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For lottery winners -- dollars, and a little change For many, fortune is a very mixed bag

By Douglas Belkin
Globe Staff / December 29, 2005

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When Lisa Arcand won $1 million on a scratch ticket two years ago, she bought a shiny new Jeep, cleaned up her debts, and for the first time in her life began to realistically consider a private-school education for her 13-year-old son. (Full article: 1346 words)

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