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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Getting the money over 20 years seems so stupid, it won't give you any interest and over 20 years just because of inflation it will be probably worse than 50% less...

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Plus, if the company goes out of business, you're fucked.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

At least in my state, the lottery is run by the state government. The taxes from it go to schools.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The taxes from it go to schools.

Dozens of people have gotten a chuckle out of this over the years. dozens!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

I mean, the taxes from the lottery do. What that don’t tell us is the taxes originally earmarked for schools now go to something else.

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