Sudden Wealth Syndrome: The Shocking Truth After $3.8 Million Powerball Lottery Win

Sudden Wealth Syndrome: The Shocking Truth After $3.8 Million Powerball Lottery Win

Powerball winner Willie Seeley and wife Donna on NBC’s TODAY show. PHOTO: Screengrab by @ChadWillis/Twitter

So you won last week. The most exciting time in your life has been and gone. You watched your numbers come up on TV, shouting and whooping, and you have traveled to the lottery HQ and collected your check. Now what happens?

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12 Things You Simply MUST Avoid If You've Won Mega Millions Or Powerball

12 Things You Simply MUST Avoid If You've Won Mega Millions Or Powerball

Winning large lottery sums takes less skill than spending it. Here's some advice. PHOTO: Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG

Seems so simple, doesn't it? Win a large sum, pay off debts, help out your family with houses and cars, trip no-expense-spared travel, and indulge all your fantasies at once.

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While you were sitting around last week, over 1,000 Silverites were winning lottery prizes

While you were sitting around last week, over 1,000 Silverites were winning lottery prizes

Lotto Max winner Timothy Schell didn't sit around waiting to win his $22 million.

Last week - while you were sitting around, eating, watching tv, fixing your car, having fun with your kids, nightclubbing, darning your socks - over a thousand Silver Lotto System owners have won lottery prizes of some kind.

How did I come up with this number of players?

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How to beat even the worst lottery odds in your next game

How to beat even the worst lottery odds in your next game

Want a pile of money? This what it looks like. Robert and Tonya Harris look at cardboard money representing their Georgia MegaMillions $275 million win. PHOTO: toledoBlade

The media are fond of putting out extraordinarily hopeless odds in any major game. They do it because it's attention-seeking and good for readership. But they have it completely wrong.

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