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The Powerball lottery is up to $1 billion tonight. If you won it, what would you do?

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[โ€“] Death__BySnuSnu@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the hell?? You should at least sell it to someone. Do you know how much money you'd make?!

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

FUNNY YOU SAY THAT! There's this brazilian politician, Joao Alves, who, back in 1993 alone, "won" the lottery 56 times, to a sum of roughly 17 million USD. Turns out buying smaller lottery wins is a great way to launder money, much like "winning" at a casino or betting house.