Currently state lottery winnings are taxed just like gambling income. If someone won $5 Million cash in any lottery this year (2013) they would receive just over $3 Million and owe 39.6% of the rest of their earnings to the IRS. Winning the lottery is a life changing event for anyone. It's paid by the state governments and then taken away by the Feds. This seems wrong.
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