[steve19]

If the prize "winners" came ahead with a dollar more than taxes they came out ahead.

He was smart, he took a decent amount of money but didn't risk his banker questioning where millions of dollars in his bank account came from.

[ceejayoz]

> If the prize "winners" came ahead with a dollar more than taxes they came out ahead.

Only if you don't count the risk of getting caught (and the lifelong stress that risk may induce even if you don't).

[onetimemanytime]

Not if they spent the money before paying the taxes. You know how it goes when you get a bunch of money all of the sudden

[backupcavalry]

Hell, you'll be relatively lucky if taxes are all that gets you: https://abcnews.go.com/US/lottery-jackpot-winners-lost-big/s...

As pleasurable as it is to imagine myself winning huge sums of cash it's also almost a sort of fire drill for in case it ever actually happens.