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1 Do You Think You Have a Chance at Winning the Lottery?
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2 Your Two Cents: Do You Play the Lottery?
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3 Most Lottery Winners Blow Prizes in a Few Years: Surprising?
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4 I'm Asking: Would You Still Work If You Won the Lottery?
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5 State Lotteries No Longer Recession-Proof
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6 How The Amazing Race Winners Are Spending Their $1 Million
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7 I'm Asking: What's Your Lotto Dream?
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8 Brilliant or Baffling: Giving Away Your Lottery Winnings
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9 12 Extreme Audience Reactions to Oprah's Fave Things
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10 Fair or Not: Millionaire's Son Wins $107 Million Lottery
The rich just keep getting richer. Brian McCarthy, the son of Marriott's millionaire president, became an overnight millionaire himself after buying five tickets to the Mega Millions lottery while he was at local grocery store withdrawing money from the ATM. His father earned a whopping $1.2 million in 2009. The lucky 25 year old is a Penn State University graduate who is currently working for Read more
In celebration of the Oprah finale episode, I think it's quite fitting to revisit one of her most anticipated shows! The range of emotions comes out in full force on the Oprah’s Favorite Things episodes. I’ve never seen so many people scream and cry simultaneously in my life, and I've never seen anyone get so emotional over mac and cheese. I admit, I tend to tear up a little when I watch some Read more
We read about lottery winners all the time, and reading their personal stories almost makes winning millions of bucks seem like a possibility. I've always considered myself a pretty lucky person, and yes, I do buy lottery tickets occasionally. Even though odds are stacked up against me, I can't help feeling that I might actually win the million dollar jackpot each time I purchase a ticket. What Read more
Imagine winning $11.3 million in the lottery. Then picture giving it all away to charity. A retired Canadian couple did just that after they won the lottery in July, and their donation spree is almost up, because most of their winnings has been given away. "What you've never had, you never miss," Violet Large, 78, said. The money was actually more of a burden than a boon, because the couple Read more
Picture yourself on a boat on a river. Or a private island. Or in a Manhattan penthouse with a Carrie-closet filled with shoes. We all have a lotto fantasy, but when it comes down to it, most of you say you'd still work if you won a pot of gold. What's your big lotto dream when you're fighting through a rough week or pondering what it would be like to be unconcerned with finances? Would you buy Read more
California lawyers Victor and Tammy Jih form the brother-sister team who won The Amazing Race 14, and are now $1 million richer. When asked about the first thing they'd do with the million, Tammy responded: I took my entire law school education out in loans so I will be paying that back. It would have taken me 10 years of working to pay those back so it will be nice to not be saddled with such Read more
In these tough economic times, there's one group of teachers that doesn't have to worry about making ends meet. Fifteen educators in Shasta County, CA hit the $76 million jackpot on Monday! The team of administrators, teachers, a school nurse, and a psychiatrist have been playing the same numbers for seven years. The winning assistant principal said he's happy to see people who chose careers in Read more
Slim odds have prevented many of us from playing the lottery, and now the economy has more Americans resisting the urge to put $5 on the Super Lotto. With retirement savings down the drain and an uncertain job market, people aren't as willing to take a chance on the lottery. Nationwide, state lottery sales fell about $215 million in the past few months compared to the same time last year. More Read more
I've fantasized about winning the lottery, especially on particularly tough days at work, but when it comes down to it I think that I'd still want to work after picking lucky numbers. When ilanac13 commented that it's hard to say whether or not her job is fulfilling but that she'd still work if she won the lottery, it made me curious to see how the rest of you would handle the situation. Would Read more
We're constantly discussing preparation for the future around here — which doesn't mean we wouldn't know how to put a large amount of cash to use immediately — but I'd like to think most of us would use foresight and take steps to keep much of that money stored away in a safe place. It seems that I've been giving people the benefit of the doubt, because I was surprised to learn that 70 Read more
