{"id":420,"date":"2010-07-27T00:12:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T07:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterfever.com\/blog\/?p=420"},"modified":"2010-07-26T20:46:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T03:46:06","slug":"playing-the-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/27\/playing-the-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing the Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday was my lucky day. I was walking across the gym to meet a client when I looked down and saw a crisp $1 bill. I was hesitant to pick it up because I didn’t want everyone in the gym to think I was cheap or needed the money. So I quickly picked up the dollar and looked around to see if anyone was watching me stuff it in my pocket. My client had noticed and said, “You should use the money to buy a lottery ticket.” I told him, \u201cBuying the lottery ticket is the idiot tax.\u201d I said it in a way that didn’t offend him in case he purchases lottery tickets.<\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course people win the lottery, rarely is it anyone that you know. But I\u2019m mainly against playing the lottery since it never seems to make people\u2019s lives better; often I think it makes it worse. I have heard many stories of past lottery winners who ended up divorcing, in bad health from stress, and sometimes are even killed. Take a look at this article 13 Lottery Winners Who Lost Everything<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If I won the lottery, I would immediately donate 75% to charity, 20% to my family split evenly so I wouldn’t get harassed in the future and keep 5% for myself. I really don’t need much to be happy.<\/p>\n

Listen, I don’t want to diminish your hopes about winning the lottery. It’s a great way to for states to collect taxes. But just remember, if you win, you will have to pay more than just taxes; everyone says it changes their relationships with loved ones and strangers (most of the time for the worse). I think you are better off saving up that money and spending it on something you really like instead (www.PeterFever.com<\/a>). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Take a look at this special HBO just released last week about the lives of lottery winners.<\/p>\n

httpvh:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qn9OYsWewT8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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