Ohio woman wins $80K a year for 25 years: Here's how much she really gets
VANDALIA, Ohio (WJW) – A woman in southwest Ohio won $2 million on an Ohio Lottery scratch-off ticket but won't take home even half of that cash.
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According to the Ohio Lottery, the New Carlisle woman recently purchased a $20 Extreme Cash ticket from a Speedway in Vandalia and won the game's top prize of $80,000 a year for 25 years.
The lottery said, the winner chose the cash option prize of $1,000,000. After mandatory state and federal tax, totaling 28 percent, she will receive $720,000. That's 36 percent of the initial prize money.
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