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You can insure yourself against losing a lottery fortune

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Financial ruins are so common among the instantly wealthy that specialized policies exist just for them. You can literally pay a premium to guarantee that when you inevitably squander your jackpot on terrible investments, you will not end up homeless.

You can insure yourself against losing a lottery fortune
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