Once a Week Episode #29

1. JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE. JASON FAGONE

"At 64, Jerry Selbee found himself contemplating that most alluring of puzzles: the lottery. He was recently retired, living with Marge in a tiny town called Evart and wondering what to do with his time.

After stopping in one morning at a convenience store he knew well, he picked up a brochure for a brand-new state lottery game.

Studying the flyer later at his kitchen table, Jerry saw that it listed the odds of winning certain amounts of money by picking certain combinations of numbers.

That’s when it hit him. Right there, in the numbers on the page, he noticed a flaw—a strange and surprising pattern"

https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners

2. THE AFTERLIFE OF PABLO ESCOBAR. JON LEE ANDERSON

"In Colombia, a drug lord’s posthumous celebrity brings profits and controversy."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/the-afterlife-of-pablo-escobar

3. PINBALL WIZARD. STEVE ALMOND

"The resurgence of pinball has allowed one lapsed fan to return to the classic arcade games of his youth—and the sense of euphoria they once inspired."

https://www.southwestmag.com/pinball-revival/

4. A WORLD OF COINCIDENCES. ALICE HARRISON

"In ‘Coincidences’ photographer Jonathan Higbee — with a keen eye and a curious worldview — captures chance moments in and around his native New York City."

https://www.ignant.com/2018/02/16/a-world-of-coincidences/

5. JUST FOR FUN. NIKOLA ?ULJI?

Check out these amazing 3D paintings by Serbia artist Nikola ?ulji?

https://www.instagram.com/nikola_culjic_art