Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code

[Icewynd]

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/01/ff_lottery/all/1

Very interesting and well-written article about a Toronto statistician who found an exploitable flaw in scratch tickets. Also, discusses the case of Joan Ginther who has won TX lotto multiple times.

Hmmmmm.....

 

[blitzed]

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/01/ff_lottery/all/1

Very interesting and well-written article about a Toronto statistician who found an exploitable flaw in scratch tickets. Also, discusses the case of Joan Ginther who has won TX lotto multiple times.

Hmmmmm.....

hiya Icewynd, years ago outta highschool a friend worked as a cashier at a gas station...likewise he noticed patterns in barcodes of winnin tickets...so he'd purchase those likely winners and increase his win to loss ratio greatly.

later,
blitzed

 

[foreverbob]

Nice article.
Seems like the cracker guy was earning enough money already.
But after cracking that lottery, I would of never challenged myself into a public confrontation with the organizers. That is just sooo unreal.
There are much better ways to spend money, if you ask me...