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minus 5% for 'administration' which is outrageous. Its a fixed cost to administer the lottery. Should not be a percentage.

And is anybody calculating the taxes on the prize, which also goes to fed/state?



I have no idea what the exact numbers are. I have tried to illustrate how the temporary increase in the smaller payouts has no bearing on how much the state makes, yet it makes the game temporarily profitable. Obviously this still needs to be profitable for the players after taxes, expenses and whatnot, otherwise it would be a complete non-story: "person does not get richer playing lottery."




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