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Who Won The Largest Powerball Jackpot In History?

AP | BY BRENDAN FARRINGTON | Posted 05.20.2013 | Business
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — So you have a lottery ticket worth $590.5 million. Now what? If you won Saturday's historic Powerball jackpot and you haven...

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Life Lessons About Money and Happiness

Don McNay | Posted 04.21.2013 | Business
Read More: Habitat for Humanity, Abraham Shakespeare, Jack Whitaker, Millard Fuller, Lottery, Lotto, Lottery Winners, Business News
Don McNay

When you think about it, almost all of us have our own "lotto moment." We make decisions about money that will either give us long-term security and happiness or bring on pain and regret.

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Powerball Winner Pays Off Big Debt

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 04.01.2013 | Business
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PATERSON, N.J. — A former bodega owner who will be pocketing $152 million in lottery winnings has coughed up $30,000 in back child support with ...

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Crowd Funding and Lotto: Which Is Worse?

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.17.2013 | Small Business
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Henryk A. Kowalczyk

The Securities and Exchange Commission is finalizing its work on implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, signed into law by Preside...

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McDonald's Workers Still Suing For Mega Millions

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 10.08.2012 | Home
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A pool of McDonald's Mega Millions players still believes coworker Mirlande Wilson made like the Hamburglar and stole all the winnings. Now the group ...

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Why Do People Run Through Large Sums of Money Quickly?

Don McNay | Posted 12.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Winning the Lotto, Lottery, Lump Sum, Lotto, Money Management, Lottery Money, Inheriting Money, Lump Sum Lottery Money, Home News
Don McNay

At first, I thought that the problem was people getting too much money too quickly. I assumed that controlling the flow of money, such as giving them monthly payments for a lifetime, would keep them in line. It's a little more complicated than that.

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Luck Of The Irish: Family May Be Double Lotto Winner

Posted 08.14.2012 | Home
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Two members of an Irish family may be accidental lottery winners after two winning tickets with identical numbers were sold within half a mile of each...

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Alleged Mega Millions Winner Says She Lost Ticket

AP | Posted 04.07.2012 | Black Voices
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BALTIMORE -- A woman who has claimed to have Maryland's winning Mega Millions ticket now says she has lost it. Wilson had previously said she hid the...

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Doug's Dozen: 12 Things I'll Do As Soon As I Win That $640 Million in the Lotto

Doug Molitor | Posted 05.30.2012 | Comedy
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Doug Molitor

If I won Mega Millions, I'd buy a $40 million house... with a $600 million wall to keep all you envious poor people out.

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Mega Millions Jackpot Hits Record

AP | Posted 05.28.2012 | Home
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ATLANTA — The Mega Millions jackpot is now the largest in U.S. lottery history. Georgia Lottery officials say the jackpot reached $500 million ...

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How To Win The Lottery

Scientific American | Garth Sundem | Posted 05.12.2012 | Home
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So goes popular opinion: the lottery's an egregious societal evil implemented and overseen by shape-shifting, blood-drinking reptilian aliens. And tha...

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Lottery Winners Keeping Their Millions A Secret

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.07.2012 | Chicago
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Somewhere in Chicago live a modest, middle-class couple with two teenage children and a $30 million secret. They recently won the Illinois Lottery,...

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2 Tickets Win $355 Mega Millions Lottery

AP | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS and JESSIE L. BONNER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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EPHRATA, Wash. — The suspense over who bought the two winning tickets in the $380 million Mega Millions lottery focused Wednesday on two small t...

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PHOTOS: Mega Millions Madness In LA

Huffington Post | Nicole Larson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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Hundreds of people in Southern California have lined up since early Tuesday morning to buy Mega Millions tickets before tonight's $355 Million drawing...

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Two Finalists Picked For Illinois Lottery Contract

AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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CHICAGO — Two private companies were named as finalists Monday for a lucrative, first-of-its-kind contract to manage Illinois' lottery and will ...

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Bailouts Don't Work: The Lotto Winners Study

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Don McNay

You can see why bailouts fail. Wall Street and lottery winners have a common bond. They have access to easy money without restraints.

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Math Professor Wins State Lottery 4 Times

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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BISHOP, Texas — The odds that Joan Ginther would hit four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined nearly $21 million are astronomical. Mathematici...

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$2.5M Indiana Lotto Jackpot Goes Unclaimed

AP | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosier lottery players have been digging through their trash, scouring their cars and bringing fistfuls of old tickets, some in ...

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Abraham Shakespeare: Death by Lottery (video)

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Don McNay

http://www.youtube.com/user/mcnayonthemoney#p/a/u/0/t-nYOCaF2cM Here's a video of my comments on the death of Florida Lotto winner Abraham Shakespe...

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Lottery Officials Mull Over National Game

AOL | Melanie S. Welte | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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The nation's two biggest lottery games are talking about cross-selling tickets in U.S. lottery jurisdictions with the potential for a national lottery...

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Store Clerk Pankaj Joshi Accused Of Stealing $1M Lottery Prize

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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AUSTIN, Texas — A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped tow...

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Woman Pretends To Win Lottery, Causes Riot At Ohio Store

AP | MEGHAN BARR | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay f...

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NY Lotto Game Revamped For Players To Love

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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ALBANY -- It's makeover or bust for New York's classic Lotto game. The state Lottery Division has laid the groundwork for a new version of its flagsh...

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Can The Lottery Help Us Save Money?

wsj.com | JASON ZWEIG | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Based on recent headlines, you might think that Americans are finally saving again. Want to bet? In 2007, the latest year for which final numbers are...

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$133 Million Lotto Ticket Sold In Queens: Winner Nowhere To Be Found

nydailynews.com | By Henrick Karoliszyn and Katy Bolger | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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The mystery winner of the $133 million Mega Millions lottery has yet to come forward and collect the prize. Officials said that the winner let the com...

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