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 Mega Millions drawing for $850 million will take place Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 at 11 pm ET, and the drawing for Powerball's $730 million will take place on Wednesday, January 20th 2021
+++UPDATED: Tuesday, January 12th -- The rules below still apply, but now the Jackpot is sitting at $615,000,000 and the one-time payout would be $451,800,000.
Wouldn't it be a great way to kick off 2021? Winning a lottery Jackpot?! What about the MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT which stands at $447,000,000...