Do you want to become rich quickly? You are not alone. Right now, Americans are spending more than $ 100 billion, yes billionEach year on lottery tickets. Today on the show, in collaboration with Scratch and win From WGBH, how the mafia, the sputnik, the medical equipment and the electoral college led to the obsession of the Americans to play the figures.
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