• ivanafterall
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    -21 year ago

    But you didn’t need to do back-of-napkin math, at all. He got $433.7 million.

    • @Got_Bent
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      151 year ago

      My point was that the IRS didn’t take the eight hundred million stated, but probably closer to two hundred million.

      But we all love to get angry about anything and everything, especially when we think we’ve scored Internet gotcha points, so enjoy.

    • TheChurn
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      141 year ago

      The 433.7 million is after paying taxes on the lump sum.

      Nominal Jackpot: 1.2B
      Lump sum: ~600 M
      Taxes on lump sum: ~167M
      Post-tax winnings: 433.7M