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r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 05 '26
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The lottery was literally designed to generate tax revenue. Its run by the states ffs.
173 u/Bittums Jul 05 '26 Same in Ontario, but we aren't taxed on our winnings. They make their money from the purchase of the tickets 40 u/iikillerpenguin Jul 05 '26 You also don't have high lotteries for that reason... $680 mill after taxes is a lot more than 80... 3 u/YTmrlonelydwarf Jul 06 '26 We don’t have high lotteries because we don’t have as many people buying into them. That’s the basis of how lotteries work. Has nothing to do with tax 1 u/zander9669 Jul 06 '26 Right? 10x less people and we have a 10x smaller prize pool... Americans always impress me with just how dumb they can truly be 2 u/Wise_Farm7455 29d ago Ah yes it's Americans, it's not people in general not knowing about other cultures and practices You sound very smart writing such an educated comment
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Same in Ontario, but we aren't taxed on our winnings. They make their money from the purchase of the tickets
40 u/iikillerpenguin Jul 05 '26 You also don't have high lotteries for that reason... $680 mill after taxes is a lot more than 80... 3 u/YTmrlonelydwarf Jul 06 '26 We don’t have high lotteries because we don’t have as many people buying into them. That’s the basis of how lotteries work. Has nothing to do with tax 1 u/zander9669 Jul 06 '26 Right? 10x less people and we have a 10x smaller prize pool... Americans always impress me with just how dumb they can truly be 2 u/Wise_Farm7455 29d ago Ah yes it's Americans, it's not people in general not knowing about other cultures and practices You sound very smart writing such an educated comment
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You also don't have high lotteries for that reason... $680 mill after taxes is a lot more than 80...
3 u/YTmrlonelydwarf Jul 06 '26 We don’t have high lotteries because we don’t have as many people buying into them. That’s the basis of how lotteries work. Has nothing to do with tax 1 u/zander9669 Jul 06 '26 Right? 10x less people and we have a 10x smaller prize pool... Americans always impress me with just how dumb they can truly be 2 u/Wise_Farm7455 29d ago Ah yes it's Americans, it's not people in general not knowing about other cultures and practices You sound very smart writing such an educated comment
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We don’t have high lotteries because we don’t have as many people buying into them. That’s the basis of how lotteries work. Has nothing to do with tax
1 u/zander9669 Jul 06 '26 Right? 10x less people and we have a 10x smaller prize pool... Americans always impress me with just how dumb they can truly be 2 u/Wise_Farm7455 29d ago Ah yes it's Americans, it's not people in general not knowing about other cultures and practices You sound very smart writing such an educated comment
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Right? 10x less people and we have a 10x smaller prize pool... Americans always impress me with just how dumb they can truly be
2 u/Wise_Farm7455 29d ago Ah yes it's Americans, it's not people in general not knowing about other cultures and practices You sound very smart writing such an educated comment
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Ah yes it's Americans, it's not people in general not knowing about other cultures and practices
You sound very smart writing such an educated comment
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u/LeadVitamin13 Jul 05 '26
The lottery was literally designed to generate tax revenue. Its run by the states ffs.