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What Would You Do If You Won The Lottery?

Although very few people ever do experience winning a big lottery jackpot, it is always interesting to see what people decide to do with their winnings. It is extremely interesting when people give most of their winnings away.

A recent Yahoo! Article talks about a special couple from a small town in Nova Scotia who generously gave away all but about 2% of their $11.2 million winnings.  Their names are Allen and Violet Large and I think their last name truly depicts their personality.  They certainly are large in the spirit of generosity.

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What Would You Do With One Million Dollars?

I was watching the T.V. show How Winning The Lottery Changed My Life the other day and it was interesting to see how different people responded to their big win.  Some won a million dollars while others won 49 million.  Either way, the winning  changed many people’s lifestyles dramatically, and not all experienced positive changes.

For me, I am quite certain that the money itself wouldn’t necessarily make me happy, however, the fact that I would be able to help a whole lot of people by using this money would be extremely rewarding.

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