Giant Lottery jackpot tempts millions

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Cover of "Money for Nothing"

On Friday, March 30th, there will be a drawing for an over 500 million dollar jackpot. All it takes to win the whole thing is to guess 5 numbers between 1 and 56, and guess a "mega" number between 1 and 46. Sounds easy, you think, but the odds are 1 in 178 million to make that mathematically near impossible feat happen. But someone is going to be that one suddenly wealthy person. Could it be you? Edward Ugel tells his and others stories of chasing after the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There are fictional stories of lottery winners, and an excellent, though sad, documentary of a group of lottery winners.