>A western Wisconsin man will share his millions in lottery winnings with a longtime friend because of a promise they made to each other nearly three decades ago.
Friends Tom Cook and Joseph Feeney shook hands in 1992 and promised that if either one of them ever won the Powerball jackpot, they would split the money. That promise came to fruition last month when Cook bought the winning ticket for a $22 million jackpot at Synergy Coop in Menomonie.
When Cook called to give his friend the good news, Feeney couldn't quite believe it. >“He called me, and I said, ‘are you jerking my bobber?’” said Feeney, an avid fisherman.
Cook retired after hitting the jackpot while Feeney was already retired. Neither has any extravagant plans for the winnings but are looking forward to enjoying more family time. >“We can pursue what we feel comfortable with. I can’t think of a better way to retire,” Cook said. The pair said they're looking forward to some traveling.
The men chose the cash option of about $16.7 million, leaving each with nearly $5.7 million after taxes are paid. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in about 292 million.
>The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in about 292 million. I love how literally every news article about someone winning the lottery ends with this because you can just feel the amount of jealous seethe from the person who wrote it.
Lottery companies are money laundering schemes and they get actors to pretend to win.
James Barnes
well are you user?
Jason Richardson
This guys gets it! If you only knew how deep the rabbit hole really goes...
Adrian Bell
A guy dressed as Darth Vader won a $95 million lottery.
Justin Peterson
It's not seethe dipshit. It's a common question. "What are the odds of winning?"
Tyler Taylor
Oh cool some reddit faggot has fuck you money. Maybe hell pump nano or bat
Grayson Johnson
>$22 million prize >cash option of about $16.7 million >leaving each with nearly $5.7 million after taxes are paid
Ignoring the $5.3 million tax Why does the cash option even have it's own separate $5.3 million deduction?
Do they get taxed twice or something?
Colton Morris
Probably this. The non jack pot wins are legit though
Juan Wright
The lottery only exists to catch time travellers. They only choose numbers that nobody has picked. If somebody does choose the correct numbers, they are quickly detained by the feds. Like another user said, the winners you see on TV are actors.
Brody Jackson
imagine holding baño or bat in 2020
Im gonna puke
Eli Lee
Because the full prize is paid out as annuities, so the present worth of that same money is actually less.
Ryan Collins
Based and schizopilled
Jason Allen
The odds are literally 1 in 2 You either win or you do not
Daniel Ross
based retard
Nathaniel Bennett
lol i was just thinking this. the money always goes to people too old to do anything with it
John Richardson
>why the fuck is it always old people I'm pretty sure old people buy a lot more lottery tickets than young people.
Hunter Nelson
Because young people only buy scratch tickets for the instant gratification and higher odds of winning something
Gavin Myers
That is retarded. Time travelers aren’t going to play the fucking lottery after the first one gets caught, lmao. If you can time travel you have infinite way to make near infinite money, you don’t need the lottery.
Nathaniel Reed
time travelers would know it's a honeypot user
John Wood
>22 mil becomes 5.7 wtf
Mason James
>taxes on lottery wins Tell me more about that free country of yours.
William Lopez
I'm going to research these two guys real quick and I swear to God if I find out they are Freemasons I'm going to fucking lose it REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Honestly though the guy center right in the picture looks fucked in the head. Those eyes man those eyes
