The spooky winning tale from this $180 million lottery winner sounds completely unbelievable

A lot of lottery players are superstitious but this one beats them all for weird coincidences that you just can't make up. Rick Knudsen won $180 Million on a Mega Millions ticket, but what he says happened leading up to the big win is spine tingling. If you ever get a similar set of lucky chances, run down to your lottery store and grab a handful of tickets because it could be you in the interview chair next week.

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Is this the secret to today’s enormous jackpots? The main prizes for the Mega Millions and Powerball have been on the rise since the two struck a deal to cross-sell tickets in each others' member states in 2010. But there’s much more to the story. CNBC investigates in this fascinating documentary.

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The truth about giant lottery jackpot rollovers: should you play or avoid them?

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