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    What Would You Do If You Won The Powerball? Introduction I. Introduction: One Wednesday September 26th 2012 somebody in Iowa won the 202 million dollar Powerball. II. Thesis: I already have my winnings mapped out if I were to win the Powerball. III. Preview of Main Points: a. I would make sure my family is finically set. b. Continue living my day to day life. c. I would invest into something nonprofit. Transition: With that said let me tell you how I would

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    What Would You Do If You Won The Power Ball? One Wednesday September 26th 2012 somebody in Iowa won the 202 million dollar Powerball. I already have my winnings mapped out if I was to win the Powerball. I would make sure my family is finically set. Continue living my day to day life. I would invest into something nonprofit. With that said let me tell you how I would spend my winnings. Making sure my family is finically set would consist of: Paying all of our debt off. Making sure my children’s

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    is lottery a good idea

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    Is Lottery a Good Idea? Lottery is one of the best things that has ever happened to human kind especially those that dream high and but their dreams don’t come to life because they don’t have what it takes to make it happen. Lotteries are in various categories such as sweep stakes‚ scratch off‚ the Jackpot and even the green card lottery. The lottery that is being focused in this argument is the jackpot one. When individuals or people in general buy the lottery ticket their hopes are high‚ and they

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    1 Lottery Winnings

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    both the Mega Millions and Powerball. • Percentage of new friends after winning the lottery. • Odds of losing the money awarded from a lottery win. • Second chance drawings. Mega Millions  Odds of winning:1 in 259 million on the jackpot  $656M‚ Mega Millions‚ March 30‚ 2012 is the largest jackpot with 75 million tickets sold for drawing.  Odds of getting struck by lightning is 1 in 700‚000  Expected value: $1.54  1/259M($656M)-(258/259)$1 Powerball  Odds of winning: 1 in 175

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    Winning the Lottery

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    LOTTERY TO HELL Winning the lottery is the ultimate dream in everyone’s life. It is an easy game and requires very less amount of money to play‚ but the chances of winning are a one in a million. In everyone’s mind‚ spending their last dollar bill on a ticket and pick out random numbers may turn their life around in a positive and joyful way. In fact‚ winning the lottery could bring someone’s life more than just joy‚ it could turn their life into a living nightmares. Despite the risks

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    Worth Playing Lottery

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    lottery addicting because people are not risking a lot to win thousands to even millions of dollars. “...the thought of winning millions of rands activates the motivational part in your brain and makes you believe you can also be a lottery winner” (Powerball). This also makes the lottery very addicting because motivation makes people want to keep going and going causing them to lose more and more money. Obviously‚ playing can be fun and cheap‚ but it is very addicting. As a result‚ the lottery can be

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    As America continues in its frenzy over the now $640-million jackpot up for grabs in tonight’s Mega Millions lottery—have you bought your ticket yet? Have you bought a hundred?—we feel it is our duty to inform you that actually‚ you really probably don’twant to win the lottery. Even if you think you do.  RELATED: Mega Millions Remain Unclaimed for Some Unknown Reason We have collected the true‚ terribly sad stories of lotto winners that show that winning the lottery‚ despite the seeming wonderfulness

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    Lottery Essay

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    so they allowed the lottery to increase revenue without raising taxes. That all sounds great and dandy‚ but it isn’t without its major flaws. The chances of winning in the 2012 US Mega Millions lottery were a likelihood of 1 in 259‚000‚000 or the Powerball jackpot with a chance of 1 in 175.2 million. There’s a more likelihood of being struck by lightning (one in 3 million)‚ attacked by a shark(one in 11.5 million)‚ or even becoming a billionaire(with an astounding one in 785‚166). (Investopedia) Its

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    Against The Lottery

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    Lotteries increase the rate of unemployment which leads to people not having a regular source of income making it hard for them to take care of themselves and their families. There are different types of lotteries from the video lottery‚ the lotto‚ the Powerball‚ raffles‚ scratch-off‚ and the dailies. For all those lotteries‚ there are different prices of tickets varied from the lottery you are playing. The most expensive lottery ticket bought was $50 bought in Texas. Usually lottery tickets range from $0

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    Does Money Buy Happiness?

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    Does Money Buy Happiness? Donald Tolbert John Brown University Executive Summary The subject of this paper is the age-old question‚ “Does Money Buy Happiness”. On the surface‚ this question appears to be an easy one. Happiness however‚ is a subjective item. To better answer this‚ several points must be analyzed such as‚ “What is happiness?”‚ “How is it measured?” etc. To better streamline this process‚ a research question was developed: * “Does an increase in personal income cause

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