I hope the winner consulted with an attorney and a CPA, to plan the best way to claim it, and also for future investments and tax planning. Hopefully claiming the one time payout was the best choice. Uncle Sam will get his share too, in addition to the noted state of South Carolina tax revenue from this ticket.
I believe the attorney has helped other lottery winners before. I think it’s his niche.
The winner retained Jason Kurland of Rivkin Radler of New York as legal representation and to act as a spokesperson, according to the lottery commission 8>)
Once had an Engineering Economics Professor tell us, “Almost no matter what, taking money NOW is better than promise of money later.”