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WTF Fun Fact 13577 – Man Wins Lottery 20 Times
WTF Fun Fact 13346 – Mom Wins Lottery
Voltaire’s Fortune: Mastering the French Lottery and Empowering Enlightenment
Voltaire, the famed French philosopher and writer, amassed considerable wealth by exploiting a flaw in the French lottery system of the early 18th century. Alongside mathematician Charles Marie de La Condamine and a group of collaborators, they seized a lucrative opportunity presented by the French national lottery, which was designed to promote bond purchases. In… Read More »
Lottery Winner’s $40 Million Donation to Cancer Research
Tom Crist, a lottery winner from Canada, made one of the most generous charitable donations by a lottery winner in history. After losing his wife to cancer, Crist won a lottery and pledged to donate all of his winnings to organizations fighting the disease. As Canada does not tax lottery winnings, Crist was able to… Read More »