Maybe Winning The Lottery Wasn’t So Great After All

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There are a lot of people walking around dreaming of winning the lottery. I was in a local convenience store recently when a man came in and bought $10 worth of gasoline and $20 worth of lottery tickets. I thought his priorities might be a little off, but I suppose I should thank him–he’s paying money to the state that I don’t have to.

Most states now have state lotteries. Illinois is no exception. However, eighty-five of their recent lottery winners may not currently be feeling like winners.

Big Government reported today that $159,000 in checks to eighty-five lottery winners in Illinois bounced. Ouch.

Please follow the link to the article–the article is short and pretty much says what I have posted, but the comments are amazing.

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