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This 20-year-old lotto winner refused $1M in cash and chose $1,000/week for life. Now she's getting slammed for it
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-19 18:00
Would you rather be a millionaire or have safe, reliable passive income for life? That’s the difficult choice that many lucky lottery winners are frequently faced with. While the prospect of a seven-figure payout is tempting, 20-year-old Brenda Aubin-Vega from Quebec, Canada recently decided to take the recurring payment option instead. Must Read After scratching off three piggy bank symbols on her Gagnant à Vie ticket, Aubin-Vega was stunned to discover she had just bagged the game’s top prize. “I cou ...