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Old 06-05-2009, 03:42 PM  
Cyandin
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Originally Posted by SilentKnight View Post
That's colossally fucked up.
Not really. The annuitized jackpot keeps the lottery from going bankrupt, and allows them to make a ton of money by investing that sum over the period its payed out.

If everyone got the annuitized jackpot as a lump sum, we'd have no lottery.
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