lottery
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Canada’s ‘Random’ Immigration Lottery Uses Microsoft Excel, Which Isn’t Actually Random
Photo: Getty Last year, Canada introduced a new lottery system used to extend permanent-resident status to the parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens. The process was designed to randomly select applicants in order to make the process fairer than the old first-come, first-served system. There’s just one problem: the software used to run the lottery…
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Watch This Man Winning $294m In The US Powerball Jackpot
Watch one of the two winners of the $US588 million Powerball jackpot last Wednesday. He looks at the numbers and goes “YES!”, then he shows it to the store clerks, as if he couldn’t believe his luck.
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I’d Totally Have A Segway-Joust With Friends If I Won The Lottery
Sure, it’s an ad – an ad for Washington’s Lottery – but who wouldn’t want to joust with a friend on a pair of Segways? Or play polo? Just let me know when you win the lottery, and I’ll be there to help you spend it.
