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These lottery players won millions but lost their tickets.
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Dreamers vs. strategists: What drives lottery and casino players?
Hope, skill, or pure thrill? Learn what separates a lottery player from a casino player while gaming.
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Wealth equals health: How lottery jackpots bought hope for sick winners
These lottery winners paid for life-saving medical care.
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The secret science behind lottery machines: How random really is random?
Six spinning balls, infinite possibilities, and one remarkable tale of technological integrity.
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Lottery tickets stuff stockings with potential problems
Scratch-offs are handy holiday gifts, but a problem gambling group says the risk isn't worth it for kids.
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U.S. lags in digital lottery adoption while online sales drive big spending
A new IGT study states that lottery players in the U.S. are spending more on the lottery since going digital.
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From citizenship to jumbo jets: Unusual lotteries offer strange prizes
These are the strangest lotteries from around the world.
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Gen Z meets the lottery: Fresh tactics for young players
To captivate Gen Z, lottery officials are banking on AI, video storytelling, and fresh gameplay.
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Lottery in the modern gambling landscape
America's oldest gambling pastime appears built to survive the new digital age.
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Harlem's hidden jackpot: The rise of the numbers game
The true story of the men who ran the New York illegal lottery that changed America.
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These lotteries are older than America
These are the world's five longest-running lotteries.
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Is Mega Millions pricing out its players?
Changes to Mega Millions are promising bigger winnings — but at what cost to everyday players?
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The unbelievable story of Bill Morgan
How Bill Morgan died once and then won the lottery twice.
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What's the draw? A look at the history and culture of raffles
Learn more about how raffles turn dreams into reality every holiday season and the origins of this tradition.
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The clerks who stole millions from lottery winners
From a family in Ontario to two brothers in New York, these are the clerks who stole millions from lottery winners.
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From lottery fortune to philanthropy
Hit the jackpot, change the world.