The remaining scratch-off tickets totaled 5440 US dollars, and federal and personal income taxes still needed to be paid. California has a tax-exemption policy on lottery winnings, while other states might require an 8% or 12% state tax, but in California, you only need to pay federal tax and personal income tax.
Lottery amounts exceeding 600 US dollars, foreigners have to pay 30% federal tax, while locals only need to pay 25%.
If it were a normal redemption process, it would definitely be done by letting Americans like Jesse or Jennifer, who are old White Flag People, to go redeem and sign for it. However, a lottery ticket actually has a wide range of value and uses, there are people on the streets willing to buy these tickets at a higher price.
Allen Zhang simply drove Jesse to the Sunkist Bar, which was open for business today, already gathered plenty of booze-lovers; however, no strippers had been recruited yet, the steel pole was still unused.
