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National Lottery 'fixer' reveals how to avoid ruining your life if you hit the jackpot​

From Colin and Chris Weir to Adrian and Gillian Bayford, there are plenty of examples of apparently happy marriages which ended after a massive National Lottery win.

Others such as Britain's youngest winner Callie Rogers and the notorious 'lotto lout' Michael Carroll have been declared bankrupt after rapidly blowing all the cash.

But Andy Carter, an adviser who has helped guide more than 2,500 winners over 20 years, is among a team who help Brits try to stop a jackpot ruining their life.

The father-of-two works as a lottery 'fixer' who spends his time speaking to winners in the hours after they learn about any prize from £50,000 to £195million.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertain...-hit-the-jackpot/ar-AA28Jw9m?ocid=socialshare
 

Ohio man wins lottery again just moments after hitting $1M jackpot​

TOLEDO, Ohio (WJW) – One man in Ohio had quite the lucky streak.

According to the Ohio Lottery, he bought a $50 Millionaire Blowout scratch-off ticket and won the game’s top prize – $40,000 a year for 25 years, totaling $1 million.

The man claimed the cash option of $500,000. He will receive about $366,250 after mandatory state and federal tax withholdings totaling 26.75%.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...tting-1m-jackpot/ar-AA28T7bn?ocid=socialshare
 

Sports betting industry spending on US midterm elections surpasses $72 million​

  • DraftKings gave more than $34 million and FanDuel over $27 million this cycle
  • Win for America routed more than $12 million into 34 Georgia legislative races, records showed
  • Federal records exclude direct spending on state races and donations to dark money groups
NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - DraftKings, FanDuel and other online sports betting companies have ramped up election spending on the U.S. midterms to at least $72 million so far, the latest campaign election data shows, as prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket bring fresh scrutiny — and competition — to online betting.

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Long term, gambling is for suckers and 98% have no business playing. I will, however, continue to play the occasional lotto quick pick for a couple of bucks.
 
Fatrat said:
Long term, gambling is for suckers and 98% have no business playing. I will, however, continue to play the occasional lotto quick pick for a couple of bucks.
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Make it very occasionally. The dollar would be better spent on virtually anything else.


You'd have at least 30x better odds of driving down the road behind an armored car as it hits a bump causing a bag full of cash to fall out of it, than you would in winning a power ball drawing.
......and probably all other lotto games too.

That's how unlikely it is to happen.
 
^^^ did they refuse to pay him, like we hear of so many casinos doing when someone hits for the big prize?
 
Joe King said:
^^^ did they refuse to pay him,
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Nah. From the article:


By the winner’s account, the alert nearly went unnoticed. “When the notification popped up I dismissed it because I was mid spin,” Rose M. said in the operator’s announcement. “When I saw my balance increase I thought there was a glitch.” She said she called her sister first, then drove to Atlantic City the same night to confirm the payout. She plans to help people close to her, return to school for a master’s degree, and travel to Greece.
 
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