I've never heard this urban legend, but I thought it was pretty darned interesting nevertheless.


http://www.snopes.com/luck/megabucks.asp

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Never heard of it either.....but if there is any ounce of truth to it.....the simplest explanation would probably be......mafia related.........easier to off the winner and fight potential benificiaries in court for years on end than to pay the large annual payments to them.



Just a thought!

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