A man wins a huge lottery prize in Virginia
@Deepizzaguy (95948)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
February 13, 2023 4:22pm CST
The daughter of a Chesterfield County man named Salvador Gomez was able to talk him into buying powerball lottery ticket for the November 2 drawing which was worth $1.2 billion dollars jackpot which the chances of winning the grand prize is a very long shot of winning.
The name of the daughter of Salvador did not give out her name since her dad was the person who won the $100,000 dollar prize by matching four numbers in the Powerball ticket plus the Powerball number.
The couple did check their numbers at the Spencer's Express in North Chesterfield where they found out that they won $100,000 dollars before taxes.
What I do not understand is why would Salvador go to the Viriginia lottery office to cash in his check in late January.
Salvador intends to use the winnings from the lottery to share it with his relatives and likely take a vacation.
Link is https://www.upi.com/1511675971334 via@ upi
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@Hannihar (129966)
• Israel
14 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy
Congrats on winning. I have never been lucky in winning lotteries. I won one thing in my life and I was very proud in winning that. He deserved to win and sounds like he really needs that vacation. it is good to have you back.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
The highest prize I ever won on a lottery was around $100 dollars. Salvador is one lucky man who took the advice of his daughter which paid off.
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@Hannihar (129966)
• Israel
15 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy
100 dollars is also good. I am glad she was right and if she was wrong I wonder if he would ever believe her again or trust her judgment. I am glad she gave him good advice.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Feb 23
@Hannihar That is a good question whether Salvador would trust his daughter again if he had won any money playing Powerball tickets since I guess Salvador has money to burn in this case.
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@celticeagle (160797)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy .........Yes. Lucky and good he listened to her.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
@celticeagle That is true.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Feb 23
It really is since Salvador did get lucky to listen to his daughter and buy several Powerball tickets that won a huge prize.
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@RebeccasFarm (87041)
• United States
14 Feb 23
This guy is going to be ballin now
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Feb 23
The dark side of being rich winning the lottery will be the strangers who will beg him for money since they are down on their luck.
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@MALUSE (69388)
• Germany
14 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy I think it's very silly of him to allow the lottery people to take his photo and publish it. The winner of a huge sum of money should always remain anonymous.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
@MALUSE I agree with you that there a lot of lottery winners who do not want their faces shown in the lottery pages since they are going to deal with strange friends begging them for money or being price goused by strangers.
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@RubyHawk (99421)
• Atlanta, Georgia
15 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy I could make that much money go a long way.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Feb 23
@RubyHawk That is the way I approach large amounts of money. Just buy my needs.
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@porwest (78755)
• United States
14 Feb 23
While I'd be happy for any win, yeesh. To be ONE NUMBER away from the big one. THAT would irk me. lol
It's also funny to me when someone wins a relatively small prize like this and says, "I am gonna do all of 'x y and z' with it." After taxes it will be worth about $60k, and that's hardly a lot of money to do much with.
Not saying I wouldn't gladly take it. But people have no concept of what a lot of money is or how far it actually goes. lol
What would I do with it? I'd invest it and earn about $4000 a year off it. I'll go have some fun with that and leave the rest of it alone to keep on giving.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
I would seek advice from a lawyer and an accountant how to use my money wisely since winning a huge prize would be useful to pay off my bills.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Feb 23
@porwest You have a good point there.
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@porwest (78755)
• United States
17 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy This would not be enough money to bother with. It's a tiny amount by my standards.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
I would love to win a huge lottery prize as well.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
Sharing some of his winnings is the best way to feel happy inside.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
Salvador feels great that he listened to his daughter and allowed her to buy the lottery tickets.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Feb 23
He really is a lucky person since winning any large prize in the Powerball is a very long shot.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
@nela13 The odds of winning a huge lottery prize are remote.
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@LindaOHio (160234)
• United States
14 Feb 23
I hope Salvador spends his winnings wisely. He is a very lucky man.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
I am sure that Salvador will be very wise to spend his lottery winnings wisely.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
I hope so as well since Salvador earned it.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Feb 23
I am thinking of playing lottery myself one day.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Feb 23
@Adie04 That is a good question other than trust the gut instinct.
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@Adie04 (17360)
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15 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy I know right! Where do we usually find those?
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Feb 23
My pleasure to share some good stories on this site.
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@RasmaSandra (74555)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Feb 23
Well, the best of luck to thme,
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
I am an agreement with you.
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@innertalks (21244)
• Australia
14 Feb 23
He was also lucky that the top prize was so big, as it inflated his own lesser prize.
Here, in Australia, our top prize is lucky to reach only 50 million dollars or so, never a billion, so the lesser prizes are chicken feed only.
$100, 000 is a good amount, and I wonder how much of it would go in tax, though, maybe half of it?
Our lotteries here are tax-free though, which puts it all in our own pockets.
@innertalks (21244)
• Australia
15 Feb 23
@rpinder Yes, it is interesting, because in other areas, Australia is one of the most highly taxed countries in the world. In lotteries, lottery winnings are classified as tax-free income, here.
@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Feb 23
The taxes for lottery winners is close to half the money.
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@rpinder (48)
•
14 Feb 23
That's interesting that your lottery is tax free. Taxes take a sizable chunk out of a lottery win. If my memory serves me right, he may not get $100k before taxes. For lottery prizes from mrt recollection you have the total prize money before taxes that isnoaid out over a certain period of years. If you elect to get the money paid now, the money is discounted. So, let's say a two million jackpot before taxes drops to maybe $1.4 million and that's before taxes.
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@Nakitakona (56300)
• Philippines
16 Feb 23
Lottery winners here in our place remain anonymous. Their names aren't published or made known to the public.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Feb 23
I do not blame them since they fear strangers asking them for money or being called cheap if they refuse to help the stranger.
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@Deepizzaguy (95948)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Feb 23
@Nakitakona You are right.
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@Nakitakona (56300)
• Philippines
18 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy Most especially their their lives may be endangered.
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