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Retirement these days doesn't sound like much fun. Too much scrimping and saving and trying to figure out how to turn a lousy Social Security payment into a government gold mine. Why not aim higher? What would it take to retire and live like Bill Gates or one of those oil-rich sheiks? Research...

The Consumerist recently had an interesting post about a study that shows that poor households, with annual take-home incomes under $13,000, on average, spend $645 a year on lottery tickets, which comes to about 9% of their yearly income. While the study is about two years old, I doubt things have...

Surprise: You've just inherited a fortune. Now it's your job to spend that dough as fast as possible. Well, to help you prepare for the life of a tycoon we thought it would be a good exercise to see how you could most efficiently blow a large chunk of money every hour or two. Here are ten...

In these hard times, gambling and lottery revenues are up, with people putting their faith and a little bit of money toward these get-rich-quick schemes. While WalletPop in no way endorses gambling or playing the lottery, we were curious to find out what are the odds when putting some cash toward...

For thousands of Pennsylvanians, the state's Big 4 lottery coming up 7-7-7-7 Wednesday meant a lucky windfall. But for numerologist Tania Gabrielle, it meant more. If you believe in such metaphysics, Pennsylvania and its neighbors are in for something, well, big. "It's indicating a sudden event --...

Below are some of the best reads for investors from around the Web: Interesting study. You know how Fortune magazine compiles a yearly list of "America's Most Admired Companies"? Well, it turns out that "admired companies" do better in the stock market than unadmired companies. ___________ So...

Abraham Shakespeare, a truck driver's assistant, who lived with his mother, won $30 million in the Florida lottery in 2006. It now appears that his good fortune may have cost his life. According to Associated Press, he vanished months ago and his case is now being investigated as a...

When her husband won part of a $19 million lottery jackpot in Florida, Donna Campbell had reason to be optimistic. Unfortunately, things went downhill from there. Her husband left her, and now she's about to be evicted from the home they'd shared together. In 2007, Arnim Ramdass, a then-airline...

McDonald's Monopoly game 2009 is being played at McDonald's restaurants around the globe and, like every year at this time, I find myself compelled to buy fries and soft drinks in an effort to hoard game pieces. Yet, this year, the joy of this annual endeavor seems to be fading. At one time, all...

You're 10 times more likely to die from a fireworks accident than win big cash in the McDonald's Monopoly game, but that won't stop people from choosing McDonald's over any other fast-food place for a few weeks as they try to win a game payout of up to $1 million. After all, as lottery ads often...