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ĐỀ SỐ 29The majority of lottery winners change their lives (1) _______ little and continue on their settled way happy ever after. A couple of years ago, a Mr. David won a million. He had been struggling to (2) _______ a success of his dry cleaning shop for the past 12 months. He accepted his cheque in a small ceremony (3) _______ the premises at 2.30, and by three o'clock he had reopened for business. The reaction of Mr. Pasquale Consalvo who won $30 million in the New York state lottery was very (4) _______. He was unhappy not to be able to fulfill his desire to go to work as (5) _______ on the day he won. He also said that if the money made him (6) _______ he would give it back. In fact, the chances of his life being made a misery by his new-found wealth are almost (7) _______ slim though not quite as the sixty million-to-one odds he beat to take a jackpot (8) _______ had remained unclaimed through sixPage 11 of 18 previous draws. Gambling small amounts (9) _______ the lottery is harmless if futile hobby. (10) _______, gambling can become an addiction, increasingly so as the activity becomes socially acceptable.

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