My question is, there are websites that you can buy through and they take a percentage if you win but nobody has won a big one, so what's the chances of the owner of the ticket I.e. the website owner, doing a runner with your $2b?
I suspect highly likely.
In the USA, they stipulate that you have to go public if you win, here you don't.
They also tax big time over there but not here. You also get two choices over there, a lump sum or money every year for the rest of your life. If you go for the money every year, you can transfer some to...