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The Financial Consequences of Winning the Lottery (ssrn.com)
4 points by computator on Aug 20, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


The academic study correlates lottery wins with bankruptcies in the state of Florida. The gist is that you're as likely to declare bankruptcy whether you've won $1000 or $100,000. A larger prize postpones bankruptcy awhile but doesn't reduce the probability.




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