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Thousands of people began pouring into Las Vegas from other places. They wanted to buy lottery tickets. 16The tickets cost only $0.9 each. But that small spending could bring them a reward of $90 million. That was the second largest lottery reward in history. More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Las Vegas lottery drawing. Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80. The chance of winning was one in 9.6 million, but that little chance certainly didn’t affect ticket sales. 16In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second.
Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action. Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people. It allows them to dream about wealth they’ll probably never have.
But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized gambling. Some critics note that m
A. $9.6 million.
B. $0.27 million.
C. $0.9 million.
D. $87 million.