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UPDATE: Mega Millions Mystery Winner Unveiled as MTA Worker

lotto0709mystery.jpg Guess you can't just win millions upon millions of dollars and expect to keep a secret. The mystery man or woman behind the winning Mega Millions ticket is unveiling him or herself today and picking up the winning July 7th pot. The ticket, purchased in Jamaica, Queens, was the only one to have all 6 matching numbers, giving the winner the entire $133 million payout. The NY Post reports that the winner "will get a lump-sum check for nearly $83 million, before taxes, from New York lottery officials at Grand Central Terminal." The employees at Shiv Convenience, where the winning ticket was printed out, are anxious to find out which of their customers has been keeping their fortune a secret. Store manager Bharat Patel said, "It's going to be a surprise. But I'll know the person as soon as I see them." The store also gets a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket. If this story is giving you lottery fever, tonight's Mega Millions jackpot is $60 million—if you win that's a $2,307,692 annual, or $35,210,000 lump-sum payout. Decisions decisions. UPDATE: The Daily News reports the winner is 49-year-old MTA worker Aubrey Boyce, who works (worked?!) as a collections agent making around $50K a year. He'll take home the lump-sum of $56.7 million after taxes.

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  • FJF

    I'm sure he'll use his winnings to help close the budget gap.

  • VanessaNYC

    I'm jealous.

  • poopmast

    assholes always win

  • ANGRYGOD11

    Congratulations poopmast!

  • MrCow

    i wish it had been a teacher or a chef or someone else

  • hotstepper

    Shiv Convenience? don't they have another location open in rikers?

  • BigNick

    The winner is an MTA employee.

    How fitting. After a career spent not working, he doesn't have to work anymore.

  • tsol

    He won't quit his job- a big payday is nice but nothing beats those lifetime bennies!

  • NannyState

    A sum lump wins a lump sum.

  • Don't most lottery winners take the lump sum payout?

  • jibbly

    I would hope so. Curious, what happens if you take the annual payment option and die before the full payment is made. Is it transferable?

  • Spirit of 76

    I would assume that your estate would continue to get the remainder of the payouts. Cash value isn't better in most cases. You get more total money from the annuity. There's also less temptation to blow all the money at once.

  • Bottomless Chips

    I think the universal opinion is to take the lump sum.. The income tax only goes up. The money supply, thus inflation, only gets worse. You can lock in better bond and CD yields. Or you can be aggressive in equities and make more in dividends.

  • NannyState

    And if you win enough money I think the taxes are the same on lump sum vs. annuity.

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