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Big winners on game shows, how did winning a prize really pan out? (lemm.ee)
submitted 9 months ago by JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Examples: If you won a car, did you get a car without a hitch? Any help on insurance payments? Not the prize or cash you were promised?

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[-] Bizarroland@kbin.social 78 points 9 months ago

A friend of mine got roped into a game show when he was in Japan and ended up winning ~ $50,000 USD after taxes.

I think it was one of those shows where you had to contort your body into particular shapes to fit through a sliding wall.

Anyway, he bought a truck and paid off some of his family's bills and now he's running for some sort of city council position, but he's kind of a dick so I wouldn't vote for him.

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