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Officials in the Philippines are calling for an inquiry into a ‘strange’ lottery jackpot that saw 433 winners splitting the $4 million pot
All winning numbers were multiples of nine, which drew a barrage of social media comments, with some expressing disbelief over the results, Bloomberg reported.