1 on their priority list.'Īs they were leaving the news conference, Mr Skidmore stopped at the microphone to identify himself and his partners and said: 'And it feels good,’ before leaving the room. ‘From the first conversation I had with them, it was very philanthropic.Charities was definitely, probably No. Mr Kurland said: 'Obviously, everybody is extremely excited. It was the only ticket he bought.ĭuring the press conference he and his two colleagues sat stoically at a conference table sipping bottled water as Jason Kurland, the group's attorney, answered questions but declined to address basic issues about the win. Winning combination: News of the huge jackpot prompted a search for the elusive ticket holdersĪccording to the story which has been told so far, Mr Davidson bought the $1 quick pick ticket for the November 2 drawing at the Shippan Point BP gas station in Stamford. By Wall St standards they are not big players. ‘The winner is a client of theirs and their clients are a mixture of larger and smaller investors. They are going to make a donation but they keeping a large proportion of the money and they are going to manage it. ‘They have said they are going to give it to charity but they are going to manage the money. ‘They set up the trust so that Brandon and his two partners could claim they won it and that the real winner wouldn’t get hassled. Mr Gladstone, a real estate agent who rents Mr Lacoff the Belpointe office space, said: ‘The person who really won it is anonymous. He, Mr Davidson and Mr Skidmore then set up the Putnam Avenue Family Trust which will allow the man to keep out of the spotlight. Tom Gladstone said that a client at investment company Belpointe LLC, which was founded by Mr Lacoff and provides investment advice, much of it to wealthy individuals, was the real winner. Now, according to a family friend who has known Mr Lacoff since he was a boy, the truth behind what happened is very different. The rules also contain the general warning: 'By submitting an official winning 'Connecticut MEGAMILLIONS' ticket for validation, the Claimant agrees to abide by all applicable laws, rules, regulations, instructions, conditions and final decisions of the President.' The rules state: 'Subject to Connecticut laws and regulations relating to the public disclosure of 'Connecticut MEGA MILLIONS' winners, the name and city/town of the JACKPOT winner shall be disclosed in a press release or press conference and the winner may be requested to participate in a press conference.' The Connecticut Lottery Company has failed to return repeated phone calls by MailOnline but its own rules suggest that the plot could leave the bankers - and their client - out of pocket. It means they will take the after-tax lump sum of nearly $104 million in cash between them. The jackpot was the largest ever won in Connecticut and the 12th biggest in Powerball history. Noble, CT Lottery President and CEO (left) and Frank Farricker after claiming their prize in Rocky Hill, Connecticut It had been suggested that Mr Davidson bought his ticket on November 1 and the following day they realised their numbers had come up, beating odds of 195,249,054 to one.īig win: The trio poses with Anne M. It would also explain the bankers' sheepish performance at a press conference to collect their ‘jackpot’, during which they refused to discuss their relationship with each other. The explosive claims blow apart the fairytale story that Mr Davidson bought the ticket at a gas station in Greenwich Connecticut for $1. In a further twist, it was also claimed that rather than donate a large proportion of the money to charity, the winner has requested that the majority just be invested for his personal gain. The three men allegedly set up a trust ‘as a front’ so that Tim Davidson, Brandon Lacoff and Greg Skidmore could be the public face of the win. Should that happen it would mean that the entire scheme backfired spectacularly - and leave the charities which have been promised cash out of pocket. The final decision rests with the president of the Connecticut Lottery Company, which runs the draw, and he could throw out their claim. The rules of the Connecticut Powerball state that the winner ‘shall be disclosed’ or the winning ticket could be ruled invalid. A family friend who has known Mr Lacoff since he was a boy said they are not the real winners Stoic: Tim Davidson, Brandon Lacoff and Greg Skidmore at a press conference to collect the record $254m jackpot yesterday.
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