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Buyer in Arkansas wins $1.8 billion stocking stuffer in Christmas Eve Powerball drawing
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Yeah why be happy for someone having luck and being able to break out of the hamster wheel.
Lotto winners rarely stay out of the hamster wheel.
By definition, people who play the lottery are bad at managing money.
Then everyone they've ever known comes out of the woodwork looking for money.
They end up blowing through it in a handful of years and end up poorer than when they started.
My plan for if I ever win the lottery...first thing, before telling anyone (except maybe my wife but she can't keep a secret for shit), is to find a good lawyer. Not brag to family or friends. Not cash it in. Lawyer.
Then find a real good financial advisor. This amount of money could provide generational wealth. 800m in S&P would earn 40-80 million per year. That's way more than enough for me and my immediate family to never work again, for several generations.
Of course that'll never happen, because you can't win if you don't play.
Unfair distribution of wealth! Billionaires should not exist! Boot licker Nazi maga!