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On Friday, expect people flocking their lucky 7-Eleven convenience stores, gas stations, and anywhere they can take their chances on winning some big money--biiiiiiig monnnnnaaaay--in the $325 Mega Millions lottery drawing. Odds of picking the right numbers and winning one of the largest multi-state jackpots: 1 in 175,711,536. Now if "we" as in the entire 602,000 people living in Seattle go in on this, our odds are looking more like 1 in 292. And if we win the $325 million, well that breaks down--before taxes, of course--to $539.86 per person. A Seattle stimulus package--hey we'll take it! But if Friday's drawing provides no winner, the September 1 drawing will most likely become the largest U.S. lottery jackpot, ever. Ever.
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