Originally Posted by
Jason Roehl
The lotteries in the story weren't losing money.
Originally Posted by
Wade Lippman
Exactly.....
What was happening was when the top prize went unclaimed and the jackpot reached a predetermined level all the lesser prizes, such as 2 correct numbers would increase in value if the jackpot was not won again. What it came down to was the odds for picking a few of the correct numbers were better than even for those picking less than all the winning numbers.
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