1 in 292 Million broadsheet held outside a convenience store
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1 in 292 Million

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A multi-format editorial campaign reframing the Powerball lottery — making the odds feel as impossible as they actually are. The project spans a 5-page broadsheet, an interactive mobile microsite, and a guerrilla sticker campaign deployed at lottery retailers across Seattle.

Each format targets a different moment: the broadsheet for sitting with the data, the microsite for feeling it on your phone, the stickers for the exact second someone's about to buy a ticket.

Broadsheet front cover: The Odds of Winning Are 1 in 292,201,338 America's Powerball Addiction spread Does Money Really Bring Happiness spread Where Do Lottery Funds Really Go spread Is There A Smarter System — final page

The guerrilla sticker campaign was deployed at lottery retailers across Seattle — putting the odds in front of people at the exact second they're about to buy a ticket.

Lottery stickers posted on a street pole Broadsheets distributed at a convenience store lottery counter