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| Even the lottery rips us off! Seems like they are always finding ways to rip us off. FOXNews.com - New York Lottery Says No Dice for Man With Inoperable Lung Cancer Who Won $50,000 a Year Jackpot - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
This guy has lung cancer and is said to only live for another year. He won $1 million on a scratch ticket and he wants to use that money to go to a Phyladelphia hospital that specializes in treating advanced-stage cancers.
They actually had the balls to tell him you can receive annual payments of $50,000 for 20 years (before taxes), or take a lump sum of a little over $200,000 after taxes.
Now this is what pisses me off. You scratch a ticket and you are said to have 1 million, yet you will not be given your 1 million leaving, you with a choice to take annual payments or a lump sum worth 20% of what you are supposed to get. I really feel bad for this guy and I am just sickened by this. |