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The man pulled two pieces of paper from his pocket: play slips for Hot Lotto, a Powerball-like lottery game available in 14 states and Washington, D.C. A player — or the game’s computer — picked five numbers between one and 39 plus a sixth number, known as the Hot Ball, between one and 19. The prize for getting the first five numbers right was $10,000. But a much larger prize that varied based on the number of players went to anyone who got all six numbers right. The record Hot Lotto jackpot of nearly $20 million had been claimed in 2007. The jackpot at the time of this video was approaching that record, and the stated odds of winning were one in 10,939,383.
The cashier took the man’s play slips, which had already been filled out with multiple sets of numbers. At 3:24 p.m., the cashier ran the slips through the lottery terminal. An older man with a cane limped by the refrigerated section. A bus drove by. The cashier handed over his change. Once outside, the man pulled down his hood, removed his cap, got into his SUV and drove away.
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a tip of the hat to Om
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