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Hi. yourself in the chaos with Wondry Plus. Aggie, what would you do if you won the lottery?

That's so funny. I was just talking about this with a friend. If I won the lottery, I would

take a very long time to claim my prize. I'd make sure my ducks were all in a row. And then I would

try and not tell anyone, depending on how much money I'd win, I'd start off by like just buying

homes for people. Oh, that's nice. Well, I ask because I'm curious if you think that you would

make sound financial decisions for yourself or if you'd have to bring someone

in to help manage your enormous wealth. Oh my God, absolutely someone would have to manage my

wealth. I don't know what to do with all that money. Like I truly barely know what to do with the

little money I have. Okay, well, it's a good thing that you and I are obviously self-made millionaires

and not lottery winners, because the story

I'm about to tell you will make you think twice about ever wanting to hit the jackpot.

In October 2018, a middle-aged woman is taking a scenic drive in Simpsonville, South Carolina,

when a convenience store sign catches her eye.

It's advertising the Mega Millions lottery.

The jackpot is up to more than a billion dollars.

The woman, who now goes by a pseudonym, Beth Smith, is married with a couple of grown kids,

and she works hard as an insurance underwriter.

So she decides,

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