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Creating an artificial windfall generator

Posted October 1, 2007 - 02:20 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

Everybody enjoys getting a windfall. One of the attractions of the lottery (besides the infinitesimal chance that you might win a life-changingly huge amount) is that the smaller winning tickets produce little, irregularly spaced windfalls. In fact, some lotteries are deliberately set up to work like this.

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MegaMillions - Mo' Money Mo' Problems?

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Personal Finance

Last night's MegaMillions drawing was for $370 million dollars. They say that money doesn't buy happiness, but I've got enough happiness right now. So I could totally use $370 million for, say, shoes.

Did I say 'shoes'? I meant 'for smart investing'. In shoes.

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