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For a Dollar and a Dream

99% Invisible

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The Problem With Lottery Balls

Most familiar are Powerball and Mega Millions, which are the multi-state iterations of Lotto games. A winning number pays out a certain amount every time for every dollar that you spend on it. There's all these beliefs that say lottery's do that. And then what are their jackpots like? TheseGames are not jackpot based games. Describe the difference between a jackpot and a fixed payout.

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