It is frequently suspected that Powerball is just a giant money laundering scheme. See if anyone actually wins and claims it? My guess the winners from the large jackpots are always from states where you don't have to publicly claim.
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Idk about the winners being fake but I do know all they have to do is not have a winner for a week or two and then the "prize" gets so high that people that don't normally play it will play it.
Then the taxes happen. Obviously, that's why our schools are sooooo good. Kek.
Even conservatives that are against taxes tend to be willing to tax lottery at an insane rate.
The People I know that play the lottery are so used to insane taxes that they do the math before playing or in conversation:
"100 million bucks! That'd be great. Of course it's really only like 45 million but that's plenty for me!"