Jerry and Marge Go Large

Nine years. Countless road trips. $27 million USD in winnings. But hey, when you’re retired, it’s important to have hobbies.

Jerry and Marge Selbee are a couple in upstate Michigan, recently retired and feeling a little restless. Then, one day, Jerry spots a flaw in a new lottery game that seems to all but guarantee a payout. This chance mathematical loophole will kick off a decade-long adventure involving millions of lottery tickets, interstate turf wars, and the attention of the Boston Globe Spotlight team—and the best part? It’s not even illegal.

Our edition of Jason Fagone’s captivating story about the Selbees is a 72-page hardcover with striking salmon pink paper, foil-stamped iconography, and a letterpress-printed title band. It also includes an all-new afterword from Fagone about how he reported the story in the first place.

Jerry and Marge Go Large is part of H&O’s Permanent Record longform series. It is available in an edition of 500 copies, each of which is hand-numbered and signed by Fagone.