019: Estate Planning During the Pandemic and Playing the Lottery Without a Trip to the Store with Louis Pierro and Richard Wheeler

Saving With Steve

In this episode of Saving With Steve, host Steve Sexton is joined by Louis Pierro, the founder and principal of Pierro, Connor & Strauss, LLC, who concentrates his law practice in the areas of Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Business Succession Planning, Elder Law, and Special Needs Planning, and Richard Wheeler, the President of Mido Lotto, who has 20+ years of lottery, BD, and operating experience with multi-national companies and government agencies.

My first guest today, Louis Pierro, is the Founder and principal of Pierro, Connor & Strauss, LLC, a Law firm with a mission to empower their clients to achieve their goals, protect their families, and navigate through the complex problems encountered by each generation. He joins us today to discuss estate planning during the pandemic, what estate planning documents the average person needs, and the biggest estate planning mistakes.

Did you know one billion dollars in lottery winnings go unclaimed each year in the U.S.? Mega Millions is over $125MM, and Powerball is up over $220 MM. The lottery business is changing, especially the way you go about getting buying your lottery tickets.

My second guest, Richard Wheeler, is a lottery expert and the President of Mido Lotto, a company with a mission to increase good cause contributions by bringing lottery into the mobile, social, and physical distancing age. He joins us today to discuss the upcoming historic jackpot and his company’s new smartphone app that allows players to safely order lottery tickets from the comfort of their own home.

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