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How to win the lottery

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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

Bill Murphy Jr.
Oct 10, 2019
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How to win the lottery

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I’m Bill Murphy Jr. Welcome to Understandably (formerly “The Byliner”), my new regularly published email about the “story behind other stories.” Please consider subscribing!

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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