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Old 10-28-2018, 05:33 PM
 
Location: Swiftwater, PA
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Originally Posted by LillyLillyLilly View Post
Exactly! When you're worth that much, I don't think a couple thou can even be called a risk no matter what you're spending it on. It's pocket money.

Anywho, Powerball was won last night. So no more fun jackpots for at least a couple of months -- sometime next year there's a chance there will be another big one.

I play anyway. I'd be perfectly happy with the starting jackpot of 22 - 23 million cash value. That's plenty to fund almost anything I dream about.
To make us all feel better here is a BBC article titled "You can win a billion and still go bankrupt": BBC - Capital - You can win a billion and still go bankrupt. I feel better already!
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