• adarza
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    1 day ago

    it was a $2.04b jackpot. would have paid out that much as an annuity over like 25 years or something. taxes would have been withheld from those payments.

    the ‘lump sum’ option was $997.6m, which is what the winner opted for. after taxes the amount received was actually $628.5m.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-04-billion-powerball-winner-200153929.html

    whoever pulled the $424m out of their backside took another dose of taxes out of the payment that already had taxes deducted.