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  2. Why Lottery Winners Go Bankrupt (and What They Should Do ...

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    It's difficult to nail down a reliable statistic related to how many lottery winners go bankrupt. Some sources say one-third, while others say up to 70%. However, it's easy to find more than a ...

  3. Sudden wealth syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Otherwise, in cases of lottery winners, sudden inheritances, and trading of cryptocurrencies, educating oneself is highly recommended by professionals and wealth psychologists. [15] By researching how to budget and save, understanding the investment basics, and overall gaining financial literacy, a recipient may feel more comfortable and ...

  4. We Have a Winner! What Happens If Nobody Claims Record ... - AOL

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    Powerball ticket. After a nearly three-month stretch with no one matching all six numbers, we finally have a winner of the record-setting $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot.

  5. The Mega-Millions lottery has reached a stunning $1.15 billion, the fifth largest prize in the history of the game. The amount you would take home would likely be less than half of that, depending ...

  6. Press Your Luck scandal - Wikipedia

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    Paul Michael "Mike" Larson was born to Ruth Larson [5] on May 10, 1949 [6] in Lebanon, Ohio. [1] One of four brothers, [4] he graduated from Lebanon High School in 1967. [7] [5] By 1983, he was twice divorced and living at the home of his girlfriend, Teresa Dinwitty; she would later say of her "boyfriend and common-law husband, 'He always thought he was smarter than everybody else,' and that ...

  7. 7 Most Expensive Purchases Ever Made by Lottery Winners - AOL

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    Winning the lottery takes exceptional luck, but being financially wise with the winnings takes even more. The National Endowment for Financial Education says a whopping 70% of lottery winners lose ...

  8. The Lottery Hackers - The Huffington Post

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    Gerald Selbee broke the code of the American breakfast cereal industry because he was bored at work one day, because it was a fun mental challenge, because most things at his job were not fun and because he could—because he happened to be the kind of person who saw puzzles all around him, puzzles that other people don’t realize are puzzles: the little ciphers and patterns that float ...

  9. Jack Whittaker (lottery winner) - Wikipedia

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    He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery. After winning the lottery, he was proximate to a number of crimes, and experienced several personal tragedies. [2]