Ex-lottery worker who rigged winnings gets 25 years in prison

Re:Ex-lottery worker who rigged winnings gets 25 years in pr... by jlgaddis on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:44PM (#15085485)

From the linked article:

> ... poor households, with annual take-home incomes under $13,000, on average, spend $645 a year on lottery tickets, which comes to about 9% of their yearly income..

  $ echo 13000*.09|bc
  1170.00

$645 is ~5% of 13k.

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Re:Ex-lottery worker who rigged winnings gets 25 years in pr... by mikeash on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:51PM (#15085546)

Note the word "under."

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Re:Ex-lottery worker who rigged winnings gets 25 years in pr... by sl4i6j3o4i98g on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @07:56PM (#15086346)

Dont forget tax!

Try:

$ echo "(93250.1)+(13000-9325)0.15"|bc

gives tax payments on 13k USD to IRS 1483.75

9% of take home pay is

$ echo "(13000-((93250.1)+(13000-9325)0.15))*0.09"|bc 1035

Then there is the additional sales tax at point of sale, which can further reduce buying power.

Yes its 135 than your projection, but that might be food for the week.

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