{"id":461189,"date":"2007-06-01T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=64460"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:25:07","slug":"bugatti-jackpot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bugatti-jackpot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugatti Jackpot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, I bought a ticket for the European Lottery, prompted by the fact that the jackpot was \u00a366 million. The \u00a31.50 I paid for my ticket bought a few days of fantasy, cheaper than Playboy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from the anonymous acts of charity such booty would enable me to perform, my thoughts turned to cars. Almost every winner of the UK lottery who has been interviewed has had a new car as their first thought. A Mitsubishi off-roader is the most popular choice, which shows that the wrong people win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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A Mitsubishi off-roader is the most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":647411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[495,263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18322,5469,12794,17152,17140,548,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-461189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bugatti","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2000s-all","tag-bugatti","tag-t59","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bugatti Jackpot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence waxes whimsical on the Bugatti T59 he\u2019ll own when he wins the lottery.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bugatti-jackpot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bugatti Jackpot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence waxes whimsical on the Bugatti T59 he\u2019ll own when he wins the lottery.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bugatti-jackpot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-06-01T20:00:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:25:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/bugatti-jackpot\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/bugatti-jackpot\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"Bugatti Jackpot\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-06-01T20:00:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:25:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/bugatti-jackpot\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1014,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/bugatti-jackpot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/06\\\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2000s All\",\"Bugatti\",\"Bugatti Type 59\",\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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