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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (3584)	2/1/2006 12:02:58 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Equally disturbing is that almost no lottery recipients who choose the annualized payment option ever receive the last payment. They are almost all forced to sell their final payment stream in a viatical settlement to pay off debts from excessive consumption. Thus, the big winners who have come from poverty are returned to it. At least most of them enjoyed the ride.