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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne lucky winner from New Hampshire won the Powerball worth $487 million!
Dawg' gone it! I only wanted a cool million!
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One lucky winner from New Hampshire won the Powerball worth $487 million! (Original Post)
imanamerican63
Jul 2016
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grubbs
(356 posts)1. Good for them
The are now richer than trump.
imanamerican63
(13,811 posts)3. ....
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)2. No New Hampshire state tax
$487M*.65*.6=$190M
Nearly $200M.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)4. I just hope it doesn't ruin their lives like so many other winners
I know that sounds hard to believe even to me but it happens often.
grubbs
(356 posts)6. Oh it undoubtedly will
But it should be an epic ruination, as opposed to the long slow descent into ignoble squalor that the rest of us endure.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)5. Former Senator Judd Gregg hit the big jackpot once before.
I hope he doesn't win again.