Got to Be in it To Win it: America's Obsession with the Lottery
America's got an obsession with competition and the lottery is up as one of the most competitive form of gambling.
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00:00 - Two Asian women have never been on screen together.
00:01 - We are making history.
00:02 - We're making herstory.
00:04 See, look at the chemistry here.
00:06 - Everyone's gonna explode.
00:08 It's like Diet Coke and Mentos, you know?
00:10 This is "We Need to Talk About America."
00:14 - The show where first generation comedians
00:16 - Break down life in the USA.
00:18 - On today's show, we're talking about American obsessions.
00:22 - Oh, I mean, I just think America's very competitive,
00:26 right? - Yeah.
00:27 - So it's always like the, whenever there's a war,
00:29 I'm always into like a war, like chicken sandwich war,
00:32 you know, or like a Burger King versus McDonald's war,
00:35 you know, I love like, like, you know,
00:37 you know how many documentaries?
00:38 - You love war.
00:39 - I love like, like, I love like safe wars.
00:41 - Yeah, America's really obsessed with competition for sure.
00:43 Like how they even like to pit people against each other
00:46 in the media.
00:47 - Sega versus Nintendo documentaries.
00:49 I've watched 40 of them.
00:51 WWF versus WCW, McDonald's versus Burger King.
00:54 Like I always-
00:54 - People who like to compare in and out.
00:56 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:57 - Like can't in and out just be like a solitude game?
01:01 - Can't it just be an overrated burger place?
01:03 You can print that if you want.
01:05 - Oh, wow, now we're really gonna fight.
01:07 Now it's gonna be Robin versus Sherry.
01:10 - Americans are super obsessed with the lottery.
01:12 - America loves buying lottery tickets.
01:15 I buy the occasional lottery ticket
01:16 when I feel like the universe is speaking to me.
01:18 - I remember just growing up and having my grandpa
01:21 being like, "Lotto, pick numbers, lotto."
01:23 - My parents, they played the lottery a lot.
01:27 And I feel like if they would have saved that money
01:29 and instead of playing the lottery,
01:30 we would have had that grand prize by now.
01:32 - I play scratchers sometimes when it's like a gift.
01:34 I don't like buy a bunch of scratchers.
01:36 Some people, that's their thing every week.
01:37 Different types of scratchers.
01:39 Nah, not me.
01:40 - Scratching's a big American pastime.
01:42 - Ooh, the scratchers.
01:43 - We're addicted to the scratching.
01:44 That's why I got these nails.
01:45 Scratch those, scratch those scratchers.
01:48 - I woke him up, told him he got it.
01:50 I said, "We won."
01:51 He said, "What?"
01:52 "We won."
01:53 I said, "I won the lottery."
01:55 - Could their 36-year relationship be about to face a test?
01:59 - 100%.
02:00 - This is my significant other.
02:01 We have never been married,
02:02 but my two children are with him.
02:05 - No pressure.
02:06 - A point that came up awkwardly at the press conference
02:08 where she alone held that check.
02:10 - She's a smart lady.
02:11 - She knew what she was doing.
02:12 She was gonna make a big announcement.
02:14 She got her hair done.
02:15 - So her big announcement is,
02:17 "You ain't ever touching this cash."
02:19 - He hasn't by chance proposed in the last day or so.
02:21 - I said he'd have to sign a prenup now.
02:24 (laughing)
02:25 - His face.
02:26 - He just turned into the little spoon, starting today.
02:30 (upbeat music)
02:33 (static)