Meet The Employed Banker Who Won The Lottery And Will Pay Almost No Taxes

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First Posted: 10-29-08 11:36 AM   |   Updated: 11-29-08 05:12 AM

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If the first winner of the "$1 million a year for life" scratch-off game seemed less than ecstatic yesterday, it's because he wasn't exactly struggling to scratch out a living.

Keenan Altunis, 33, a banker raised on Long Island and now living in London, accepted his prize with a smug shrug, noting he's already a multimillionaire.

"Is it going to materially change my life? No," he told The Post. "I have been a very blessed and fortunate person."

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If the first winner of the "$1 million a year for life" scratch-off game seemed less than ecstatic yesterday, it's because he wasn't exactly struggling to scratch out a living. Keenan Altunis, 33, a ...
If the first winner of the "$1 million a year for life" scratch-off game seemed less than ecstatic yesterday, it's because he wasn't exactly struggling to scratch out a living. Keenan Altunis, 33, a ...
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- sparkey I'm a Fan of sparkey 10 fans permalink
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Now I know how not to pay income tax. We should all become foriegn citizens and only pay state tax.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:55 AM on 11/02/2008
- PT6 I'm a Fan of PT6 25 fans permalink

Did he ever hear of Phil ANTHROPY!

I hear that GUY can help a person FEEL BETTER!

It worked for Rockefeller and Carnegie around the 1929 Depression!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:47 PM on 11/01/2008
- Ramirez I'm a Fan of Ramirez 289 fans permalink
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I have never understood a lottery prize that paid out based on your lifespan. It seems to me it would create an incentive for a government to have something unfortunate happen to you.
I'm just saying...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:25 PM on 10/31/2008
- oldGunny I'm a Fan of oldGunny 3 fans permalink
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Playing the lottery itself can be considered a tax on the stupid.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:43 PM on 10/30/2008
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Most countries don't tax lottery winners. After all it it is derived from a pool of money that has already been taxed. Double taxation is wrong.

I have a ships engineer friend in Canada. He won $12 million. No taxes.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:43 AM on 10/30/2008
- robinhood1 I'm a Fan of robinhood1 11 fans permalink

New York State has a reputation for being a high tax state so it is not surprising that it taxes lottery winnings. But its population hasn't grown much in recent decades and many large companies have moved their offices from the state or shut down factories. The current Wall Street meltdown should cripple its economy for years to come.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:41 AM on 11/01/2008
- Sundialsvc4 I'm a Fan of Sundialsvc4 144 fans permalink

Maybe he's supposed to give it all away . . .

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:43 PM on 10/29/2008
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