Pick 4: The World’s Favorite Four-Digit Escape Hatch
Dakar, Senegal – While war correspondents tally artillery shells in Eastern Europe and climate scientists measure glacial retreat in millimeters, a quieter global arms race churns in fluorescent kiosks from Manila to Manchester: the humble Pick 4 lottery. Four digits, one dollar, instant existential audit. From the barrios of Santo Domingo to the commuter belts…