I also read somewhere that by the person waiting until after the new year to claim the ticket,
I would have moved to a State without income tax, and or a state that does NOT tax lottery winnings
I also read somewhere that by the person waiting until after the new year to claim the ticket, they will not owe taxes on the money until April 2020 rather than April 2019. By holding out, this person can earn millions of dollars just investing that money or collecting interest for 18 months before having to pay it out to taxes in April 2020.
Gubmint's gonna get theirs, you can count on that.I believe the state in which the ticket is sold can tax the winnings as well as your home state, sort of like a state where a football player plays an away game can tax his earnings for that game.