Friends S9 x Ep 18 The One with the Lottery

Invalided home from the war in Afghanistan, Dr. John Watson becomes roommates with the world's only "consulting detective," Sherlock Holmes. Within a day their friendship is forged and several murders are solved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theaudiosseries/mess ...  Show more

The town descends into a revenge-fueled brawl, thanks to the Skids and their shady business practices --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theaudiosseries/message 

In 2021, Tamar Veatch won millions of dollars in a sweepstakes competition run by Publishers Clearing House, the company best known for delivering oversized checks to winners. But then last April, Publishers Clearing House went bankrupt. WSJ’s Akiko Matsuda explains why the compa ...  Show more

🎙️ Loto. Euromillions. Qui n'a jamais rêvé de gagner le gros lot, de remporter le pactole, de tomber sur le ticket gagnant ? Ne prenons pas de risques, calculons-le (comme dit mon ami Franck).Et si nous avions tous déjà gagné ?#loterie #gain #vulgarisationPour retrouver mon trav ...  Show more

Want to get rich quick? You're not alone. Right now, Americans spend over $100 billion, yes billion, every year on lottery tickets. Today on the show, in collaboration with Scratch and Win from WGBH, how the mafia, Sputnik, medical equipment, and the electoral college led to Amer ...  Show more

Americans spend more on scratch lottery tickets per year than on pizza. More than all Coca-Cola products. Yet the scratch ticket as a consumer item has only existed for fifty years. Not so long ago, the idea of an instant lottery, of gambling with a little sheet of paper, was str ...  Show more