The worst tips for winning the lottery

You aren't going to win the MegaMillions jackpot. But at least you can laugh at all this bad advice for "winners."

Lottery ticket buyers.
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More than $2.2 billion is on the table ahead of this week's Mega Millions and Powerball drawings, and people are losing their minds. Dozens of articles purport to have "tips" for beating the odds, while other websites offer "advice" for winners.

Most of the advice is very bad, because, I'm sorry, you are absolutely not going to win.

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.