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It never occurred to Jerry to alert the Michigan Lottery that Winfall was vulnerable to exploitation. For all he knew, the state was perfectly aware of the flaw already. Maybe the flaw was intentional, to encourage players to spend lots of money on lottery tickets, since the state took a cut of each ticket sold, about 35 cents on the dollar.
One such story is about Jerry and Marge Selbee, a retired couple from Michigan, who won an incredible $26 million by finding a lottery loophole i How A Couple Won $26 Million Using A Lottery ...
Jerry and Marge Selbee, a retired couple from the small town of Evart, Michigan, discover a statistical loophole in the WinFall lottery that allows them to almost guarantee a win during rolldown weeks (when there was no grand prize winner for long enough that, instead of the jackpot growing further, it was distributed to the next tier of winners).
When Michigan shut down the Winfall game, Jerry set his sights on a lottery game with similar rules in Massachusetts. All told, the Selbees grossed more than $26 million from playing the lottery.
They're the Michigan couple who won $26 million in state lotteries after having figured out just how many tickets they needed to buy in order to win a game and turn a profit. But don't call it a scam!
In fact, the film stays very close to the actual saga of Jerry and Marge Selbee, a pair of Michigan homebodies who sustained their secret and totally legal lottery scheme for years, winning a ...
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