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Lessons in managing money from lottery winners

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NEW YORK CITY - SEPTEMBER 05: A newsstand in Manhattan advertises the latest Powerball Jackpot, now reaching $1.8 billion, on September 05, 2025, in New York City. Saturday night's drawing will follow no winners from Wednesday's $1.4 billion grand prize, Powerball said.   Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

While there have been plenty of stories of lottery winners being murdered or wishing they had torn up the ticket, some have fared better.

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Mark Walker

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Regrets? Past lottery winners have had a few.

The Powerball jackpot has swelled to US$1.8 billion (S$2.3 billion), or an estimated US$826.4 million in cash – a sum so vast that if no one wins, and it climbs higher still, it could cross into record-setting territory.

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