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When Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador first floated the idea of raffling off the luxurious presidential plane he never uses, most Mexicans laughed it all off as a joke.

Three weeks later, it seems he was serious — maybe. AMLO, as he’s known, has said he’ll announce on Friday if he really will sell 6 million lottery tickets, for about $27 each, to people eager to get in on what is called the Presidential Airplane Jackpot for the country’s version of Air Force One.

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Mexicans have been riveted by details that Lopez Obrador doles out at his daily press conferences. The latest: He said he might give low-income kids a ride in it before it’s auctioned off.

Or, he also said, the government, which has been hunting around for a buyer, might have landed one and, well, so much for the much-hyped raffle.

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As the country waits, hashtags like #It’sNoJoke and #IfIWinThePlane are trending on social media, where Mexicans poke fun at the president and plot out where they’d travel if they bought winning tickets, assuming they could afford the cost of fuel and hiring a pilot. And where to park the thing?