Man Claims He Is Being Denied $5-Million Lotto Prize Because Underage Son Bought Scratcher

yeah they just took that money back, but Ive bought scratchers before and they never ever asked me for ID for Scratchers or Lotto, I used to buy them for my folks too its weird. They should just give the old man the 5 million the government will just take half that anyway if he goes for the lump sum instead of the monthly payments. and what he is left which will probably be like 2.5 million he gets taxed on that.

In Canada I heard if you win the lotto you dont have to pay taxes on it. some guy won 60 million in Canada and I heard they didnt even tax him for it. he got to keep it all. Not sure if they tax him at the end of the year but they dont do that take half the winnings and than tax you on the other half you are left with like they do in
USA.
In Canada, Europe, basically every country with a lottery system, all of the prizes are lump sum and tax free. So if the prize is announced as being $100M it will end up being $100M instead of like $40M which it will end up being in most of the US after federal, state, and possibly even local taxes, plus the lump sum being considerably less even before the taxes. This is because most countries aim for progressive taxes whereas the US has increasingly aimed for regressive taxes as part of trickle down economics.
 
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If that's true then I greatly applaud Canada for that. That's exactly how it should be. It's fucking ridiculous how they do it in the US. Once the parasites and leeches are done taking their cut the recipient is left with a fraction of the advertised winnings. It's sickening and pathetic. All lottery winnings should be tax and fee free.

Tax money has to come from somewhere, if they aren't taking it from lottery winners, they're going to take it from you.

Canada does it right? Do you have any idea how much more we pay in taxes? We literally pay tax on our tax, for fuck's sake.
 
I'm not sure why it even matters? Regardless of who bought it, it's still a winning ticket.
 
Sucks tbh. Here the gas station guy could get 2 years in prison for selling lotto tickets to under aged persons.
 
Sounds like a wash and the taxpayers of California should just keep the money.
Why didn't the father just go in and buy the tickets himself? Seems odd to me.
I'm pretty sure the lotto doesn't rely on tax dollars to run.
 
didnt read the whole article but how did they know a 16 year old purchased it and not him?

also I see his point, if the station said no to the kid the kid would of went out and told the father and the father would of went in and purchased the same tickets himself... So he still would have won.

I heard stories about this in vegas were a parent lets a little kid pull the lever on a winning slot machine and the casino then tries not to give out the money because the "winner" was underage

Someone else might have purchased the winning ticket before he got back inside.
 
In Canada, Europe, basically every country with a lottery system, all of the prizes are lump sum and tax free. So if the prize is announced as being $100M it will end up being $100M instead of like $40M which it will end up being in most of the US after federal, state, and possibly even local taxes, plus the lump sum being considerably less even before the taxes. This is because most countries aim for progressive taxes whereas the US has increasingly aimed for regressive taxes as part of trickle down economics.

Jackie Blue with that good freaking info man.
 
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