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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 1:46pm  
Easy come, easy go.Whether we win $500 million or $1 million, about 70 percent of us lose or spend all our money in five years or less.Take a second chance.Always play the second-chance drawings. Some games require you to mail in your losing ticket. Others tell you to go online and 
register the ticket’s serial number. People either don’t know about the drawings or don’t take the time to enter, so your odds of winning are always better.You will be exploited—possibly by your friends.I had one friend who told me this sob story about how behind she was on her local taxes, how they were going to take her house because she couldn’t pay. After she left, I got on my computer, looked up her tax records, and saw that she wasn’t behind. When I printed out that page and sent it to her, well, that was the end of our friendship.We answer for our impulse purchases.After we won the lottery, we bought an eight-bedroom, seven-bath, 10,000-square-foot mansion because we could, and it sounded amazing. Well, now we’re selling the eight-bedroom, seven-bath 
mansion because it’s impractical for a family of four.We are still looked down upon by the truly wealthy.After we won and moved into an exclusive neighborhood, we planned a huge Fourth of July party and invited all our neighbors. None of them came—they thought we didn’t earn our money.We're sick of money questions.It drives me nuts when people ask where I keep the money, how I spend it, and if I still have it.Your friends will change with your lifestyle.Everyone who wins thinks they’re going to have the same friends and do the same things. But if you have $100 million and you want to fly to Hong Kong for the weekend, you need to either find someone who can afford to go with you or be willing to subsidize someone. And subsidizing people gets old.You may be forced into the spotlight.If you think you’re going to win and remain anonymous, you’d 
better check your state laws. Many states require that you do a news conference and hold up a big check.'Tis better to give.Now that I can buy anything I want, I’ve learned that what 
really matters—and what I enjoy most—is being able to do things that help other people.Don't donate all at once.If you want to give a charity a big sum of money, never give it all at once. It’s better to donate $100,000 a year for ten years so you can retain some control and make sure the cash is being spent wisely.Who are we kidding? Life is great.You haven’t lived until someone picks up the laundry from your front porch and brings it back to you that night, completely done and neatly folded.Sources: Donna Mikkin, who won $34.5 million in the New York State Lottery in 2007; Sandra Hayes, a social worker who split a $224 million Powerball with her coworkers in 2006 and wrote How Winning the Lottery Changed My Life; seven-time lottery game grand-prize winner Richard Lustig, who wrote Learn How to Increase Your Chances of Winning the Lottery; and Don McNay, a financial consultant to lottery winners and the author of Life Lessons from the Lottery. 4951
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Fallon Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 1:56pm  
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WskyTngoFxtrt Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:11pm  
You would think in this day and age that people would clue in.  Just because you can buy a massive house, doesn't mean you have the money to maintain that beast, year after year.
 
Sort of like seeing the pro ballplayers buying super cars with their signing bonuses.  You know they are heading toward bankruptcy.  
 
Being rich is having the money to buy a super car.  Being wealthy is knowing you can buy the super car, and maintain it.  And still don't buy it, because you know you have no need of it.
@Fallon: I have a strong need for a supercar. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:13pm  
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:18pm  
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:21pm  
  Those of us that do, are specialEmoticon
 
@Fallon:   I concur with that.  You are really "special"!    Emoticon
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:25pm  
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:29pm  
@FoFa:  Good list.  The only think I would add to the third paragraph is "... friends and relatives."When my mother passed away, we had a bunch of cousins bugging us asking for mom's things.  I could understand if they just wanted a memento, but they wanted her more expensive things! 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:31pm  
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:33pm  
Is it to much to ask for to actually win the lottery and just buy a normal house with some land and a pool....that's all I want...
 
Hubby on the other hand wants a Ferrari...I don't blame him one bit haha 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:34pm  
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:35pm  
Is it to much to ask for to actually win the lottery and just buy a normal house with some land and a pool....that's all I want... Hubby on the other hand wants a Ferrari...I don't blame him one bit haha
@mpjp0907: Smart hubby. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:36pm  
Exactly @mpjp0907. I just want one lotto win.  Under 10 million, but over 5.Come on Karma!  
 
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Yessssssssssssssssssssss! Enough to pay off all the bills and invest in something like medical marijuana cus ya know in the next few years that stuff will take off!
 
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:37pm  
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 14, '14 2:37pm  

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>> Is it to much to ask for to actually win the lottery and just buy a normal house with some land and a pool....that's all I want... Hubby on the other hand wants a Ferrari...I don't blame him one bit haha
@mpjp0907: Smart hubby.
 
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Him and his boss still talk about buying a tesla. Told him he needs to remind him of that this week when he gets his new promotion. Emoticon 4951
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>> Is it to much to ask for to actually win the lottery and just buy a normal house with some land and a pool....that's all I want... Hubby on the other hand wants a Ferrari...I don't blame him one bit haha
@mpjp0907: Smart hubby.
@WskyTngoFxtrt: Him and his boss still talk about buying a tesla. Told him he needs to remind him of that this week when he gets his new promotion. Emoticon
@mpjp0907: Not much of a Tesla fan except for the original 2-seater based on the Lotus Elise. 4951
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