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How lottery wins change social relationships

I won $5,000 last year and told everyone about it, now they all ask me for money and I regret ever mentioning it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A modest windfall has inadvertently repositioned the person's role in their social network, creating unwanted obligations.

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