448 - The Curse of the Lottery Winner
Do Go On22 Mai 2024

448 - The Curse of the Lottery Winner

The lottery has a surprisingly long and interesting history, in this week's episode we delve into that before talking about a couple of infamous lottery winners, one of which was surely cursed!


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:55 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).


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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/keno

https://www.pinnacle.com/betting-resources/en/educational/the-history-of-lotteries/z5yjxp3heg45ym3z

https://shopcases.som.yale.edu/products/voltaire-casanova-and-18th-century-lotteries

https://medium.com/mind-cafe/waitress-wins-10m-lottery-and-all-hell-breaks-loose-bf35dc39e560

https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2018/10/winning-lottery-ticket-for-alabama-waffle-house-waitress-led-to-lawsuit-kidnapping.html

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