• Get Rich Quick: The American Lottery

  • Apr 3 2025
  • Length: 50 mins
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Get Rich Quick: The American Lottery

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  • Want to get rich quick? You're not alone. Right now, Americans spend over $100 billion, yes billion, every year on lottery tickets. Today on the show, in collaboration with Scratch and Win from WGBH, how the mafia, Sputnik, medical equipment, and the electoral college led to American's obsession with playing the numbers.

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