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        "msgid": "msian-gamblers-go-for-the-big-prize-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-08-06 00:00:00",
        "title": "M'sian gamblers go for the big prize",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "M'sian gamblers go for the big prize KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia's gamblers, with their eyes on the big prize, are putting their money into a numbers game which can turn winners into overnight millionaires, investment analysts said yesterday. Gamblers, most of them Malaysian Chinese, are turning to the chance of a big payout on a lottery game where the odds of taking out the first prize are one in 3.8 billion.",
        "content": "<p>M'sian gamblers go for the big prize<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia's gamblers, with their eyes on<br>\nthe big prize, are putting their money into a numbers game which<br>\ncan turn winners into overnight millionaires, investment analysts<br>\nsaid yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Gamblers, most of them Malaysian Chinese, are turning to the<br>\nchance of a big payout on a lottery game where the odds of taking<br>\nout the first prize are one in 3.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In a country where Islam is the official religion and gambling<br>\nis frowned upon, about 14 billion ringgit (US$5.44 billion) is<br>\nwagered annually on lottery and a traditional four-digit game<br>\nwhere winnings are much smaller.<\/p>\n<p>The current lottery jackpot stands at more than two million<br>\nringgit ($777,605) as the first prize snowballs after each<br>\nunsuccessful weekly draw.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast the four-digit game, a longer-running competitor,<br>\nhas a top prize of only 2,200 ringgit ($855) for a one-ringgit<br>\nbet.<\/p>",
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