If you win the house, hold onto it for a year and live in it as your primary residence.
Besides the value going up in the hot market, you don't get dinged on capital gains like you would if you turn around and sold it right away.
That said, all these lottery houses are the same the last few years...Panorama Hills, or "on the ridge" (crappy obstructed view, way down in Cranston) for 1 million$.
I recall the FH lottery back about 5 years ago when you got as large a house, but it was in the new community of Elbow Valley....that, a Porsche, and 50,000$ was the "million dollar prize". That house is probably 3$ million at least now.
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