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Jun 14, 2025

Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: June 14, 1984 - Final Episode of Lottery Airs on ABC.

On this day June 14, 1984, the final episode of the television series Lottery aired on ABC. The show lasted one season with a total of 17 episodes. It followed IRS agent Patrick Sean Flaherty, played by Ben Murphy, and Eric Rush from the Intersweep Lottery, played by Marshall Colt, as they tracked down new lottery winners each week.

Each episode explored how unexpected wealth changed the lives of ordinary people, highlighting the emotional highs and lows that came with sudden fortune...

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