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that only applies to some countries... germany, australia, canada and others do not tax price money
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And the UK, never taxed on anything considered winnings >

Not even casinos and such? >

Nope, any winnings are yours to keep >

Nice, an actual non-greedy country for once >

Well I’m sure the thinking is, they’ll get it back in taxes eventually anyway, and this way more money is in the economy, it’s smart really >

Great reasoning and everybody wins >

David Chang played Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire and won the million dollar question, he was a millionaire before appearing, won, and was still a millionaire so there's at least one.
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To be fair the show is called "Who wants to be a millionaire?" Not "We will make you a millionaire" >

Except for people who already had enough wealth to still be a millionaire after the taxes from the million dollar prize. So it’s not that unreasonable. >

Being a millionaire is not what it once was, anyway.  These days it is more like upper-middle class. >

i’ll still take it >

Looks like the answer to the question \Who wants to be a millionaire after taxes?\ is a resounding \Not me!\ >

I feel like you are getting downvoted for crappy formatting more than a crappy thought. I like what you are thinking. >

“Who wants to be a thousandaire” just doesn’t have the same ring to it >

i mean, say $250-300k savings is not outlandish to have especially with the intelligence of some of the people on the show >

Incorrect! They had "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" in Canada where there are no taxes on game winnings, so you could become a millionaire in Canadian dollars!
It actually turned out to be something like $USD740,000, which is actually something like $USD100,000 more than American contestants get after tax (all amounts are rough estimates, it was a long time ago and I don't remember exactly). >

IIRC they paid out enough to make you a millionaire after taxes