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jpak

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Sun Jun 23, 2019, 03:23 PM Jun 2019

More than 2,000 people win North Carolina lottery by picking '0-0-0-0' [View all]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/more-2-000-people-win-north-carolina-lottery-picking-0-n1020786

RALEIGH, N.C. — Turns out that zero can be a lucky number.

North Carolina's state lottery Saturday said it set a record payout after the winning numbers in a Pick 4 game came back "0-0-0-0."

The lottery said about 1,000 tickets at $1 were sold and will pay out at $5,000. Another 1,000 tickets were sold for 50 cents, and they will pay out at $2,500. Lottery officials said winners should expect "extended waiting times" when picking up their prizes.

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I did not realize that lottery numbers could appear more than once. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #1
depends on the lottery lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #2
Clearly I should buy lottery tickets more often! PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #3
most lotteries are sucker bets lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #4
Oh, yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #5
I do math for a living lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #6
May I ask, PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #8
Daily 3 and 4 Digit Lotteries Don't Work Like Keno Indykatie Jun 2019 #7
There are two kinds of draw lotteries jmowreader Jun 2019 #9
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