An Iowa woman wins the grand prize in the Powerball drawing
@Deepizzaguy (106278)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
November 5, 2018 7:49pm CST
Lerynne West, 51 is a lucky lady who won the grand prize in the Powerball drawing on October 27 winning $343.9 million dollars since a lottery winner in New York won the other half of the $687 million dollars.
Lerynn and her sister bought lottery tickets, pizza and coffee at Casey's General Store in Redfield Iowa.
The catch was that Lerynne left the winning ticket inside her sister's truck when she learned that she won the grand prize.
It is a good thing that Lerynne did not lose the winning lottery ticket since after taxes she will earn $181.9 million dollars.
Lerynne will use her winnings to assist her relatives and her community.
The day she bought the wining lottery ticket was the day that she was moving into her new home.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
6 Nov 18
Just like when the record 1 billion pesos was won in the Philippine sweepstakes, there were two winners also.
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@Deepizzaguy (106278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Nov 18
That is nice to know about lottery winnings in your homeland.
@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
6 Nov 18
Wow, taxes will catch up with you! It's so nice what Lerynn wants to do with her winnings! Congratulations to Lerynn! We don't have any lottery on island. It was brought up in the Gov.'s debate.
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@Deepizzaguy (106278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Nov 18
Taxes do take a huge bite out of the gross winnings. That is one reason I do not play lotteries besides money being tight here.
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@Deepizzaguy (106278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Nov 18
@oahuwriter PCH Lotto is where I play the lottery games.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
8 Nov 18
@Deepizzaguy
Every dollar counts here too. I wouldn't play lottery either. I go to pch.com and hope! 
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
6 Nov 18
Oh my! The tax was for $162 million dollars.
Here I think, it's tax free. I don't know because I haven't won any yet. 
But here, the winner want to be anonymous, lest the robbers and kidnappers will be after her. It's risky when you are know to be a winner in a lottery which is the so called Lotto here.
But here, the winner want to be anonymous, lest the robbers and kidnappers will be after her. It's risky when you are know to be a winner in a lottery which is the so called Lotto here.1 person likes this
@Deepizzaguy (106278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Nov 18
Taxes for lottery winnings in America are "highway robbery" as the late baseball announcer Milo Hamilton would say.
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@Deepizzaguy (106278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Nov 18
Talk about getting a huge prize on the day she moved into her new home.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Nov 18
Taxes sure suck up much of the winnings.
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@Deepizzaguy (106278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Nov 18
That is what bothers me if I ever won the huge lottery jackpot. The tax money would shave my earnings big time.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84528)
• Rupert, Idaho
6 Nov 18
Wow, they take a lot out in taxes...but I'd still be happy with 181.9 million!!
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@Deepizzaguy (106278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Nov 18
If I had $181.9 million, I would donate it to my relatives and buy things that we need and not waste it on wants.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84528)
• Rupert, Idaho
7 Nov 18
@Deepizzaguy I wouldn't waste it either, and I would give to family if I could...but I have some other things that I would definitely buy too!
