Hacking Lotteries
Two items on hacking lotteries. The first is about someone who figured out how to spot winner in a scratch-off tic-tac-toe style game, and a daily draw style game where expcted payout can exceed the ticket price. The second is about someone who has won the lottery four times, with speculation that she had advance knowledge of where and when certain jackpot-winning scratch-off tickets would be sold.
EDITED TO ADD (8/13): The Boston Globe has a on how to make money on Massachusetts’ Cash WinFall.
Nathan Gilliatt • August 4, 2011 8:09 AM
So, it turns out that lotteries are not always a tax on people who don’t know math.