Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Category: Lottery
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Lottery winnings paid over time are simply NOT structured settlements. Lottery payments are the result of a game of chance not a settlement negotiation.Taking your lottery winnings as an annuity is not a structured settlement. Lottery payments cannot be customized like structured settlements.
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On February 6, 2015, Claudia M. Miller filed suit against Stone Street Capital in Leon County Florida in a case styled Claudia M. Miller v Stone Street Capital LLC in which the complaint sounded in “Civil Theft”. That got my attention.
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in the early days of the 1980s interest rates were soaring. If Lou Eisenberg had just put away a fraction of what he was receiving then into fixed rate investments or even Apple computer stock he’d have a few more shekels in his pocket, certainly more than the $200 he wishes he had.
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When public corporations take government “welfare” like TARP and invest it into business growth that might create jobs, it’s a scandal. But it’s perfectly fine for someone to gamble government money on a one-in-a-million jackpot. And when they inevitably lose, taxpayers end up footing the bill? Classic.
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by John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC Updated August 8, 2026 Here’s a little “up yours” to the “cash now” companies who use “live your dreams” advertising. 2002 Powerball Winner of about $315M, Took Lump Sum of Approx $113M in lieu of Guaranteed Future payments Winner was BROKE IN 4 YEARS On December…
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The current level of Halpern Hysteria is like male salmon desperately swimming upstream to fertilize eggs before they die. If they are not careful they may be gutted by a grizzly instead . Background:Two documents have been circulated feverishly in the past week in an attempt to disparage, or to promote their use to effectively…
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The survey identifies legitimate sources of information for consumers, attorneys or companies seeking structured settlements and the structured settlement brokers, certified structured settlement consultants, appointed structured settlement companies and agencies to place them
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Apparently trying to appeal, er… take advantage, of the least sophisticated element of our society, 123 Lump Sum (dubbed here "123 Lump Dumb") still promotes itself through a video which shows a guy, who looks like the Eddie Griffin’s white bread "undercover brother", carrying big cardboard checks through a mall security checkpoint with forced goofy…