The lucky mistake led a North Carolina woman to win $2 million.
Elizabeth Johnson, a resident of Lucama about 50 miles east of Raleigh, bought her Powerball ticket too late for Wednesday's drawing last week. In her rushed attempt to buy a ticket with Online Play, she just missed the lottery drawing deadline (9:57 cutoff) by a single minute that she herself didn't even realize it, NC Lottery off[...] Read more » Woman becomes Millionaire after Buying Wrong Lottery Ticket
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I know that this powerball is popular in usa and we can see how they can win big amount for only 3 $!when you read prize is 3 million,but on end of news you can see how big is tax in usa and that she will "give" to goverment half of money,which is very big amount!thats how thing go in america!
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She won it, luck was for her, but the fact is that the government is very abusive to collect such an amount of taxes, I think the United States is the country with the highest taxes in the world, incredible.
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The goddess of fortune made this woman to earn a million and over 400,000 dollars. With this money she and her family will fulfill some desires. How beautiful is to be lucky, like this woman. Lotteries are very attractive and peoples play more here.
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usa had rule before,that if you win some big amount on lottery,you dont have to pay tax on it,if you choose that you get this amount in parts for 20 years and on that way goverment will not get anything!this was good rule and if you win example 20 million,then you get 1 million every year,which is better then to give 10 millions right away on tax! if this could be case in this,they she should take that offer,instead to give 1,5 million to goverment!
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is the choice for each winner how they choose to pay fees, if this rule is for all lotteries. I read that rule many years ago, but it was in national lottery, which has huge prizes. a prize of over a billion dollars. A few years ago the grand prize was $ 1 billion and $ 600 million. This woman ''is a child'' compared with others, but his luck is beautiful.
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It would be a huge joy, you get out of control knowing that you have won a prize of that magnitude, we do not imagine these things in life, but sometimes it happens and we cannot explain why, but it is known that this woman will enjoy her luck and have a life a little better, good for her.
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if somebody is women,that it cant be "his"! this will change for sure hers life and I am especially glad that she will buy house from this money,so we all know how this will change life for whole family!great that they will go on vacation,no matter where they will go!
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What really matters here is what i say in the threads, not small mistakes because of my English, that i will not learn in this life. There is a possibility if i move to a country where this language is spoken. If I did that and after that won a grand prize in the lottery, someone from there would cry with crocodile tears. I should do it, because there are good jobs and interesting or special lotteries, where people win excellent or huge prizes. This women she will use some of her money on something like that.
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Well done , a great success story , spend well the money So the tax is 30% ?? Hmmmm , thats better than the 40% or 45% I think they used to have in USA , but still it's more than the 20% that I think we have hefre in reece , and which for me is still a theft from money earned (online that I play) . Still ,.$1.4M is a lot of money , not only vacations but many other dreams can come true now , very lucky woman , She is not single , right ??? lol
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The best thing that can happen to a person is to win that unimaginable amount of money, that is one of the great opportunities that life gives you and you should not miss it and make the most of that great prize that I managed to win.
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In this world are many people who have very interesting life stories, including those who were very lucky. Others had immense misfortune, and they lost big prizes in various lotteries. I am happy for this woman, because always i liked happy cases.
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this kind of stories can only come from usa and I am glad that normal people gets this kind of big money!you can see what chances she had to win,1 from 11.6 million and she done it with only 3 $ investment! even she dont work anything till end of life,she have enough money to enjoy and not to think about anything!
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that was a real miracle, and the US state stops 30% tax. In my country it is only 25% but some countries differ. A good luck like that it happens once in a lifetime and it is not for everyone. Now this woman must not become a heavy gambler and lose all her money.
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It is clear that the probability of this betting game to win is quite low, but still people believe in their luck and bet, maybe they can be one of the lucky ones to win the jackpot like this person who won it, we do not lose if we try.
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I played in a few lotteries on internet a few times and sometimes i changed the numbers or countries where i play, I didn't earn anything online with that, but maybe i'll try again in future. Prizes are lower than at street agencies, but a little luck never hurts. I will not be successful like this woman, but an acceptable amount of a few hundred or thousands of dollars would be ok.
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usa have probably biggest jackpots on lottery in world,especially on this one that you dont have to spend lot of money,but because of big number of people that play them,you have this numbers!this is maybe not big one as they have with 200 million for example,but its big for every normal man or woman!
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A good amount of money, that is due to the large deposits that are set up in the United States, many of them gamble and it is a considerable amount, to enjoy what you win, and to continue playing.
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this woman will buy tickets to this lottery where she has won in every week from now on, because it's like a gesture of gratitude. More than that she may have chances to various lower earnings. At the grand prize it is very difficult, but she will be satisfied even less if she wins another different prize.
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Luck is like that, you don't expect it and it happens, now, we also know that many participate and many do not win for many years that they try, it is luck and now, we cannot discuss anything else, just to enjoy what we have won.
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we all know that this kind of jackpot and prizes always come when you dont expect them at all and when you forgot on that you even buy a ticket!when you play and you just wait for jackpot,no matter is it lotto or casino jackpot and you play like mad,then they never come! wish to some brm member to be in this situation and to get big win like this!
So the tax is 30% ?? Hmmmm , thats better than the 40% or 45% I think they used to have in 
