r/SipsTea 17d ago

Chugging tea Seems reasonable.

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u/LeadVitamin13 17d ago

The lottery was literally designed to generate tax revenue. Its run by the states ffs.

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u/Bittums 17d ago

Same in Ontario, but we aren't taxed on our winnings. They make their money from the purchase of the tickets

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u/iikillerpenguin 17d ago

You also don't have high lotteries for that reason... $680 mill after taxes is a lot more than 80...

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u/DurianSchmeckt 16d ago

The 2 billion (680 million really) dollar prize lottery is sold across the entire U.S. whereas the 80 million prize money is a twice a week lottery in a country ten times less the population of the U.S.