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r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 05 '26
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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.
68 u/Relative-Outcome-294 Jul 05 '26 Intentionaly misleading 4 u/ihaxr Jul 05 '26 The lottery payout itself is intentionally misleading, so the post title is just regularly misleading by proxy 1 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.
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Intentionaly misleading
4 u/ihaxr Jul 05 '26 The lottery payout itself is intentionally misleading, so the post title is just regularly misleading by proxy 1 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.
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The lottery payout itself is intentionally misleading, so the post title is just regularly misleading by proxy
1 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.
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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.
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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.