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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JL 0513" data-source="post: 2004820" data-attributes="member: 50088">This is unfortunately the norm rather than the exception.Read an article yesterday going into this lottery that MOST lottery winners deplete all of their winnings within 5 years.Financial experts go so far as to recommend that you don't spend anything the first 6 months to a year. I don't believe you should go that far but you just need to be smart about it and work with advisers. If you plan to never work again with a large enough win, it should be fairly simple arithmetic budgeting for the rest of your life but for most there's too much temptation in this world for self control.</blockquote>