How to win the lottery

A husband and wife who found a math error in the lottery won $27 million, after playing over and over for 55 weeks

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The lottery is usually a lousy return--but for a husband and wife team who figured out a math error in games run by two states, it became a wildly profitable investment strategy. 

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