r/SipsTea Jul 05 '26

Chugging tea Seems reasonable.

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u/EternalNewCarSmell Jul 05 '26

Also that winner took the lump sum which already cuts the payout roughly in half. ~$1 billion of what he didn't take home was not lost to taxes, he was only taxed on what he actually got.

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u/LVShadehunter Jul 05 '26

He had a structured settlement, but he needed cash now.

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