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Talk about drawdown! Pennsylvania State Lottery hits a 7-7-7-7

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Wow, even when the odds are in your favor, you can still suffer serious drawdown, just look at the state of Pennsylvania's lottery. They had a recent payout 1573% of sales that they took in because the winning numbers were 7-7-7-7, a popular set of number to pick.

7-7-7-7 costs Pa. Lottery bigtime | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/01/2010

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Wow, even when the odds are in your favor, you can still suffer serious drawdown, just look at the state of Pennsylvania's lottery. They had a recent payout 1573% of sales that they took in because the winning numbers were 7-7-7-7, a popular set of number to pick.

7-7-7-7 costs Pa. Lottery bigtime | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/01/2010

I guess this means that the lotteries are fixed after all ....

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