In some states the money will go the estate of the deceased winner.
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According to the information at the link below your heirs are entitled to any unpaid lottery winnings.
Since winnings are the opposite of losses, your question is very confusing. Perhaps your lottery winnings were stolen. If so, you can report the theft to the police.
If all of the deceased assets are left to the widow, she retains the rights to the winnings.
Yes. Both are utterly irrelevant to lottery winnings.
Are you talking about after death? The winnings would just become an asset of the estate and go to whomever is designated to receive them from the deceased. If it is before death, the money could be a one time non-taxable gift.
California does not tax have a state income tax on lottery winnings. The federal withholding rate amount is 25 % to be withheld from the winnings amount.
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Yes.
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Taxes on lottery (or gambing, etc) winnings are the same as any other ordinary income in both amount and use.
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