I could flip my $300 World Cup lottery tickets for a $1K profit right now. Here's why I'm holding firm.

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An avid soccer fan, the author scored lottery tickets to the FIFA World Cup. He knows he can make a hefty profit by selling them, but he says he won't.

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The biggest lottery win in every state

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Louise White, right, from Newport, Rhode Island, is presented a check for $336 million
Louise White, right, from Newport, Rhode Island, is presented a check for $336 million.

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Powerball just announced the winning ticket of its $1.82 billion jackpot

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Crumpled up losing lottery tickets sit in a wastebasket at a liquor store in California. The Powerball jackpot has surpassed $1 billion. The next drawing is on Monday.

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Sitting out the $1.7 billion Powerball? Let these stats about just how unlikely winning is comfort you

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The Powerball jackpot has reached $1.7 billion, making it the fourth-largest ever.

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I won $28 million in the Powerball when I was 21. One choice saved me from becoming a broke lottery winner.

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Tim Schultz won a $28 million Powerball jackpot in February 1999.

Tim Shultz

Lottery winners who lost it all: how jackpot dreams turned into nightmares

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2 cops won $1.2M in the lottery, but said they won't quit because they want to set an example for their kids

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Their landlord hiked their rent by 25%, so they applied for the NYC housing lottery. On the 25th try, luck was on their side.

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The bedroom.

Brynne McManimie and Peter Romano

I became a millionaire at 21 after winning the lottery. It changed my life, but I sometimes felt like a walking ATM.

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Tim Schultz won a $28 million Powerball jackpot in February 1999.

Tim Schultz

A $1.35 billion lottery winner's own father turned against him in a messy family lawsuit

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Catherine McQueen

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