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Griffin Bing and his friends are trying to locate Mr. Fielder's missing thirty million dollar lottery ticket, and thwart the local bully, Darren Vader, who wants to find it for himself--and Mr. Bing's latest invention may help.

Why do people play the lottery? It's entertaining. Its fun say most of the people that I have interviewed over the last several years. Maybe so, but the main attraction is surely the large cash jackpots. Just about everybody could use a little, if not a lot of extra money and lotteries promise a lot of money. In today's uncertain economy in a world of escalating prices, stock market pandemonium and dead end jobs, millions upon millions of people...

Not only could you beat the odds and win more with the lottery than you thought possible, but winning doesn't have to be hard or complicated. In fact, it all comes down to some simple math that anyone can do, and I've done all the hard work for you anyway. There is no guarantee of winning, but you can increase your chances and beat the odds, and sooner than later they will turn in your favor. It happens all the time, especially when people follow...

By the end of this book, you too will believe and live by this statement, Winning the lottery is not hard or complicated, in fact, using the right scientific principles, it is really quite easy. By the end of this book, you will know how to win at any lottery, in any country, no matter the odds. You will be able to play with confidence, knowing that with the skills you learn in this book, you will stop gambling and start winning instead. If you read...

Pachinko, a game played by over 30 million Japanese, is synonymous with glaring lights, mind-rattling noise and smoke-choked parlors. To the uninitiated, the game's phenomenal popularity is nothing less than an enigma. The unofficial truth is that pachinko is one of Japan's biggest forms of gambling. For non-Japanese, the hush surrounding this money-making aspect has contributed to misunderstandings about the game. Now, with Winning Pachinko Eric...

After Billy wins $410,000 in the lottery his friends claim that he owes them a share for helping him play, creating a tangle of lies, memory, and money.

At the suggestion of her friend Lois, nine-year-old Daisy Green and her younger brother convince their aunt to buy a lottery ticket that turns the Green family into millionaires.

"Russ Richards [is] a weatherman in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Russ is a local celebrity, but when an unusually mild winter causes his snowmobile dealership to take a plunge, Russ needs a get-rich scheme -- and fast. With his greedy girlfriend, the TV station's lotto-ball girl, and a criminally minded buddy, Russ hatches a plan to fix the lottery. Russ's numbers come up right, but then everything goes completely wrong, throwing Russ and his co-conspirators...

The likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines, and sings about a better life. Meanwhile, his tight-knit community faces the challenge of gentrification, losing their homes while trying to better themselves and hold on to their cultures.