Man wins $7 million in lottery after buying every single ticket:
Kevin Clark, from Candler in North Carolina, had a hunch that the top $US5 million ($A7 million) prize in the Mega Cash scratch-off game would be won in the western part of the state.
So he came up with an unusual strategy to ensure he got his hands on the lucky ticket – by travelling from store to store and buying every ticket he could find.
Mr Clark spent four hours on his quest to purchase every $20 Mega Cash scratchie ticket he came across in around 40 different stores.
And while it is not known how much he spent in total, it’s safe to say he came out on top after a ticket he bought from a Stop N Go outlet in Swannanoa, North Carolina ended up being the winner.
[...] In the end he decided to pocket a $US3 million ($A4.2 million) lump sum instead of taking the $US5 million as an annuity of $US250,000 ($A350,267) per year for two decades.
After taxes, he was left with a total cash prize of around $US2.1 million ($A2.94 million).
“I had a real good feeling it was going to be in the western part of the state,” Mr Clark said, according to the NC Education Lottery.
However, he said he was still stunned when his tactic paid off.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2020, @03:48PM (2 children)
The fuck you on about?
The taxes are clearly listed in the receipt every place i've been in Europe, including the part where i live.
This example receipt i'm looking at right now lists the items with tax price, total and also tax percent, total without tax, amount of tax and total with tax. What more do you want?
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday August 10 2020, @05:31PM
Last time I did much shopping in Europe was in the 1990s, at that time it was not customary for VAT to be listed on store receipts, maybe times have changed.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2020, @06:37PM
"What more do you want?"
maybe for people to not be such suck ass slaves to be paying vat in the first place like the dipshits in the US who pay the income tax?