Who Won the $758.7 MILLION Lottery? (Hint: It wasn't YOU 😪 )

It's OVER... and, if you are reading this, I am pretty sure you were NOT the winner.

The biggest ($758.7 MILLION!) Jackpot in the history of the Powerball Lottery in the U.S. was won by someone in some small-ish town outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

Which means that that person beat the same odds as getting bitten by a shark while at the same time getting struck by lightning! :-0

(Cartoon courtesy of Phil @ http://shaaark.com )

Have you ever felt the pull of "playing" the lottery?

I know I have. It's easy to get sucked into the rush of emotions that happen when we consider "What If..."

But I stopped all of that a number of years ago when I recognized that basing your chance at future financial freedom on "hope" versus taking even small steps of action is a more "sure bet".
Let's look at the odds of spending $3.00 in two different scenarios:

Odds of winning this Jackpot in PowerBall (1 set of numbers): 1 in 292.2 million
(Envision the 324 million U.S. residents. Your chance of winning is roughly comparable to being that one lucky person out of the entire population, with everyone else losing - which of course they DO).

Odds of Investing that same $3.00 and having that be worth $5.50 in a year: 1 in 1.000007
(In other words, about as close to a sure bet as you can get)
Now, I know that $5.50 is not as exciting as $758.7 Million... :-)

BUT, as it is highly unlikely that you would actually WIN the $758.7 Million, which is the better strategy in the long run?

And consider if you add up all the money that people (on average) spend on the Lottery in a year. (Massachusetts residents, for instance, spend a whopping $735 annually on lottery tickets).

That same $735.00 could be worth $1,746.00 after a year if invested instead.
(And with compounding and other reinvestment strategies, it can be worth even more).

So, I no longer "play the lottery". Ever since I realized how you can build an investment "snowball", I have taken the little bits of money that I would have wasted and put them to work for me.

For instance, I have recently been working a strategy that took a small investment of $200 that will start generating $500 per month in less than a year.

And I am doing a FREE webinar August 30th at 3:00 pm EDT, U.S., to show you the specific strategies so that you can do the same (or even more).

>>> Click here to grab your spot for the FREE Webinar

I look forward to seeing you there!

...or at least, you will start to play in a game that has much better odds. :-)

As always,
StayOnTheRise and be blessed!

JT