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Originally Posted by jammies
Yeah, I don't play the lottery anyway but I think winning a billion dollars would be more of a curse than a benefit. You would have to hire security to keep the crazies and con men away, it would pretty well make normal friendships impossible, you'd have a full-time job just taking care of your money and possessions, and so on.
Although on the plus side I could afford to crush the dreams of anyone who has ever wronged me. There's that.
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The story of
Jack Whittaker demonstrates the potential for extreme negative consequences from big lottery wins. The coles notes is that he only actually got 1/3rd of the published prize (taxes, differences between annuity and lump sum), was inundated with hangers on and leechers, faced numerous bogus lawsuits from people trying to scam money, was stupid enough to have hundreds of thousands in cash stolen from his vechile *TWICE*, and ultimately, lost his granddaughter after she turned free money into a drug habit.