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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Hmm...

I mean, they could advertise the 30-year annuity as a separate number, then. There are still ways to make this work. I'm just saying, not framing taxes as if they were a punishment would make the whole thing much less annoying.

Not taxing the winnings at all, or just taxing them before they get into the pot, might be the easiest solution, I guess. My only contention with that is, well, now we're just edging into the fact that I don't really like lotteries. Certainly not on this scale.