A $15,000 basic income lottery promised free money for a year — then the checks stopped coming

A $15,000 basic income lottery promised free money for a year — then the checks stopped coming

Dan Moyle/flickr On May 31, 2016, a San Francisco-based nonprofit called My Basic Income held a lottery to find one lucky person to receive $1,250 a month for a full year — a total of $15,000 — no strings attached.

But just over a year since that lottery was held, the winner has only received five out of the 12 checks that were promised, and there is no sign a second lottery will happen anytime soon.

Modeled after a German lottery by the same name ("Mein Grundeinkommen"), the drawing and subsequent cash prize were intended to highlight a niche but trendy […]

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