With six of the 10 biggest jackpots in the country, Powerball super-sizes the Golden State.

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Certainly there have been recent winners of a couple of hundred million euro jackpots.

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Jackpots in both games are based on payouts as annuities over 30 years.

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But in patent litigation, he might be number one, starting scores of lawsuits, often against large companies, and sometimes hitting jackpots.

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Despite the astronomical odds of winning, this year was a great one for American lotto, with multiple record-breaking jackpots.

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Enjoy your investments now and hope to hit a few jackpots eventually.

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Some previous winners of eye-popping jackpots have found it didn't buy happiness.

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Having heard the stories on a number of occasions, I never was able to bring myself to believe that folks who won jackpots simply turned around and plowed the money back into the machines.

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Because of their very different risk exposures, compared to hustlers, they end up on a different path that effectively makes them mercenaries rather than entrepreneurs, a path that generally promises smaller jackpots, but better expected outcomes and survivability.

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