SINGLE ticket in Chicago wins $1.28 BILLION Mega Millions jackpot

I wish them best. Honestly, I'd be happy with a million and the double multiplier. 350M payout seems like trouble.

do they always make the identity public?
thats horrible if so..

Maybe now they can move out of that shithole!

Maybe it’s Beetlejuice, she can pack her bags and leave town.

Depends on the state...the smart thing to do, if it is required in your state, go to a lawyer and get a trust or LLC or something equivalent, then sign the ticket under that trust/LLC name. I read someone did this in my home state because it was required by law to sign the ticket.

Hope the winner first invests in a good tax and estate lawyer. Then disappears for at least 6 months while matters get settled and the wannabe parasites get distracted by something else.

Tie that stuff up in trusts that provide income. That way when the "long lost relatives" appear, they can say, "sorry, locked down in trusts for the next 20 years, I cannot access it. This is to protect my assets. I only have income from the trust". They will throw a tantrum; thus, confirming they were only there to soak and sponge.

Yeah right

Yes

but ....

before claiming the winnings, set yourself up as an LLC, a trust, or a foundation. Then have your lawyer claim the winnings in the name of such entity.

This protects the winner, and immediate family, from crazies and threats.

It depends on the state.

just more deep state theft.

I would keep 10 mill for myself and give the rest away through scholarships and other types of charity

lucky SONB, amen

Giving some random person 1.28 billion is a threat to national security. it doesn't happen. The money is probably pocketed by a bunch of wealthy people and some person who doesnt exist is named as the winner. keep buying lottery tickets.....

That's my hometown! I visit this speedway every morning before I get on 90 and head downtown. Sadly, I didn't buy a ticket at this station.

I told family its probably a worker from O'hare. That place is crawling with airport workers.

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Drove down 39 from Oshkosh, but didn't make it quite that close to O'hare.

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Well... Maryland is a state that does not require this... I don't know if it's the only one... It might be.

I only know cause my father won. He died... Still thinking I don't know he won... and the golden child still thinks the scapegoat doesn't know it was left to her... what was left of it anyways...

...but yeah for the most part winners are public knowledge... you right about that!

Damn.. :(

Well I tried.

I would give half to charity, half to my exwife and with the rest I would get the best friends money can buy.

if you give away 2 half you got nothing left :P
but i guess you can find free dogs :)

The winner will donate most of the money to Ukraine

Correct, varies by state.

Sorry, about your Dad's passing. You are also correct, most big time winners end up with little left in a few years. bad money management, parasites, con artists, etc; hence, my advice on trusts and such. Have to protect yourself, and immediate family, first.

On women of course.

I'd be happy to escape from Chicago.

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I hope they always make the winner's names public. Otherwise they could just have a company man choose the winning numbers at a location of their choice and pay said location their 1% fee but never actually pay a "winner".... ever.

All rigged. Illinois is the number one most corrupt state in the union. It's uncommon for their politicians NOT to go to jail. The mafia is still heavy there, but they got smart and became large chunks of the true cartel...the US government.

I can't see how this is legitimate. ONE person winning $1.2 billion... while the other 329 million of us are getting fucked more and more each day?

The lottery is probably a scam to launder huge amounts of money, and the winner is just the patsy. Probably winds up with a few million to play along.

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