On 1/14/2016 2:50 AM, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 11:43:24 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/14/2016 12:07 AM, Tim wrote:

10:25 AMamdx
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Don't get to excited, if you take the lump sum payment, after taxes
you'll be lucky to have $600 Million to scrimp by on.
I'm frugal though, that could last the rest of my life :-)

Mikek
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And, if YOU win and decide to take the payments, and in the course, YOU die, all payments stop. The payments were to YOU and not to a beneficiary.



I just read that is not so Tim. The annual payments become part of your
estate.

Well, I'll say that's the way I've always understood it. And yes, I could be wrong.



This is from the Powerball website. It's also explained in many other
places:

"WHAT HAPPENS IF AN ANNUITY PRIZE WINNER DIES?

The estate will handle the lottery prize. A lottery annuity prize is
just like any other asset. You can pass any remaining annuity payments
on to your heirs or to anyone else. The Powerball game will even cash
out an annuity prize for an estate. This may make it easier for the
estate to distribute the prize. It also may be necessary to cash out the
annuity to pay Federal estate taxes. We will sell some or all of the
securities at competitive bid or will even just transfer the securities
to the estate. We do not charge a fee of any kind. We often hear people
complain that the jackpot should not go back to "the state" when a
winner dies. It does not. I think that this misunderstanding may come
from the response that the prize "goes to the Estate" and some people
hear "goes to the State.""

I got a kick out of the last sentence. :-)

http://www.powerball.com/pb_contact.asp