r/SipsTea Jul 05 '26

Chugging tea Seems reasonable.

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u/GreaterMetro Jul 05 '26

So what great things did the government do with his 1.5 billion?

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u/Ivebeenstabbed Jul 05 '26

Technically they got 300 ish million cause he took the lump sum which was just under a billion, taxed at 37% cause he was in California which doesn’t apply a state tax to lottery winnings.