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You won the lottery, now what?

Tips to keep your wealth

Lori Quayle
8 min readJan 13, 2023

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Most people have daydreamed about winning the lottery. Are you a huge jackpot winner? Lucky you! Only 30% of lottery winners still have their money after five years. If you want to be one of the fortunate ones, keep reading. Financial experts and previous winners tell you how you can still be rich years later.

BEFORE YOU CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

1. Enter the Cone of Silence

Be like Elmer Fudd: Be vewy, vewy quiet! As soon as people know, they hound you. Also, do not go the lottery office to claim your prize. You need to lay low and start setting yourself up for success before turning in your ticket.

2. Take a Selfie

Take a selfie of you and your ticket. Or take a video with it showing your smiling face and the numbers. I would also include a newspaper with the date showing in the picture (exactly like a ransom demand picture from the movies — except you’re smiling).

This will be your “before” picture.

3. Lock it Up

The very next thing to do is lock the actual (unsigned) ticket away somewhere safe, in a bank safe deposit box. Only sign the ticket after you have spoken with the financial advisors you…

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Lori Quayle

I am a reader, overthinker, wanderer, and writer who will entertain and inform you—if you let me.