I WON THE WA LOTTERY!!!!!!!

[luvnit]

Okay, I guess I only won $3 but I think that is still lucky

Thanks Jean for sending me my winnings

[labradors]

Don't spend it all in one place.

[cjs]

"Don't spend it all in one place." - Exaclty what Roy told her!!

You're welcome.

[Harborwitch]

Congratulations! Invest it wisely! LOL

[losblanos1]

After Uncle Sam takes his cut, your winnings will not be so lucrative, Nonetheless, congratulations on your windfall.

[Mare749]

Yay! Nice to hear that somebody wins.

[BarbaraS]

Funny you should say that.

Back in 2004, I hit the Pick-4 straight and boxed TWICE for close to $8000. Bought a snow-blower for the Hubby, paid bills, did something anonymously for someone, and not-so-anonymously for a few other peeps.

Knowing I had to pay taxes on the winnings, I started collecting as many "dead" lottery tickets as I could and enlisted help from my friends with bribes of these pecans I make. In the end, I collected more than enough to cover my winnings, sorted and totaled all the dead tickets in case of an audit - they're still in the basement in nice, neat bundles. Didn't have to pay a dime in taxes, and was never audited.

Word to the wise.

And scratch offs are even better since you can hold them over a year end - they don't know when you bought them, if they didn't win.

Barbara

[Harborwitch]

Clever Barbara! LOL

[losblanos1]

Barbara, Shhhhh... the IRS never sleeps.

[luvnit]

We already have a bunch of 'dead' tickets. But we have rolled over our winnings to the MN lottery tonight!