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WHAT COULD 550-MILLION DOLLARS
BUY YOU? THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE DREAMING ABOUT
TODAY, AS THE DRAWING FOR THE
RECORD POWERBALL JACKPOT IS
BIG IN THE LOTTERY SAY IT'S
NOT ALWAYS FUN AND GAMES.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF TALES OF
LOTTERY WINNERS WHO WOUND UP
IN FINANCIAL OR PERSONAL RUIN.
WILLIAM BUD POST THE THIRD
ENDED UP WITH A BROTHER WHO
TRIED TO HAVE HIM KILLED, A
LANDLADY WHO TOOK ONE-THIRD OF
HIS JACKPOT IN A LAWSUIT, A
CONVICTION ON AN ASSAULT
CHARGE, AND A BANKRUPTCY.JUAN
RODRIGUEZ WON A JACKPOT WORTH
149-MILLION... ONLY TO HAVE
HIS WIFE DIVORCE HIM AND TAKE
HALF HIS LOTTERY WINNINGS. AND
IN SOUTH FLORIDA, A WOMAN IS
ON TRIAL, ACCUSED OF KILLING A
MAN WHO WON A 30-MILLION
NOT GUILTY.
((WINNING THE LOTTERY IS A
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO REALLY FEEL
HAPPIER, HAVE A MORE
COMFORTABLE LIFE, MAINTAIN
THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, AND IT
WORKS OUT FOR THEM.// BUT MORE
OFTEN THAN NOT, PEOPLE ARE
OVERWHELMED, THE MONEY ERODES
AWAY AT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS,
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY
WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF NOT
WINNING THE LOTTERY.))
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IT'S EASY TO DREAM BIG WHEN
FACED WITH THIS AMOUNT OF
MONEY, BUT PEOPLE CAN EASILY
LOSE THEIR HEADS.
BRENDA KADING-PAYNE IS A
FINANCIAL ADVISER AT EDWARD
JONES INVESTMENTS. THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
+ WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND PEOPLE
DO WHEN
THEY WIN THE LOTTERY... EVEN
BEFORE THEY CLAIM
THEIR PRIZES?+ WHAT'S THE BEST
ADVICE YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE
WHO'VE COME INTO A LARGE
SUM OF MONEY?+ WHAT ABOUT THE
EMOTIONAL ASPECT: FRIENDS AND
FAMILY IN NEED, OR SUDDEN
FAME... HOW DO YOU COUNSEL
PEOPLE ABOUT THIS?
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