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प्रश्न
Answer the following question:
Why was the shop called ‘Lucky Shop’?
उत्तर
The shop was called Lucky Shop because the shopkeeper wanted everybody to try their luck. There were discs on the table with numbers from one to ten facing down. All one had to do was to pay 50 paise, pick up any six discs, add up the numbers on the discs, and find the total. The article marked with that number went to the person.
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