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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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. |
http://http://www.theglobeandmail.co...rticle4121212/
The story of Mike Muswagon from Manitoba who hanged himself 7 years after winning ten million.
You win the lottery and everyone will be after you. Many people can't handle the stress.