According to the National Endowment for Financial Education, about 70 percent of people who have won large lottery jackpots or fall into the possession of large sums of money all at once, wind up going broke and as much as one-third of them file for bankruptcy.
Have you caught Lottery Fever? Remember a few weeks ago, a winning Washington State Lottery Ticket worth an estimated $2.7 Million was sold to someone in Sunnyside? It could happen, even though odds are against it, and it could be you if you buy a ticket...
The Powerball Jackpot has reached $260 million. That’s enough money to buy every resident in the state of Washington (6.9 million) a 15-tulip bouquet (up to $35).
On Wednesday, March 13, the Powerball jackpot rolled over to $216 million. That’s enough money to buy the whole city of East Wenatchee (13,190) a snowmobile (up to $16,000).