Can military win the lottery?

There are known cases of lottery winners who won while serving in the military where they were honorably discharged after wishing to do so. A coast guard officer won a fantastic million in a Powerball drawing back in 2016.
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What disqualifies you from winning the lottery?

No individual, including a convicted felon, can claim Lottery winnings if they are under 18 years of age or engage in fraud to win the Lottery. When a Lottery winner completes a claim form, they declare under penalty of perjury under California state law that they are the rightful owner of the ticket noted on the form.
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Can you remain anonymous if you win the lottery in VA?

As of July 1, 2019, a new law in Virginia allows winners of prizes greater than $10 million to claim that prize anonymously, unless the winner agrees in writing for the Lottery to release their name and hometown.
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Can you strategically win the lottery?

Having a lottery strategy can be fun and it can help keep you motivated to enter and to win. However, most statisticians agree that there is nothing that you can really do to beat the odds of winning the lottery. For example, take the overdue number strategy above.
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Do lottery winners stay wealthy?

An estimated one third of lottery winners later go bankrupt. Even those people who won the lottery who manage their finances effectively can find they lose out in other areas, whether that means slipping into depression or becoming estranged from family members.
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Do lottery winners get robbed?

A man who spent $20,000 on gold chain after winning a lottery was robbed of it at a petrol station in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The man, who was identified as Jamal, won 30,000 dollars in the Michigan lottery and then proceeded to buy a gold chain.
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What lottery ticket wins the most?

Most winning lottery numbers: Powerball.
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What are the 6 most common winning lottery numbers?

The most frequently pulled Powerball numbers are 1, 26, 18, 10, 2, 12, 11, 9, 6, and 20. If you're deciding which numbers to choose and feel that past winning numbers might be a key to future winning numbers then these Powerball numbers should definitely be on your list.
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How do people stay rich after winning the lottery?

Here are 3 suggestions for staying rich after winning the lottery:
  1. Purchase a business that will generate a consistent income. This could mean buying a franchise of something that is already established and has a good reputation. ...
  2. Diversify your investments. ...
  3. Use some of your money to invest in income-producing property.
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Why do lottery winners have to go public?

They want the public to know that ordinary people can, and do, win lottery prizes, even incredible jackpot prizes worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Publishing the names of prize winners increases the public's trust in the fairness of lottery draws.
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How much tax do you pay on a $1000 lottery ticket in Florida?

The Internal Revenue Service requires that the Florida Lottery withhold 24 percent federal withholding tax from prizes greater than $5,000 if the winner is a citizen or resident alien of the U.S. with a Social Security number.
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Do you pay taxes on $1000 lottery winnings?

Yes, it's true. Generally, the U.S. federal government taxes prizes, awards, sweepstakes, raffle and lottery winnings, and other similar types of income as ordinary income, no matter the amount.
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What would you do if you won a million dollars?

With most prizes, you have five options:
  1. Keep the prize and pay the tax. This is the best option if you can afford the tax bill and can use the prize.
  2. Sell the prize and pay tax on the proceeds. ...
  3. Receive a cash settlement instead of the prize. ...
  4. Forfeit the prize. ...
  5. Donate the prize.
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Will student loans take my lottery winnings?

The U.S. Treasury can intercept federal and state income tax refunds to repay defaulted federal student loans. The U.S. Treasury may intercept some state lottery winnings. The U.S. Department of Education may deduct collection charges of up to 20 percent of each payment.
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Which number is the luckiest?

Perhaps part of the answer lies in a seminal paper published in 1956 by the psychologist George A Miller called “The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two”. Miller claims that it is more than just coincidence that the number 7 seems to be all around us.
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Do most lottery winners pick their own numbers?

If you are going strictly by the numbers, more Quick Pickers than self-pickers win lottery jackpots. About 70% of lottery winners used Quick Pick to choose their numbers. But then again, about the same percentage of all lottery players — about 70% - 80% — use Quick Pick to select their numbers.
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Who is the 7 time lottery winner?

In fact, Richard Lustig is the only person in the world who won seven times in the lottery.
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Which is easier to win lotto or Powerball?

Your odds of winning the PowerBall are 1 in 42,375,200 and your odds of winning the lotto are 1 in 20,358,520. Your chances of winning the PowerBall are much less which makes it more difficult to win the first prize.
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Which country lottery is best?

The US Powerball lottery is undoubtedly the best lottery in the world. Its jackpots are bigger than any other lottery out there and it is one of the top paying lotteries ever. In the year 2016, it had broken the record for the biggest ever drawn jackpot with a cash prize of over INR 6 crores and 50 lakhs.
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What are the 5 luckiest numbers?

The winning numbers were 6, 14, 25, 33, 46 and the Powerball was 17.
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Most common red ball numbers
  • 21: Drawn 33 times.
  • 4: Drawn 30 times.
  • 19: Drawn 29 times.
  • 3: Drawn 29 times.
  • 8: Drawn 28 times.
  • 10: Drawn 27 times.
  • 6: Drawn 27 times.
  • 13: Drawn 27 times.
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Has anyone won the Powerball?

BRAINTREE, MA – Mavis Wanczyk of Chicopee, MA is the sole winner of a $758.7 million Powerball jackpot after the numbers on her lucky ticket matched the first five winning numbers plus the Powerball (06-07-16-23-26, PB 04) selected in Wednesday night's drawing.
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What State won the last Powerball?

A married couple in Gilbert, Arizona, claimed the winning Powerball jackpot ticket Friday after it was drawn on April 27. The couple, who asked for permanent anonymity, chose a cash payment and received $283.3 million.
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