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The only persons who cannot collect the proceeds of a lottery ticket as a consequence of federal law would be anyone who is subject to US economic sanctions as a matter of US foreign policy. Such individuals are extremely restricted in their ability to engage in financial transactions of any sort in the United States, which would definitely prevent them from being paid out winnings derived from a lottery prize. Other than this very specific and very narrow exclusion, there are no other restrictions imposed by federal law on who can be paid out a prize from a state-run or privately-run lottery in the United States.It is a violation of federal nondiscrimination law for a lottery conducted by a state or private organization on terms that are different for US citizens than they are for resident aliens, visiting aliens, or even undocumented immigrants. Discrimination, by a state or by a private actor engaged in interstate commerce, on the basis of either national origin or current immigration status, is generally prohibited by federal law. There are many exceptions to this general principle, but none of them apply to the operation of a state-run or privately-run lottery.The only significant difference is in the handling of the mandatory tax withholding. Individual who are US residents for tax purposes must provide a SSN or ITIN (Form W-9), and the lottery operator will fill out and submit Form W-2G and will withhold 24% of the prize as prepayment of federal income tax. A winner who is not a US resident for tax purposes will generally be subject to a requirement for the operator to file Form 1042 and Form 1042-S, and to withhold 30% in tax, unless the winner presents a Form W-8BEN that documents the winner’s residence in one of the about two dozen nations that have negotiated with the United States for a reduced tax rate on gambling winnings, in which case a lower rate (possibly zero) would apply. (See Publication 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities for more information.)As all immigrants (both legal and undocumented) are categorically US residents for tax purposes, the same tax handling applies as would apply to a US citizen.Obviously, an undocumented immigrant might not want to appear in person to collect a lottery prize, due to concern that the publicity might lead to attention from ICE, but that’s a matter of practicality, rather than of legality.

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You can create one or several check(s) for yourself any time before Dec 31 and report that as W2 wages. If you want to just count the distributions, you already took, you will have to go back and figure out how to gross up your pay so that the net comes out to what you have already received.How you are processing payroll will determine if it is easier to actually run a payroll for yourself or just manually adjust your earnings reports. Just make sure you do everything in the fourth quarter for tax reporting purposes. Don't forget that even though you already paid yourself, you are going to have to have the cash to pay the IRS and your state for the payroll and withholding taxes.