Youre not going to win the lottery, so dont spend a bunch of money on tickets. Even if you do win, weve seen time and time again that lottery prizes are more often a curse than a blessing. Dont just take my word for it, lets look at the numbers.
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You Wont Win Anyway
The odds of having a jackpot winning ticket for the Powerball is about 1 in 76 million. Just to emphasise how small of a chance that is, youre looking at around 0.00000001% of buying a single winning ticket. You have a better chance of finding the last of Willy Wonkas golden tickets. Mainly because theyre fictional and nobody would care if you said you found one, so you might as well spend the $3 on a Wonka bar and eat some cho…
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