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Winning the Lottery Made Men 30% More Likely to Marry, but Nearly Doubled Women’s Divorce Risk, Study Finds
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Winning the Lottery Made Men 30% More Likely to Marry, but Nearly Doubled Women’s Divorce Risk, Study Finds

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The Powerball jackpot is estimated at $635 million for Wednesday night’s drawing, with a cash option of about $267.5 million, CBS12 reported . A study of Swedish lottery players looked at what a big win does to people’s relationships, and the answer was different for men and women.

The study, “Fortunate Families? The Effects of Wealth on Marriage and Fertility,” was published in the Journal of Human Resources by economists David Cesarini, Erik Lindqvist, Robert Östling and Anastasia Terskaya, PsyPost reported . It found that winning money made single men more likely to get married, while married women who won were more likely to get divorced in the first two years.

Who Was in the Study

The researchers looked at 76,859 people who played one of three Swedish lotteries: a monthly subscription lottery, a scratch-ticket lottery, and savings accounts that enter holders into prize draws.…

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