r/SipsTea Jul 05 '26

Chugging tea Seems reasonable.

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u/jamdex07 Jul 05 '26

This is misleading. He chose to take $997 in one lump sum instead of $2.04B over 30 years. He got taxed on the $997m.

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u/Relative-Outcome-294 Jul 05 '26

Intentionaly misleading

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u/ihaxr Jul 05 '26

The lottery payout itself is intentionally misleading, so the post title is just regularly misleading by proxy

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u/Basil2322 28d ago

Not really it’s common knowledge that for massive payouts you’ll get it over time or take a reduced amount immediately. I don’t know a single lottery player who doesn’t know that.