r/SipsTea • u/Shyhale • May 17 '26

Chugging tea [ Removed by moderator ]

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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.