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BlurLove t1_jaxl09i wrote

There is almost certainly federal law regulating this kind of situation. You can’t just send an amount that large overseas without declaration. It may be entirely unlawful to do so if the recipient, or their location, is subject to foreign asset control status.

Also, somebody likely owes some taxes, and it doesn’t matter whether he/she is stateside. Tax jurisdiction attached to the money the moment it was won.

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SCWarriors44 t1_jax7cpl wrote

I answered your comment exactly. And your most recent one is nonsense that has nothing to do with what I said. Quite literally what you wrote was incredibly irrelevant to the conversation, not my response.

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angrymoderate09 t1_jax0e0y wrote

IF LEGAL?

There's fees to transfer money, so buyer would have to surcharge some level of fee... And then other expenses and profit.

But i could easily see someone scamming people... Buying one ticket and sending the same pic to 100 people who thought it was their exclusive ticket.

Shit could get shady fast, so I'd assume it's not legal.

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jusmellow t1_jawut05 wrote

This is interesting. I didn't even know that was legal. I am now considering opening a business buys lottery tickets for non-citizens/non-residents. I never would have thought of that as a business idea, because I assumed only people in the State can buy the State lottery (citizens of said state)

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Like it sounds scammy to me. If I bought someone else's lottery ticket for them and it was a winner winner chicken dinner worth 6.7 million.... well, not me, but someone weaker than me might ya know....not tell him it won and keep it

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96_doomer t1_jawg4jk wrote

I see that u gave a long explanation, but the problem is, my lack of fundamental knowledge in this subject, so what maybe common knowledge to people in that field, may not be to me. So unfortunately, most of what u just described just went over my head. But I appreciate u taking ur time to explain, although it sucks that I can't understand it, as I don't have the base knowledge in the field.

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WaterChi t1_javupkd wrote

> People who want to live in a society clearly want to have an easier life full of pleasures, where the responsibility of themselves is lessened to the point where they don’t have to worry.

That is a staggering level of ignorance. Humans are social animals. If you're a sociopath, go on your merry way but don't try to poison the rest of us.

> I’ve lived in the country have my life and the city half my life. The words I’d use to describe those in the country is giving, hard working, friendly, and family. Those in the city would be selfish, greedy, ignorant, and lazy.

Then explain why almost all the wealth generated in the US is generated in cities.... on a per capita basis. Explain why rural areas are wastelands while cities continue to grow and thrive. Reality disagrees with you.

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WaterChi t1_javudyx wrote

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