newweek article a few years ago, said that unless you won 4 million $ or more in the lottery, you'll probablly blow it in less than 4 years. Half of it is lost right off the bat, to taxes, of course. But guys buy fancy houses, cars, etc, ON PAYMENTS, then help out all the parasites who look them up, then, runnikng short of payment money, they fall prey to all the "get rich, invest with me" shysters who come around. Man, 2 million $, spent on gold coins (so you don't lose the average 5% per year lost to inflation) is 50k a year, for 40 years, and people can't make it last 4 years. 50k a year, no tax or SS, is 2-3x what over 1/3rd of the people in uS clear per year! wtf, people! get your head out of your ass.