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This Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at $540 million. It’s the biggest ever lottery jackpot in the United States of America.do you feel that? What is that weird feeling? That weird feeling is LOTTERY FEVER, my friends. Don’t worry, you’re not sick or anything; it’s just something that happens when the jackpot reaches $540 million. There’s a small chance you might win that $540 million. if so, your fever might become just a little more serious. be ready for that. Otherwise, for the vast majority of you that don’t win it, you’ll probably have lottery hangover, starting on Saturday morning. Lottery hangover is the result of getting your hopes up, then having those hopes instantly dashed when you don’t win. That lottery hangover, though, will likely subside by the time you go back to work Monday morning. You’ll be OK. You’ll make it. Don’t worry.There is a small possibility, though, that this lottery fever might bring out the worst in some folks. some folks might consider stealing your ticket, scamming you out of your money. How could this be so?consider a scenario like this – Customer brings a Mega Millions ticket into the store to have it checked. Clerk scans the ticket. Clerk sees that the ticket won the $540 million jackpot. Clerk, experiencing lottery fever, decides to scam the customer. She tells customer that his ticket matched three numbers. she tells him he won $10. She hands over the $10, waits for the customer to leave, then breathes a sigh of relief… She did it. She got away with it. She won the lottery. $500 million. then she claims the winnings herself.That, my friends, is how NOT to win the lottery.but this is a fictitious scenario, right? It can’t happen. Or could it?It did happen. Pictured above is Alfred Jeevarajah. He’s sitting in jail now. so is his wife, Anne Jeevarajah. They’ll be sitting there for the next 14 months. why? They’re idiots. they let lottery fever get the best of them.Alfred and Anne own a shop in Hingham, a small town in England just outside of Norwich. one day, a customer by the name of Gwyn Badham-Davies came in to check a lottery ticket. Anne was working that day. She scanned the ticket. It was a big winner. £156,659 ($249,454 USD). but Anne told Gwyn that he won £10. She gave him the money and kept the ticket.about a week later her husband, Alfred Jeevarajah, tried to claim the winning ticket.When you claim a big lottery win, officials at the prize claim office will do an investigation. They’ll want to make sure that you’re the true owner of the ticket. They’ll always, at least, ask some basic questions, such as “Where did you buy the ticket?” and “When did you buy the ticket?” they asked Alfred Jeevarajah these questions. Alfred couldn’t answer them. Suspicions were raised. they did a full-out investigation. they found out the truth – Anne stole the ticket from Gwyn and Alfred then tried to claim the prize. Scammers!Alfred and Anne were convicted last week. Alfred was convicted of fraud, while Anne was convicted of both theft and fraud. That’s why they’re sitting in jail now and will be doing so for the next 14 months.so you see, you cannot win the lottery by stealing other people’s winning tickets. That’s how not to win the lottery. if you’re a store clerk, you might have the opportunity to do this one day, especially this coming Saturday, when thousands of people will be checking their Mega Millions tickets. Lottery fever might tempt you to steal a winning ticket. so might lottery hangover. but it is wrong. It’s unethical, a flagrant breach of trust, and illegal. Don’t do it!