• @[email protected]
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    1871 day ago

    it was a $2.04b jackpot. would have paid out that much as an annuity over like 25 years or something. taxes would have been withheld from those payments.

    the ‘lump sum’ option was $997.6m, which is what the winner opted for. after taxes the amount received was actually $628.5m.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-04-billion-powerball-winner-200153929.html

    whoever pulled the $424m out of their backside took another dose of taxes out of the payment that already had taxes deducted.

    • @Frozengyro
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      671 day ago

      They did that to make it sound worse than it is.

      • @[email protected]
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        Wait a minute… Are you suggesting someone on the internet lied for attention?! I don’t believe it!

        • @FauxLiving
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          I know, It’s getting so that you just can’t trust unsourced images of alleged tweets talking about political topics on social media anymore.

          smh my head

    • ✺roguetrick✺
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      Edit: disregard, California doesn’t tax lottery winnings on the State level