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		vonzeppelin on June 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Couple wins millions using lottery loophole When the jackpot reached a certain amount, say 500 million, they could switch from a winner takes all to essentially a raffle with 500 winners. I think it would greatly increase the number of tickets purchased when the threshold was met.

dawnerd on June 10, 2019 | [–]

Isn't that kinda what the Windfall game did more or less?

lukeholder on June 12, 2019 | [–]

This is what the windfall game in the article did. They were smart enough to buy as many tickets as possible during this raffle.

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