Suddenly a millionaire : The curse of winning the lottery

In the United States, nearly 80 billion lotto tickets and scratch cards are sold every year. Overnight these winners find themselves in charge of an astronomical fortune and at the centre of the limelight. A third of winners end up in ruins. So what makes this industry so attractive, and what do the lives of the winners actually look like

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