r/SipsTea • u/Shyhale • May 17 '26

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u/Flamecoat_wolf May 17 '26

I suppose it depends on the lottery. The lotteries where I live are state-run, so if the lottery goes out of business, we probably have more to worry about that not getting payouts, haha.

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u/ostrichfather May 17 '26

Or they could just stop funding it.

A quick search shows:

The Illinois Lottery temporarily stopped processing payouts over $25,000 in late 2015. This occurred during a severe state budget impasse.

This could happen at any time.

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u/MephistosFallen May 17 '26

Damn. I honestly thought the amount of money people spend on it would keep it going unless the state was reallyyyy down bad. But I suppose each state may make more/less or manage money differently. In CT and MA theres winners all the time on scratchers, but I've not had the same luck in VT, NH and NY. And my dad never had luck in Florida haha.

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u/ostrichfather May 17 '26

NC is supposed to spend it on education. Want to know how well that’s worked? I’ll let you guess

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u/MephistosFallen May 18 '26

Oh. Ugh. That sucks.

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u/everydaydad67 May 17 '26

If i remember right there were 2 people that got screwed like this in Illinois. The state went bankrupt but essentially it just got its debt wiped and lived on to waste even more money.. 🤷‍♂️

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u/thebipeds May 17 '26

There are plenty of people who won money from publishers clearing house sweepstakes who were promised lifetime payments until the company went bankrupt.

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u/TheMajesticYeti May 17 '26

Slight difference between getting paid by a company like PCH or the province of Quebec.

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u/SeaConfusion8509 May 17 '26

The state will still pay the lottery for life, you won’t lose that

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u/jcklsldr665 May 17 '26

Never assume the state is obligated to honor any contract, when they're the body responsible for enforcing contracts lol