Be Careful What You Wish For

[bondwooley]

Is the state lottery good or bad?

State lotteries can be bad for your health. At least, they can be - if you win. No, seriously. According to the experts, people who experience "sudden financial windfalls" can ultimately expect to feel anxiety, depression, anger, distrust, lack of identity and a sense of loss.

That's what we discovered after spending the last year on Losers: Lester & Charlie's Favorite Collection of Losing Lottery Tickets. The horror stories from the winners - involving mob hits, cyanide poisoning, bankruptcy, divorce - made it seem like a public service to steal the tickets from everyone buying one. (Hey, you never know.) And the saddest part is that these miserable winners likely have no one to complain to; they've already lost all their friends.

(Original article and source links at http://lesterandcharlie.com/2015/11/02/lotteries-can-be-dangerous-to-your-health/ )

[bondwooley]

4. Yeah

... that's pretty severe, and I take pity on Bobby, who seems to have been a victim of circumstance. Sadly, his saga isn't that different from many other winners.

[AZ Progressive]

2. Money that is not made through merit is not respected

As thus all the people basically trying to take the money away from the winner.

[bondwooley]

5. But nobody...

... is is trying to take away the Koch Brother fortune....

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. I already feel all those things

"anxiety, depression, anger, distrust, lack of identity and a sense of loss."

I'd rather feel them with millions of dollars.

But seriously, I just think of all the good things I could do for others.

[laundry_queen]

6. Yep, basically.

At least I wouldn't have to deal with work in addition to all of that. And at least I'd be able to afford a psychologist unlike now.

[scrubthedata]

7. Bring it

on. The downsides aren't anything I don't deal with all the time.

[fayhunter]

8. LOL

I'd feel them with 10k.