We've all been there. You're standing in the line at a gas station and you look up to see that the lottery has been bumped up to some unimaginable number. As the clerk slowly rings up the customer in front of you, you think of all of the things you would be able to buy and accomplish if you were lucky enough to strike it rich. It's your turn now and you're feeling a little froggy, so you jump. One lotto ticket please.

Like we said, we've all been there. Unfortunately, some of us have been there a lot more times than others and the amount of money that is literally slipping right off your fingertips stacks up as your chances get trimmed down. This is the exact idea that designers Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom from the Rhode Island School of Design wanted to convey when they took $39,000 worth of lotto tickets and built a Hummer H3->ke1364. They wanted everyone to see that with the money people have spent on lotto tickets, they could have just saved it up and bought something cool with it.

Their designs don't just stop at Hummers->ke35 either. Check out the gallery to see what other things were built using the useless pieces of paper that people paid for. We're glad they built a Hummer because no one else is going to anymore.

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