"They won '$5,000 a week forever,' then the company went bankrupt
Bankruptcy records show at least ten "forever" prize winners may never collect millions they were promised."
Imagine if this happened to the Multi-State Lottery Association. You won a 1 billion dollar Mega Millions jackpot and went with the annuity...
I'm sure they'll say it would never happen, but I'm sure the Publishers Clearing House people thought the same
https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/oregonians-won-publishers-clearing-house-then-company-went-bankrupt/283-48e70a19-6223-4a44-a9f9-1642875b96fe