large sum of money (several million $/€/whatever) by winning the lottery, some inheritance or anything else, how could ...
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Is playing the lottery worth it in the same way that insurance is?
I was reading this question, and it made me wonder - If insurance is worth the expected loss because of the catastrophe that it could prevent, can playing the lottery be worth the expected loss ...
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Lottery Winnings in United States
I noticed everyone is saying get a Lawyer, Financial Planner, and Tax Professional if you hit the big lottery.
Why would I need a Lawyer to collect what I won? Is winning in some way Illegal?
I don't ...
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How do they know if there wasn't any winner in CA for the most recent mega million lottery?
First, I woud like to apologize if I'm asking in the wrong place, and this may sound like a dumb question... but like an hour after the announcement of the winning numbers, medias of California ...
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Best way to claim a winning lottery ticket anonymously [closed]
What is the best way to claim a winning lottery ticket anonymously?
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If I won the lottery but gave it all away, would I still have to pay taxes? [closed]
Suppose a hypothetical somebody won the lottery, but being such a magnanimous fellow, they decided to give away every penny. Would my hypothetical do-gooder still have to distribute money from post-...
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What is the meaning of the Mega-Million's Cash Option - Avoiding lottery's winning taxes
The current Mega Millions jackpot is standing on $868 Million USD, while the Cash Option for the same Jackpot is $494 Million USD.
The winner of any of Mega Million's jackpot has two options to ...
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How long to save losing lottery tickets?
I know I can write off losing lottery tickets (a) up to the amount of any winnings, and (b) provided I itemize my federal taxes.
But does that apply only to losses in the same year as winnings, or ...
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What are the chances of receiving interest when purchasing NS&I Premium Bonds in the UK?
I am considering buying 100 NS&I premium bonds, in the UK. Each $1 bond is automatically entered into a draw with a 1 in 30000 chance to win back what is effectively an interest payment*. My ...
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How are lottery winnings taxed when you move to a new state?
If you win Mega Millions in a taxing state and choose the annuity option and later move to a non-tax state, will you still have to pay taxes to the state you won in?
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Taxation on split lottery winnings?
If you and another person (or group of people) went in a pool to buy a bunch of lottery tickets, and win, how does taxation work for people who split lottery winnings? Does one person claim the ...
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How do I cash a lottery check without proper ID?
I won a sum of money from the California State Lottery, I don't have an ID card from the state of California. I have an out-of-state Washington paper ID and a birth certificate. Can I cash my check ...
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Winning the lottery and moving to save on taxes
If I win the lottery, can I move to another state or Puerto Rico to save on taxes?
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Can I mitigate lottery withholding tax by making an epic Vegas trip?
Lottery withholding taxes are quite substantial, and from my understanding of the federal tax regulations, gambling winnings can be offset by gambling losses up to the amount won.
So if someone won 5 ...
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How does gambling (like buying a lottery ticket) differ from investing?
Investors seeking a higher return on their investments may invest in things that they know have a higher risks associated with them. Greek bonds have higher interest rates, and banks charge more ...
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Calculating theoretical Present Value
If I were to win the lottery and the present winnings were less than twenty million paid out over a time period of twenty years, how would I theoretically find the present value amount?
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H1B Visa holder - Transferring Lottery Winnings to India Legal or Illegal?
Currently, I am working in USA on H1B visa. I came to US in JAN 2015. So for income tax purpose, I am Non-Resident Indian for financial year 2015-16.
I have query regarding lottery winnings outside ...
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What sorts of accounts would handle a person's Powerball jackpot winnings? [closed]
If somebody were to win the current Powerball jackpot today and take the lump sum, they'd walk away with $800-something million. I'm thinking they can't just pop that check down to their local Chase ...
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Are lottery tickets ever a wise investment provided the jackpot is large enough?
If the odds of winning a lottery jackpot are one in 292 million, and the jackpot prize is expected to be greater than than $1 billion, does this make a lottery ticket a wise investment?
I know there ...
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What is the relationship between the advertised and cash jackpots for Powerball (etc.)? [closed]
This question is asked at a time when the Powerball jackpot is at a record high and in the news a lot.
Big jackpot games advertise their jackpot in terms of the amount that would be paid out in total ...
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Are lottery winnings taxed based on the ticket date or the redemption date?
Suppose I purchase a lottery ticket today (Dec 14, 2015) and win $25K. If I wait a few weeks and redeem the ticket after Jan 1, are the taxes due based on income in this year (2015) or next year (2016)...
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If I win the lottery, what is the best way to secure this money?
Suppose I win the 62 EuroMillionen jackpot. Should I go to Switzerland and deposit everything there? Or stay with the bank that I have right now?
Do you need to do anything special when you receive ...
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Can pretax lottery winnings be donated to charity?
Can pretax lottery winnings be donated to charity in the US simultaneously creating a deduction of the taxable lottery winnings and putting pretax proceeds to a productive cause?
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Financial product with high variance, instead of lottery
When I was a kid, our family would once a year play the lottery.
We kids talked with our parents about what we would do if we won the jackpot, and whenever we won something small like $100, we would ...
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Can a non-citizen claim a US lottery prize on a ticket purchased through a third party?
I used a lottery concierge service to buy a US lottery ticket online. I am not a US citizen. In the unlikely event of my winning, can I claim the prize if I come to the US and have the ticket with ...
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Sending income and lottery prizes to Tamilnadu, India from Singapore
I recently came to Singapore from Tamilnadu (India) for a 12 month project assignment and will be earning amount in SGD in Singapore. I came to Singapore via Employment Pass (EP).
I have two ...
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American citizens playing foreign sweepstakes
I've read here: http://www.fraudaid.com/scamspam/lottery/foreign_lottery_federal_statute.htm that it is illegal for U.S. citizens to play foreign lotteries (although many Americans play the Canadian ...
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Can someone explain in simple and direct ways how the gift / donation tax works for a lottery winner?
My jackpot money is cleared in the bank with all its federal/state/city/village/building taxes paid in full. Now I want to start giving money away. What will be the tax implications if I give or ...
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If someone lives in one state and purchases a winning lottery ticket in another, where should they file their winnings?
If you've been paying attention (at least in the US) for the past couple days, you are aware of the Mega-Millions lottery drawing that is coming up which is conservatively estimated at $500m $640m! At ...
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How does a big lottery winner cash his huge check risk-free?
You've just won $20 million in the lottery. Until you figure out what do do with the cash, you want to move it to the safest place you know: US Treasury account(s). But the lottery (per the ...
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Is taking a lump sum from a lottery or other prize always preferable to taking the payment plan?
Every time a big money contest or lottery is advertised, their big "jackpot" prize is always really a payment plan - something like $50,000 a year for the next twenty years. Is it ever preferable to ...
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