# Win Lottery......Lose It Playing Stock Market......Get It Back? WTH?

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**Created:** [October 2, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-lottery-lose-it-playing-stock-market-get-it-back-wth/205043 "2003-10-02T02:05:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-lottery-lose-it-playing-stock-market-get-it-back-wth/205043/1 "2003-10-02T02:05:50Z")

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Saw this ad for one of the Atlanta lawyers today, and that’s basically the content of the commercial: if you lost your lottery winnings playing the stock market, there’s a chance this guy can get it back for you.

How? I mean, it’s not like someone put a gun to the lottery winner’s head and _forced_ him/her to invest, right?

Thanks

Q