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I'm wondering the same thing. I'd guess it's the risk of having too many winners coupled with the fact that any entity with that much cash to "invest" has regulations preventing them from investing in a lottery. (There's also the hassle of the logistics of printing and storing that many tickets.)

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Well.. We could set up an organized network where if you sign up, you will be assigned some numbers to play, and you'll take home a part of the prize, guaranteed. Your share is in proportion to your investment.

That way, you don't need 292m to take the prize, and any average Joe can decide to invest, say $100, and still come out positive.

Of course, it can very well become an organizational nightmare :-)

Edit: typo.

Anything where the helpers keep the tickets is a bad idea. As I understand it, laws prevent you from selling an interest in gambling to others, so even with a contract, you wouldn't be able to enforce that the winners hand over the money.

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