First Thing You Should Do if YOU Win the Lottery
Imagine the very thing you’ve hoped for - actually happens - Your ticket has all the correct numbers. You win the big jackpot!
Here’s what to do next:
1 - Don’t tell anyone
This is going to be hard. You’re going to be tempted to call, ...
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.
If I won tens of millions of dollars in the lottery I'd stay right here in Tri-Cities, but it wouldn't look the same after I got done! Here are a few ideas at the top of my list. If you win, how would you share (and with whom)?
When you win a Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot it’s not just you who wins; it’s anybody you want to share the win with -- your wife, husband, kids, friends, dog, cat --