Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code

Re:Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code by SoftwareMaven on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @01:10AM (#2169261)

Except "counting the cards" in the lottery version is trivial compared to doing it for real. Like the article said, he taught it to his eight year old daughter.

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Re:Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code by patio11 on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @01:16AM (#2169279)

Right: that is the perfect target for the math abilities of the average lottery player. Do a controlled loss on one game, receive PR bonanza and watch as millions of lottery winners learn how to "outsmart" the lottery, introduce Game 2 with the same mechanic and cards which are countable in a fashion which is not exploitable, and watch as ticket sales soar.

This would be evil, of course, but if you're running a lottery your entire business is stealing money from poor people.

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Re:Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code by JacobAldridge on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @07:22AM (#2169957)

Not just poor people. The stoopid as well.

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Re:Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code by alttab on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @06:48PM (#2172797)

Now maybe smart poor people. This vision doesn't inspire.

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Re:Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code by dennisgorelik on Thursday February 03, 2011 @12:21AM (#2173739)

Not "stealing" from people, but "milking" them.

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