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According to the National Endowment for Financial Education, about 70 percent of people who have won large lottery jackpots or fall into the possession of large sums of money all at once, wind up going broke and as much as one-third of them file for bankruptcy.

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The best part of the story is that Sargent hid his ticket in a baggie behind his Incredible Hulk action figure!

I am pretty darn lucky, so I am probably gonna win..

Check your tickets... last nights Mega Millions drawing produced 1 winner and the ticket was sold in Washington!!

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It's amazing how quickly our office pool went from a friendly collection for tickets to a formal email and photo copies of all the tickets.

If you thought a half a billion was big - hang on!  The jackpot has officially been raised to 540-million dollars for the drawing on Friday.   I wouldn't doubt if it grows again tomorrow.

Winning the Mega Millions jackpot would make me a team owner

No one won Tuesday night's Mega Millions jackpot so that means the jackpot will be a record setting 500-million dollars on Friday night!

I"m fairly certain that I'm not the only one who day dreams about winning the lottery.  It usually happens to me when I'm feeling financially insecure or when I see a neighbor drive by with a fancy sports car.   Envy?  Yes!

Mega Millions jackpot, it's nice to dream