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May 2025
22m 27s

How ‘The Joker’ Rigged the Texas Lottery

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
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A global team of betting whizzes hatched a scheme to take down the Texas Lottery. The plan was led by a London banker-turned-bookmaker and a mysterious professional gambler nicknamed ‘The Joker.’ The duo partnered with a Texas company and local retailers to print more than 99% of all the lottery tickets sold. And the jackpot was worth almost $100 million. Th ... Show More
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