Fred K. reviewed on 2/16/2010 + 13 more book reviews

This book provides an interesting glimpse into the netherworld of big-money state lottery winners. It is not so much about the winners themselves as it is about the author, a young man who spent years as a salesman (and later as an executive) working for a company that buys future annutities from people who choose annual payments instead of a lump sum, but are nevertheless in need of immediate cash. Many of these companies, although legal, often engage in dubious business practices that take advantage of unsophisticated, desperate "winners" who may be better described as "losers". The author tells of his struggles with morality vs. greed and a gambling addiction that consumed his mega-commissions as rapidly as he earned them. Interesting.

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