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To: Gena Bukin
One of wifey's friends (also Minnesota) won $1,000,000 in a church raffle thing about 25 years ago....payable at 50K over 20 years.

She got swarmed by family and relatives she hardly knew, including "Uncle Louie" who insisted that she pay for his needed heart transplant.

She ended up selling her small pizza place and going undercover.

10 posted on 08/13/2011 9:17:13 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
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To: ErnBatavia
She ended up selling her small pizza place and going undercover.

In almost all these "the lottery ruined my life" stories, it was the winner's inability to say no to greedy friends and family members that cost them their fortunes. Seems that winning so much money might make for a lonely and stress-filled life as many winners would have to bail on the communities they grew up in and the people they've known all their lives or else be hounded constantly for hand-outs.

14 posted on 08/13/2011 9:28:12 AM PDT by Gena Bukin
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To: ErnBatavia
I once heard a good plan for lottery winners:

Put the ticket is a safe place and don't announce that you have won. Then, call all your close friends and relatives to ask if you can borrow a significant amount of money.

You'll learn who your trusted friends are before you make the announcement.

15 posted on 08/13/2011 9:28:25 AM PDT by Baynative (If the government was in charge of the desert , we'd soon have a shortage of sand.)
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